Top 20 International Telecommunication Operators
Ranked by 1997 minutes of international outgoing
traffic
| Rank | International outgoing telephone traffic | International telephone revenue | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 96 | Operator (Country) | Minutes, million 1997 | Change 1996-97 | US$ million 1997 | Change 1996-97 | As % of total revenue 1997 |
| 1 | 1 | AT&T (United States) | 10'290 | 7.8% | 8'351 | -2.4% | 16% |
| 2 | 2 | MCI (United States) | 5'907 | 10.0% | 4'243 | 19.5% | 22% |
| 3 | 3 | Deutsche Telekom (Germany) | 4'813 | 1.1% | 2'734 | 6.5% | 7% |
| 4 | 4 | France Télécom | 3'407 | 8.3% | 2'110 | -14.6% | 8% |
| 5 | 5 | Sprint (United States) | 2'759 | 0.5% | 1'478 | -1.0% | 10% |
| 6 | 6 | BT (UK) a | 2'683 | 3.5% | 2'609 | -14.2% | 10% |
| 7 | 7 | Telecom Italia | 2'315 | 9.0% | 1'412 | -0.3% | 8% |
| 8 | 8 | Swisscom (Switzerland) | 1'957 | 6.6% | 941 | 2.2% | 14% |
| 9 | 9 | Hongkong Telecom a | 1'718 | -1.2% | 2'193 | -2.3% | 48% |
| 10 | 11 | China Telecom | 1'632 | 13.9% | 2'110 | 26.0% | 11% |
| 11 | 10 | PTT Telecom (Netherlands) | 1'535 | 3.0% | 1'037 | -4.4% | 14% |
| 12 | 12 | Telefónica (Spain) | 1'427 | 20.0% | 795 | -2.0% | 8% |
| 13 | 20 | WorldCom (United States) | 1'400 | 65.5% | 500 | 37.4% | 7% |
| 14 | 13 | Belgacom (Belgium) | 1'340 | 9.1% | 547 | -6.5% | 13% |
| 15 | 17 | Singapore Telecom a | 1'161 | 23.3% | 1'378 | 7.3% | 41% |
| 16 | 18 | Teleglobe (Canada) | 1'112 | 21.6% | 755 | 1.4% | 54% |
| 17 | 14 | KDD (Japan) a | 1'105 | 0.2% | 1'905 | -5.0% | 79% |
| 18 | 15 | Telmex (Mexico) | 1'009 | -5.8% | 1'408 | -20.4% | 19% |
| 19 | 16 | PTA (Austria) | 996 | 5.1% | 492 | 1.7% | 13% |
| 20 | 20 | Rostelecom (Russia) | 939 | 10.3% | 643 | -6.8% | 40% |
| TOP 20 | 49'505 | 9.9% | 37'642 | -0.3% | 14% | ||
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