Det är organisationen Total Telecom som presenterat sin årliga lista över världens 100 största operatörer baserat på omsättning. Listan toppas i vanlig ordning av amerikanska AT&T.
| Placering | Operatör | Omsättning (Miljarder Euro) |
| 1 | AT&T | 81 455 |
| 2 | NTT | 67 679 |
| 3 | Verizon | 64 018 |
| 4 | Deutsche Telecom | 62 516 |
| 5 | Telefonica | 56 441 |
| 6 | France Telecom | 51 541 |
| 7 | Vodafone | 44 581 |
| 8 | China Mobile | 33 470 |
| 9 | Telecom Italia | 31 290 |
| 10 | Sprint-Nextel | 27 496 |
| 11 | BT | 26 016 |
| 12 | KDDI | 22 788 |
| 13 | America Movil | 19 547 |
| 14 | Softbank | 17 591 |
| 15 | China Telecom | 16 752 |
| 16 | Telstra | 14 552 |
| 17 | KT Corp | 13 042 |
| 18 | KPN | 12 461 |
| 19 | BCE | 12 388 |
| 20 | Telenor | 11 655 |
| 21 | Teliasonera | 10 214 |
| 22 | Qwest | 9 437 |
| 23 | China Unicom | 9 333 |
| 24 | SFR Vivendi | 9 018 |
| 25 | SK Telecom | 8 726 |
| 26 | Telmex | 8 204 |
| 27 | China Telecom | 7 877 |
| 28 | MTN | 7 301 |
| 29 | Hutshison Whampoa | 7 088 |
| 30 | Time Warner | 6 920 |
| 31 | Svyazinvest | 6 812 |
| 32 | Singtel | 6 811 |
| 33 | Oi/Telecom | 6 768 |
| 34 | Swisscom | 6 703 |
| 35 | Saudi Telecom | 6 327 |
| 36 | OTE | 6 316 |
| 37 | Telus | 6 292 |
| 38 | Rogers | 6 283 |
| 39 | BSNL | 6 279 |
| 40 | Liberty Global | 6 166 |
| 41 | Portugal Telecom | 6 148 |
| 42 | Belgacom | 6 065 |
| 43 | Alltel | 6 029 |
| 44 | MTS | 5 652 |
| 45 | Comcast | 5 594 |
| 46 | Virgin Media | 5 539 |
| 47 | TDC | 5 274 |
| 48 | Wind/Infostrada | 5 271 |
| 49 | Telekom Austria | 4 919 |
| 50 | Vimpelcom | 4 911 |
| 51 | Bouygues Telecom | 4 796 |
| 52 | Tele2 | 4 603 |
| 53 | Telkom SA | 4 377 |
| 54 | Embarq | 4 359 |
| 55 | Turkcell | 4 335 |
| 56 | PT Telecom Indonesia | 4 302 |
| 57 | Bharti Airtel | 4 273 |
| 58 | Brasil Telecom | 4 256 |
| 59 | Chunghwa Telecom | 4 243 |
| 60 | Zain | 4 202 |
| 61 | Etisatal | 3 980 |
| 62 | Cable & Wireless | 3 961 |
| 63 | Megafon | 3 917 |
| 64 | Telecom Malaysia | 3 667 |
| 65 | Turk Telecom | 3 494 |
| 66 | Neuf Cegatel | 3 350 |
| 67 | LG Telecom | 3 330 |
| 68 | U.S Cellular/TDS | 3 307 |
| 69 | Orascom Telecom | 3 251 |
| 70 | Reliance Telecom | 3 015 |
| 71 | Level 3 | 2 924 |
| 72 | Telecom NZ | 2 687 |
| 73 | CANTV | 2 637 |
| 74 | Carephone Warehouse | 2 534 |
| 75 | IAM | 2 427 |
| 76 | PLDT | 2 424 |
| 77 | Windstream | 2 233 |
| 78 | Bezeq | 2 202 |
| 79 | PCCW | 2 083 |
| 80 | Telecom Argentina | 1 958 |
| 81 | Eircom | 1 957 |
| 82 | Shaw | 1 924 |
| 83 | Freenet/Mobilcom | 1 863 |
| 84 | Century Tel | 1 819 |
| 85 | MIC/Tigo | 1 801 |
| 86 | Colt Telecom | 1 679 |
| 87 | SES | 1 610 |
| 88 | Elisa | 1 568 |
| 89 | Frontier | 1 567 |
| 90 | Global Crossing | 1 549 |
| 91 | MetroPCS | 1 531 |
| 92 | Intelsat | 1 495 |
| 93 | IDT | 1 469 |
| 94 | Fastweb | 1 433 |
| 95 | TOT | 1 402 |
| 96 | Hanarotelecom | 1 364 |
| 97 | MTS Allstream | 1 321 |
| 98 | Telecom Egypt | 1 230 |
| 99 | Iliad | 1 212 |
| 100 | Cablevision | 1 199 |
Källa: Total Telecom
