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Mobile Telecommunications Co KSC is a mobile and data services operator. The company and its subsidiaries, along with associates, provide mobile telecommunication services. The company provides of technologies and digital lifestyle communications. Its geographical segments are Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain, KSA, and others.

OTE is Greece’s incumbent telecommunications group and operates consumer and enterprise services primarily under the COSMOTE brand. It provides fixed and mobile connectivity, broadband, pay television, ICT integration, cloud and managed communications services. Revenue is generated from subscriptions, usage, equipment sales and business technology contracts. The company serves households, businesses and public-sector organizations in Greece and selected regional markets. OTE is listed on the Athens Exchange and Deutsche Telekom has been its strategic shareholder for many years. In 2018 Deutsche Telekom exercised a contractual right of first refusal to acquire HRADF’s additional 5% block, increasing its ownership without changing OTE’s operating identity.

Maroc Telecom SA telecommunications operator in the Kingdom of Morocco. The company provides a wide range of services covering Fixed-Line and Mobile communications, data transfer, and other value-added services. It operates in the Fixed-Line telephony, Mobile telephony and Internet segments. The Fixed-Line and Mobile operating segments are combined within the Services Division (DGS) and the Networks and Systems Division. The company derives majority revenues from Morocco.

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications PLC, formerly known as Magyar Telekom PLC, is a telecommunications company that operates in two segments: MT-Hungary and North Macedonia. MT Hungary supplies mobile, information communication, television distribution, and system integration services to both business and residential consumers in Hungary. The North Macedonia segment expands the company's mobile and fixed-line telecommunication services across North Macedonia. Magyar controls the majority share of the Hungarian telecom market and has a footprint in Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Romania. The company receives majority of its revenue from Hungary.

TIM, which is 67%-owned by Telecom Italia, is the third largest wireless carrier in Brazil, with 62 million subscribers, equal to about 23% of the market. The firm owns 49% of I-Systems, an infrastructure partnership that is expanding its network footprint across Brazil. I-Systems can provide broadband service to about 8 million locations, including 6.5 million with fiber, equal to 10%-15% of the country. TIM leases capacity on the venture's network to serve retail broadband customers under the UltraFibra brand, but it has agreed to buy out its joint venture partner in 2026, taking full ownership of these assets. TIM also resells fiber network access from other providers.

Telekom Malaysia Bhd is a telecommunications company. It generates revenue from the Internet and multimedia services, Data services, Voice services, Non-telecommunications related services, and Other telecommunications-related services, in which it generates the majority of its revenue from Internet and multimedia services. The company owns telecommunications infrastructure. Its segments include TM ONE; TM Global; and Shared Services/Others. It generates the vast majority of its revenue in Malaysia.

Bharti Hexacom Ltd is a communications solutions provider offering consumer mobile services, fixed-line telephone, and broadband services to customers in the Rajasthan and the North East telecommunication circles in India, It offers services under the brand ‘Airtel’. The company has three reportable segments: Mobile Services: which covers voice and data telecom services provided through wireless technology (2G/4G/5G). This also includes intra-city fiber networks. Homes and Office Services: covers voice and data communications through fixed-line network and broadband technology for homes and offices. Unallocated: items include expenses/results, assets and liabilities of corporate headquarters of the company. Key revenue is generated from Mobile Services segment.

MTN Ghana is a Ghana-based company that provides mobile financial services in the financial services industry. The principal activities are the provision of telecommunication services including voice, data, and enterprise solutions, mobile financial services, the development of strategic partnerships to provide developed services, and the provision of consultancy and support services in the mobile banking, payment services and fintech space. The company has four reportable segments, namely Network services, Interconnect and roaming, Digital and Fintech, and devices and accessories, out of which it derives maximum revenue from Network services.

CelcomDigi Bhd is a telecommunications company. The company is primarily involved in the e provision of mobile communication services and wireless Internet services to customers across the country and its services and products essentially have a similar risk profile.

KT is South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, with around 11.5 million fixed-line broadband customers and 9.5 million IPTV customers, and is the second-largest wireless operator with 28 million subscribers. Additionally, it has a number of nontelecom businesses, including real estate, payment processing, artificial intelligence, and IDC/cloud services, many of which are the focus of its growth strategy. The company was formed from the previously government-owned, monopoly telecom business and was listed in 1998. After selling its mobile business in 1994 (forming its mobile competitor, SK Telecom), KT created its own mobile operator in 1997.

Societe Nationale des Telecommunications SONATEL provides telecommunications solutions in the areas of fixed, mobile, Internet, television and data serving individuals and businesses. The company generates maximum revenue from Mobile including data services ad geographically from Africa.

Maxis Bhd is a telecommunications provider. Its primary services include mobile, wireless, fixed, and enterprise services, with the majority of revenue generated from mobile and wireless. The company generates mobile revenue from prepaid and postpaid subscribers, with roughly an even split between both. Within enterprise services, Maxis provides traditional managed services in addition to mobile and fixed services. Additionally, the company owns fiber backhaul infrastructure.

Numericable is a French cable operator and telecommunications services company that provided cable broadband, digital television, fixed telephony and mobile services. It was assembled from the French cable networks of Noos, formerly UPC France, and NC Numericable, which merged in 2006, and the group adopted the single Numericable brand in 2007. It operated the largest cable network in France, passing close to ten million households, and ran a fibre upgrade programme in major cities. Business customers were served through the Completel fibre network. Altice, Cinven and Carlyle owned the group before it listed on Euronext Paris in November 2013. In 2014 it agreed to acquire SFR from Vivendi and bought the mobile virtual operator Virgin Mobile France, and the enlarged group traded as Numericable-SFR before adopting the SFR name in 2016. Its operations were based in the Paris region and also covered Portugal, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Telekom Austria AG is a telecommunications provider. The company offers products and services in the areas of voice telephony, broadband Internet, mobile and home entertainment as well as smart home, data and IT solutions, wholesale, payment solutions, and digital services. It generates income in the form of Service revenues and Equipment revenues. Geographically, the company operates across Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Belarus. A majority of its revenue is generated from its business in Austria.

Safaricom PLC is a Kenya-based telecommunications company. The principal activities of the company are the provision of telecommunication services, providing a comprehensive range of integrated telecommunication services including voice and data both mobile and fixed, SMS, the internet, and m-pesa. The company also offers a wide range of devices such as Mobile handsets, mobile broadband modems, routers, tablets, and notebooks. The majority of its revenue comes from service revenues: Voice, m-pesa, mobile data, messaging, fixed data and other service revenue. The company serves both individual and corporate/enterprise customers.

Bezeq International is Israel's leading international telecommunications provider, founded in 1996 as a subsidiary of Bezeq Group and headquartered in Petah Tikva. The company delivers broadband internet up to 1 Gbps, international calling, cloud hosting, and cybersecurity services to 1 million+ residential and business customers. It operates data centers in Israel and Europe, connecting to 400+ global carriers for low-latency VoIP and MPLS networks.

Regional Link Telecom Services is a telecommunications provider operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HKT Limited in Hong Kong. The company delivers fixed-line telephony, broadband internet, and data connectivity solutions primarily to business customers across the region. Established to support HKT's enterprise segment, it maintains infrastructure in key commercial districts of Hong Kong, including Central and Kowloon. Regional Link handles network maintenance and expansion projects valued at hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars annually. Its services integrate with HKT's broader ecosystem, enabling seamless connectivity for multinational corporations headquartered in Hong Kong such as HSBC and Standard Chartered.

Digital InfraCo is a Singtel-led joint venture developing digital infrastructure across Asia, Europe, and the US. The consortium focuses on subsea cables, data centers, and 5G networks, with initial projects including the Echo and SeaMeWe 6 cable systems linking Singapore to Europe. Digital InfraCo partners with CDPQ Infra and Gulf Investment Corporation to invest tens of billions in high-capacity connectivity.