List of mobile network operators

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This is a list of mobile phone network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.

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Terrestrial[edit]

This is a list of the world's 30 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).

Rank Company Main markets
(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
Technology Proportionate
subscribers
(in millions)
Total
subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 China China Mobile 703.46[1]
(November 2012)
703.46[1]
(November 2012)
Government of the PRC (74.25%)
Public (25.75%)
2 United Kingdom Vodafone 439.601[2]
(December 2011)
3 India Airtel 265.58[3][4]
(October 2012)
265.58[3][4]
(October 2012)
Bharti (100%)
4 Singapore SingTel 265.53 (April 2013) 265.53 (April 2013) Temasek Holdings (54%)
Public stock (46%)
5 Mexico América Móvil 251.8[5]
(June 2012)
251.8[5]
(June 2012)
6 Spain Telefónica 249.26[6]
(December 2012)
249.26[6]
(December 2012)
7 France Orange 226.3[7]
(September 2011)
226.3[7]
(September 2011)
France Télécom
8 Malaysia Axiata 219.0[8]
(Q1 2013)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
Public Stock (54.91%)
9 Russia VimpelCom Ltd. 209[9]
(March 2012)
Telenor (42.95%)
Altimo (47.8517%)
Public (9.1983%)
10 China China Unicom China China 202.89[10]
(January 2011)
China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefonica (9.7%)
11 South Africa MTN Group 175.98[11]
(June 2012)
Public Stock (68.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%)
M1(7.72%)
12 United Arab Emirates Etisalat 167[12]
(December 2011)
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
13 SwedenFinland TeliaSonera 160[13]
(December 2010, includes MegaFon and TurkCell[14])
37.3% Government of Sweden, 11.7% Government of Finland
14 Norway Telenor 140 (December 2011) 150[15]
(October 2011)
Government of Norway (53,97%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4,79%)
Public stock (41,74%)
15 Saudi Arabia Saudi Telecom Company (STC) 139[16]
(December 2010)
16 India Reliance Communications India India 135.88[17]
(August 2012)
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
17 China China Telecom 129.25[18]
(January 2011)
18 Germany T-Mobile 129.14[19]
(March 2012)
Deutsche Telekom
19 United States Verizon Wireless United States United States 115.78 [20] Verizon Communications (55%)
Vodafone (45%)
20 India Idea Cellular India India 113.9[21]
(December 2012)
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%)
Providence Equity (10.6%)
21 United States AT&T Mobility 107.0[22]
(January 2013)
AT&T Inc.
22 Russia MTS 106.07[23]
(December 2011)
Sistema (50.8%)
23 Italy Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) 102.50[24]
(December 2011)
Telefonica (22.39%)
24 Indonesia Telkomsel 100[25]
(April 2011)
Telkom Indonesia (65%)
SingTel (35%)
25 India BSNL India India 96.28[21]
(October 2012)
Government of India
26 India Tata Teleservices India India 77.4[17]
(July 2011)
Tata Group (74%)
NTT DoCoMo (26%)
27 India Aircel 66.79[21]
(October 2012)
Maxis Communications (74%)
Apollo Hospitals (26%)
28 Philippines PLDT 66.1[26]
(March 2012)
29 Malaysia Maxis Communications 63.71[27][28]
(December 2010)
Ananda Krishnan (75%)
Saudi Telecom Company (25%)
30 Turkey Turkcell 63.3[29]
(Q3 2011)
TeliaSonera (38%)
Cukurova Group (26.12%)
M.V.Holding (1.18%)
Public Stock (34.7%)

Satellite based[edit]

This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 United States Iridium Proprietary TDMA 0.500 (September 2011)[30]
2 United States Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.439 (January 2011)[31]
3 United Arab Emirates Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[32] Etisalat(28%)
4 United Kingdom Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[33]
5 Indonesia ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

By region[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Operation Data". China Mobile. 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2012-06-01. 
  2. ^ Interim management statement for the quarter ended 31 December 2011. vodafone.com
  3. ^ a b http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-PDAs/Bharti-Airtel-becomes-worlds-4th-largest-operator_11117.html
  4. ^ a b http://telecomtalk.info/bharti-airtel-fourth-largest-mobile-operator-world/101611/
  5. ^ a b http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en/cm/reports/Q/2Q12.pdf
  6. ^ a b http://www.telefonica.com/es/shareholders_investors/html/informaciongrupo/indicadores.shtml
  7. ^ a b France Telecom group: one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. Francetelecom.com (2011-03-31). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  8. ^ Axiata 1Q 2013 Results.
  9. ^ VimpelCom Global Reach.
  10. ^ [1]. China Unicom (2010-03-31). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  11. ^ MTN Group Interim Results 2012
  12. ^ Etisalat Corporation 2011 Annual Report
  13. ^ TeliaSonera Company Presentation 2010. Teliasonera.com (2009-11-20). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  14. ^ Markets and brands. Teliasonera.com (2011). Retrieved on 27. November 2012.
  15. ^ Company Facts – Investor Relations – Telenor Group – Investor Relations – Telenor Group. Telenor.com. Retrieved on 31 January 2012.
  16. ^ الأخبار. Stc.com.sa. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  17. ^ a b AUSPI
  18. ^ [2].
  19. ^ "Deutsche Telekom". T-Mobile.Net. Retrieved 2012-06-01. 
  20. ^ "Grading the top 10 U.S. carriers in the 4th quarter of 2012". Fiercewireless.com. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2013-03-17. 
  21. ^ a b c Idea Cellular Quarterly Report. COAI
  22. ^ "AT&T Reports Solid Earnings, Strong Cash Flow, Robust Mobile Broadband Sales and Improving Wireline Revenue Trends". Att.com. Retrieved 2013-01-24.  Text "financial " ignored (help)
  23. ^ MTS Q4 2011 Report
  24. ^ Telecom Italia. Telecom Italia (2011-12-31). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  25. ^ Telkomsel Klaim Sukses Rengkuh 100 Juta Pelanggan. Techno.okezone.com (2011-04-26). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  26. ^ "Consolidated service revenues up 13% year-on-year to P42.8 billion" (pdf). Retrieved 26 July 2012). 
  27. ^ http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/798/prerdiv9feb11.pdf
  28. ^ http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/about_us/investor/pdf/Maxis_4Q10_Presentation_FINAL.pdf
  29. ^ "TURKCELL-Key Financial and Operational Data". Turkcell.com.tr. Retrieved 2012-03-04. 
  30. ^ Iridium Communications Inc. – Iridium Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results; Company Delivers 19% Operational EBITDA Growth in 2010 and Affirms 2011 Outlook. Investor.iridium.com. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  31. ^ Press Releases. Globalstar.com. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.
  32. ^ [3][dead link]
  33. ^ http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False

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