Ranked by number of customers
| |
Internet / Online service provider (Country) |
Owner / Share symbol 1/ |
Web site |
Subscribers
(000s) |
Note |
| 1 |
AOL (USA) |
NYSE: AOL |
www.aol.com |
20'500 |
Dec-99 |
Includes Compuserve. |
| 2 |
T-Online (Germany) |
Deutsche Telekom |
www.t-online.de |
4'151 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 3 |
Nifty-Serve (Japan) |
Fujitsu |
www.nifty.com |
3'500 |
Oct-99 |
|
| 4 |
EarthLink (USA) |
NASDAQ: ELNK |
www.earthlink.com |
3'122 |
Dec-99 |
Merged with MindSpring Feb. 2000. |
| 5 |
Biglobe (Japan) |
NEC |
www.biglobe.ne.jp |
2'720 |
Oct-99 |
|
| 6 |
MSN (USA) |
Microsoft |
www.msn.com |
2'700 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 7 |
Chollian (Korea (Rep.)) |
Dacom |
www.chollian.net |
2'000 |
Oct-99 |
|
| 8 |
Tin.it (Italy) |
Telecom Italia |
www.tin.it |
1'990 |
Dec-99 |
Including
free customers |
| 9 |
Freeserve (UK) |
Dixons |
www.freeserve.com |
1'575 |
Nov-99 |
Free ISP. Active users. |
| 10 |
AT&T WorldNet (USA) |
AT&T |
www.att.net |
1'500 |
Dec-99 |
Residential customers |
| 11 |
Prodigy (USA) |
NASDAQ: PRGY |
www.prodigy.com |
1'502 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 12 |
NetZero (USA) |
NASDAQ: NZRO |
www.netzero.com |
1'450 |
Dec-99 |
Free
ISP. Active users. |
| 13 |
Terra Networks (Spain) |
Telefónica |
www.terra.es |
1'317 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 14 |
HiNet (Taiwan-China) |
Chungwa Telecom |
www.hinet.net |
1'200 |
Jun-99 |
|
| 15 |
Wanadoo (France) |
France Telecom |
www.wanadoo.fr |
1'124 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 16 |
AltaVista |
CMGI, Compaq |
www.microav.com |
750 |
Dec-99 |
Free ISP. Active users. |
| 17 |
Freei (USA) |
Privately-owned |
www.freei.com |
750 |
Dec-99 |
Free ISP. Active users. |
| 18 |
SBC Internet Services |
SBC |
www.sbc.com |
720 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 19 |
Telia Internet (Sweden) |
Telia |
www.telia.se |
613 |
Dec-99 |
|
| 20 |
Netvigator (Hongkong SAR) |
Hongkong Telecom |
www.netvigator.com |
561 |
Mar-00 |
|
| |
Top 20 |
|
|
53'745 |
|
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Note: Figures in italics are estimates. 1/ Refers to owner of company if a subsidiary; otherwise shows stock symbol
and exchange where it is traded.
Source: ITU estimates based on company reports. © ITU, 2000.
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