Rank
Main telephone lines
Local telephone service revenue
97
96
Operator (Country)
Total
Change
Total
Change
As % of total revenue 1997
1
2
DGT (China)
70'310
28.0%
$ 6'491
*
48.8%
37.1%
2
1
NTT (Japan) a
60'380
-1.8%
$ 15'382
*
5.4%
21.6%
3
3
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
45'200
2.3%
$ 6'696
7.8%
17.8%
4
8
Bell Atlantic (United States)
39'714
3.7%
$ 13'113
4.4%
43.4%
5
4
France Télécom (France)
33'700
1.5%
$ 4'326
20.3%
16.5%
6
16
SBC (United States)
33'440
5.0%
$ 9'568
9.3%
38.5%
7
5
BT (United Kingdom) a
27'651
0.4%
$ 4'968
5.2%
18.9%
8
6
Telecom Italia (Italy)
25'698
1.7%
$ 5'579
10.0%
33.3%
9
7
BellSouth (United States)
23'201
4.8%
$ 8'499
5.2%
41.3%
10
9
GTE (United States)
21'539
7.7%
$ 5'531
7.6%
26.7%
11
10
Ameritech (United States)
20'544
4.3%
$ 6'413
5.7%
40.1%
12
11
KT (Korea (Rep.))
20'422
4.2%
$ 2'132
4.5%
46.0%
13
15
US West (United States)
16'033
3.9%
$ 5'021
5.3%
49.8%
14
14
Telefónica (Spain)
15'854
2.9%
$ 6'644
6.3%
62.8%
15
17
Türk Telekom (Turkey)
15'744
10.2%
$ 1'435
*
169.5%
74.0%
16
18
Telebras (Brazil)
15'407
14.1%
$ 7'492
98.7%
40.4%
17
19
DOT (India) a
14'395
24.8%
…
*
…
…
18
20
Bell Canada (Canada)
10'607
3.3%
$ 3'026
10.1%
46.8%
19
21
Chungwa Telecom (Taiwan-China) b
10'429
8.9%
$ 784
*
9.1%
13.7%
20
22
Telstra (Australia) b
9'350
2.0%
$ 1'297
0.8%
11.3%
TOP 20 529'619
6.5% 114'397
11.4% 30.3%
Note: Equity-based domestic subscribers and revenue. United States dollar values are obtained by using operator
supplied exchange rate or ending period exchange rate. Change in revenue based on local currency. The definition of local telephone service revenue differs among operators (e.g., subscription charges only, subscription and local call charges, etc. ) * 1996 data. ... not available. a Year beginning 1 April. b Year ending 30 June.
Source: International Telecommunication Union. © ITU, 2001.here
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