This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list of UMTS and GSM operators, see Mobile Network Code.
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Terrestrial
These are the world's 30 largest mobile network operators by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).
| Rank | Company | Main Markets | Technology* | Subscribers (proportionate, in millions) |
Subscribers (total, in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 |  China Mobile |
China Mainland (GoTone, M-zone, Easyown) |
508.37 [1] (September 2009) |
Government of the PRC (74.25%)
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| 2 |  Vodafone |
 Albania (Vodafone Albania) Australia (Vodafone Australia) Congo DR Czech Republic Egypt Fiji France Germany Ghana Greece Hungary India (Vodafone Essar) Ireland Italy (Vodafone Italy) Kenya Lesotho Malta Mozambique Netherlands New Zealand Northern Cyprus Poland Portugal Qatar Romania South Africa Spain Tanzania Turkey USA (Verizon Wireless) China Mainland (China Mobile) |
323.27 [2] (September 2009) |
427.99* [2] (September 2009) |
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| 3 | Telefónica / Movistar / O2 |
Spain () ArgentinaBrazil Chile China Mainland (China Unicom) Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador El Salvador Germany Guatemala Ireland Isle of Man Italy Mexico Morocco Nicaragua Panama Peru Slovakia Uruguay Venezuela United Kingdom |
200.85 [3] (June 2009) |
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| 4 |  América Móvil |
Brazil (Claro)
Chile (Claro) Colombia (Comcel) Dominican Republic (Claro) Ecuador (Porta) El Salvador (Claro) Guatemala (Claro) Honduras (Claro) Jamaica (Claro) Mexico (Telcel) Nicaragua (Claro) Panama (Claro) Paraguay (Claro) Peru (Claro) Puerto Rico (Claro) Uruguay (Claro) United States (TracFone Wireless) |
194.34 [4] (September 2009) |
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| 5 | Orange |
 Armenia (Orange Armenia)Austria Belgium Botswana Cameroon Dominica Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea French Guiana Israel Ivory Coast Jordan Kenya Liechtenstein Madagascar Mali Martinique Mauritius  Moldova (Orange Moldova)Niger Poland Réunion Romania Saint Kitts and Nevis Senegal Slovakia Spain Switzerland Togo Uganda United Kingdom |
128.8 [5] (September 2009) |
189.0 [5] (September 2009) |
France Télécom (100%) | |
| 6 |  Telenor |
172.00 [6] (September 2009) |
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| 7 | T-Mobile |
Germany (T-Mobile Germany) Austria
Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Puerto Rico Slovakia United Kingdom United States U.S. Virgin Islands |
150.90 [7] (September 2009) |
Deutsche Telekom (100%) | ||
| 8 |  TeliaSonera |
143.90 [8] (September 2009) |
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| 9 | China Unicom |
China Mainland (China Unicom) |
142.80 [9] (September 2009) |
Telefonica (8%) | ||
| 10 | Bharti Airtel |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 116.16 [10] (October 2009) |
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| 11 | Orascom Telecom / WIND |
110.60 [11][12] [13][14] (September 2009) |
Owns:[15]
• 100% of Italy's WIND • 100% of Greece's WIND • >50% of Orascom Telecom that owns 65% of Canada's WIND Owned:[16][17] • 90% by the Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris and the family • 10% by Apax Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and TA Associates |
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| 12 | MTN Group |
India
Afghanistan Benin Botswana Cameroon Republic of Congo Cote d'Ivoire Cyprus Ghana Guinea Bissau Republic of Guinea Iran Liberia Nigeria Rwanda Sudan Swaziland Syria Uganda Yemen Zambia |
108.47 [18] (September 2009) |
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| 13 |  MTS |
Russia(MTS Russia) Armenia (VivaCell-MTS) Belarus (MTS Belarus) India Turkmenistan (MTS Turkmenistan) Ukraine (MTS Ukraine) Uzbekistan (MTS Uzbekistan) |
96.86 [19] (September 2009) |
Sistema | ||
| 14 |  Etisalat |
Afghanistan
Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Egypt Gabon India Indonesia Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Sudan Tanzania Togo |
94.00 [20] (November 2009) |
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| 15 | Verizon Wireless • Includes Alltel |
United States (Verizon Wireless) |
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89.00 [21] (September 2009) |
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| 16 | Reliance Communications |
88.93 [22] (October 2009) | Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | |||
| 17 | AT&T Mobility • Includes Centennial Communications |
United States Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE (Planned) (CdmaOne, CDMA 2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0) |
82.70 (November 2009)[23][24] | AT&T Inc. | |
| 18 |  Telkomsel |
Indonesia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
79.77 (September 2009)[25] | Telkom (65%) SingTel (35%) |
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| 19 | Telecom Italia / TIM |
Italy Brazil, San Marino and Vatican City |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned) (D-AMPS) |
71.50 (September 2009)[26] | Telefonica (24.5%) | |
| 20 |  Zain |
Kuwait Iraq, Jordan, Niger, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia, Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Chad, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Bahrain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Congo B, Congo DR and Uganda |
GSM, GPRS, WCDMA HSDPA |
69.50 (June 2009)[27] | ||
| 21 | VimpelCom |
Russia Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 63.70 (June 2009)[28] | Alfa Group (37%) Telenor (33.6%) |
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| 22 |  Axiata Group Berhad |
Malaysia "Celcom" Bangladesh "Aktel", Sri Lanka "Dialog Telekom", Cambodia "Hello"[4], Indonesia "Excelcomindo" non-controlling proportion in associates: Singapore "MobileOne" and India "Idea Cellular" |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA |
62.82 (June 2009)[29] Excludes the non-controlling proportion in India's Idea Cellular. Subscribers to total 99.20 millions at the time otherwise. |
Malaysian (93.26%): • Bumiputera Government Agencies (45.09%) • Other Bumiputera Shareholders (41.32%) • Non-Bumiputera Shareholders (6.85%) Foreigner (6.74%) |
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| 23 |  NTT docomo |
Japan India, Bangladesh and United States (only Guam and Northern Marianas Islands) |
GSM, GPRS, PDC, FOMA, HSDPA, LTE (planned) | 55.67 (October 2009)[30] | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | |
| 24 | BSNL |
India | GSM, GPRS,UMTS EDGE CDMA, EVDO WiMAX |
53.96 (October 2009)[31] | Owned by the Government of India |
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| 25 | Idea Cellular |
India | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 53.35 (October 2009)[32] | Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) Axiata Group Berhad (15%) Providence Equity (10.6%) |
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| 26 | Qtel |
Qatar Oman, Kuwait, Tunisia, Algeria, Maldives, Iraq and Indonesia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS,HSDPA CDMA,EVDO |
28.90 (September 2009)[33] | 52.54 (September 2009)[33] | |
| 27 | Tata Teleservices |
India | CDMA, GPRS, EDGE GSM, WiMAX, EVDO | 51.73 (October 2009)[34] | Tata Group (>50%) NTT docomo (26%) Temasek (9%) C. Sivasankaran (8%) |
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| 28 | MegaFon |
Russia Tajikistan |
GSM, GPRS,EDGE UMTS,HSDPA (testing) |
49.12 (October 2009)[35] | ||
| 29 | Sprint Nextel |
United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico | iDEN,WiDEN CDMA,EVDO WiMAX |
48.30 (September 2009)[36] | ||
| 30 | China Telecom |
China (Mainland) | CdmaOne, EVDO | 46.78 (September 2009)[37] | ||
| * Excludes the non-controlling proportion in associates and investments. | ||||||
Satellite based
These are the world's 5 largest satellite network operators by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.382 (September 2009)[38] | |
| 2 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.347 (June 2009)[39] | |
| 3 | Thuraya |
Proprietary FDMA | 0.260 (December 2007)[40] | |
| 4 | Inmarsat |
0.254 (September 2009)[41] | ||
| 5 | ACeS |
0.020 (December 2007) |
By region
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
- List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
See also
References
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