Telecom Lead Asia: NTT, China Mobile and AT&T are the top telecom service providers based on Capex (capital expenditure) in 2012.
The world’s top 3 service providers by 2012 revenue are NTT, AT&T and Verizon.
Comcast is the only pure cable operator among the top 10 revenue generators.
Geographically, China dominates spending, with 3 providers in the top 6.
The #1 independent wireless provider by revenue is China Mobile, with sales of almost $89 billion in 2012.
LTE subscribers are the fastest-growing segment of subscribers compared to all other technologies.
“NTT, which passed AT&T as the top revenue-generating service provider in 2011, remains the number-one service provider in the world in terms of revenue and capital expenditures, and in 2012 it became the leader in terms of operating expenses as well,” said Maria Zeppetella, market analyst manager at Infonetics Research and lead analyst on the report.
