Company:List of telecommunications companies
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This list identifies the largest telecommunications companies by total revenue. For a more thorough list, see the By region section.
By total revenue
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| Rank | Company | Total revenue (US$ billion) |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Mobile | $140.5[1] |  China
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| 2 | Verizon | $134[2] |  United States
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| 3 | AT&T | $122.4[3] | United States
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| 4 | Comcast | $121.6[4] | United States
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| 5 | Deutsche Telekom | $120.7[5] |  Germany
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| 6 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | $97.4[6] |  Japan
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| 7 | China Telecom | $70.3[7] | China
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| 8 | SoftBank | $55.2[8] | Japan
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| 9 | Charter Communications | $54.0[9] | United States
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| 10 | China Unicom | $52.8[10] | China
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| 11 | Vodafone | $49.7[11] |  United Kingdom
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| 12 | Orange | $45.7[12] |  France
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| 13 | América Móvil | $43.6[13] |  Mexico
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| 14 | KDDI | $42.7[14] | Japan
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| 15 | Telefónica | $42.0[15] |  Spain
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| 16 | BT Group | $26.7[16] | United Kingdom
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| 17 | China Communications Services | $20.9[17] | China
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| 18 | Bharti Airtel | $20.1[18] |  India
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| 19 | KT Corporation | $19.9[19] |  South Korea
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| 20 | e& | $19.85[20] |  United Arab Emirates
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| 21 | BCE | $18.4[21] |  Canada
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| 22 | Saudi Telecom Company | $18.0[22] |  Saudi Arabia
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| 23 | Lumen | $17.5[23] | United States
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| 24 | Gruppo TIM | $17.2[24] |  Italy
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| 25 | Telstra | $15.4[25] |  Australia
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| 26 | Reliance Jio | $15.0[26] | India
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| 27 | SFR | $14.6[27] | France
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| 28 | Telus | $14.3[28] | Canada
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| 29 | SK Telecom | $13.4[29] | South Korea
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| 30 | Virgin Media O2 | $12.8[30] | United Kingdom
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| 31 | MTN Group | $12.6[31] |  South Africa
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| 32 | Rogers Communications | $11.8[32] | Canada
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| 33 | Swisscom | $11.6[33] |  Switzerland
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| 34 | Viettel | $11.5[34] |  Vietnam
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| 35 | Cox Communications | $11.0[35] | United States
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| 36 | Singtel | $10.9[36] |  Singapore
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| 37 | LG Uplus | $10.8[37] | South Korea
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| 38 | Vivendi | $10.1[38] | France
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| 39 | Telenor | $10.1[39] |  Norway
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| 40 | Telkom Indonesia | $9.8[40] |  Indonesia
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| 41 | Telia Company | $8.9[41] |  Sweden
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| 42 | VEON | $8.1[42] |  Netherlands
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| 43 | Vodacom | $7.5[43] | South Africa
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| 44 | Chunghwa Telecom | $7.2[44] |  Taiwan
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| 45 | Bouygues Telecom | $7.0[45] | France
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| 46 | Crown Castle International | $7.0[46] | United States
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| 47 | Proximus | $6.5[47] |  Belgium
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| 48 | Ooredoo | $6.3[48] |  Qatar
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| 49 | Iliad SA | $6.2[49] | France
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| 50 | United Internet | $6.2[50] | Germany
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| 51 | Zain | $6.0[51] |  Kuwait
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| 52 | Taiwan Mobile | $5.9[52] | Taiwan
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| 53 | Frontier Communications | $5.8[53] | United States
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| 54 | Windstream Holdings | $5.7[54] | United States
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| 55 | KPN | $5.6[55] | Netherlands
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| 56 | Optus | $5.6[56] | Australia
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| 57 | Millicom | $5.6[57] | Template:Country data Luxemburg Luxembourg |
| 58 | Mobile TeleSystems | $5.6[58] |  Russia
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| 59 | Telephone and Data Systems | $5.4[59] | United States
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| 60 | Advanced Info Service | $5.3[60] |  Thailand
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| 61 | Vi | $5.2[61] | India
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| 62 | A1 Telekom Austria Group | $5.2[62] |  Austria
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| 63 | PLDT | $3.7[63] |  Philippines
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| 64 | MegaFon | $3.7[64] | Russia
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| 65 | OTE | $3.7[65] |  Greece
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| 66 | Du | $3.6[66] | United Arab Emirates
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| 67 | Telecom Argentina | $3.4[67] |  Argentina
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| 68 | Turkcell | $3.4[68] |  Turkey
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| 69 | Globe Telecom | $3.3[69] | Philippines
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| 70 | Türk Telekom | $3.0[70] | Turkey
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| 71 | Zayo Group | $2.6[71] | United States
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| 72 | Tata Communications | $2.4[72] | India
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| 73 | Telkom (South Africa) | $2.3[73] | South Africa
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| 74 | Maxis Communications | $2.1[74] |  Malaysia
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| 75 | Oi | $2.0[75] |  Brazil
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| 76 | Altafiber | $1.8[76] | United States
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| 77 | StarHub | $1.7[77] | Singapore
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| 78 | Digi Communications | $1.7[78] |  Romania
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| 79 | Granite Telecommunications | $1.5[79] | United States
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| 80 | GTT Communications | $1.5[80] | United States
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| 81 | IDT Corporation | $1.4[81] | United States
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| 82 | Eir | $1.3[82] |  Ireland
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| 83 | Vocus Group | $1.3[83] | Australia
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| 84 | Consolidated Communications | $1.2[84] | United States
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| 85 | Algar Telecom | $1.1[85] | Brazil
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| 86 | Cable One | $1.7[86] | United States
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| 87 | Mediacom | $1.1[87] | United States
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| 88 | Vonage | $1.0[88] | United States
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| 89 | Cell C | $1.0[89] | South Africa
|
Note: Numbers of total revenues of most telephone operating companies are sourced from Forbes or MarketScreener. When $USD revenues unavailable from reliable sites, currency conversions for 2019-2022 revenues are based on the closing currency exchange rate on the last day of 2019-2022 (December 31).
By region
- List of telecommunications companies in the Americas
- List of telecommunications companies in Asia and Oceania
- List of telecommunications companies in Europe
- List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa
See also
- Telecommunications company
- ITU-T
- Landline
- List of mobile network operators
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania
- List of mobile network operators in Europe
- List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa
- List of mobile network operators in Canada
- List of mobile network operators of the Caribbean
- Mobile network operator
- Mobile phone
- Mobile virtual network operator
- List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
- List of countries by number of Internet users
- List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of multiple-system operators
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