Top 10 Telecom Companies in World 10 Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company headquartered in New Delhi, India. It operates in 20 countries across South Asia, Africa, and the Channel Islands. Founder: Sunil Bharti Mittal Founded: 1985 9 France Telecom Orange S.A., formerly France Télécom S.A., is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It currently employs about 170,000 people, 105,000 of them in France, and has 230 million customers worldwide. Founded: 1988 8 TeliaSonera TeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, South Asia and Spain Founded: 2003 7 China Unicom China Unicom or China United Netcom Ltd, is a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator in the People's Republic of China. Compared to other mobile providers China Unicom is ranked as the world's third-biggest mobile provider. Founded: 2000 6 Deutsche Telecom Deutsche Telekom AG is a German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Deutsche Telekom was formed in 1996 as the former state-owned monopoly Deutsche Bundespost was privatized. Founded: 1996 5 Telenor Group Telenor Group is a Norwegian multinational telecommunications company headquartered at Fornebu in Bærum, close to Oslo. It is one of the world's largest mobile telecommunications companies with operations in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe and Asia. Founded: 1855 4 AmericaMovil América Móvil is a Mexican telecommunication company headquartered in Mexico City, Mexico. It is the fourth largest mobile network operator in terms of equity subscribers and one of the largest corporations in the world. Founded: 2000 3 Telefonica Telefónica, S.A. is a Spanish broadband and telecommunications provider with operations in Europe, Latin America, North America and Asia. Operating globally, it is the fifth largest mobile network provider in the world. Founded: 1924 2 Vodafone Group Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company headquartered in London and with its registered office in Newbury, Berkshire. Founded: 1984 Founders: Ken Hydon, Sir Christopher Gent, Julian Horn-Smith 1 China Mobile China Mobile Limited is a Chinese state-owned telecommunication company that provides mobile voice and multimedia services through its nationwide mobile telecommunications network. Founded: 1997

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