Ranked by number of 1998 domestic main telephone lines
Rank
1998 |
Operator (Country) |
Main telephone lines |
Telephone service revenue |
Total
(000s) |
Change
1997-98
(%) |
Total
US$
Million |
Change
1997-98
(%) |
As %
of total
revenue |
| 1 |
China Telecom (China) |
87'421 |
24.3% |
13'112 |
-3.7% |
54% |
| 2 |
NTT (Japan) a) |
60'186 |
-1.7% |
26'902 |
-11.3% |
38% |
| 3 |
Deutsche Telekom (Germany) |
45'700 |
3.2% |
22'830 |
-4.2% |
57% |
| 4 |
Bell Atlantic (United States) |
41'637 |
4.1% |
23'467 |
3.0% |
74% |
| 5 |
SBC (United States) |
37'252 |
4.3% |
19'967 |
5.6% |
69% |
| 6 |
France Télécom (France) |
34'000 |
0.9% |
15'862 |
-3.7% |
58% |
| 7 |
BT (United Kingdom) b) |
28'049 |
1.4% |
16'526 |
3.7% |
55% |
| 8 |
Telecom Italia (Italy) |
25'986 |
1.1% |
16'197 |
1.4% |
93% |
| 9 |
BellSouth (United States) |
24'025 |
3.6% |
14'744 |
7.5% |
64% |
| 10 |
GTE (United States) |
23'473 |
9.0% |
11'989 |
2.7% |
54% |
| 11 |
Ameritech (United States) |
20'968 |
2.3% |
11'460 |
3.6% |
67% |
| 12 |
KT (Korea (Rep.)) |
20'089 |
-1.6% |
6'418 |
14.0% |
88% |
| 13 |
Telefónica (Spain) |
17'406 |
4.0% |
7'510 |
-0.6% |
68% |
| 14 |
Türk Telekom (Turkey) |
16'960 |
7.7% |
3'506 |
92.1% |
99% |
| 15 |
US West (United States) |
16'601 |
3.5% |
9'942 |
6.6% |
80% |
| 16 |
DOT (India) a) |
14'395 |
24.8% |
3'568 |
18.5% |
89% |
| 17 |
Chungwa Telecom (Taiwan-China) |
11'500 |
5.9% |
4'455 |
10.8% |
79% |
| 18 |
Bell Canada (Canada) |
10'950 |
3.2% |
6'038 |
0.9% |
85% |
| 19 |
Telmex (Mexico) |
9'927 |
7.3% |
8'053 |
3.2% |
95% |
| 20 |
Ukranian Telecom (Ukraine) |
9'698 |
3.1% |
1'040 |
50.2% |
84% |
| |
TOP 20 |
556'223 |
6.1% |
243'584 |
1.4% |
62% |
Note: Domestic main telephone lines only. Some operators include ISDN channels in total. a) Year ending 31
March. b) Year beginning 1 April.
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). © ITU, 2001.
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