German telecom operators are the most profitable

The total revenue of telecom operators in the world in 2006 will amount to $ 1.4 trillion, and capital expenditures will reach $ 225 billion. This is reported in the report of the analytical company Ovum. Last year, according to various analytical data, the global income of telecom operators amounted to about $ 1.2 trillion, capital expenditures - about $ 200 billion, reports PRIME-TASS .

In addition, the Ovum report provides projections of which global operators will be the largest in terms of revenue:

• Deutsche Telecom (Germany) - $ 93 billion
  Verizon (US) - $ 90 billion.
  AT & T (USA) - $ 80 billion
  NTT (Japan) - $ 77 billion
  Vodafone (UK) - $ 68 billion
  France Telecom (France) - $ 64 billion
  Telefonica (Spain) - $ 60 billion
  Sprint Nextel (USA) - $ 41 billion
  BellSouth (USA) - $ 39 billion
  Telecom Italia (Italy) - $ 38 billion
  
  In Russia, for the current year, the aggregate income of operators from telecommunication services, according to preliminary data, will amount to 745.6 billion rubles (about $ 28 billion).