	united telecom ut reports us sprint loss united telecommunications inc said its lower first quarter ings included a loss of dlrs from its equity in us sprint us sprint was formed july as a partnership which combined united telecommunications long distance voice and data operations with those of gte corp gte earlier united telecommunications reported first quarter ings of mln dlrs or cts a share compared to mln dlrs or cts a share a year ago revenues declined to mln dlrs from mln dlrs united telecommunications said the transition of us sprint s nationwide fiberoptic network is proceeding ahead of schedule it said the transition to the fiber network from interim networks would not only reduce operating costs in the second half of but also assist in controlling unauthorized network use reuter 
