AT&T, SK Telecom and China Mobile are among the leading companies in the 5G theme, according to the latest Thematic Scorecard for the telecom operators sector from GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

All three companies gained the highest Thematic score (5 out of 5) for the 5G theme in GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard for the telecom operators sector. A Thematic score of 5 out of 5 indicates that the companies’ competitive position in this theme will significantly improve their future performance.

Also identified as dominant players in this theme are Korea Telecom, Etisalat, Ooredoo, Saudi Telecom, China Telecom, and China Unicom.

On their tail, with scores of 4 out of 5, are BT, Softbank, Verizon, Orange, Vodafone, SingTel, Bharti Airtel, NTT, NTT DoCoMo, the Philippines’ PLDT, Japan’s KDDI, Telstra, Sprint, Swisscom, and T-Mobile USA.

GlobalData’s Thematic Scorecard ranks companies within a sector on the basis of overall leadership in the 10 themes that matter most to their industry, generating a leading indicator of future performance.