Global 500 
Industry: Telecommunications
Revenues, profits
Profits as % of...
  
1 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 24 94,869 4,405
2 Verizon Communications 50 75,112 7,397
3 Deutsche Telekom 54 74,062 6,938
4 Vodafone 66 65,314 -39,093
5 France Télécom 71 60,933 7,094
6 Telefónica 108 48,833 5,524
7 AT&T 121 43,862 4,786
8 Telecom Italia 141 39,765 3,996
9 BT 162 34,808 2,759
10 Sprint Nextel 165 34,680 1,785
11 China Mobile Communications 202 28,778 5,054
12 KDDI 221 27,034 1,683
13 Vivendi 239 25,061 3,919
14 China Telecommunications 279 22,736 2,376
15 Comcast 285 22,255 928
16 BellSouth 314 20,613 3,294
17 Telstra 383 17,043 3,345
18 KT 397 16,749 1,027
19 América Telecom 398 16,719 1,083
20 BCE 405 16,506 1,618
21 Carso Global Telecom 450 14,956 1,020
22 Royal KPN 457 14,831 1,786
23 Qwest Communications 494 13,903 -779
From the July 24, 2006 issue
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 170
Japan 70
Britain, France (tied) 38
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Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,800,000
China National Petroleum 1,090,232
State Grid 844,031
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Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130
Royal Dutch Shell 25,311
Citigroup 24,589
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Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 185,805
Sinopec 98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 94,869
Honda Motor 87,510
State Grid 86,984
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