Ranked by 1998 minutes of outgoing and international telephone traffic
International telephone traffic, minutes, 1998
International telecom revenue a
Bothways
Outgoing
Incoming
Rank
Operator (Country)
Total (m)
Change (97-98)
Total (m)
Change (97-98)
Total (m)
Change (97-98)
Total (US$ m)
Change (97-98)
% of total revenue
1
AT&T (United States)
15'113
4.0%
10'452
1.2%
4'661
11.0%
7'533
R
-9.8%
14.2%
2
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
10'747
3.0%
4'711
-2.1%
6'036
7.4%
3'357
G
-16.4%
8.0%
3
MCI WorldCom (United States) b
10'257
2.0%
7'195
-1.6%
3'062
11.6%
4'243
R
-10.5%
13.3%
4
France Télécom (France)
7'300
9.0%
3'400
9.7%
3'900
8.3%
1'859
G
-17.3%
6.5%
5
BT (United Kingdom) c
6'350
10.2%
2'710
4.5%
3'640
14.9%
924
G
-14.2%
9.9%
6
Telecom Italia (Italy)
5'289
9.5%
2'339
5.9%
2'950
12.6%
1'438
N
0.6%
5.6%
7
Sprint (United States)
4'795
6.4%
2'916
4.4%
1'879
9.8%
1'820
R
1.1%
12.2%
8
DGT (China)
4'212
4.5%
1'712
4.9%
2'500
4.2%
2'200
G
3.0%
10.6%
9
Hongkong Telecom (Hongkong Sar) c
3'818
3.8%
1'718
-2.1%
2'100
8.2%
1'995
G
-17.7%
48.0%
10
Telefónica (Spain)
3'704
16.1%
1'803
15.1%
1'901
17.0%
813
N
-3.9%
4.0%
11
Swisscom (Switzerland)
3'680
-
1'901
-2.9%
1'779
3.3%
1'379
G
2.2%
18.1%
12
KPN (Netherlands)
3'443
6.0%
1'606
4.6%
1'837
7.3%
847
G
-23.6%
9.0%
13
Telmex (Mexico)
3'286
-12.8%
880
-12.8%
2'406
-12.8%
879
N
-24.3%
11.1%
14
C&W Comm. (United Kingdom) c
2'670
36.2%
971
27.3%
1'699
41.8%
0
G
36.0%
35.1%
15
Belgacom (Belgium)
2'621
0.0%
1'271
-5.1%
1'350
5.3%
548
N
22.2%
14.1%
16
PTA (Austria)
2'270
16.2%
1'130
13.5%
1'140
19.0%
424
R
2.0%
10.7%
17
Singapore Telecom (Singapore) c
2'251
25.6%
1'161
23.2%
1'090
28.2%
1'267
G
7.3%
41.4%
18
KDD (Japan) c
2'200
3.3%
1'105
0.2%
1'095
6.6%
1'903
G
-5.0%
68.9%
19
Teleglobe (Canada)
1'905
3.1%
1'145
3.0%
760
3.2%
631
G
-18.3%
18.6%
20
VSNL (India) c
1'679
21.2%
422
9.6%
1'257
25.7%
1'600
G
11.8%
90.3%
Top 20
99'062
6.0%
51'252
2.7%
47'810
9.7%
35'660
-7.3%
12.2%
Note: United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rate or ending period exchange rate. aInternational revenue as reported by operator. G=Gross (including settlement
receipts, R=Retail (not including settlement receipts or payments), N = Net (After adjusting for settlement transactions). b MCI and WorldCom merged in 1998. c Year ending 31 March.
