Media and Communications: Corporations
* Dollar amounts given in Billions USD.
| Name | Country | Sales* | Profits* | Assets* | Market Value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Info Service | Thailand | $3.07  |
$0.51 |
$3.45 |
$7.89 |
| Alcatel-Lucent | France | $21.14 |
$-0.73 |
$34.18 |
$7.03 |
| Amdocs | United Kingdom | $2.83 |
$0.34 |
$4.53 |
$6.08 |
| América Móvil | Mexico | $30.22 |
$5.40 |
$34.70 |
$72.09 |
| American Tower | United States | $1.72 |
$0.25 |
$8.51 |
$17.24 |
| ASML Holding | Norway | $2.29 |
$-0.22 |
$5.16 |
$13.57 |
| AT&T | United States | $123.02 |
$12.54 |
$268.75 |
$147.55 |
| Axel Springer | Germany | $3.80 |
$0.78 |
$3.89 |
$3.60 |
| Axiata Group | Malaysia | $3.83 |
$0.48 |
$10.80 |
$9.71 |
| BCE | Canada | $16.92 |
$1.66 |
$36.29 |
$21.99 |
| Belgacom | Belgium | $8.26 |
$1.26 |
$10.68 |
$12.56 |
| Bezeq-Israeli Telecom | Israel | $3.04 |
$0.93 |
$3.58 |
$6.99 |
| Bharti Airtel | India | $7.27 |
$1.53 |
$12.88 |
$23.00 |
| British Sky Broadcasting | United Kingdom | $8.83 |
$0.43 |
$7.50 |
$14.51 |
| BT Group | United Kingdom | $30.43 |
$-0.12 |
$40.38 |
$13.15 |
| Cable & Wireless | United Kingdom | $5.19 |
$0.20 |
$7.35 |
$5.32 |
| Cablevision | United States | $7.77 |
$0.29 |
$9.33 |
$7.40 |
| Cantv | Venezuela | $4.62 |
$0.68 |
$4.41 |
$0.58 |
| Carso Global Telecom | Mexico | $16.04 |
$1.23 |
$27.85 |
$15.65 |
| CBS | United States | $13.01 |
$0.23 |
$26.96 |
$9.09 |
| CC Media Holdings | United States | $5.55 |
$-4.03 |
$18.05 |
$0.27 |
| CenturyTel | United States | $4.97 |
$0.51 |
$22.48 |
$10.32 |
| Charter | United States | $6.76 |
$0.00 |
$16.66 |
$3.39 |
| China Mobile | Hong Kong | $66.22 |
$16.87 |
$104.46 |
$199.73 |
| China Telecom | China | $27.42 |
$0.13 |
$62.39 |
$36.69 |
| China Unicom | Hong Kong | $21.60 |
$4.92 |
$49.85 |
$29.83 |
| Chunghwa Telecom | Taiwan | $6.13 |
$1.37 |
$14.08 |
$18.78 |
| Comcast | United States | $35.76 |
$3.64 |
$112.73 |
$47.76 |
| Crown Castle International | United States | $1.69 |
$-0.11 |
$10.96 |
$11.18 |
| Dai Nippon Printing | Japan | $16.28 |
$-0.21 |
$15.05 |
$9.17 |
| Dentsu | Japan | $19.38 |
$-0.21 |
$10.70 |
$6.60 |
| Deutsche Telekom | Germany | $90.08 |
$0.49 |
$183.11 |
$56.25 |
| Directv | United States | $21.57 |
$0.94 |
$18.26 |
$32.73 |
| Discovery Communications | United States | $3.52 |
$0.56 |
$10.97 |
$8.76 |
| DISH Network | United States | $11.66 |
$0.64 |
$8.30 |
$9.61 |
| Emirates Telecommunications | United Arab Emirates | $8.39 |
$2.41 |
$19.40 |
$23.29 |
| Eutelsat Communications | France | $1.32 |
$0.35 |
$6.41 |
$7.38 |
| France Telecom | France | $65.92 |
$4.30 |
$132.06 |
$62.39 |
| Freenet | Germany | $5.23 |
$0.37 |
$4.30 |
$1.88 |
| Fuji Media Holdings | Japan | $5.79 |
$0.17 |
$6.80 |
$3.28 |
| Gannett | United States | $5.61 |
$0.36 |
$7.15 |
$3.78 |
| Grupo Televisa | Mexico | $4.01 |
$0.46 |
$9.69 |
$11.34 |
| Hakuhodo DY | Japan | $10.61 |
$-0.03 |
$4.79 |
$1.89 |
| Hellenic Telecom | Greece | $8.34 |
$0.56 |
$15.94 |
$5.85 |
| Hutchison Telecom (Australia) | Australia | $0.72 |
$0.42 |
$1.50 |
$1.34 |
| Hutchison Whampoa | Hong Kong | $30.38 |
$2.28 |
$86.04 |
$30.97 |
| Inmarsat | United Kingdom | $0.78 |
$0.28 |
$2.90 |
$5.10 |
| Interpublic Group | United States | $6.03 |
$0.12 |
$12.26 |
$4.01 |
| Jupiter Telecomunications | Japan | $3.59 |
$0.36 |
$8.56 |
$8.08 |
| KDDI | Japan | $35.92 |
$2.29 |
$33.59 |
$24.38 |
| KT | South Korea | $15.75 |
$0.36 |
$20.57 |
$10.01 |
| Lagardère SCA | France | $11.44 |
$0.83 |
$16.86 |
$4.70 |
| Liberty Global | United States | $11.08 |
$-0.41 |
$39.90 |
$7.37 |
| Liberty Media-Starz | United States | $1.20 |
$6.08 |
$2.20 |
$2.64 |
| Maxis | Malaysia | $2.22 |
$0.46 |
$5.17 |
$12.08 |
| McGraw-Hill Cos | United States | $5.95 |
$0.73 |
$6.48 |
$10.83 |
| Mediaset | Italy | $5.85 |
$0.64 |
$8.20 |
$9.09 |
| Millicom International Cellular | Luxembourg | $3.37 |
$0.85 |
$5.99 |
$9.29 |
| Mobily | Saudi Arabia | $3.48 |
$0.80 |
$8.25 |
$8.59 |
| MobiNil | Egypt | $1.95 |
$0.37 |
$2.67 |
$3.89 |
| Motorola | United States | $22.04 |
$-0.05 |
$25.61 |
$15.59 |
| MTN Group | South Africa | $10.96 |
$1.64 |
$18.33 |
$27.31 |
| Naspers | South Africa | $2.75 |
$0.59 |
$5.65 |
$15.24 |
| Net Serviços | Brazil | $2.65 |
$0.42 |
$4.78 |
$4.31 |
| News Corp | United States | $30.93 |
$3.35 |
$56.13 |
$37.93 |
| Nippon Telegraph & Tel | Japan | $106.98 |
$5.53 |
$181.48 |
$68.68 |
| Nortel Networks | Canada | $4.09 |
$0.49 |
$6.69 |
$0.02 |
| Orascom Telecom | Egypt | $5.33 |
$0.43 |
$9.69 |
$5.86 |
| Pearson | United Kingdom | $8.81 |
$0.67 |
$15.20 |
$11.59 |
| PLDT-Philippine LDT | Philippines | $3.29 |
$0.84 |
$5.33 |
$10.77 |
| Portugal Telecom | Portugal | $9.23 |
$0.81 |
$17.63 |
$9.24 |
| Prisa | Spain | $4.60 |
$0.07 |
$9.87 |
$1.01 |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media | Germany | $3.96 |
$0.21 |
$8.12 |
$3.25 |
| Publicis Groupe | France | $6.48 |
$0.58 |
$18.16 |
$7.52 |
| Qatar Telecom | Qatar | $5.58 |
$0.63 |
$20.28 |
$6.26 |
| Qualcomm | United States | $10.57 |
$2.09 |
$28.90 |
$59.76 |
| Quebecor | Canada | $3.61 |
$0.26 |
$7.97 |
$1.84 |
| Reed Elsevier | United Kingdom | $9.76 |
$0.63 |
$17.88 |
$9.03 |
| Reliance Communications | India | $4.04 |
$1.18 |
$20.15 |
$7.04 |
| Rogers Communications | Canada | $11.19 |
$1.41 |
$16.23 |
$20.01 |
| Rostelecom | Russia | $2.18 |
$0.40 |
$2.51 |
$3.51 |
| Royal KPN | Netherlands | $19.27 |
$3.12 |
$32.59 |
$25.97 |
| RR Donnelley & Sons | United States | $9.86 |
$-0.03 |
$8.75 |
$4.11 |
| Saudi Telecommunications | Saudi Arabia | $13.54 |
$2.90 |
$29.07 |
$23.47 |
| Scripps Networks | United States | $1.54 |
$0.30 |
$1.87 |
$6.66 |
| SES | Luxembourg | $2.44 |
$0.68 |
$10.58 |
$9.50 |
| Shaw Communications | Canada | $3.30 |
$0.50 |
$9.38 |
$8.32 |
| Singapore Press | Singapore | $0.90 |
$0.29 |
$2.25 |
$4.25 |
| Singapore Telecom | Singapore | $9.81 |
$2.27 |
$21.34 |
$34.66 |
| SK C&C | South Korea | $71.65 |
$0.12 |
$56.66 |
$2.52 |
| Softbank | Japan | $27.45 |
$0.44 |
$42.81 |
$27.90 |
| Sprint Nextel | United States | $32.26 |
$-2.44 |
$55.42 |
$10.12 |
| Swisscom | Switzerland | $11.58 |
$1.86 |
$21.20 |
$17.74 |
| Taiwan Mobile | Taiwan | $1.73 |
$0.42 |
$2.53 |
$7.17 |
| TDC | Denmark | $6.91 |
$0.47 |
$16.65 |
$8.77 |
| Tele Norte Leste | Brazil | $8.17 |
$0.50 |
$16.73 |
$7.99 |
| Tele2 | Sweden | $5.48 |
$0.63 |
$5.01 |
$6.58 |
| Telecom Egypt | Egypt | $1.86 |
$0.45 |
$6.05 |
$6.09 |
| Telecom Italia | Italy | $42.00 |
$3.08 |
$117.66 |
$27.75 |
| Telefónica | Spain | $79.11 |
$10.84 |
$154.98 |
$108.19 |
| Telekom Austria | Austria | $6.88 |
$0.14 |
$11.87 |
$5.72 |
| Telekom Indonesia | Indonesia | $5.42 |
$0.95 |
$8.37 |
$17.74 |
| Telenor | Norway | $16.85 |
$1.55 |
$28.49 |
$21.42 |
| Telephone & Data Systems | United States | $5.02 |
$0.19 |
$7.61 |
$3.39 |
| TeliaSonera | Sweden | $15.24 |
$2.63 |
$36.20 |
$31.30 |
| Telkom | South Africa | $3.70 |
$0.43 |
$8.94 |
$2.29 |
| Telstra | Australia | $20.48 |
$3.29 |
$32.30 |
$32.89 |
| Telus | Canada | $9.16 |
$0.95 |
$18.33 |
$10.67 |
| Tencent Holdings | China | $1.05 |
$0.41 |
$1.40 |
$36.39 |
| Thomson Reuters | Canada | $12.95 |
$0.84 |
$34.57 |
$29.10 |
| Time Warner | United States | $25.79 |
$2.44 |
$65.73 |
$34.05 |
| Time Warner Cable | United States | $17.87 |
$1.07 |
$43.69 |
$16.63 |
| Toppan Printing | Japan | $16.61 |
$-0.08 |
$16.90 |
$6.05 |
| Turk Telekom | Turkey | $6.82 |
$1.18 |
$8.97 |
$11.25 |
| Turkcell | Turkey | $5.89 |
$1.55 |
$8.00 |
$13.19 |
| Verizon Communications | United States | $107.81 |
$3.65 |
$227.25 |
$82.21 |
| Viacom | United States | $13.62 |
$1.61 |
$21.90 |
$18.01 |
| VimpelCom | Russia | $10.12 |
$0.52 |
$15.73 |
$18.63 |
| Virgin Media | United States | $6.14 |
$-0.58 |
$14.84 |
$5.58 |
| Vivendi | France | $37.83 |
$1.16 |
$79.07 |
$31.15 |
| Vodafone | United Kingdom | $58.35 |
$4.38 |
$217.97 |
$112.26 |
| Walt Disney | United States | $36.29 |
$3.31 |
$69.31 |
$61.17 |
| Windstream | United States | $3.00 |
$0.33 |
$9.15 |
$4.70 |
| Wolters Kluwer | Netherlands | $4.78 |
$0.16 |
$8.67 |
$5.96 |
| WPP | Ireland | $14.02 |
$0.71 |
$35.98 |
$11.64 |
| Yahoo | United States | $6.46 |
$0.60 |
$14.94 |
$22.11 |
| Zain Group | Kuwait | $7.34 |
$1.18 |
$19.44 |
$19.10 |
Sources: Forbes 2000, April 2010