America's Most Admired Companies
Global
Industry: Telecommunications
Most Admired
1 AT&T Inc.* 7.09
2 Sprint Nextel** 6.86
3 Verizon Communications 6.77
4 Comcast 6.72
5 BellSouth 6.34
Contenders
6 Alltel 6.24
7 DIRECTV Group 5.91
8 AT&T Corp.*** 4.96
9 MCI 3.92
10 Qwest Communications 3.90
Footnotes:
*Changed name from SBC Communications after acquiring AT&T Corp., Nov. 18, 2005.
**Changed name from Sprint after acquiring Nextel Communications (2004 rank:5), Aug. 12, 2005.
***Acquired by SBC Communications, now AT&T Inc., Nov. 18, 2005.
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New York 36
Texas 29
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How we pick the Most Admired companies
The Most Admired list is the definitive report card on corporate reputations. Our survey partners at Hay Group started with the FORTUNE 1,000... (more)
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