By 2017, this number stands at minimum 128 countries with a functional NREN, while a further ten research networks operate at the regional level (e.g. the Asia-Pacific Advanced Network APAN. Researchers from a range of professions can access scientific articles, open data, technical journals and formal databases. For example, ESR Journal provides resources, support and advice for early-stage researchers as well as more advance researchers for publishing their scientific papers, while offering free access to scientific research under creative commons licenses. Among the current top ten Fortune companies (US companies classed by annual revenues), two are technology players - Apple, established in 1976 and the operator AT&T. In February 2017, based on total market capitalization, the top three of the top ten companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange by market cap were all tech companies, which accounted for half the top ten companies. The major impact of ICTs and the Internet may be to facilitate individual innovations in any number of goods and services, and to give wings and full flight to the strength of an idea.