[comp.dcom.telecom] Who is the Top Telco?

UKTONY@cup.portal.com (11/26/89)

British Telecom (BT) keeps telling its staff that it is striving to
become "TOP TELCO".

This implies that it is not top telco yet.

SO.........

Just who is the world's top telco?

AT&T??? following the break up?

NTT in Japan??

Cable & Wireless ???


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G_AHRENDT@uunet.uu.net (11/29/89)

Siemens is the TOP TELCO.

[Moderator's Note: Oh yeah? Informal poll time. What say you others?
Send in replies; if I get enough I will make a Digest out of them.  PT]

pcf@galadriel.british-telecom.co.uk (Pete French) (12/01/89)

>British Telecom (BT) keeps telling its staff that it is striving to
>become "TOP TELCO".

>This implies that it is not top telco yet.

>SO.........

>Just who is the world's top telco?

Exactly what we asked ... and there doesn't seem to be a definate
answer. How do you measure "success" anyway - profit/market share/size
of network ????

This Digest has a wide readership - how about someone from every
country posting stats on their PTT and getting someone to compile
tables so that we can come up with an answer to this one for a few
categories. Anyone volunteering to collate results ?

When this subject was first brought up I think that the answer most
generally agreed upon was that Erricsson were probably top at the
moment. Any comments anyone ?

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