Ranked by number of 1999 domestic main telephone lines
| Rank |
Operator (Country) |
Main telephone lines |
Telephone service revenue |
Total
(000s) |
|
Change
1998-99
(%) |
Total
US$
Million |
|
Change
1998-99
(%) |
As %
of total
revenue |
| 1 |
China Telecom (China) |
108'716 |
|
24.4% |
18'995.7 |
|
7.1% |
69.0% |
| 2 |
NTT (Japan) |
62'865 |
|
-0.1% |
54'511.1 |
|
1.2% |
59.6% |
| 3 |
SBC
(United States) |
60'682 |
|
62.9% |
37'576.0 |
|
69.2% |
75.9% |
| 4 |
Deutsche Telekom (Germany) |
47'800 |
|
2.8% |
17'790.8 |
|
-18.5% |
46.9% |
| 5 |
Bell Atlantic (United States) |
43'000 |
|
3.4% |
24'086.0 |
|
... |
72.6% |
| 6 |
France Télécom (France) |
34'100 |
|
0.3% |
14'563.2 |
|
-4.0% |
50.3% |
| 7 |
BT (United Kingdom) |
28'485 |
|
1.6% |
15'377.4 |
|
-4.8% |
43.5% |
| 8 |
Telecom Italia (Italy) |
26'502 |
|
2.0% |
17'006.3 |
|
-15.2% |
59.0% |
| 9 |
GTE (United States) |
26'068 |
|
11.1% |
15'101.0 |
|
1.1% |
59.6% |
| 10 |
BellSouth (United States) |
24'477 |
|
1.9% |
17'772.0 |
|
8.4% |
70.5% |
| 11 |
KT (Korea (Rep.)) |
20'518 |
|
2.1% |
4.3 |
|
-10.7% |
0.0% |
| 12 |
Türk Telekom (Turkey) |
18'054 |
|
6.5% |
2'579.0 |
[98] |
106.4% |
75.6% |
| 13 |
DOT (India) |
17'940 |
[98] |
24.6% |
3'715.4 |
[98] |
18.2% |
86.9% |
| 14 |
US West (United States) |
17'009 |
|
2.5% |
11'059.0 |
|
11.2% |
83.9% |
| 15 |
Telefónica (Spain) |
16'480 |
|
1.2% |
7'483.4 |
|
-1.8% |
30.6% |
| 16 |
Chungwa Telecom (Taiwan-China) |
11'712 |
|
4.4% |
4'573.0 |
|
-16.1% |
74.4% |
| 17 |
Bell Canada (Canada) |
11'579 |
|
2.8% |
6'259.1 |
|
4.1% |
74.1% |
| 18 |
Telmex (Mexico) |
10'878 |
|
9.6% |
6'409.8 |
|
-3.4% |
63.6% |
| 19 |
Ukranian Telecom (Ukraine) |
10'074 |
|
3.9% |
... |
|
... |
|
| 20 |
Telstra
(Australia) |
9'760 |
|
2.3% |
5'458.1 |
|
0.6% |
46.4% |
| |
TOP 20 |
606'699 |
|
10.9% |
280'320.6 |
|
-12.4% |
73.4% |
Note: ... = not available. Domestic main lines only.
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU). © ITU, 2001.
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