Chart: Telecom Companies - Annual Earnings Growth

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

● Earnings are before taxes and exclude unusual items.
● “N/A" indicates periods with zero, negative or non-disclosed earnings.

		Net Inc. ($mm)	Net Inc. ($mm)	YOY Net Inc.
Ticker	Company	2004	2005	Growth%
AT	Alltel Corp.	$1,719.20	$2,029.00
18.0%
BCE	BCE Inc.	$2,675.84	$2,663.22
-0.5%
BLS	BellSouth Corp.	$4,782.00	$4,237.00
-11.4%
BT	BT Group plc	$3,739.97	$3,455.82
-7.6%
CHA	China Telecom Corp. Ltd.	$4,171.45	$4,228.03
1.4%
CN	China Netcom Group Corp. (Hong Kong) Ltd.	$1,521.90	$2,145.80
41.0%
CTL	Centurytel Inc.	$553.47	$555.27
0.3%
CZN	Citizens Communications Co.	$211.05	$292.40
38.5%
DT	Deutsche Telekom AG	$9,606.92	$8,247.57
-14.1%
FTE	France Telecom	$7,498.78	$9,090.96
21.2%
NTL	Nortel Inversora S.A.	($168.21)	$517.80
N/A
NTT	Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.	$14,517.89	$9,546.06
-34.2%
Q	Qwest Communications International Inc.	($919.00)	($451.00)
N/A
S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	$2,188.00	$3,031.00
38.5%
T	AT&T Inc.	$6,524.00	$6,789.00
4.1%
TAR	Telefonica of Argentina, Inc.	$40.03	$98.47
146.0%
TEF	Telefonica SA	$7,835.18	$8,470.63
8.1%
TI	Telecom Italia SpA	$6,994.51	$6,276.50
-10.3%
TWTC	Time Warner Telecom Inc.	($133.11)	($108.06)
N/A
VZ	Verizon Communications Inc.	$13,504.00	$13,400.00
-0.8%

Data: Capital IQ

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