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66. Telefónica

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Financials: Latest Results

Rank: 66 (Previous rank: 76)
CEO: César Alierta Izuel
Employees: 257,035
Address: Distrito C, Ronda de la Comunicación
Madrid, 28050
Country: Spain
Website: www.telefonica.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	84,814.7	9.8
Profits	11,112.3	-8.8
Assets	138,855.4	—
Stockholders' equity	23,951.1	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	13.1
Assets	8.0

Industry: Telecommunications

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	AT&T	29	124,028.0
2	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone	44	103,684.4
3	Verizon Communications	55	97,354.0


4	Deutsche Telekom	61	90,259.6
5	Telefónica	66	84,814.7
6	France Télécom	77	78,289.6
7	Vodafone	94	69,138.4
8	China Mobile Communications	99	65,015.1
9	Telecom Italia	166	45,118.1
10	Vivendi	207	37,165.9
11	BT	210	36,626.5
12	Sprint Nextel	219	35,635.0
13	KDDI	232	34,814.4
14	Comcast	237	34,256.0
15	China Telecommunications	263	31,813.6
16	América Móvil	273	31,012.5
17	Softbank	332	26,607.5
18	Telstra	410	22,371.1
19	China United Telecommunications	419	21,980.6
20	Royal KPN	434	21,372.7
21	DirecTV Group	469	19,693.0

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