11 leading technology giants in the world

From more than 500 leading IT companies in the world, Businessweek has compiled a list of 100 highly influential IT companies and has breakthroughs in technology. Here are 11 top rated companies.

1. Amazon.com

Amazon.com not only sells books but an internet phenomenon that goes far beyond retailing, e-commerce, computers or providing services to support other businesses. Despite a large investment in new technology, the company's second-quarter profit rose 115% based on 39% increase in revenue, helping the company's stock up 83% from the beginning of the year.

2. América Móvil

The largest provider of wireless networks in Latin America and the 50th in the world occupy the second place on the ranking of Businessweek. Revenue increased by 23.6%, amounting to US $ 21.5 billion, profit of US $ 3.9 billion - about 34.4% of last year's assets. América Móvil has increased by 31 million new subscribers, expanding to about 124.8 million subscribers in 15 countries of the Americas, including the United States.

3. Telefónica

After the success of 2005, Madrid-based Telefónica became the world's leading phone company, with more than 200 million customers worldwide. Only the quantity cannot say the full strength of this company, but must pay attention to the revenue growth rate of 40% last year, approximately $ 71 billion.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director César Alierta Izuel has expanded its business in Spain, Latin America, England and in emerging economies. This combination has helped Telefónica's shares increase by more than 39% in the past 12 months, bringing in more than $ 100 billion in capital.

4. Hon Hai Precision Industry

Hon Hai Precision is the world's largest electronics manufacturer. While Western rivals are struggling to cope with the problem of overproduction, the Taiwanese company, by producing similar Apple iPod products, Sony's PlayStation, remains firm. development step. Revenue last year increased by 40%, to 40 billion USD.

Hon Hai's power is reflected in the ability to produce many parts of the product themselves, enabling them to reduce costs and win many supply contracts. In order to maintain the development step, the company has diversified products, entered the field of manufacturing LCD monitors and digital camcorders. General Director Terry Gou said that the group is now aiming to manufacture laptops and medical devices.

5. Telenor

Leading European telecommunications companies often struggle to protect market share from rising rivals - businesses that don't have to deal with the heavy organizational costs left over from the monopoly period.

Norway's Telenor is no exception, but it has succeeded in balancing the inevitable decline of fixed-line phone revenues by expanding to developed countries like Hungary and Malaysia. , also, access to new devices, such as cable TV.

6. Apple

Is it surprising that Apple appeared in 6th place? The profit of this company has increased nearly 4 times in the last 5 years to 21.6 billion USD (based on the report from the last 4 quarters). This is mainly thanks to the iPod, and the recovery in sales of Mac computers.

It seems that Apple has good capabilities to conquer and create new markets. It has valuable software, including MacOS and iTunes, which have been downloaded over 500 million times. Finally, it has the strength to own a reputable industrial design team, and a chain of stores to showcase new products.

7. AT&T

AT&T today is no longer Ma Bell. The Group's retired president, Ed Whirace, has built a wireless service as a key product. It provides Internet services to more people than any other provider in the world, as well as a television service provider.

But AT & T's most valuable asset is its enormous size.
Last year, Whitacre marked his career with great success through buying BellSouth. This helps AT&T take full control of Cungular Wireless, the largest mobile phone service provider in the United States.

The result is clear: AT&T generated more than $ 118 billion in revenue in the year and net income of nearly $ 17 billion, according to UBS reports. This BellSouth acquisition saves billions of dollars, AT&T maintains one of the best balance sheets in the business world, and becomes one of Wall Street's most popular companies.

AT&T shares rose 46% in 2006, making it one of the best-performing blue-chip companies of the year. Now, under the leadership of managing director Randall Stephenson, the stock has increased by another 12% to about $ 40 per share.

8. Nintendo

Not long ago, Nintendo was lagging behind by not following the steps of the game players. This company has made many good marks in the youth, but its products were not comparable to Sony's PlayStations. It was only until Nintendo launched the Wii in November. It was a real leap, its sales far exceeded Sony's PlayStation 3, the product launched the same month.

This success comes for two reasons: cheap, and innovative stick-shaped design, combined with wireless technology, motion sensors, a device that converts real-world actions to motion on the screen.

Financial analysts all score very high for the company: In the financial year to March 2007, Nintendo's operating profit soared 150%, to $ 1.8 billion. This year, the company expects a 19% profit growth and 2-digit revenue growth.

9. Microsoft

The long-standing empire Microsoft continues to be a dominant force in technology, even when the company has shifted its operations away from the PC system sector. However, sales of computer software still grew constantly, this year higher than the previous year.

With 95% of machines running Windows, Microsoft's dominance continues to increase. Their new Windows Vista operating system also sells faster than any previous operating system. Now the company is using the money to invest in new areas, most recently the Web advertising industry, when it is preparing to buy aQuantive with $ 6 billion.

10. China Mobile

With 316 million users, and the stock value on the market more than 200 billion, China Mobile is a giant mobile provider. The company is aggressively attacking value-added services, including messaging, music downloads and mobile Internet.

11. Research in Motion

If an electronic device is comparable to Apple's iPod, it must be Research In Motion's BlackBerry. With just an hour of talking with one of the 8 million people in use, you will understand why RIM can achieve yearly growth of more than $ 3 billion, and net profit of nearly 21%.

After the controversy, litigation has been resolved and equipment from rivals such as Motorola and Paml hardly made any mark, RIM's growth has been growing. There were more than 3 million users in the fiscal year 2007 and about 1 million people from the previous quarter.

Minh Khue