List of telecommunications companies explained

This list identifies the largest telecommunications companies by total revenue. For a more thorough list, see the By region section.

By total revenue

Rank	Company	Total revenue (US$ billion)	Country
1	China Mobile	$140.5^[1]	China
2	Verizon	$134^[2]	United States
3	AT&T	$122.4^[3]	United States
4	Comcast	$121.6^[4]	United States
5	Deutsche Telekom	$120.7^[5]	Germany
6	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone	$97.4^[6]	Japan
7	China Telecom	$70.3^[7]	China
8	SoftBank	$55.2^[8]	Japan
9	Charter Communications	$54.0^[9]	United States
10	China Unicom	$52.8^[10]	China
11	Vodafone	$49.7^[11]	United Kingdom
12	Orange	$45.7^[12]	France
13	América Móvil	$43.6^[13]	Mexico
14	KDDI	$42.7^[14]	Japan
15	Telefónica	$42.0^[15]	Spain
16	BT Group	$26.7^[16]	United Kingdom
17	China Communications Services	$20.9^[17]	China
18	KT Corporation	$19.9^[18]	South Korea
19	BCE	$18.4^[19]	Canada
20	Saudi Telecom Company	$18.0^[20]	Saudi Arabia
21	Lumen	$17.5^[21]	United States
22	Gruppo TIM	$17.2^[22]	Italy
23	Bharti Airtel	$17.1^[23]	India
24	Telstra	$15.4^[24]	Australia
25	SFR	$14.6^[25]	France
26	Telus	$14.3^[26]	Canada
27	Etisalat and	$14.2^[27]	United Arab Emirates
28	Jio	$14.0^[28]	India
29	SK Telecom	$13.4^[29]	South Korea
30	Virgin Media O2	$12.8^[30]	United Kingdom
31	MTN Group	$12.6^[31]	South Africa
32	Rogers Communications	$11.8^[32]	Canada
33	Swisscom	$11.6^[33]	Switzerland
34	Viettel	$11.5^[34]	Vietnam
35	Cox Communications	$11.0^[35]	United States
36	Singtel	$10.9^[36]	Singapore
37	LG Uplus	$10.8^[37]	South Korea
38	Vivendi	$10.1^[38]	France
39	Telenor	$10.1^[39]	Norway
40	Telkom Indonesia	$9.8^[40]	Indonesia
41	Telia Company	$8.9^[41]	Sweden
42	VEON	$8.1^[42]	Netherlands
43	Vodacom	$7.5^[43]	South Africa
44	Chunghwa Telecom	$7.2^[44]	Taiwan
45	Bouygues Telecom	$7.0^[45]	France
46	Crown Castle International	$7.0^[46]	United States
47	Proximus	$6.5^[47]	Belgium
48	Ooredoo	$6.3^[48]	Qatar
49	Iliad S.A.	$6.2^[49]	France
50	United Internet	$6.2^[50]	Germany
51	Zain	$6.0^[51]	Kuwait
52	Taiwan Mobile	$5.9^[52]	Taiwan
53	Frontier Communications	$5.8^[53]	United States
54	Windstream Holdings	$5.7^[54]	United States
55	KPN	$5.6^[55]	Netherlands
56	Optus	$5.6^[56]	Australia
57	Millicom	$5.6^[57]	Luxembourg
58	Mobile TeleSystems	$5.6^[58]	Russia
59	Telephone and Data Systems	$5.4^[59]	United States
60	Advanced Info Service	$5.3^[60]	Thailand
61	Vi	$5.2^[61]	India
62	A1 Telekom Austria Group	$5.2^[62]	Austria
63	PLDT	$3.7^[63]	Philippines
64	MegaFon	$3.7^[64]	Russia
65	OTE	$3.7^[65]	Greece
66	Du (company)	$3.6^[66]	United Arab Emirates
67	Telecom Argentina	$3.4^[67]	Argentina
68	Turkcell	$3.4^[68]	Turkey
69	Globe Telecom	$3.3^[69]	Philippines
70	Türk Telekom	$3.0^[70]	Turkey
71	Zayo Group	$2.6^[71]
72	Tata Communications	$2.4^[72]	India
73	Telkom (South Africa)	$2.3^[73]	South Africa
74	Maxis Communications	$2.1^[74]	Malaysia
75	Oi	$2.0^[75]	Brazil
76	Altafiber	$1.8^[76]	United States
77	StarHub	$1.7^[77]	Singapore
78	Digi Communications	$1.7^[78]	Romania
79	Granite Telecommunications	$1.5^[79]	United States
80	GTT Communications	$1.5^[80]	United States
81	IDT Corporation	$1.4^[81]	United States
82	Eir	$1.3^[82]	Ireland
83	Vocus Group	$1.3^[83]	Australia
84	Consolidated Communications	$1.2^[84]	United States
85	Algar Telecom	$1.1^[85]	Brazil
86	Cable One	$1.7^[86]	United States
87	Mediacom	$1.1^[87]	United States
88	Vonage	$1.0^[88]	United States
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

References

• Electronic communications – 2nd quarter 2014

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7. Web site: China Telecom Company Overview and News . 17 September 2023 . Forbes.
8. Web site: SoftBank Company Overview and News . 17 September 2023 . Forbes.
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