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This is a '''list of [[mobile phone]] [[mobile phone network|network]] operating companies'''. |
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For a more comprehensive list (UMTS and GSM operators only), see [[Mobile Network Code]]. |
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These are the world's '''largest mobile network operators''' by number of subscribers (and by [[proportionate subscriber]]s, if the company has holdings in other operators). |
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! Rank !! Company !! Main Markets !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(proportionate, in [[million]]s)</small> !! Subscribers<br><small>(total, in [[million]]s)</small> |
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|align=right| 1 || [[China Mobile]] ([[China]]) || China (inc. Hong Kong) & Pakistan|| [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[TD-SCDMA]] || 500.59 [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory&refer=conews&tkr=762:HK&sid=a7aPoFFIUDhM] (June 2008) || 436.12 [http://www.chinamobileltd.com/ir.php?menu=11] (30 Sep 2008) |
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|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] ([[United Kingdom]]) || United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique || [[CdmaOne]]<br>[[CDMA2000#CDMA2000 1x|CDMA2000 1x]], [[Evolution-Data Optimized|EV-DO]]<br>[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 260.5 [http://www.vodafone.com/static/annual_report/exec_summary/index.html] (April 2008) || |
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|align=right| 3 || [[Telefónica]] / [[Movistar]] / [[Telefónica O2|O<sub>2</sub>]] ([[Spain]]) || Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia || [[D-AMPS]]<br>[[CdmaOne]]<br>[[CDMA2000#CDMA2000 1x|CDMA2000 1x]]<br>[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 188.9 [http://www.telefonica.es/accionistaseinversores/esp/pdf/rdos08t3-esp.pdf] (September 2008) || 188.9 [http://www.telefonica.es/accionistaseinversores/esp/pdf/rdos08t3-esp.pdf] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 4 || [[América Móvil]] ([[Mexico]]) || USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador || [[D-AMPS]]<br>[[CdmaOne]]<br>[[CDMA2000#CDMA2000 1x|CDMA2000 1x]], [[Evolution-Data Optimized|EV-DO]]<br>[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] || 172.5 [http://www.americamovil.com/docs/reportes/eng/2008_3.pdf] (September 2008) || 172.5 [http://www.americamovil.com/docs/reportes/eng/2008_3.pdf] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 5 || [[Telenor]] ([[Norway]]) || Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia|| [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] || 143 [http://press.telenor.com/PR/200802/1191038_5.html] (December, 2007) || 150 [http://press.telenor.com/PR/200806/1229151_5_1.html] (June 2008) |
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|align=right| 6 || [[China Unicom]] ([[China]]) || China (inc. Macau) || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]] || 127.6 [http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/en/aboutus/about_profile.html] (June 2008) || 127.6[http://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/en/aboutus/about_profile.html] (June 2008) |
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|align=right| 7 ||[[T-Mobile]] ([[Germany]]) || Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 126.6 [http://www.telekom3.de/dtag/cms/content/dt/de/583582;jsessionid=3D2E9118A960F9584D7A04B588767FA3] (September 2008) || 126.6 [http://www.telekom3.de/dtag/cms/content/dt/de/583582;jsessionid=3D2E9118A960F9584D7A04B588767FA3] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 8 || [[TeliaSonera]] ([[Sweden]]) || Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Central Asia|| [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] || 115.0 [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/44/44746.html] (December, 2007) || 115 [http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/05/27/iphone_deals_for_nordic_and_baltic_nations_new_leopard_seed_hits.html] (June 2008) |
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|align=right| 9 ||[[Orange SA|Orange]] / [[France Télécom]] ([[France]]) || France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botsawa, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned)|| 111.884 [http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/investors/presentations/revenues/att00002431/Abonnes_1T06_histo.pdf] (March 2008) || 111.884 [http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/investors/news/CP_infos/cp070201.html] (March 2008) |
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|align=right| 10 || [[Mobile TeleSystems|MTS]] ([[Russia]]) || Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]] || 91.73 (September 2008) || 91.73 [http://www.mtsgsm.com/upload/images/20081311_Management%20Presentation_Results%20Q3%202008_FNL.pdf] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 11 || [[MTN Group]] ([[South Africa]]) || Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSUPA]] || 80.74 (September 2008) || 80.74 [http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=146556] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 12 || [[AT&T Mobility]] ([[United States]]) || United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSUPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 74.9 [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/23/technology/23phone.php] (October 2008) || 74.9 [http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/23/technology/23phone.php] (October 2008) |
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|align=right| 13 || [[Bharti Airtel]] ([[India]]) || India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka|| [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]] || 72.07 (July 2008) || 72.07 [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Telecom/Bharti_Airtel_crosses_75_mn_subscriber_base/articleshow/3373614.cms] (July 2008) |
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|align=right| 14 || [[Verizon Wireless]] ([[United States]]) <br/> <small>-Excludes [[Alltel]]|| United States || [[CdmaOne]]<br>[[CDMA2000#CDMA2000 1x|CDMA2000 1x]], [[Evolution-Data Optimized|EV-DO]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned)|| 70.8 [http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-reports-continued.html] (September 2008) || 70.8 [http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2008/verizon-reports-continued.html] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 15 || [[SingTel]] ([[Singapore]]) || Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan || [[GSM]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] || 70.76 [http://home.singtel.com/news_centre/news_releases/2008_08_11.asp] (Aug2008) || 198.71 (Aug 2008) |
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|align=right| 16 || [[Telecom Italia]] / [[Telecom Italia Mobile|TIM]] ([[Italy]]) || Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City || [[D-AMPS]]<br>[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 70.6 (September 2008) [http://www.telecomitalia.it/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/browse.do?channelId=-9735&LANG=EN&channelPage=%2Fep%2Fchannel%2Fdefault.jsp&tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661] || 70.6 (September 2008) [http://www.telecomitalia.it/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/browse.do?channelId=-9735&LANG=EN&channelPage=%2Fep%2Fchannel%2Fdefault.jsp&tabId=1&pageTypeId=-8661] |
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|align=right| 17 || [[Etisalat]] ([[United Arab Emirates]]) || Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and the United Arab Emirates || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]] || 63.0 (April 2008) || 63.0 [http://archive.gulfnews.com/business/Telecom/10204156.html] (April 2008) |
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|align=right| 18 || [[Orascom Telecom Holding|Orascom Telecom]] ([[Egypt]]) || Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]] || 62.9 (September 2008) || 77.0 [http://www.orascomtelecom.com/files/financial/99394538_Earnings%20Release%20First%20Half%202008.pdf] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 19 || [[VimpelCom]] / [[Altimo]] ([[Russia]]) || Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Vietnam, Cambodia || [[D-AMPS]]<br>[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[UMTS]] || 57.8 (September 2008) || 57.8 [http://www.vimpelcom.com/news/qrep.wbp] (September 2008) |
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|align=right| 20 || [[NTT docomo]] ([[Japan]]) || Japan, Bangladesh || [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]]<br>[[FOMA]], [[HSDPA]] <br/> [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned) || 53.54 [http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=23470] (May 2008) || 53.54 [http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=23470] (May 2008) |
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===Satellite based=== |
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! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership |
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|align=right| 1 || [[Globalstar]] || [[Proprietary]] [[CDMA]] || 0.278 [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=203507&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1040772&highlight=] (June 2007) || |
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|align=right| 2 || [[Thuraya]] || Proprietary [[TDMA]] || 0.250 [http://www.uaeinteract.com/news/default.asp?ID=257] (August 2006) || |
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|align=right| 3 || [[Iridium (satellite)|Iridium]] || Proprietary TDMA || 0.250 [http://iridium.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=863] (April 2008) || |
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|align=right| 4 || [[Inmarsat]] || || 0.209 active terminals<ref>[http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/Q1_2007_press_release.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False Inmarsat press release]</ref> (Q1 2007) || |
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|align=right| 5 || [[ACeS]] || || || |
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== By region == |
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*[[List of mobile network operators of Europe]] |
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*[[List of mobile network operators of the Americas]] |
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*[[List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region]] |
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*[[List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa]] |
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== See also == |
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* [[Comparison of mobile phone standards]] |
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* [[List of telephone operating companies]] |
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* [[Mobile Network Code]] |
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== Sources of information == |
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{{reflist}} |
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*[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/cellular04.pdf International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics] |
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*[http://www.cellular-news.com/ Cellular News web site] |
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*[http://www.gsmworld.com/ GSM Association web site] |
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*[http://www.cdg.org/ CDMA Development Group web site] |
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*[http://www.rtr.at/web.nsf/englisch/Telekommunikation_Markt_Marktinfos_Marktinfos_MarktanteileMobilfunkbetreiber2005?OpenDocument Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.teleco.com.br/ Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.cwta.ca/ Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.sic.gov.co/ Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.supertel.gov.ec/ Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.ntc.gov.ph/whatsnew-frame.html Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.arcep.fr/ French Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.myphone.gr/library/article-16.html Greek Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://mobilemandarin.com/ Belarusian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.tca.or.jp/ Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.osiptel.gop.pe/ Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data] |
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*[http://www.conatel.gov.ve/ National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela] |
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*[http://www.americamovil.com/ América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers] |
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*[http://www.unefon.com.mx/ Unefon subscriber numbers] |
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*[http://www.iusacell.com.mx/ Iusacell subscriber numbers] |
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*[http://www.chinamobileltd.com/ China Mobile subscriber numbers] |
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*[http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/about_t-mobile,2,0,,en.html?w=1088&h=733 T-Mobile company data] |
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*[http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/aboutUs/index.jsp Verizon company data] |
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*[http://www.cingular.com/about/ Cingular company data] |
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*[http://www.telefonicamoviles.com/eng/accionistaseinversores/inversores/hechos_relev/hechos_relev.html# Telefonica company data] |
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*[http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/overview/ Sprint PCS company data] |
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*[http://www2.sprint.com/mr/cmastaticfiles/non-landing//documents/NewsRelease/4qYE2005.pdf Sprint Nextel Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results] |
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*[http://www.t-mobile.com/company/about/quickfacts.asp T-Mobile USA company data] |
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*[http://www.t-mobile.com/company/investors/financial_releases/TMUS_Q4%202005%20Earnings%20Release.pdf T-Mobile USA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results] |
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*[http://www.orange.com/English/aboutorange/whereweare.asp?UID=# Orange Statistics] |
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*[http://www.mmo2.com/media/pr_040721a.asp O2 Data] |
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*[http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,CATEGORY_ID%253D306%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230772,00.html Vodafone company data] |
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*[http://www.turkcell.com.tr/en Turkcell company data] |
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*[http://www.telecomitalia.it/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/contentView.do?channelId=-9794&LANG=EN&contentId=20336&programId=9597&programPage=/ep/TImedia/TISearch.jsp&tabId=3&pageTypeId=-8663&contentType=EDITORIAL TIM company data] |
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*[http://www.mtn.com/mtn.group.web/media/overviewdetail.aspx?pk=359 MTN Group company data] |
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*[http://www.internet4mobile.com/ Online Telephone Directory For India (Mobile Number Finder, STD Codes Finder.)] |
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{{Mobile phones}} |
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[[Category:Mobile phone companies| ]] |
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[[Category:Lists of mobile phone companies|Mobile network operators]] |
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[[ar:قائمة شبكات الهاتف المحمول]] |
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[[fr:Liste des opérateurs mobiles dans le monde]] |
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[[it:Operatori di telefonia mobile]] |
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[[nl:Lijst van gsm-operatoren]] |
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[[ja:携帯電話・PHSの事業者一覧]] |
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[[zh:移动电话公司列表]] |
Revision as of 06:08, 4 December 2008
This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list (UMTS and GSM operators only), see Mobile Network Code.
Terrestrial
These are the world's 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) |
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1 | China Mobile (China) | China (inc. Hong Kong) & Pakistan | GSM, GPRS, EDGE TD-SCDMA |
500.59 [1] (June 2008) | 436.12 [2] (30 Sep 2008) |
2 | Vodafone (United Kingdom) | United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
260.5 [3] (April 2008) | |
3 | Telefónica / Movistar / O2 (Spain) | Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
188.9 [4] (September 2008) | 188.9 [5] (September 2008) |
4 | América Móvil (Mexico) | USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
172.5 [6] (September 2008) | 172.5 [7] (September 2008) |
5 | Telenor (Norway) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
143 [8] (December, 2007) | 150 [9] (June 2008) |
6 | China Unicom (China) | China (inc. Macau) | GSM, GPRS | 127.6 [10] (June 2008) | 127.6[11] (June 2008) |
7 | T-Mobile (Germany) | Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
126.6 [12] (September 2008) | 126.6 [13] (September 2008) |
8 | TeliaSonera (Sweden) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Central Asia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
115.0 [14] (December, 2007) | 115 [15] (June 2008) |
9 | Orange / France Télécom (France) | France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botsawa, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
111.884 [16] (March 2008) | 111.884 [17] (March 2008) |
10 | MTS (Russia) | Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
91.73 (September 2008) | 91.73 [18] (September 2008) |
11 | MTN Group (South Africa) | Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
80.74 (September 2008) | 80.74 [19] (September 2008) |
12 | AT&T Mobility (United States) | United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (planned) |
74.9 [20] (October 2008) | 74.9 [21] (October 2008) |
13 | Bharti Airtel (India) | India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 72.07 (July 2008) | 72.07 [22] (July 2008) |
14 | Verizon Wireless (United States) -Excludes Alltel |
United States | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO LTE (planned) |
70.8 [23] (September 2008) | 70.8 [24] (September 2008) |
15 | SingTel (Singapore) | Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
70.76 [25] (Aug2008) | 198.71 (Aug 2008) |
16 | Telecom Italia / TIM (Italy) | Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
70.6 (September 2008) [26] | 70.6 (September 2008) [27] |
17 | Etisalat (United Arab Emirates) | Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and the United Arab Emirates | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 63.0 (April 2008) | 63.0 [28] (April 2008) |
18 | Orascom Telecom (Egypt) | Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 62.9 (September 2008) | 77.0 [29] (September 2008) |
19 | VimpelCom / Altimo (Russia) | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Vietnam, Cambodia | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, UMTS |
57.8 (September 2008) | 57.8 [30] (September 2008) |
20 | NTT docomo (Japan) | Japan, Bangladesh | GSM, GPRS, PDC FOMA, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
53.54 [31] (May 2008) | 53.54 [32] (May 2008) |
Satellite based
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Globalstar | Proprietary CDMA | 0.278 [33] (June 2007) | |
2 | Thuraya | Proprietary TDMA | 0.250 [34] (August 2006) | |
3 | Iridium | Proprietary TDMA | 0.250 [35] (April 2008) | |
4 | Inmarsat | 0.209 active terminals[1] (Q1 2007) | ||
5 | ACeS |
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
Sources of information
- International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
- Cellular News web site
- GSM Association web site
- CDMA Development Group web site
- Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data
- French Mobile Telecoms' data
- Greek Mobile Telecoms' data
- Belarusian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data
- Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data
- National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela
- América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers
- Unefon subscriber numbers
- Iusacell subscriber numbers
- China Mobile subscriber numbers
- T-Mobile company data
- Verizon company data
- Cingular company data
- Telefonica company data
- Sprint PCS company data
- Sprint Nextel Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results
- T-Mobile USA company data
- T-Mobile USA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results
- Orange Statistics
- O2 Data
- Vodafone company data
- Turkcell company data
- TIM company data
- MTN Group company data
- Online Telephone Directory For India (Mobile Number Finder, STD Codes Finder.)