The list below 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 $142.72 China 2 Verizon $139.14 United States 3 Deutsche Telekom $136.35 Germany 4 AT&T $125.64 United States 5 Comcast$125.27 United States 6 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone $91.24 Japan 7 China Telecom $70.3 China 8 Vodafone $69.83 United Kingdom 9 Charter Communications $54.63 United States 10 América Móvil $52.05 Mexico 11 China Unicom $50.74 China 12 Orange $46.51 France 13 SoftBank $46.13 Japan 14 Telefónica $40.4 Spain 15 KDDI $38.90 Japan 16 BT Group $32.0 United Kingdom 17 Bharti Airtel $22.6 India 18 China Communications Services $20.9 China 19 Saudi Telecom Company $20.9 Saudi Arabia 20 KT Corporation $20.0 South Korea 21 BCE $17.6 Canada 22 Swisscom $16.9 Switzerland 23 Rogers Communications $16.1 Canada 24 Telstra $14.9 Australia 25 Telus $14.6 Canada 26 Gruppo TIM $14.2 Italy 27 MTN Group $13.6 South Africa 28 Cox Communications $12.6 United States 29 Lumen $12.11 United States 30 Singtel $12.0 Singapore 31 SK Telecom $12.0 South Korea 32 Reliance Jio $11.3 India 33 LG Uplus $10.9 South Korea 34 SFR $10.6 France 35 Viettel $9.0 Vietnam 36 Telkom Indonesia $8.9 Indonesia 37 Telia Company $8.6 Sweden 38 Vodacom $8.3 South Africa 39 Telenor $7.6 Norway 40 Türk Telekom $7.6 Turkey 41 Chunghwa Telecom $7.5 Taiwan 42 Zain $7.25 Kuwait 43 Proximus $7.19 Belgium 44 United Internet $7.0 Germany 45 Advanced Info Service $6.9 Thailand 46 Ooredoo $6.74 Qatar 47 Taiwan Mobile $6.41 Taiwan 48 Frontier Communications $6.3 United States 49 A1 Telekom Austria Group $6.2 Austria 50 Telecom Argentina $6.2 Argentina 51 Telephone and Data Systems $6.0 United States 52 KPN $6.0 Netherlands 53 StarHub $5.9 Singapore 54 Millicom $5.8 Luxembourg 55 Mobile TeleSystems $5.6 Russia 56 Digi Communications $5.51 Romania 67 Turkcell $5.5 Turkey 58 Optus $5.3 Australia 59 e& $5.2 United Arab Emirates 60 Mediacom $5.0 United States 61 VEON $4.3 Netherlands 62 Du (company) $4.3 United Arab Emirates 63 Crown Castle International $4.2 United States 64 OTE $4.1 Greece 65 Windstream Holdings $4.0 United States 66 PLDT $3.8 Philippines 67 Virgin Media O2 $3.4 United Kingdom 68 Globe Telecom $3.1 Philippines 69 Consolidated Communications $3.1 United States 70 Oi $2.9 Brazil 71 Maxis Communications $2.73 Malaysia 72 Tata Communications $2.7 India 73 Vivendi $2.7 France 74 Telkom (South Africa) $2.7 South Africa 75 Zayo Group $2.6 United States 76 Iliad SA $2.6 France 77 Vocus Group $2.4 Australia 78 MegaFon $2.3 Russia 79 Granite Telecommunications $1.9 United States 80 Algar Telecom $1.8 Brazil 81 Cell C $1.8 South Africa 82 GTT Communications $1.7 United States 83 Vonage $1.67 United States 84 Bouygues Telecom $1.6 France 85Eir$1.3 Ireland 86 Vi $1.2 India 87 Altafiber $1.2 United States 88 IDT Corporation $1.2 United States 89 Cable One $1.2 United States
Note: Numbers of total revenues of most telephone operating companies are sourced from Forbes or MarketScreener. When US$ revenues unavailable from reliable sites, currency conversions for 2026 revenues are based on the closing currency exchange rate on the last day of 2026 (June 20).
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