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Top 25 Telecom network operators based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 1,380 telecom network operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 411,855 professional contacts across them, including 94,504 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers telecom network operators headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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411,855Contacts tracked
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The 25 largest telecom network operators based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,380 telecom network operators based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to telecom network operators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+149,412 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We understand that our customers want an easier, less complicated life.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Indirect evidenceStamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+30,997 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“For company news and job opportunities, please follow us at: Spectrum is powered and innovated by Charter Communications.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Partial evidenceMonroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+15,336 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lumen is the trusted network for the AI-powered world, connecting people, data, and applications through one of the world’s most expansive fiber networks.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBasking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+12,837 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“You’re more than a business, agency or organization leader.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Indirect evidenceLittle Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+7,275 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Windstream and Uniti have merged - Please follow us at Uniti Group, Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Indirect evidencePhoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0006,379 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cable One Business offers scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions so that the businesses we serve can be successful.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceGermantown, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,459 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks since 1971, provides broadband equipment and services; managed…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Partial evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,419 contacts →

Partial evidence

“TDS Telecommunications LLC (TDS Telecom/TDS®) delivers high-speed internet, TV entertainment, and phone services to a mix of small to mid-sized urban, suburban and rural…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Strong evidenceEnglewood, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+2,276 contacts →

Strong evidence

“EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) is a premier provider of technology, networking services, television entertainment and connectivity, offering consumer, enterprise, operator…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Partial evidenceQuincy, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0002,270 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Granite is a dynamic and rapidly growing company serving the exciting and demanding Telecommunications market.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceMclean, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,193 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“In Feb.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceQueens, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0001,954 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Optimum, we believe in the power of connection.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Partial evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+1,781 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Liberty Latin America (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) is a leading telecommunications company operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean under…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceFort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,420 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Hotwire Communications is a national leader in fiber optic technology, delivering advanced, customized telecommunications solutions to residential, commercial, senior-living…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceMattoon, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,418 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“On Sept.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceEdinburg, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,186 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Shentel has been keeping communities connected since 1902.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Indirect evidenceHonolulu, HI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,131 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Over the last two decades our mission has evolved dramatically.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceBroomfield, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+1,051 contacts →

Partial evidence

“tw telecom is now part of CenturyLink.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19Indirect evidenceHerndon, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,0001,000 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“XO Communications is a Verizon company that provides the technology that helps business and wholesale customers compete in a hyper-connected economy.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20Indirect evidenceCharlotte, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000950 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Segra owns and operates a wide and dense fiber-optic infrastructure footprint that provides state-of-the-art connectivity, cybersecurity, voice, cloud and colocation solutions…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21Partial evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500870 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.(NYSE: TDS) provides broadband, video and voice through its TDS Telecom business.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22Partial evidenceHigh Point, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026501-1,000717 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Lumos delivers 100% Fiber Optic Internet and Whole-Home Wi-Fi to a growing network of homes, businesses and multi-family buildings throughout the Midwest and Eastern US.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23Partial evidenceMiami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026n/a680 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At Liberty Networks we invest and innovate with our customers and the quality of our complete portfolio of IT and Communications Services in mind.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24Indirect evidenceCincinnati, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000662 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Born from a long, rich and proven history of serving communities through innovation and transformation, we are now taking our impact to another level to be even more for the…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25Partial evidenceKennesaw, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000637 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Circet USA is a leading builder of network infrastructure with services tailored to your specific needs, including the design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of data…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Telecom network operators based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
22.9%Verified-email coverage
298.4Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.1%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
441
11-50
542
51-200
226
201-500
74
501-1,000
30
1,001-5,000
39
5,001-10,000
5
10001+
21

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 1,380 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among telecom network operators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “telecom network operators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names telecom network operators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among telecom network operators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 94,504 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Telecom network operators by metro

  • Telecom network operators in New York29

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names telecom network operators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many telecom network operators are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 1,380 telecom network operators headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

At&t, headquartered in Dallas, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most telecom network operators?

New York leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (20) and Atlanta (17).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 94,504 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,380 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.