Top 20 Public Telecommunication Operators
Ranked by 1997 revenue
| Rank | Telecom revenue |
Net income |
Employees |
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| 97 | 96 | Operator (Country) | Total (US$ million) | Change (96-97) | Total (US$ million) | Change (96-97) | Total (000s) | Change (96-97) |
| 1 | 1 | NTT (Japan) a | 71'591 | 7.1% | 2'196 | 15.3% | 226.0 | -0.4% |
| 2 | 2 | AT&T (United States) | 51'319 | 1.5% | 4'638 | -21.5% | 127.8 | 0.9% |
| 3 | 3 | Deutsche Telekom (Germ.) | 37'694 | 7.1% | 1'843 | 87.9% | 216.0 | -5.9% |
| 4 | 16 | Bell Atlantic (United States) b | 30'194 | 3.6% | 2'455 | -27.8% | 62.6 | 1.3% |
| 5 | 5 | BT (United Kingdom) a | 26'277 | 4.7% | 2'908 | -17.6% | 124.7 | -2.2% |
| 6 | 4 | France Télécom (France) | 26'174 | 3.6% | 2'482 | 605.4% | 165.0 | 0.2% |
| 7 | 14 | SBC (United States) c | 24'856 | 6.0% | 1'474 | -55.0% | 118.3 | 7.7% |
| 8 | 7 | Telecom Italia (Italy) | 24'204 | 9.9% | 1'949 | 12.5% | 126.1 | -0.2% |
| 9 | 6 | GTE (United States) | 23'260 | 9.0% | 2'794 | -0.1% | 114.0 | 11.8% |
| 10 | 8 | BellSouth (United States) | 20'561 | 8.0% | 3'261 | 13.9% | 81.0 | -0.3% |
| 11 | 9 | MCI (United States) | 19'653 | 6.3% | 149 | -87.6% | 60.0 | 8.5% |
| 12 | 12 | DGT (China) | 17'154 | 1.5% | … | … | 467.7 | -2.8% |
| 13 | 11 | Ameritech (United States) | 15'998 | 7.2% | 2'296 | 7.6% | 74.4 | 12.4% |
| 14 | 10 | Telefónica (Spain) | 15'577 | 17.8% | 1'253 | 18.6% | 92.2 | 0.0% |
| 15 | 17 | US West (United States) | 15'235 | 18.0% | 697 | -40.8% | 67.5 | -2.6% |
| 16 | 13 | Sprint (United States) | 14'874 | 5.9% | 953 | -19.5% | 49.0 | 2.1% |
| 17 | 18 | Telebras (Brazil) | 14'158 | 23.7% | 3'493 | 42.1% | 87.3 | -2.5% |
| 18 | 19 | Telstra (Australia) d | 11'915 | 4.9% | 1'205 | -29.8% | 66.1 | -13.6% |
| 19 | 22 | DDI (Japan) a | 8'927 | 15.9% | 63 | ‡ | … | … |
| 20 | 23 | KPN (Netherlands) | 7'671 | 8.4% | 962 | 9.4% | 32.7 | 1.3% |
| TOP 20 | 477'291 | 7.0% | 37'072 | -3.4% | 2'358.4 | -0.5% | ||
| Note: | United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rate or ending period exchange rate. Net income is after tax. Change in revenue and net income based on local currency. ‡ Net Income was negative in 1996 and/or 1997. ... not available. a Year beginning 1 April. b Merged with Nynex in August 1997. c Merged with Pacific Telesis in April 1997. d Year ending 30 June. |
| Source: | International Telecommunication Union, PTO Database. ©ITU,
1998. This table may not be reproduced without the prior written permission of the ITU.
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Last update: 18-Dec-98 |