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Leading telecommunication operators worldwide based on revenue 2017
Telecommunication operators/companies worldwide by revenue in 2017 (in billion euro)
by Arne Holst,
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In 2017, the leading telecommunications operator worldwide was the American company AT&T with sales of around 142.42 billion euro. The second biggest operator was the American company Verizon with 111.81 billion euro in sales.
Biggest global telecommunication operators - additional information
Founded in 1952, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications operator headquartered in Tokyo. NTT had almost 220,000 employees as of March 2012 and is partly owned by the Japanese government, which holds roughly a third of the company’s shares. NTT is the third largest company in Japan based on revenue and telecommunications spending in the country is set to reach 78.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
Texas-based corporation, AT&T, is the second largest telecommunications operator in the world based on revenue in 2012. The company employed over 243,000 people in 2013 and announced worldwide operating revenue of 128.75 billion U.S. dollars. In 2013, AT&T had a total of 110 million wireless subscribers worldwide and provided almost 16.5 million broadband connections in the United States alone.
With revenue of just over 115 billion U.S. dollars, Verizon was the third largest global telecom operator in 2012, behind only NTT and AT&T. The company, founded in 1983 and based in New York, had 176,800 employees in 2013 and announced worldwide net income of 11.5 billion U.S. dollars. One of Verizon’s largest sectors is its wireless services, with which the company generated over 81 billion U.S. dollars of revenue in 2013.
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by Arne Holst,
last edited
Mar 8, 2019
In 2017, the leading telecommunications operator worldwide was the American company AT&T with sales of around 142.42 billion euro. The second biggest operator was the American company Verizon with 111.81 billion euro in sales.
Biggest global telecommunication operators - additional information
Founded in 1952, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications operator headquartered in Tokyo. NTT had almost 220,000 employees as of March 2012 and is partly owned by the Japanese government, which holds roughly a third of the company’s shares. NTT is the third largest company in Japan based on revenue and telecommunications spending in the country is set to reach 78.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2015.
Texas-based corporation, AT&T, is the second largest telecommunications operator in the world based on revenue in 2012. The company employed over 243,000 people in 2013 and announced worldwide operating revenue of 128.75 billion U.S. dollars. In 2013, AT&T had a total of 110 million wireless subscribers worldwide and provided almost 16.5 million broadband connections in the United States alone.
With revenue of just over 115 billion U.S. dollars, Verizon was the third largest global telecom operator in 2012, behind only NTT and AT&T. The company, founded in 1983 and based in New York, had 176,800 employees in 2013 and announced worldwide net income of 11.5 billion U.S. dollars. One of Verizon’s largest sectors is its wireless services, with which the company generated over 81 billion U.S. dollars of revenue in 2013.
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- Revenue in the telecommunications market in Germany from 2009 to 2018, by segment (in billion euros)Telecommunications market revenue in Germany 2009-2018, by segment
- Revenue share of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in the telecommunications market in Germany from 1998 to 2018Revenue share of the telecommunications market in Germany 1998-2018
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- Number of companies in the telecommunications services sector in Germany in 2016 and 2017, by annual revenueNumber of telecommunications services companies in Germany 2017, by revenue
- Revenue of the leading telecommunications companies in Germany from 2008 to 2018 (in billion euros)Revenue of the leading telecommunications companies in Germany 2008-2018
- Investments of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in fixed telecommunications assets in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)Fixed assets investments of Deutsche Telekom and competitors in Germany 1998-2018
- Monthly consumer price index for telecommunication services in Germany from January 2005 to December 2018Monthly consumer price index for telecommunication services in Germany 2005-2018
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- Number of telephone connections of alternative local exchange carriers in Germany from 2002 to 2018, by access type (in millions)Telephone connections of alternative local exchange carriers in Germany 2002-2018
- Market share of Deutsche Telekom competitors in landline telephone connections in Germany from 2003 to 2018Market share of Telekom competitors in telephone connections in Germany 2003-2018
- Revenue of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in the landline telephony sector in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)Landline telephony revenue of Deutsche Telekom and competitors in Germany 1998-2018
- Revenue from landline services in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)Revenue from landline services in Germany 1998-2018
- Outgoing call minutes from landline networks in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in million minutes per day)Outgoing call minutes from landline networks in Germany 1998-2018
- Number of fixed telephone lines worldwide from 2000 to 2018 (in millions)Number of fixed telephone lines worldwide 2000-2018
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- Number of mobile phone connections in Germany from 1st quarter 2008 to 1st quarter 2019, by provider (in millions)Number of mobile phone connections in Germany Q1 2008 to Q1 2019, by provider
- Estimated revenue share of network and service providers in the mobile communications market in Germany in 2018 Mobile communications: revenue share of network providers in Germany 2018
- Data volume usage development in mobile communications in Germany from 2005 to 2018 (in million gigabytes)Mobile communications data volume usage in Germany 2005-2018
- Average monthly data volume per mobile internet subscription* in Germany from 2009 to 2018 (in megabytes)Average monthly data volume per mobile internet user in Germany 2009-2018
- Number of mobile phone connections per 100 residents in Germany from 1990 to 2018Penetration rate of mobile phone connections in Germany 1990-2018
- Number of mobile (cellular) subscriptions worldwide from 1993 to 2018 (in millions)Number of mobile subscriptions worldwide 1993-2018
- Number of smartphone users in Germany from January 2009 to 2018 (in millions)Number of smartphone users in Germany 2009-2018
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- Market share of the leading broadband internet providers in Germany from 1st quarter 2011 to 3rd quarter 2017Market share of the leading broadband internet providers in Germany Q1 2011-Q3 2017
- Broadband data volume in fixed-line networks in Germany from 2001 to 2018 (in billion gigabytes)Data volume via broadband in Germany 2001-2018
- Average data volume per stationary broadband connection and month in Germany from 2001 to 2018 (in gigabytes)Average data volume per broadband connection in Germany 2001-2018
- Share of households with broadband internet access in selected European countries in 2018Share of households with broadband internet access in European countries 2018
- Number of fixed broadband internet subscriptions worldwide from 2005 to 2018 (in millions)Number of fixed broadband internet subscriptions worldwide 2005-2018
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Statistics on "Telecommunications industry in Germany"
- Revenue of the telecommunications industry in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Revenue in the telecommunications market in Germany from 2009 to 2018, by segment (in billion euros)
- Revenue share of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in the telecommunications market in Germany from 1998 to 2018
- Number of employees in the telecommunications industry in Germany from 2007 to 2019, by segment (in 1,000)
- Number of companies in the telecommunications services sector in Germany in 2016 and 2017, by annual revenue
- Revenue of the leading telecommunications companies in Germany from 2008 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Investments of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in fixed telecommunications assets in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Monthly consumer price index for telecommunication services in Germany from January 2005 to December 2018
- Number of insolvencies in the telecommunications industry in Germany from 1st quarter 2010 to 2nd quarter 2018
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- Number of telephone connections in Germany from 2000 to 2018, by access type (in millions)
- Number of telephone connections of alternative local exchange carriers in Germany from 2002 to 2018, by access type (in millions)
- Market share of Deutsche Telekom competitors in landline telephone connections in Germany from 2003 to 2018
- Revenue of Deutsche Telekom and competing companies in the landline telephony sector in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Revenue from landline services in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Outgoing call minutes from landline networks in Germany from 1998 to 2018 (in million minutes per day)
- Number of fixed telephone lines worldwide from 2000 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of mobile phone connections in Germany from 1992 to 2018 (in millions)
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- Estimated revenue share of network and service providers in the mobile communications market in Germany in 2018
- Data volume usage development in mobile communications in Germany from 2005 to 2018 (in million gigabytes)
- Average monthly data volume per mobile internet subscription* in Germany from 2009 to 2018 (in megabytes)
- Number of mobile phone connections per 100 residents in Germany from 1990 to 2018
- Number of mobile (cellular) subscriptions worldwide from 1993 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of smartphone users in Germany from January 2009 to 2018 (in millions)
- Revenue from mobile voice services in Germany from 2009 to 2015 (in billion euros)
- Revenue from mobile data services in Germany from 2008 to 2015 (in billion euros)
- Number of fixed-line broadband connections in Germany from 2001 to 2018, by connection type (in millions)
- Number of broadband internet customers in Germany from 1st quarter 2011 to 3rd quarter 2017, by provider (in 1,000)
- Market share of the leading broadband internet providers in Germany from 1st quarter 2011 to 3rd quarter 2017
- Broadband data volume in fixed-line networks in Germany from 2001 to 2018 (in billion gigabytes)
- Average data volume per stationary broadband connection and month in Germany from 2001 to 2018 (in gigabytes)
- Share of households with broadband internet access in selected European countries in 2018
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- Number of regular UMTS and LTE users in Germany from 2005 to 2018 (in millions)
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