Each year, the World Teleport Association (WTA) publishes the world’s only rankings of teleport operators that provide commercial services, including independent operators, satellite carriers, fiber carriers, and technology providers. Organizations that operate teleports primarily for their own use, such as broadcast networks, are excluded from these rankings.
Rankings are based on total revenue from all sources and on year-over-year growth. They recognize that, to some extent, every teleport operator competes in the same marketplace – the biggest with the smallest – but that like all marketplaces, the teleport sector has segments in which even the smallest players can compete effectively and achieve strong growth.
From the data provided by its members and other operators, WTA publishes an annual ranking of –
- The Global Top Operators – based on revenue from all sources and including all operators: from uplinkers to satellite carriers, fiber network operators to systems integrators, technology providers to specialized satcom service providers.
- The Independent Top Operators – based on revenue from all sources but excluding companies whose primary business is satellite fleet operations or terrestrial network services.
- The Fast Operators – based on year-over-year revenue growth in their most recent complete fiscal years, and including all operators.
The Top Operators announcement receives press coverage within the industry and provides valuable exposure to the operators included in the rankings.
The Top Operator Rankings of 2018
The Global Top Twenty
The Independent Top Fifteen
The Fast Ten