Rank
Telecom revenue
Net income
Employees
98
97
Operator (Country)
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total
Change
1
1
NTT (Japan) a
81'632
3.0%
5'057
107.9%
226.0
*
-1.7%
2
2
AT&T (United States)
53'223
3.2%
6'398
44.9%
107.8
-17.6%
3
3
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
41'848
3.4%
2'628
32.8%
216.0
*
-5.9%
4
4
Bell Atlantic (United States)
31'566
4.5%
2'965
20.8%
62.6
*
1.3%
5
9
MCI Worldcom (United States)
30'416
14.6%
1'243
‡ 77.0
...
6
6
BT (United Kingdom) a
29'378
4.7%
4'809
75.3%
124.7
-
7
8
SBC (United States)
28'777
7.9%
4'023
140.3%
129.9
1.4%
8
5
France Télécom (France)
28'758
5.2%
2'686
1.6%
169.1
2.5%
9
7
Telecom Italia (Italy)
27'503
6.2%
2'317
46.8%
124.0
-1.7%
10
10
GTE (United States)
25'473
9.5%
2'172
-22.3%
120.0
5.3%
11
13
China Telecom (China)
24'061
40.3%
5'375
*
-12.1%
444.5
-5.0%
12
12
BellSouth (United States)
23'123
12.5%
3'527
8.2%
88.5
9.2%
13
11
Telefónica (Spain)
20'378
5.7%
1'526
14.5%
92.2
*
0.0%
14
14
Ameritech (United States)
17'154
7.2%
3'606
57.1%
70.5
-5.2%
15
16
Sprint (United States)
17'134
15.2%
415
-56.5%
49.0
*
2.1%
16
18
US West (United States)
12'378
7.8%
1'508
-1.0%
54.5
6.6%
17
17
Telstra (Australia ) b
10'741
8.3%
1'865
85.8%
57.2
-13.4%
18
21
KPN (Netherlands)
9'381
12.3%
802
-21.7%
32.5
1.4%
19
20
DDI (Japan) a
8'927
*
15.9%
63
*
‡ 2.9
*
4.7%
20
22
Telmex (Mexico)
7'931
28.8%
1'663
-22.0%
63.1
*
...
Top 20 529'781
6.2% 54'647
38.4% 2'312
-2.4%
Note: United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rates or ending period exchange rate. Net income is after tax. ‡ Indicates that Net Income was negative in 1997 and/or 1998. ...
not available. a Year beginning 1 April. b Year ending 30 June. * = 1997 data.
Source: International Telecommunication Union, PTO Database. © ITU, 2001.click here
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