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"The 1999 ranking of the world's top telecoms operators gives the overall impression of a still booming industry, with a cumulated turnover of close to $600 billion. Apart from two exceptions (Germany's Deutsche Telekom and American GTE), all have enjoyed growth rates of over 5%, with close to half posting increases of 10%. These results are, evidently, linked in part with the market's dynamic fostered by the spectacular developments in mobile and Internet access service. It is also the fruit, in a number of cases, of the merger and acquisition frenzy that continues to shake up the sector. Such is the case of AT&T with its takeover of TCI, and that of SBC which, after having "absorbed" Pacific Telesis, merged with Ameritech (the 8% growth has, however, been calculated based on pro forma data). Internationalisation, another factor which serves to explain operator's great vitality, has now reached phenomenal levels, with the share of revenues derived from overseas activities representing over 10% for three of Europe's top operators (Telefonica, France Telecom and BT)." |
