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Industry: Telecommunications
Revenues, Profits
Profit as % of...
Rank
Company
Global 500
rank
Revenues %
Assets %
1
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
24
5
3
2
Verizon Communications
50
10
4
3
Deutsche Telekom
54
9
5
4
Vodafone
66
-60
-18
5
France Télécom
71
12
5
6
Telefónica
108
11
6
7
AT&T
121
11
3
8
Telecom Italia
141
10
4
9
BT
162
8
6
10
Sprint Nextel
165
5
2
11
China Mobile Communications
202
18
8
12
KDDI
221
6
8
13
Vivendi
239
16
7
14
China Telecommunications
279
10
4
15
Comcast
285
4
1
16
BellSouth
314
16
6
17
Telstra
383
20
12
18
KT
397
6
4
19
América Telecom
398
6
5
20
BCE
405
10
5
21
Carso Global Telecom
450
7
4
22
Royal KPN
457
12
7
23
Qwest Communications
494
-6
-4
From the July 24, 2006 issue
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Country
Number of Global 500 Companies
United States
170
Japan
70
Britain, France (tied)
38
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Biggest employers
Company
2005 number of employees
Wal-Mart Stores
1,800,000
China National Petroleum
1,090,232
State Grid
844,031
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Most profitable companies
Company
2005 Profits
($ millions)
Exxon Mobil
36,130
Royal Dutch Shell
25,311
Citigroup
24,589
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Top 5 in Asia
Company
2005 Revenues ($ millions)
Toyota Motor
185,805
Sinopec
98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
94,869
Honda Motor
87,510
State Grid
86,984
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