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Top 25 Telecommunications companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 3,176 telecommunications companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 565,700 professional contacts across them, including 117,783 with verified work emails and 227,548 with mobile numbers. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers telecommunications companies 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 6, 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
3,176Companies
565,700Contacts tracked
117,783Verified emails
227,548Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest telecommunications companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 3,176 telecommunications companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to telecommunications companies: 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 6, 202610001+149,412 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceOverland Park, KS, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+39,870 contacts →

“Thanks for everything!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Indirect evidenceStamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+30,997 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMonroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+22,745 contacts →

“CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a technology leader delivering hybrid networking, cloud connectivity, and security solutions to customers around the world.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Indirect evidenceMonroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+15,336 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Indirect evidenceBasking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+12,837 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Indirect evidenceDallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+11,368 contacts →

“Frontier, a Verizon company, is one of the largest fiber providers in the U.S.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Indirect evidenceSandy Springs, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a10,818 contacts →

“EarthLink is a top U.S.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLittle Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+7,275 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Indirect evidencePhoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0006,379 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Indirect evidenceGermantown, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0002,459 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Strong evidenceMadison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0002,419 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Indirect evidenceSt. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20265,001-10,0002,407 contacts →

“Suddenlink is the seventh largest cable operator in the United States, supporting the information, communication and entertainment demands of approximately 1.4 million residential…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Indirect evidenceEnglewood, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+2,276 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Strong evidenceQuincy, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0002,270 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Indirect evidenceHuntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0002,106 contacts →

“Adtran, Inc.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Indirect evidenceEast Syracuse, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20265,001-10,0002,026 contacts →

“Bright House Networks is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the U.S.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Indirect evidenceSan Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,959 contacts →

“Infinera is now part of Nokia.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Indirect evidenceQueens, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20265,001-10,0001,954 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Indirect evidenceEvansville, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,938 contacts →

“Metronet, the nation's fastest-growing fiber-to-the-home builder, is now owned by a joint venture of T-Mobile, America's 5G leader, and KKR, the global investment firm.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Strong evidenceDenver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 202610001+1,781 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Indirect evidenceAnchorage, AK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,609 contacts →

“Hi, we’re glad you’re here!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Strong evidenceLittle Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 2026501-1,0001,438 contacts →

“Doing business as Alltel Wireless, Allied Wireless Communications Corporation (AWCC) is a wireless telecommunications provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Strong evidenceFort Lauderdale, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,420 contacts →

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

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Indirect evidenceMattoon, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,418 contacts →

“On Sept.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Telecommunications companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
20.8%Verified-email coverage
40.2%Mobile-number coverage
178.1Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
2.0%Largest-city concentration · New York
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
1,100
11-50
1,253
51-200
501
201-500
146
501-1,000
59
1,001-5,000
69
5,001-10,000
9
10001+
32

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

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 telecommunications companies, 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 “telecommunications companies”. 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 telecommunications companies), 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 telecommunications companies, 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, 117,783 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 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 telecommunications companies, 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 telecommunications companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 3,176 telecommunications companies 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 telecommunications companies?

New York leads with 63 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (55) and Miami (42).

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 117,783 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 3,176 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 6, 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.