Rank
Telecom revenue
Net income
Employees
Operator (Country)
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total(US$ million)
Change
Total
Change
1
NTT (Japan) a
97'953
6.7%
2'821
-46.0%
223.9
-0.2%
2
AT&T (United States)
62'391
17.2%
3'428
-34.5%
147.8
37.1%
3
SBC (United States)
49'489
7.1%
8'159
6.1%
204.5
2.1%
4
MCI Worldcom (United States)
37'120
104.3%
3'941
‡
77.0
-
5
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)
35'750
1.1%
1'309
-40.9%
195.8
0.0%
6
BT (United Kingdom) a
34'955
20.2%
3'264
-31.9%
136.8
9.7%
7
Bell Atlantic (United States)
33'174
5.1%
4'202
41.7%
145.0
3.6%
8
China Telecom (China)
27'539
14.5%
…
…
444.5
*
…
9
France Télécom (France)
27'344
10.5%
2'786
20.5%
174.3
3.1%
10
Telecom Italia (Italy)
27'229
8.2%
1'745
-12.2%
122.7
-1.1%
11
GTE (United States)
25'336
-0.5%
4'033
85.7%
99.0
-17.5%
12
BellSouth (United States)
25'224
9.1%
3'448
-2.2%
96.2
8.7%
13
Telefónica (Spain)
23'051
31.4%
1'812
38.0%
118.8
14.6%
14
Sprint (United States)
19'928
18.0%
-935
‡
77.6
19.6%
15
DDI (Japan) a
14'396
22.4%
-99
‡
2.6
…
16
Vodafone AirTouch (UK)
14'183
26.6%
166
‡
29.5
…
17
US West (United States)
13'182
6.3%
1'342
-11.0%
58.3
7.0%
18
Telstra (Australia) b
12'046
5.3%
2'305
16.0%
52.8
-7.7%
19
Telmex (Mexico)
10'132
23.1%
2'643
53.2%
63.9
*
…
20
KPN (Netherlands)
9'169
14.9%
832
20.5%
34.8
6.8%
Top 20 599'591 12.9% 47'202 14.1% 2'506
4.3%
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. 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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