Operator (Country)	Int'l telephone traffic (bothway)			Int'l telephone revenue
	Minutes, m 1998	CAGR (97-98)		US$ m 1998		CAGR (97-98)
AT&T (USA)	14'529	7.1%		9'555	G	-2.7%
Deutsche Telekom (Germany)	10'058	3.0%		3'357	G	-16.4%
MCI WorldCom (USA) b	7'189	16.5%		4'743	R	21.2%
France Télécom	7'300	9.0%		1'859	G	-17.3%
BT (UK) a	6'350	10.2%		924	G	-14.2%
Telecom Italia	5'289	9.5%		1'438	N	0.6%
Sprint (USA)	4'470	10.1%		1'820	G	1.1%
China Telecom (China)	4'212	4.9%		2'200	G	3.0%
Hongkong Telecom a	3'818	3.8%		1'995	G	-17.7%
Telefónica (Spain)	3'704	16.1%		813	N	-3.9%
Swisscom (Switzerland)	3'680	-2.9%		1'379	G	2.2%
Telmex (Mexico)	3'286	-12.8%		879	N	-24.3%
KPN (Netherlands)	3'443	6.0%		847	G	-23.6%
C&W Comm. (UK) a	2'670	36.2%		477	G	36.0%
Belgacom (Belgium)	2'622	10.0%		548	N	-6.5%
Singapore Telecom a	2'251	25.6%		1'267	G	7.3%
KDD (Japan) a	2'200	3.3%		1'903	G	-5.0%
PTA (Austria)	1'954	4.9%		492	R	-9.3%
Teleglobe (Canada)	1'905	3.1%		631	G	-18.3%
VSNL (India) a	1'679	21.2%		1'600	G	11.8%
Top 20	92'609	7.0%		38'727		-8.4%

Note: United States dollar values are obtained by using operator supplied exchange rates or ending period exchange rate. International revenue is shown as reported by the operator: G = Gross (including settlement receipts or payments); R = Retail (not including settlement receipts of payments); N = Net (after adjusting for settlement transactions). Figures in italics are estimates or refer to years other than those specified (e.g., 1997 and 1996-97 CAGR). CAGR = Compound Annual Growth Rate.

A Year beginning 1 April. b MCI and WorldCom merged in 1998. A merger with Sprint was announced in October 1999. Source: ITU.