50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006

The Eastern Management Group has released the names of the World's 50 Largest Telecommunications Service Providers for 2006. Compilation of the list is an annual joint effort between the firm's two largest and oldest practices. The Service Provider Consulting Practice assists businesses to establish and manage distribution channels and channel partners that sell to service providers throughout the world; while the Service Provider Market Research Practice performs ongoing tracking of all of the world's telecommunications service providers, in more than 200 countries and territories.

Topping the list as the world's largest service provider in 2006 was Japan's NTT, with revenues of US$95 billion. Verizon ranked number two among service providers worldwide, followed by AT&T. The smallest company making the list of the 50 was Italy's Wind Telecomunicazioni, with revenues of US$6 billion.

Combined revenue for the top 50 service providers worldwide in 2006 was US$1.2 trillion. In 2007 The Eastern Management Group estimates that organic growth for the group will increase revenue five and a half percent.

Key drivers behind the 2006 revenue growth of the 50 service providers were demand for wireless services, plus several mergers and acquisitions, as the telecommunications industry continued down a path of consolidation. In 2007, growing demand for data and video will add to the revenue acceleration of the group.

Among the 50 largest service providers, European companies constituted 37 percent of the US$1.2 trillion revenue total; Asian businesses accounted for 27 percent; and US and Canadian service providers were 26 percent. Four companies in the CALA region made the list of 50, as did two in the Middle East and Africa.

"For telecommunications manufacturers and software companies that sell to service providers, these 50 businesses are the customer sweet spot," said John Malone, CEO of The Eastern Management Group. "They account for the majority of the world's telecommunications service provider sales and purchases. Large suppliers frequently have their direct sales force call on these accounts, while using channel partners to address smaller service provider opportunities."

50 Largest Service Providers for 2006

1. NTT
2. Verizon Communications
3. AT&T Inc.
4. Deutsche Telekom
5. Telefonica
6. France Telecom
7. Vodafone Group
8. NTT DoCoMo
9. Sprint Nextel Corporation
10. Telecom Italia
11. China Mobile (HK) Ltd
12. BellSouth Corp.
13. BT Group
14. KDDI
15. China Telecom
16. America Telecom SA de CV
17. America Movil
18. Telstra Corporation Limited
19. BCE Inc.
20. Telefonos de Mexico
21. Carso Global Telecom
22. KPN Telecom
23. Telenor
24. Qwest Communications
25. KT Corp.
26. TeliaSonera
27. China Unicom Ltd.
28. China Netcom Corporation
29. SK Telecom
30. Softbank Telecom
31. Portugal Telecom
32. TDC Denmark
33. Rogers Communications Inc.
34. Telemar Norte Leste
35. Singapore Telecom
36. Alltel Corp.
37. Telkom SA
38. Swisscom
39. TELUS Corporation
40. Belgacom
41. Tele Norte Leste Participacoes ON
42. Telkom
43. OTE
44. MTN Group Ltd
45. KTF
46. Tele2
47. Telesp Fixed ON
48. Embarq Corp
49. MTS
50. Wind Telecomunicazioni

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Posted to the site on 14th March 2007