List of mobile network operators of the Americas

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Contents 1 Anguilla 2 Antigua and Barbuda 3 Argentina 4 Aruba 5 Bahamas 6 Barbados 7 Belize 8 Bermuda 9 Bolivia 10 Bonaire 11 Brazil 12 British Virgin Islands 13 Canada 14 Cayman Islands 15 Chile 16 Colombia 17 Costa Rica 18 Cuba 19 Curaçao 20 Dominica 21 Dominican Republic 22 Ecuador 23 El Salvador 24 Falkland Islands 25 Grenada 26 Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Guyane) 27 Guatemala 28 Guyana 29 Haiti 30 Honduras 31 Jamaica 32 Mexico 33 Montserrat 34 Nicaragua 35 Panama 36 Paraguay 37 Peru 38 Puerto Rico & United States Virgin Islands 39 St. Kitts & Nevis 40 St. Lucia 41 St. Vincent & Grenadines 42 Suriname 43 Trinidad and Tobago 44 Turks & Caicos 45 United States 46 Uruguay 47 Venezuela 48 See also 49 References 50 External links

Anguilla

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
3	Weblinks	GSM	-	Weblinks

Antigua and Barbuda

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	APUA	GSM	Not Yet Available	Antigua Public Utilities Authority
2	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
3	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Argentina

The country has 38.7 million subscribers in total, or a 96.03% penetration rate. [1] (November 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	14.653 [2] (September 2008)	Telefónica
2	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	14.64 [3] (September 2008)	América Móvil (100%)
3	Personal	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	11.38 [4] (June 2008)	Telecom Argentina
4	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.9783 [5] (March 2009)	NII Holdings

Aruba

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	CdmaOne GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	SETAR	GSM UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Setar N.V.

Bahamas

The country has 0.260 million subscribers in total, or a 122.6% penetration rate. [6] (November 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BTC	GSM	0.260 [7] (November 2007)	The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd

Barbados

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile	GSM	0.159 [8] (March 2007)	Cable & Wireless
3	Digicel	CdmaOne GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
4	Sunbeach	CdmaOne	Not Yet Available	Telecom Holdings Ltd.

Belize

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicell	GSM	0.120 [9] (June 2007)	Belize Telemedia Limited
2	Smart[disambiguation needed]	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO	0.025 [10] (December 2005)	Speednet[disambiguation needed]

Bermuda

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	M3	GSM	Not Yet Available	M3 Wireless Ltd
2	Digicel	CdmaOne GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Bolivia

The country has 3.33 million subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate. [11] (May 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Entel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	2 [12] (December 2008)	Entel SA
2	Tigo	D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE	1.602 [13] (March 2009)	MIC (100%)
3	NuevaTel PCS	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	1.63 [14] (September 2009)	Trilogy International Partners

Bonaire

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	CHIPPIE	GSM	Not Yet Available	United Telecommunications Services

Brazil

The country has 154.6 million subscribers in total, or a 77.79% penetration rate. [15] (April 2009)

The country's telcom regulator is Anatel.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vivo	D-AMPS CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO GSM UMTS, HSDPA	45 [16] (December 2008)	Telefónica (50%) and Portugal Telecom (50%)
2	Claro	D-AMPS GSM UMTS, HSDPA	39.587 [17] (March 2009)	América Móvil (100%)
3	TIM	D-AMPS GSM UMTS, HSDPA	36.1 [18] (March 2009)	Telecom Italia
4	Oi •Includes Brasil Telecom	GSM UMTS, HSDPA	31.8 [19] (March 2009)	Oi
5	NEXTEL	iDEN	1.9389 [20] (March 2009)	NII Holdings
6	CTBC [21]	D-AMPS GSM UMTS, HSDPA	0.36[citation needed] ()	Algar
7	Sercomtel Celular [22]	D-AMPS GSM	0.09[citation needed] ()	Londrina city (Paraná) State-owned Sercomtel
8	aeiou	GSM		Hits! Arabia Group, and Elav Group (Melo da Silva family).

British Virgin Islands

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CCT	GSM	Not Yet Available	CCT Global Communications
2	bMobile		Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
3	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Canada

The country has 21.658 million subscribers in total, or a 64.28% penetration rate. [23] (March 2009)

The country's telecom regulator is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). However, it does not regulate most aspects of mobile phone service; prices and service quality are not regulated at all, while spectrum allocation is handled by Industry Canada.

There are numerous mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile Canada. These are not presently listed due to difficulty retrieving data for all such operators, and uncertainty as to whether the figures below include MVNOs operating on the applicable networks.^[1]

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Rogers Wireless includes Fido	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSPA	8.366 [24] (Nov 2009)	Rogers Communications
2	Bell Mobility includes Solo Mobile and Virgin Mobile Canada	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A UMTS, HSPA	6.694 [25] (Nov 2009)	Bell Canada
3	Telus Mobility includes Mike and Koodo Mobile	Telus CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A UMTS, HSPA Mike iDEN, WiDEN	6.413 [26] (Nov 2009)	Telus
4	SaskTel Mobility	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.511 [27] (June 2009)	SaskTel
5	MTS Mobility	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.446 [28] (June 2009)	MTS
6	Wind Mobile	UMTS, HSPA	Not Yet Available	Globalive

Cayman Islands

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.^{[citation needed]} ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	CdmaOne GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Chile

The country has 14.8 million subscribers in total, or a 87.8% penetration rate. [29] (Dec 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is SUBTEL.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE	6.703 [30] (September 2008)	Telefónica
2	Entel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	5.77 [31] (March 2008)	Almendral Group
3	Claro	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS UMTS	3.002 [32] (December 2008)	América Móvil (100%)

Colombia

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 60% penetration rate. [33] (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Comcel	D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS	27.390 [34] (December 2008)	América Móvil (99.4%)
2	movistar	D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS	9.702 [35] (September 2008)	Telefónica
3	Tigo	GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA	3.332 [36] (March 2009)	MIC (50% + 1 Share), Empresas Públicas de Medellín and ETB

Costa Rica

The country has 1.7 million 2G subscribers in total of [37] (February 2009) and 950,000 3.5G (HDSPA 850Mhz) subscribers [38] (November 2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad[39]	D-AMPS (Being shutdown 2009 but as Nov 12/2009 it is still operational.) GSM	1.7 [40][citation needed] ()	I.C.E.
2	Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad[41]	HDSPA 850MHZ	950K [42][citation needed] ()	[Lista de posibles teléfonos homologados][43]

Cuba

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cubacel[44]	D-AMPS GSM	Not Yet Available	Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA
2	C-COM	GSM	Not Yet Available	Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA

Curaçao

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	CHIPPIE	GSM	Not Yet Available	United Telecommunications Services

Dominica

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless

Dominican Republic

The country has 5.05 million subscribers in total, or a 55.6% penetration rate. [45] (June 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Claro	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	2.339 [46] (June 2007)	América Móvil (100%)
2	Orange	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	1.01[citation needed] (December 2005)	France Télécom
3	Tricom	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO	Not Yet Available	Tricom (100%|-	4	Viva	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE	0.500[citation needed] (December 2006)	Trilogy International Partners

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GSM, GPRS, EDGE || 0.500^{[citation needed]} (December 2006) || France Telecom

Ecuador

The country has 11.5 million subscribers in total, or a 82.57% penetration rate. [47] (December 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is Suptel.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Porta	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	8.304 [48] (December 2008)	América Móvil (100%)
2	movistar	GSM	3.043 [49] (September 2008)	Telefónica
3	Alegro	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM	0.303 [50] (December 2008)	Telecsa

El Salvador

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 57% penetration rate. [51] (September 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is SIGET.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE	2.593 [52] (March 2009)	MIC (100%)
2	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.426 [53] (June 2007)	América Móvil (95.8%)
3	movistar	CdmaOne GSM, GPRS, EDGE (planned)	0.847 [54] (December 2006)	Telefónica
4	Digicel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	0.2 [55] (March 2006)	Digicel
5	RED	iDEN	Not Yet Available	Intelfon

Falkland Islands

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Touch	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless

Grenada

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Guyane)

The French oversees departments have ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	Orange Caraïbe	GSM	Not Yet Available	Orange

Guatemala

The country has 10.15 million subscribers in total, or a 79.74% penetration rate. [56] (December 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is SIT.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	4.678 [57] (March 2009)	MIC (55%)
2	Claro	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	2.979 [58] (June 2007)	América Móvil (99.2%)
3	movistar	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.49 [59] (December 2006)	Telefónica (100%)
4	Digicel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE (Planned)	Not Yet Available	Digicel
5	Infonet	iDEN	Not Yet Available	Intelfon

Guyana

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CelStar	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cel* Star Guyana Inc
2	Cellink Plus[60]	GSM	0.305 [61] (June 2007)	Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co
3	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Haiti

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	2.1 [62] (May 2009)	Digicel
2	Comcel	GSM	0.650 [63] (August 2007)	Trilogy International Partners
3	Haitel	CDMA2000 1x	0.350 [64] (August 2007)
4	Teleco		0.150 [65] (August 2007)

Honduras

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate. [66] (September 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is CONATEL.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	CdmaOne GSM, GPRS, EDGE	4.263 [67] (March 2009)	MIC (66.7%)
2	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	0.927 [68] (June 2007)	América Móvil (100%)
3	Tegucel Sulacel Ceibacel	GSM	Not Yet Available	HONDUTEL (100%)
4	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Jamaica

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate. [69] (2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM	1.8 [70] (September 2007)	Digicel
2	LIME	D-AMPS GSM	1.2 [71] (September 2007)	Cable & Wireless
3	Claro	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM UMTS, HSDPA	0.162 [72] (September 2007)	América Móvil (100%)

Mexico

The country has 77.93 million subscribers in total, or a 70.5% penetration rate. [73] (December 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is COFETEL.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telcel	D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	56.371 [74] (December 2008)	América Móvil (100%)
2	movistar	CdmaOne GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	15.33 [75] (December 2008)	Telefónica
3	Iusacell	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO	3.5 [76] (December 2008)	Grupo Salinas (76%), Publicly Traded (23%)
4	NEXTEL	iDEN	2.8160 [77] (March 2009)	NII Holdings

Montserrat

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable & Wireless		Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless

Nicaragua

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 52% penetration rate. [78] (2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.440 [79] (June 2007)	América Móvil (99.3%)
2	movistar	D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS, EDGE (planned)	0.553 [80] (December 2006)	Telefónica

Panama

The country has 2.414 million subscribers in total, or a 71% penetration rate. [81] (November 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Móvil	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.091 [82] (March 2007)	Cable & Wireless
2	movistar	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	0.939 [83] (December 2006)	Telefónica
3	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	América Móvil
4	Digicel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Paraguay

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate. [84] (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	D-AMPS GSM	2.801 [85] (March 2009)	MIC (100%)
2	Personal	D-AMPS GSM UMTS, HSDPA	1.75 [ [86] (June 2008)	Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina
3	Claro	GSM UMTS, HSDPA	0.450 [87] (September 2007)	América Móvil (100%)
4	VOX	GSM	0.3[citation needed] ()	KDDI Corporation

Peru

The country has 6.5 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

The country's telcom regulator is Osiptel [88].

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE	10.010 [89] (September 2008)	Telefónica
2	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	7.178 [90] (December 2008)	América Móvil (100%)
3	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.7039 [91] (March 2009)	NII Holdings

Puerto Rico & United States Virgin Islands

The United States unincorporated territories have 2.45 million subscribers in total, or a 71.5% penetration rate.[92] (June 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AT&T Mobility [93] •Includes Centennial Communications	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (Planned)	--1	AT&T
2	Claro [94]	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	0.574 [95] (June 2007)	América Móvil (100%)
3	T-Mobile [96]	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS (Planned), HSDPA (Planned)	--1	Deutsche Telekom
4	Sprint Nextel	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	--1	Sprint Nextel
5	Open Mobile [97]	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO	0.085 [98] (June 2007)	M/C Venture Partners and Columbia Capital
6	TracFone [99] •Includes Net10	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT GSM, GPRS	--1	América Móvil (98.2%)
7	Clearwire	WiMAX	--1	Sprint Nextel Corporation (51%)

1. Currently unable to determine AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Tracfone, and Clearwire subscriber numbers without the United States.

St. Kitts & Nevis

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile		Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

St. Lucia

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile		Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

St. Vincent & Grenadines

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile		Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Suriname

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 40% penetration rate. [100] (April 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telesur	GSM	Not Yet Available	Telesur
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
3	UNIQA	GSM	Not Yet Available	Intelsur/UTS

Trinidad and Tobago

The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a 95% penetration rate.^{[citation needed]} ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bMobile	GSM	1.005 [101] (March 2007)	TSTT, Cable & Wireless (49%)
2	Digicel	GSM	0.5 [102] (March 2007)	Digicel
3	Laqtel	CdmaOne	Not Yet Available	Telcom Holdings Ltd.

Turks & Caicos

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel
2	bMobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Cable & Wireless

United States

The country has 276.6 million subscribers in total, or a 89.0% penetration rate. [103] (June 2009)

The country's telcom regulator is FCC.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Verizon Wireless •Includes Alltel	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A GSM, GPRS LTE (Planned)	89.0 [104] (September 2009)	Verizon Communications (55%), Vodafone Group plc (45%)
2	AT&T Mobility •Includes Centennial Communications and its subsidiaries (Centennial Wireless and Centennial de Puerto Rico)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (Planned)	82.51 [105] (November 2009)	AT&T
3	Sprint Nextel •Includes Sprint Network, Nextel Network, and Boost Mobile Prepaid, Virgin Mobile USA, Helio, and iPCS.	Sprint Network CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A Nextel Network iDEN, WiDEN	48.31 [106] (September 2009)	Sprint Nextel Corporation
4	T-Mobile	UMA GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA (Planned)	33.4201 [107] (September 2009)	Deutsche Telekom
5	TracFone Wireless •Includes NET10, Straight Talk, SafeLink Wireless	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT GSM, GPRS	13.2011 [108] (September 2009)	América Móvil (98.2%)
6	MetroPCS	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0 LTE (Planned)	6.322 [109] (September 2009)	MetroPCS, Inc.
7	U.S. Cellular	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	6.131 [110] (September 2009)	Telephone and Data Systems (82%)
8	Cricket •Includes Jump Mobile	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	4.656 [111] (September 2009)	Leap Wireless
9	Qwest Wireless	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.786 [112] (September 2009)	Qwest Communications
10	Cellular South	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.700 [113] (December 2007)	Cellular South
11	Clearwire	WiMAX	0.5551 [114] (September 2009)	Sprint Nextel Corporation (51%)
12	Cincinnati Bell Wireless	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	0.5363 [115] (September 2009)	Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (100%)
13	nTelos •Includes Frawg	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.4383 [116] (September 2009)	nTelos Holdings Corp.
14	Pocket	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0	0.300 [117] (April 2009)	Pocket Communications
15	SouthernLINC	iDEN, WiDEN	0.275 [118] (April 2008)	Southern Company
16	Movida Wireless	CdmaOne	0.217 [119] (March 2008)	Movida Communications, Inc.
17	Alaska Communications Systems	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0	0.1397 [120] (September 2009)	Alaska Communications Systems
19	Bluegrass Cellular	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.130 [121] (May 2005)	Bluegrass Cellular, Inc,
20	GCI Wireless •Includes GCI Network, and Alaska DigiTel Network	GCI Network GSM, GPRS, EDGE Alaska DigiTel Network CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.1205 [122] (September 2009)	General Communication

1. Currently unable to determine AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Tracfone, and Clearwire subscriber numbers without Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Uruguay

The country has 3.2 million subscribers in total, or a 92.47% penetration rate. [123] (November 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.361 [124] (September 2008)	Telefónica
2	Ancel	D-AMPS (Being shutdown Dec. 2009) GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	1.5 [125] (May 2009)	Antel
3	Claro	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	0.650 [126] (September 2007)	América Móvil (100%)

Venezuela

The country has 26.673 million subscribers in total, or a 96.0% penetration rate. [127] (September 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is CONATEL.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
2	movistar	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE	11.562 [128] (September 2008)	Telefónica
1	Movilnet	D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, UMTS + HSDPA	13.047 [129] (March 2008)	CANTV
3	Digitel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	5.0 [130] (December 2007)	Telvenco

See also

• List of mobile network operators worldwide

References

1. ^ The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association only lists these five providers in its subscriber statistics.

External links

• GSM Association (official site)