Rank
Telecom revenue
Net income
Employees
97
96
Operator (Country)
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total
Change
1
1
NTT (Japan) a
71'591
7.1%
2'196
15.3%
226.0
-0.4%
2
2
AT&T (United States)
51'319
1.5%
4'638
-21.5%
127.8
0.9%
3
3
Deutsche Telekom (Germ.)
37'694
7.1%
1'843
87.9%
216.0
-5.9%
4
16
Bell Atlantic (United States) b
30'194
3.6%
2'455
-27.8%
62.6
1.3%
5
5
BT (United Kingdom) a
26'277
4.7%
2'908
-17.6%
124.7
-2.2%
6
4
France Télécom (France)
26'174
3.6%
2'482
605.4%
165.0
0.2%
7
14
SBC (United States) c
24'856
6.0%
1'474
-55.0%
118.3
7.7%
8
7
Telecom Italia (Italy)
24'204
9.9%
1'949
12.5%
126.1
-0.2%
9
6
GTE (United States)
23'260
9.0%
2'794
-0.1%
114.0
11.8%
10
8
Bell South (United States)
20'561
8.0%
3'261
13.9%
81.0
-0.3%
11
9
MCI (United States)
19'653
6.3%
149
-87.6%
60.0
8.5%
12
12
DGT (China)
17'154
1.5%
…
…
467.7
-2.8%
13
11
Ameritech (United States)
15'998
7.2%
2'296
7.6%
74.4
12.4%
14
10
Telefónica (Spain)
15'577
17.8%
1'253
18.6%
92.2
0.0%
15
17
US West (United States)
15'235
18.0%
697
-40.8%
67.5
-2.6%
16
13
Sprint (United States)
14'874
5.9%
953
-19.5%
49.0
2.1%
17
18
Telebras (Brazil)
14'158
23.7%
3'493
42.1%
87.3
-2.5%
18
19
Telstra (Australia) d
11'915
4.9%
1'205
-29.8%
66.1
-13.6%
19
22
DDI (Japan) a
8'927
15.9%
63
‡
…
…
20
23
KPN (Netherlands)
7'671
8.4%
962
9.4%
32.7
1.3%
TOP 20 477'291 7.0% 37'072 -3.4% 2'358.4 -0.5%
Note: United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rate or ending period exchange rate. Net income is after tax. Change in revenue and net income based on local currency. ‡ Net
Income was negative in 1996 and/or 1997. ... not available. a Year beginning 1 April. b Merged with Nynex in August 1997. c Merged with Pacific Telesis in April 1997. d Year ending 30 June.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, PTO Database. © ITU, 2001. click here
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