NP/95-1
21 February 1995
ORIGINAL: English
Latest data  on key telecommunication indicators 
for G-7 countries released today
New initiatives around the world talk of building an "information 
superhighway". Certainly both the telecommunication sector and the 
broader information industry have strong interests in the success of 
this venture. In the context of the forthcoming Ministerial meeting on 
the Information Society to take place in Brussels from 24 to 26 
February, the ITU has compiled a series of indicators intended to 
provide background information on the current status of information 
infrastructure in the G-7 countries .

Telephone lines
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, 1993,  and main telephone lines 
connected to digital exchanges, 1993
	 
	 
Note:	G-7 figures are weighted averages.
Source:	ITU.

Cellular telephone 
Cellular telephone subscribers per 100 people, 1993, and distribution 
of cellular subscribers within G-7, 1993
	 
	 
Note:	G-7 figure is weighted average.
Source:	ITU.

ISDN
ISDN subscribers per 1’000 people, 1993, and distribution of ISDN 
subscribers within G-7, 1993
	 
	 
Note:	G-7 figure is weighted average.
Source:	ITU.

Cable television
Cable television subscribers, 1993,  and per cent of households passed 
by cable television, 1993
	 
	 
Note:	G-7 figure is weighted average
Source:	ITU.

Computers
Personal computers per 100 people, 1993, and Internet hosts per 
100’000 people, 1993
	 
	 
Note:	G-7 figures are weighted averages.
Source:	ITU, Internet Society.

Fibre optics
Growth in fibre-optic cable kilometres, 1992-93 and growth in fibre 
kilometres, 1992-93
	 
	 
Note:	"Fibre-optic cable" is length of the cable in kilometres. Fibre 
kilometres is the length of the optical fibres in the cable. G-7 
figures are weighted average.
Source:	ITU.




Top 25 Information-Communications companies world-wide
Ranked by 1993 information-communication sales


Info-comm sales
Total profit
Total 
Employees





Change
As % 
of

Change

Change
Busi
-

Rank
Company (Country)
(US$ 
m)
(92-
93)
total 
sales
(US$ 
m)
(92-
93)
Total
(92-
93)
ness

1
NTT (Japan)
64’922
2.8%
100.0%
810
-45.8%
248'000
-0.4%
S

2
AT&T (USA)
64’652
2.6%
96.3%
-3'794
-
308'700
-1.3%
S,M,
C

3
IBM (USA)
62’716
-2.8%
100.0%
-8'101
-
256'207
-15.0%
C

7
Matsushita (Japan)
36’556
-5.9%
56.8%
238
-34.3%
254'059
0.8%
M,C,
E

4
Sony (Japan)
36’250
-6.5%
100.0%
149
-57.8%
130'000
3.2%
M,C,
E

5
Deutsche Telekom 
(Germ.)
35’679
9.3%
100.0%
-1'738
-
231'000
0.0%
S

6
NEC (Japan)
35’096
1.8%
100.0%
65
-
147'910
4.9%
M, C

8
Fujitsu (Japan)
30’479
-9.3%
100.0%
0
-
163'990
1.2%
M, C

9
Hitachi (Japan)
25’155
-2.3%
35.0%
634
-15.5%
330'637
-0.3%
M, C

10
Toshiba (Japan)]
23’670
0.0%
52.6%
118
-40.9%
175'000
1.2%
M, C

11
France Telecom
22’426
3.6%
100.0%
848
45.3%
154'548
-1.5%
S

12
BT (UK)
20’539
3.3%
100.0%
2'711
44.6%
156'000
-8.6%
S

13
Siemens (Germany)
20’494
1.3%
41.5%
1'199
1.4%
391'000
-5.3%
M, C

14
GTE (USA)
19’748
-0.7%
100.0%
900
-
95'000
-8.7%
S, M

15
Alcatel Alsthom 
(France)
18’735
-3.5%
67.9%
1'247
0.1%
196'500
-3.2%
M

16
BellSouth (USA)
15’880
4.5%
100.0%
880
-45.6%
95'084
-2.1%
S

17
Motorola (USA)
15’777
31.0%
93.0%
1'022
125.6%
120'000
12.1%
M

18
HP (USA)
15’572

76.6%
1'177

96'600

C

19
SIP (Italy)
14’872
8.6%
100.0%
418
42.7%
86'115
-1.6%
S

20
DEC (USA)
14’371
3.2%
100.0%
-251
-
94'200

C

21
Nynex (USA)
13’408
1.7%
100.0%
-394
-
76'200
-7.6%
S

22
Bell Atlantic 
(USA)
12’535
3.0%
96.5%
1'403
4.7%
73'600
3.1%
S

23
MCI (USA)
11’921
12.9%
100.0%
582
-4.4%
36'235
17.0%
S

24
Ameritech (USA)
11’710
5.0%
100.0%
1'513
-
67'192
-5.8%
S

25
Sprint (USA)
11’368
9.1%
100.0%
55
-89.1%
50'500
16.4%
S


Total above
654’53
1
3.4%
82.1%
1'689
-94.1%
4'034'2
77
-1.9%


Note:	S=Communication services include telephone, data transmission, 
cellular, cable tv and other communication-related services.
	C=Computers include hardware (including semiconductors), software and 
services.
	M=Manufacturing includes communication equipment and consumer audio-
visual products.
	E=Entertainment covers film and music production studios.
	Financial changes in terms of local currency. Total in terms of US$. 
"-" indicates net profit negative in one or both years.
Source:	ITU adapted from company reports.
  	The information can be quoted in the media, provided the ITU is shown as the source and 
indication given that the data is subject to copyright (©).
  	There is no publication associated with this data. The next World Telecommunication 
Development Report, on the theme Information Infrastructure, will be published next October 
1995, to coincide with TELECOM 95. It will cover data for the information industry 
(telecommunications, computing and broadcasting) in 200 plus countries and territories. It will 
also include a detailed overview of the national policies and corporate strategies aimed at 
creating a Global Information Infrastructure (GII). The report will examine what new services 
and market opportunities might be created by the GII and what the barriers are for it becoming 
truly global.

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