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1. NTT: Nippon Telephone and Telegraph 2. AT&T: American Telephone and Telegraph 3. Deutsche Telecom 4. Bell Atlantic 5. MCI: Microwave Communications Inc. MCI WorldCom 6. SBC: Southwestern Bell Communications 7. British Telecom 8. France Telecom 9. GTE: General Telephone and Electronics 10. China Telecom This is a 1998¡¯s world-wide top10 Telecom Carriers ranking list provided by European Video and Telecommunication Institute (1999 Geneva). It is the first time that China telecommunication service provider entered into the list. The change appears to indicate the first glimmerings of a long-awaited oriental country with gigantic telecommunication market, while China prepares for its expected entry into the World Trade Organization. While Lucent Technologies announced in August 2001 it will continue to remove 17,000 workers, its subsidiary in China is still recruiting engineers for CDMA contracts. The telecom growth is continuing to climb steadily In China in spite of the turndown in North America. As a telecom engineer, I never suspected that the lightening bolt of information technology would deeply transform our society; however, what¡¯s up now in the cradle of new technology? The regional difference is