Top 20 Mobile Cellular Operators - Ranked by 1997 subscribers

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Rank			Cellular subscribers		Mobile revenue
97	96	Operator (Country)	(000s) 1997	Change (96-97)	(US$ million) 1997		Change (96-97)	As % of total revenue 1997
1	1	NTT (Japan) a	19'890	18.4%	20'873		35.5%	29%
2	5	DGT (China)	13'229	93.1%	3'334	*	81.9%	23%
3	3	TIM (Italy)	9'278	62.6%	5'345		28.7%	100%
4	9	DDI (Japan) a	7'815	24.0%	6'953		21.6%	78%
5	2	AT&T (United States)	6'000	15.4%	4'337		10.3%	8%
6	4	SBC (United States)	5'493	23.9%	3'034		15.1%	12%
7	6	BANM (United States)	5'356	21.5%	2'859		17.2%	100%
8	15	SK Telecom (Korea (Rep.))	4'571	58.1%	2'090		31.2%	100%
9	7	GTE (United States)	4'487	19.7%	2'742		10.5%	12%
10	12	AirTouch (United States)	4'309	26.6%	2'363		19.1%	100%
11	8	BellSouth (United States)	4'193	15.1%	3'555		27.0%	17%
12	21	Telebras (Brazil)	4'023	64.1%	3'762		62.8%	20%
13	13	Deutsche Telekom (Germany)	3'752	39.6%	2'776		19.0%	7%
14	18	Mannesmann (Germany)	3'542	54.0%	3'118		32.8%	100%
15	10	Vodafone (United Kingdom) a	3'400	18.6%	2'977		13.5%	100%
16	24	Telefónica (Spain)	3'187	35.9%	2'395		40.3%	15%
17	14	Ameritech (United States)	3'177	26.5%	1'760		31.0%	11%
18	11	BT (United Kingdom) a b	3'077	14.0%	1'830		14.8%	7%
19	23	France Télécom (France)	3'000	92.3%	2'851		52.0%	11%
20	16	Telstra (Australia) c	2'777	21.6%	1'477		16.2%	12%
		Top 20	114'556	34.6%	80'430		27.8%	21%

Note: Equity-based domestic subscribers and revenue. United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rate or ending period exchange rate. Change in revenue based on local currency. The definition of mobile revenue differs among operators (e.g., cellular only, cellular and paging, cellular and equipment sales, etc. ) ^* 1996 data. ^a Year beginning 1 April. ^b BT owns 60% of Cellnet. The total number of Cellnet subscribers is shown while the revenue shown is for BT only. ^c Year ending 30 June.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, PTO Database. © ITU, 1999.
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