Ranked by 1999 outgoing minutes
| Rank |
Operator (Country) |
Fiscal year |
International outgoing
telephone traffic |
International telecom revenue |
| (Million) |
|
Change
1998-99
(%) |
(M US$) |
Change
1998-99
(%) |
As % of
total telecom
revenue |
| 1 |
AT&T (United States) |
31.Dec. |
10'900.0 |
|
4.3% |
4'921.0 |
-7.7% |
7.9% |
| 2 |
MCI WorldCom (United States) |
31.Dec. |
8'306.0 |
|
15.4% |
3'489.0 |
27.1% |
8.6% |
| 3 |
Deutsche Telekom (Germany) |
31.Dec. |
3'860.0 |
|
-18.1% |
1'493.5 |
-53.1% |
8.0% |
| 4 |
Sprint (United States) |
31.Dec. |
3'640.0 |
|
24.8% |
825.0 |
-10.5% |
4.1% |
| 5 |
France Télécom (France) |
31.Dec. |
3'200.0 |
|
-5.9% |
1'333.5 |
-24.7% |
4.6% |
| 6 |
BT
(United Kingdom) |
*1.Apr. |
2'679.0 |
|
-3.9% |
1'143.5 |
-10.9% |
4.6% |
| 7 |
Telecom Italia (Italy) |
31.Dec. |
2'390.0 |
|
2.2% |
1'359.2 |
-9.4% |
4.7% |
| 8 |
Telefónica (Spain) |
31.Dec. |
1'935.0 |
|
14.5% |
836.4 |
7.8% |
3.4% |
| 9 |
China Telecom (China) |
31.Dec. |
1'760.0 |
|
2.8% |
1'703.5 |
-26.2% |
6.2% |
| 10 |
Hongkong Telecom (Hongkong Sar) |
*1.Apr. |
1'668.3 |
|
-0.8% |
2'005.7 |
-17.9% |
55.0% |
| 11 |
KPN (Netherlands) |
31.Dec. |
1'625.0 |
|
1.6% |
756.5 |
-6.1% |
7.8% |
| 12 |
Swisscom (Switzerland) |
31.Dec. |
1'440.0 |
|
-24.3% |
875.3 |
-2.5% |
11.8% |
| 13 |
Belgacom (Belgium) |
31.Dec. |
1'288.0 |
|
1.3% |
601.9 |
-11.5% |
14.6% |
| 14 |
PTA (Austria) |
31.Dec. |
1'178.0 |
|
4.2% |
386.7 |
-4.3% |
9.8% |
| 15 |
Teleglobe (Canada) |
31.Dec. |
1'130.0 |
|
-1.3% |
423.3 |
-32.8% |
- |
| 16 |
KDD (Japan) |
*1.Apr. |
1'096.2 |
[98] |
-1.4% |
1'458.8 |
-19.3% |
27.8% |
| 17 |
Telmex (Mexico) |
31.Dec. |
1'063.1 |
|
3.9% |
1'206.9 |
27.2% |
12.0% |
| 18 |
Etisalat (United Arab Emirates) |
31.Dec. |
963.3 |
|
10.1% |
583.4 |
14.3% |
34.6% |
| 19 |
STC (Saudi Arabia) |
31.Dec. |
932.6 |
[98] |
16.4% |
- |
- |
- |
| 20 |
Chungwa Telecom (Taiwan-China) |
30.Jun. |
897.5 |
|
8.7% |
1'303.1 |
55.4% |
21.2% |
| |
Top 20 |
|
51'952.0 |
|
2.7% |
26'706.2 |
-10.3% |
8.1% |
Note: All fiscal year dates show the ending period except those preeeded by an asterisk which show the beginning period.
Source: International Telecommunication Union: PTO database; TeleGeography (www.telegeography.com). © ITU, 2001.
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