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Top 25 Telecommunications providers based in the United States

Name: Telecommunications providers based in the United States
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 4,188 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 4,188 telecommunications providers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 659,110 professional contacts across them, including 130,119 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers telecommunications providers 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.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

4,188Companies

659,110Contacts tracked

130,119Verified emails

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The 25 largest telecommunications providers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 4,188 telecommunications providers 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 telecommunications providers: 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	At&t	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	149,412 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We understand that our customers want an easier, less complicated life.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	T-Mobile	Indirect evidence	Bellevue, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	73,993 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As the supercharged Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc.(NASDAQ: TMUS) is powered by an award-winning 5G network that connects more people, in more places, than ever before.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	Charter Communications	Indirect evidence	Stamford, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	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
4	Centurylink	Indirect evidence	Monroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	22,745 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a technology leader delivering hybrid networking, cloud connectivity, and security solutions to customers around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Lumen Technologies	Indirect evidence	Monroe, LA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	15,336 contacts →
	Indirect 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
6	Verizon Business	Indirect evidence	Basking Ridge, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	12,837 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “You’re more than a business, agency or organization leader.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Frontier Internet	Indirect evidence	Dallas, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	11,368 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Frontier, a Verizon company, is one of the largest fiber providers in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Earthlink	Indirect evidence	Sandy Springs, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	n/a	10,818 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EarthLink is a top U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Windstream	Indirect evidence	Little Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	7,275 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Windstream and Uniti have merged - Please follow us at Uniti Group, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Cable ONE	Indirect evidence	Phoenix, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,379 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
11	Hughes	Indirect evidence	Germantown, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,459 contacts →
	Indirect 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
12	Cogent Communications	Indirect evidence	Washington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,450 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Cogent is one of the world's largest Internet Service Providers, delivering high quality Internet, Ethernet, Transport, and Colocation services to more than 138,025 Enterprise and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	TDS Telecommunications LLC	Strong evidence	Madison, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,419 contacts →
	Strong 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
14	Suddenlink Communications	Indirect evidence	St. Louis, MO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,407 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	Echostar Corporation	Indirect evidence	Englewood, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	2,276 contacts →
	Indirect 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
16	Granite Telecommunications	Strong evidence	Quincy, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,270 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Granite is a dynamic and rapidly growing company serving the exciting and demanding Telecommunications market.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Adtran	Indirect evidence	Huntsville, AL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	2,106 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Adtran, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Bright House Networks	Indirect evidence	East Syracuse, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,026 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Bright House Networks is the sixth largest owner and operator of cable systems in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Infinera	Indirect evidence	San Jose, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,959 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Infinera is now part of Nokia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Optimum	Indirect evidence	Queens, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,954 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Optimum, we believe in the power of connection.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	Metronet	Indirect evidence	Evansville, IN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,938 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “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: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Liberty Latin America	Strong evidence	Denver, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	1,781 contacts →
	Strong 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
23	GCI Communication Corp	Indirect evidence	Anchorage, AK, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,609 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hi, we’re glad you’re here!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Cable & Wireless Communications	Strong evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,474 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As part of the Liberty Latin America group of companies, we're one of the leading telecommunications and entertainment providers in the Caribbean and Latin America.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Alltel Wireless	Strong evidence	Little Rock, AR, United StatesHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	1,438 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Doing business as Alltel Wireless, Allied Wireless Communications Corporation (AWCC) is a wireless telecommunications provider based in Little Rock, Arkansas.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: telecommunications providers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names telecommunications providers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of telecommunications providers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name telecommunications providers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Telecommunications providers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

19.7%Verified-email coverage

157.4Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

2.0%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

1,577

11-50

1,641

51-200

617

201-500

165

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

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 4,188 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 telecommunications providers, 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 providers”. 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 providers), 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 providers, 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, 130,119 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: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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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 providers, 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 providers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 4,188 telecommunications providers 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 providers?

New York leads with 84 headquartered companies, followed by Houston (68) and Miami (61).

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 130,119 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 4,188 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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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.