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1 AT&T 29 118,928 89 11,951 63 2 Verizon Communications 53 93,775 1 5,521 -11 3 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 54 93,527 2 5,562 36 4 Deutsche Telekom 64 85,570 11 779 -80 5 Telefónica 76 77,254 16 12,190 56 6 France Télécom 84 72,488 10 8,623 66 7 Vodafone 85 71,202 19 13,366 0 8 China Mobile Communications 148 47,055 31 8,426 35 9 Telecom Italia 160 43,394 8 3,351 -11 10 BT 166 42,252 11 3,486 -35 11 Sprint Nextel 176 40,146 -8 -29,580 -2326 12 KDDI 243 31,491 10 1,907 19 13 Comcast 248 30,895 20 2,587 2 14 Vivendi 264 29,643 18 3,593 -29 15 América Móvil 283 28,513 33 5,361 37 16 China Telecommunications 288 27,856 12 2,236 -2 17 Softbank 330 24,309 12 951 286 18 KT 387 21,687 17 1,228 -9 19 Telstra 448 18,815 9 2,555 8 20 Carso Global Telecom 464 17,982 12 1,785 55 21 Royal KPN 486 17,290 14 3,630 83 22 DirecTV Group 487 17,246 17 1,451 2
1 AT&T 118,928 275,644 2 Verizon Communications 93,775 186,959 3 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 93,527 186,053 4 Deutsche Telekom 85,570 176,418 5 Telefónica 77,254 154,793 6 France Télécom 72,488 147,936 7 Vodafone 71,202 252,949 8 China Mobile Communications 47,055 99,695 9 Telecom Italia 43,394 127,821 10 BT 42,252 58,337 11 Sprint Nextel 40,146 64,109 12 KDDI 31,491 28,927 13 Comcast 30,895 113,417 14 Vivendi 29,643 65,908 15 América Móvil 28,513 31,987 16 China Telecommunications 27,856 74,152 17 Softbank 24,309 45,802 18 KT 21,687 27,218 19 Telstra 18,815 32,133 20 Carso Global Telecom 17,982 28,413 21 Royal KPN 17,290 36,255 22 DirecTV Group 17,246 15,063
From the July 21, 2008 issue