Telecom giant AT&T just inched ahead of global powerhouse Vodafone (Africa/Europe/Australia) in mobile revenue.
According to research firm GSMA Intelligence, China Mobile still holds the top position, both in terms of customers and revenue, on the firm’s scoreboard. China is the largest market for mobile carriers on the scoreboard.
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Notably on the rise were Orange Group (France), China Unicom, and China Telecom. The latter two had double-digit revenue growth between 2012 and 2013.
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Interestingly, Sprint was one of only three carriers to show a decline year over year. However, the coming Sprint/Softbank merger will likely change those fortunes for the better.
Here’s a closer look at the numbers, courtesy of your friendly spreadsheet jockeys at VentureBeat (all figures are expressed in millions:
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