List of mobile network operators

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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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[edit] 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
1 People's Republic of China China Mobile 508.37 [1]
(September 2009)
2 United Kingdom Vodafone 323.27 [2]
(September 2009)		 427.99* [2]
(September 2009)
3 Spain Telefónica / Movistar / O2 200.85 [3]
(June 2009)
4 Mexico América Móvil 194.34 [4]
(September 2009)
5 France Orange 128.8 [5]
(September 2009)		 189.0 [5]
(September 2009)		 France Télécom (100%)
6 Norway Telenor 172.00 [6]
(September 2009)
7 Germany T-Mobile 150.90 [7]
(September 2009)		 Deutsche Telekom (100%)
8 Sweden TeliaSonera 143.90 [8]
(September 2009)
9 People's Republic of China China Unicom People's Republic of China China Mainland (China Unicom) 142.80 [9]
(September 2009)		 Telefonica (8%)
10 India Bharti Airtel GSM, GPRS, EDGE 116.16 [10]
(October 2009)
11 Egypt Orascom Telecom / WIND 110.60 [11][12] [13][14]
(September 2009)
12 South Africa MTN Group 108.47 [18]
(September 2009)
13 Russia MTS 96.86 [19]
(September 2009)		 Sistema
14 United Arab Emirates Etisalat 94.00 [20]
(November 2009)
15 United States Verizon Wireless
• Includes Alltel		 United States United States (Verizon Wireless) 89.00 [21]
(September 2009)
16 India Reliance Communications 88.93 [22] (October 2009) Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
17 United States 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 Indonesia Telkomsel Indonesia GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 79.77 (September 2009)[25] Telkom (65%)
SingTel (35%)
19 Italy 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 Kuwait 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 Russia 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%)
22 Malaysia 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%)
23 Japan 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 India BSNL India GSM, GPRS,UMTS EDGE
CDMA, EVDO
WiMAX		 53.96 (October 2009)[31] Owned by the
Government of India
25 India Idea Cellular India GSM, GPRS, EDGE 53.35 (October 2009)[32] Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (15%)
Providence Equity (10.6%)
26 Qatar 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 India 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%)
28 Russia MegaFon Russia
Tajikistan		 GSM, GPRS,EDGE
UMTS,HSDPA (testing)		 49.12 (October 2009)[35]
29 United States Sprint Nextel United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico iDEN,WiDEN
CDMA,EVDO
WiMAX		 48.30 (September 2009)[36]
30 People's Republic of China China Telecom China (Mainland) CdmaOne, EVDO 46.78 (September 2009)[37]
* Excludes the non-controlling proportion in associates and investments.

[edit] Satellite based

These are the world's 5 largest satellite network operators by number of subscribers.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 United States Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.382 (September 2009)[38]
2 United States Iridium Proprietary TDMA 0.347 (June 2009)[39]
3 United Arab Emirates Thuraya Proprietary FDMA 0.260 (December 2007)[40]
4 United Kingdom Inmarsat 0.254 (September 2009)[41]
5 Indonesia ACeS 0.020 (December 2007)

[edit] By region

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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