1) China Mobile Ltd.
Serving China as the leading provider of telecommunications services by number of subscribers with approximately 849 million customers, China Mobile Ltd. (NYSE: CHL)is the top telecommunications company in the world. It has a market value of $215.3 billion as of April 2017, and between January and December 2016 its customer base grew by 2.5%.2) Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon Communications, Inc. is the largest telecommunications company in the United States. Its market value is estimated at $191.72 billion as of April 2017, and its sales weigh in at $131.8 billion (according to Fow24news.com). Formed in 2000 with headquarters in New York City, Verizon came about as a result of the merger between Bell Atlantic Corp and GTE Corp. In 2015, Verizon completed its acquisition of AOL. The sale came after a 2014 purchase by Verizon of Vodafone’s 45% interest stake in Verizon stock. Verizon currently operates in 150 countries.3) AT&T Inc.
AT&T Inc. is the second-largest telecommunications company in the United States with a market value of $245.58 billion. AT&T provides voice services in more than 200 countries and operates more than 34,000 Wi-Fi hotspots. According to its website, AT&T covers more than 355 million people. It expanded its AT&T GigaPower, an ultra-fast Internet service, to 56 metropolitan locations in the United States, with plans for further expansion. In 2006, AT&T acquired BellSouth. It purchased DirecTV in May 2014 for $48.5 billion, which allowed the company to offer customers the option to bundle more services into the same packag4) Vodafone Group plc
Vodafone Group plc’
headquarters are in the United Kingdom, and the company services around
444 million mobile customers. Vodafone’s market value is $68.41 billion
as of April 2016. From 2012 to 2014, Vodafone
acquired three companies: Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Kabel
Deutschland, and Ono. The company’s Standard & Poor's long-term
credit rating is A-. Mobile in-bundle sales account for 42% of
Vodafone’s group service revenue, while 27% of revenue comes from mobile
out-of-bundle sales. Vodafone is the most valuable brand in the United
Kingdom and hosts mobile operations in 26 countries.
5) Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
Founded in Japan where fast Internet connections are plentiful, Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation has a market value of $86.13 billion as of April 2017. Fiber connections are highly valued in Japan, and Japanese companies are known to spend heavily to attain the newest Internet technology. This environment has helped boost Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation’s prevalence. Unlike other telecommunications companies, Nippon derives much of its business from fiber Internet connections rather than bundle packages. Increasingly, the company is looking to sales of its cloud computing services to expand its customer base.6) Softbank Group Corp.
Softbank Group Corp. started in 1981 as a packaged software distributor and has since created a domestic telecommunications segment that services Japan’s mobile communication, device, and broadband needs. The company’s market value is $81,459.54 million. Softbank owns an 80% stake in U.S. phone services provider Sprint in addition to managing Yahoo! Japan. In 2015, Softbank purchased IBM’s licensing for its robot "Watson" to create a Japanese Android called "Pepper," with plans to sell the robot to retail customers. Softbank announced the robot could read human emotions. The first 1,000 units of Pepper robots sold out in November 2015. In April 2017 rumors surfaced again of Softbank merging with7) Deutsche Telekom AG
Deutsche Telekom AG services more than 100 million mobile customers with a presence in over 50 countries and 218,341 employees. The German company has a market value of $76.11 billion, and more than half of its revenue is generated outside of Germany. Telekom seeks to build efficient networks that meet future broadband needs.In 2013, Telekom became the first telecommunications company to present a smartphone with the Firefox OS. In 2015, the company launched a standardized European network, implementing three of 10 countries in a cross-border infrastructure development.8) Telefonica S.A.
Telefonica S.A.originates from Spain. It serves 21 countries with its customer base largely concentrated in Latin America. Telefonica’s market value is $52.84 billion, its products and services include cloud computing, mobility services, data centers, enterprise voice and security services. Telefonica markets its three primary brands with different target audiences. Movistar serves Spain and Latin America; O2 serves the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia; and VIVO serves Brazil. Over the past two years, Telefonica has focused on investment as a means of expanding the business. The company also runs several smaller specialist brands, including Wayra, a startup accelerator.
9) America Movil
Mexican company America Moviserves 363.5 million access lines, including 280.6 million mobile subscribers worldwide. Total coverage of America Movil’s mobile, fixed lines, broadband and television services is expansive. The company has a market value of $49.385 billion; however, this is a much lower value than seen in previous years as the company battles a series of anti-conglomerate rules aimed at dismantling the company's telecommunications monopoly. Most recently, in April 2017 Mexico's telecommunications regulator said America Movil had 65 days to legally separate its Telmex fixed-line infrastructures division from its cellular division.
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