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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

The country has 12.9 million subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate. [2] (May 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is ATRA.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Etisalat	GSM,GPRS,EDGE	2.000 [3] (July 2008)	Etisalat, UAE
2	AWCC	GSM,GPRS,EDGE	3.5.000 [4] (May 2008)	Afghan Wireless Communication Company
3	MTN	GSM,GPRS,EDGE	3.793 [5] (September 2008)	MTN (100%)
4	Roshan	GSM,GPRS,EDGE	2.6 [6] (September 2008)	Telecom Development Company of Afghanistan
5	Wasel	CDMA	2.6 [7] (September 2008)	Wasel Telecom Afghanistan
6	Afghan Telecom	CDMA	2.6 [8] (September 2008)	MCIT, State Owned

American Samoa

The country has 2,200¹ subscribers in total, or a 3.39% penetration rate. [] (2004)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Blue Sky Communications	GSM	0.02	eLandia International Inc

_{1. American Samoa. Central Intelligence Agency - The World Fact Book}

Armenia

The country has 1.08 million subscribers in total, or a 36.34% penetration rate. [9] (March 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VivaCell [10]	GSM	1.49 [11] (June 2008)	MTS
2	ArmenTel [12]	GSM	0.635 [13] (June 2008)	VimpelCom (90%) Government of Republic of Armenia (10%)

Australia

The country has 21.26 million subscribers in total, or a 100.76% penetration rate. [14] (June 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is ACMA.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telstra Mobile	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+ (Planned)	9.335 [15] (June 2008)	Telstra
2	Optus Mobile	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	7.4 [16] (September 2008)	Singapore Telecommunications (100%)
3	Vodafone To be merged with 3 to form VHA	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	3.573 [17] (December 2007)	Vodafone (100%)
4	3 To be merged with Vodafone to form VHA	UMTS, HSDPA	1.81 [18] (August 2008)	Hutchison Whampoa (52.03%), Public shareholders (26.84%), Leanrose Pty Limited (11.13%) Telecom NZ (10%)
5	Virgin Mobile	MVNO (using Optus)	0.500 [19] (October 2007)	Optus Mobile (100%) [20]
6	Savvytel	MVNO (using Vodafone)	0.040 [21] (June 2007)	Savvy Direct

Azerbaijan

The country has 2 million subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} (December 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AzerCell	GSM	2.99 [22] (March 2008)	Fintur Holdings B.V.¹, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6%
2	BakCell	GSM	0.27 ^{[citation needed]} (December 2005)	GTIB
3	Catel	CdmaOne	0.005 ^{[citation needed]} ()	Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC
4	Azerfon	GSM	0.001 ^{[citation needed]} (June 2006)	Siemens, Aztelekom

1. Fintur Holdings B.V. owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

Bangladesh

The country has 44.74 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [23] (January 2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GrameenPhone	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	20.94 [24] (January 2009)	Telenor (62%) and Grameen Telecom (38%)
2	Banglalink	GSM, GPRS	10.41 [25] (January 2009)	Orascom Telecom
3	AKTel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	8.47 [26] (January 2009)	Telekom Malaysia (70%) and NTT DoCoMo(30%)
4	Warid	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	2.25 [27] (January 2009)	Warid Telecom (100%)
5	CityCell	CDMA2000 1x	1.83 [28] (January 2009)	PBTL, Far East Telecom Limited, SingTel
6	TeleTalk	GSM, GPRS	0.84 [29] (January 2009)	State-owned

Brunei Darussalam

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	B-Mobile	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Telekom Brunei Berhad and QAF Comserve
2	DSTCom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, W-CDMA	Not Yet Available	DST Group

Cambodia

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 12% penetration rate. [30] (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CamGSM	GSM UMTS	2.120 [31] (December 2008)	MIC (58.4%) and Royal Group [32], Brand "Cell Card" [33]
2	CAMSHIN	GSM UMTS	0.25 ^{[citation needed]} (December 2005)	Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd. by Shin Satellite and Asia Mobile Holding [34] [35] Brand "MFone" [36]
3	TMIC	GSM	0.269 [37] (June 2007)	Telekom Malaysia International Cambodia, formerly Cambodia Samart Communication or Casa Com, Brand "Hello GSM"
4	Star Cell	GSM	0.02 ^{[citation needed]}	Appliphone Co. Ltd Brand "Star Cell" [38]
5	qb [39]	UMTS	???	Cambodia Advance Communications Co. Ltd. (CADCOMMS)[40]
6	EXCELL [41]	CDMA 2000 1x-EVDO	0.004	GT-TELL (CAMBODIA) INVESTMENT COMPANY LTD.
7	Metfone [42]	GSM	Not Yet Available	Viettel Cambodia.
7	Smart Mobile [43]	GSM	Not Yet Available	Latelz Co., Ltd. and Timeturns Holding [44][45]
7	Beeline [46]	GSM	Not Yet Available	Sotelco Ltd. and Vimpel Com [47]

China

The country has 627.26 million subscribers in total, or a 62.20% penetration rate. ^[1]

The country's telcom regulator is Ministry of Information Industry ^[2].

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	China Mobile	GSM, GPRS, EDGE TD-SCDMA	457.25 [48] (December 2008)	State-owned
2	China Unicom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE W-CDMA (UMTS) (Planned) LTE (Planned)	133.37 [49] (December 2008)	State-owned
3	China Telecom	CdmaOne, CDMA2000	42.4 [50] (August 2008)	State-owned

Hong Kong

The special administrative region has 11.5 million subscribers in total, or a 164.4% penetration rate. [51] (November 2008)

The special administrative region's telcom regulator is OFTA.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CSL¹ (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Telstra and New World Development
2	3²	CdmaOne GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	2.657² [52] (September 2008)	Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
3	SmarTone-Vodafone	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	1.108 [53] (December 2007)	Sun Hung Kai and Vodafone
4	PCCW³	CDMA2000 GSM, GPRS UMTS	1.071 [54] (December 2007)	PCCW
5	Peoples	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	Not Yet Available	China Mobile
6	New World Mobility¹	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	Not Yet Available	Telstra and New World Development

_{1. CSL and New World Mobility merged in April 2006 and became CSL New World Mobility Group, but the two networks are still operated separately.

2. Currently unable to determine 3 subscriber numbers without Macau.

3. July 2005: PCCW former owner of CSL has agreed in June to buy the 59.9% of shares held by the two biggest shareholders at HK$0.65 each share. The acquisition has received approval from Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and has progressed to a mandatory unconditional cash offer to buy the remaining stock at HK$0.65 per share. Total cost to PCCW will be approx HK$1.942bn, allowing its reentry into the wireless market and access to Sunday's 3G (UMTS) licence.}

Macau

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

The special administrative region's telcom regulator is DSRT.

Rank	Operator	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	3	2.515¹ [55] (March 2008)	Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
2	SmarTone	Not Yet Available
3	CTM	0.255 [56] (March 2007)	Cable & Wireless, Portugal Telecom, CITIC Pacific

1. Currently unable to determine 3 subscriber numbers without Hong Kong.

Cook Islands

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecom	GSM	Not Yet Available	Telecom New Zealand

Fiji

The country has 800,000 subscribers in total

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GPRS,EDGE		Digicel 100%
2	Vodafone	GSM,GPRS	0.6	Vodafone 49%,ATH 51%
3	Inkk Mobile	GSM, GPRS	0.2

French Polynesia

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VINI [57]	GSM	Not Yet Available	Tikiphone SA

Georgia

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Geocell	GSM,GPRS,UMTS,HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Fintur Holdings B.V.¹
2	MagtiGSM	GSM,GPRS,UMTS,HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Telcell Wireless, ITC
3	Beeline	GSM	0.146 [58] (March 2008)	VimpelCom & GMC Group
4	Warid	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WiMAX	Not Yet Available	Warid Telecom

_{1. Fintur Holdings B.V. owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%}

Guam & Northern Mariana Islands

The United States unincorporated territories have ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Docomo Pacific [59]	CdmaOne GSM, GPRS, UMTS,	Not Yet Available	NTT DoCoMo
2	IT&E [60]	CdmaOne GSM	Not Yet Available	IT&E Overseas, Inc
3	MPULSE [61]	GSM, GPRS	Not Yet Available	TeleGuam Holdings LLC
4	i CAN	GSM	Not Yet Available	Wave Runner LLC
5	PTI [62]	GSM	Not Yet Available	Micronesian Telecommunications Corporation

India

The country has 346.89 million subscribers in total. [63] (Dec 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is TRAI.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Airtel	GSM, EDGE	85.65 [64] (December 2008)	Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone (4.4%)
2	Reliance	CdmaOne GSM	61.34 [65] (December 2008)	Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
3	Vodafone	GSM, EDGE	60.93 [66] (December 2008)	Vodafone (67%) & Essar Group (33%)
4	BSNL	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	46.22 [67] (December 2008)	State-owned
5	Idea Cellular	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	34.21 [68] (December 2008)	Aditya Birla Group
6	Tata Teleservices	CdmaOne	31.76 [69] (December 2008)	Tata Group
7	Aircel	GSM	16.07 [70] (December 2008)	Maxis Telecom
8	MTNL	GSM	4.18 [71] (December 2008)	State-owned
9	Spice	GSM	3.80 [72] (December 2008)	Spicecorp and Telekom Malaysia
10	BPL Mobile	GSM, GPRS	1.94 [73] (December 2008)	Essar Group
11	HFCL Infotel	GSM	0.38 [74] (December 2008)
12	Shyam Telelink	GSM	0.36 [75] (December 2008)	AKF Sistema (72%)

Indonesia

The country has 117.83 million subscribers in total, or a 50.2% penetration rate. [76] (July 2008)

The country's telecom regulator is BRTI.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telkomsel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	65 [77] (Jan 2009)	State-owned Telkom (65%) and Singapore Telecommunications (35%)
2	Indosat	CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	35.473 [78] (September 2008)	Public (44.9%), Qtel (40.8%) and State-owned (14.3%)
3	Excelcomindo	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	25.087[79] (September 2008)	Telekom Malaysia (83.8%), Etisalat (16%) and Public (0.2%)
4	Telkom	CDMA2000 1x	6.69 [80] (July 2008)	State-owned (51.82%) and Public (48.18%)
5	Bakrie Telecom	CDMA2000 1x	4.46 [81] (March 2008)	Bakrie Group
6	Mobile-8 Telecom	CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	3.77 [82] (July 2008)	Bimantara Citra (60.8%), Asia Link BV (6%), Qualcomm (5.2%), KTF (2.1%), Public (19.9%)
7	3¹	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	3.604 [83] (September 2008)	Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%)
8	Natrindo	GSM, GPRS UMTS	0.59 [84] (July 2008)	Saudi Telecom Company (51%), Maxis Communications (44%) and Public (5%)
9	Smart Telecom	CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A	0.5 [85] (July 2008)	Sinar Mas Group
10	Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia	CDMA2000 1x	0.41 [86] (February 2008)	Sampoerna

1. Currently, 3's 3G is available in Jakarta and Puncak only.

Japan

The country has 110.643 million subscribers in total, or a 86.68% penetration rate. [87][88] (January 2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	NTT docomo	PDC UMTS, HSDPA	54.22 [89] (January 2009)	NTT (~50% State-owned)
2	au	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO LTE (Planned)	30.56 [90] (January 2009)	KDDI
3	SoftBank Mobile	PDC UMTS, HSDPA	20.12 [91] (January 2009)	SoftBank
4	Willcom	PHS XGP (Planned)	4.55 [92] (January 2009)	Carlyle Group (60%), Kyocera (30%), and KDDI (10%)
5	EMOBILE	UMTS, HSDPA	1.19 [93] (January 2009)	eAccess

Kazakhstan

The country has 12.7 million subscribers in total, or a 83.10% penetration rate. [94] (March 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	K-Cell	GSM	5.454 [95] (September 2007)	Fintur Holdings B.V.¹ 51%, Kazahtelekom 49%
2	Beeline	GSM	4.34 [96] (September 2007)	Cronwell Investment 50.01%, VimpelCom 49.99%
3	Altel	CdmaOne GSM	0.2 [97] (January 2007)	Kazahtelekom 50% [98]

1. Fintur Holdings B.V. owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

Kiribati

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TSKL	GSM	Not Yet Available	Telecom Services Kiribati Limited

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SUN NET	GSM	Not Yet Available	Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corporation

SUN NET is closed for citizens of North Korea since 2004-05-25 [99]. Some people try to use mobile phones connecting to networks from China near border, but it is illegal and punished by death [100].

Korea, Republic of

The country has 44.5 million subscribers in total, or a 90.7% penetration rate. [101] (May 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SK Telecom	CdmaOne UMTS, HSDPA	22.5 [102] (May 2008)	SK Corporation
2	KTF (KT Freetel)	CdmaOne UMTS, HSDPA	14 [103] (May 2008)	KT
3	LG Telecom	CdmaOne	8 [104] (May 2008)	LG Corporation

Kyrgyzstan

The country has 1.1 million subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BITEL	GSM	0.60 ^{[citation needed]} (September 2006)	Sky Mobile
2	MegaCom	GSM	0.50 ^{[citation needed]} (November 2006)	BiMoCom Ltd

Laos

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate. [105] (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Lao Telecommunications	GSM	Not Yet Available	Lao Telecommunications
2	ETL MOBILE	GSM	Not Yet Available	Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)
3	Tigo	GSM	0.233 [106] (December 2008)	MIC (74.1%)
4	LAOTEL	GSM	Not Yet Available	Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT)
5	Skytel & Net

Malaysia

The country has 26.162 million subscribers in total, or a 93.9% penetration rate. "Cellular Phone Subscribers". MCMC. (3rd Quarter 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Maxis	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	10.5 [107] (March 2007)	Maxis Communications
2	Celcom	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	8.254[108] (September 2008)	Telekom Malaysia
3	DiGi	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS	7.062 [109] (December 2008)	Telenor (49%)
4	Merchantrade (MVNO)	GSM UMTS, GPRS	Not Yet Available	Merchantrade Asia Sdn Bhd
5	TTdotcom	UMTS	Not Yet Available	Time dot com
6	U Mobile (MVNO)(formerly known as MiTV Networks Sdn Bhd)	UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	U Telecom (formerly known as MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd)
7	B&E Wireless Mobile (MVNO)	UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	B & E Global Marketing
8	Tune Talk (MVNO)	GSM UMTS, HSDPA	Not Yet Available	Tune Ventures

Maldives

The country has 0.14 million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dhiraagu	GSM	0.185 [110] (March 2007)	Dhiraagu First service provider
2	Wataniya Maldives	GSM, EDGE, HSDPA	0.059 [111] (June 2007)	Wataniya Telecom

Marshall Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Mongolia

The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a 45.8% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobicom	GSM	0.8 [112] (October 2006)	KDDI, Sumitomo Corporation, Newcom Group
2	Unitel	GSM	0.2	MCS Group
3	Skytel	CdmaOne	0.23 [113] ()	SK Telecom, Taihan Electric, MCS Group, Altai Holdings, Unitelecom
3	G-Mobile	CdmaOne	0.02 [114] ()	Telecom

Myanmar

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MPT	GSM	0.18 ^{[citation needed]} (2006)	Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications

Nauru

Nepal

The country has 1.36 million subscribers in total, or a 5.26% penetration rate. [115] (April 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Nepal Telecom	CdmaOne GSM UMTS	0.871 [116] (April 2007)	Nepal Telecom
2	Mero Mobile	CdmaOne	0.491 [117] (April 2007)	SNPL

New Caledonia

New Zealand

The country has 3.87 million subscribers in total, or a 94% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodafone	GSM UMTS	2.100 [118] (June 2006)	Vodafone
2	Telecom	CdmaOne UMTS	1.77 [119] (September 2006)	public company
3	TelstraClear (using Telecom)	CdmaOne	?	Telstra
4	NZ Communications	GSM UMTS	Not yet operational	Econet Wireless
5	Black+White (using Vodafone NZ)	GSM UMTS	?	Black+White

Niue

The country has c. 500 ¹ subscribers in total, or a 6.5% penetration rate. (2004)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecom Niue	AMPS, GSM(planned)	0.005	Telecom Niue

_{1. as at 2004. Niue - The Commonwealth Year Book http://www.thecommonwealth.org/YearbookInternal/140411/140413/niue/}

Norfolk Island

The country has 131¹ subscribers in total, or a 6.5% penetration rate. (October 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Norfolk Telecom	GSM	0.001	Norfolk Telecom

_{1. Norfolk Island phone book - Mobile Numbers http://www.norfolk.gov.nf/telephone%20book.htm#MOBILE}

Pakistan

The country has 89.9 million subscribers in total, or a 55.80% penetration rate. [120] (December 2008)

The country's telecom regulator is PTA.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobilink	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	28.47 [121] (December 2008)	Orascom Telecom
2	Telenor	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	19.38 [122] (December 2008)	Telenor
3	Ufone	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	19.30 [123] (December 2008)	Etisalat
4	Warid	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	16.65 [124] (December 2008)	Warid Telecom(70%) and SingTel(30%)
5	ZONG	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	5.5 [125] (December 2008)	China Mobile
6	Wateen	WiMAX	1.00	Wateen Telecom
7	Instaphone	AMPS D-AMPS	0.32 [126] (December 2008)	Pakcom Limited
8	WorldCall Wireless	CdmaOne	0.46	WorldCall Pakistan
9	Vfone	CdmaOne	1.25	Etisalat
10	GO CDMA	CdmaOne	0.50	TeleCard Limited

Palau

Papua New Guinea

The country has 0.059 million subscribers in total, or a 1% penetration rate. [127] (September 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Bee Mobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Pacific Mobile Communications
2	Digicel	GSM	Not Yet Available	Digicel

Philippines

As of December 2008^[update], the country has 66 million subscribers in total, or a 72% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]}

The country's telcom regulator is NTC. The numbers below exclude the subscriber base of corresponding MVNO.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Smart Communications	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS	20.9 [128] (September 2008)	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
2	Globe Telecom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, WiMAX (soon)	14.6 [129] (August 2008)	Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
3	Sun Cellular	GSM, GPRS	5.5 [130] (April 2008)	Digital Telecommunications Philippines
4	Next Mobile	iDEN	0.03 (November 2007)
5	Extelcom	AMPS	0.01374 (November 2007)
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
1	Talk 'N Text (using Smart)	GSM	13.3 [131](September 2008)	Pilipino Telephone Corporation
2	Touch Mobile (using Globe)	GSM, GPRS	8.1 (April 2008)	Innove Communications and Globe Telecom

Samoa

The country has 85,000 subscribers in total, or a 47% penetration rate. [132] (November 2007)

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

Singapore

The country has 6.2952 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 130.1% mobile penetration rate. [133] (Nov 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SingTel Mobile	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	2.87 [134] (September 2008)	Singapore Telecommunications
2	StarHub Mobile	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	1.742 [135] (September 2008)	StarHub
3	M1	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	1.621 [136] (September 2008)	MobileOne

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 44% penetration rate. [137] (September 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dialog Telekom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA	4.978[138] (September 2008)	Telekom Malaysia
2	Mobitel (Sri Lanka)	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	2.257 [139] (September 2008)	Sri Lanka Telecom(100%)
3	Tigo	GSM, GPRS UMTS	2.000 [140] (December 2008)	MIC (100%)
4	Hutch	GSM, GPRS	0.958 [141] (September 2008)	Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited(100%)
5	Airtel Lanka	GSM, GPRS,UMTS	Launching operations in 19 December 2008	Airtel
6	Reliance	GSM, GPRS	Launching operations in 2009	Reliance Group of Companies

Taiwan

Taiwan is an island, off the coast of China it has 22.87 million subscribers in total, or a 100.2% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} (July 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Chunghwa Telecom	GSM UMTS	7.86 ^{[citation needed]} ()
2	Taiwan Mobile	GSM UMTS	4.37 ^{[citation needed]} ()
3	FarEasTone	GSM UMTS	3.75 ^{[citation needed]} ()
4	KG Telecom	GSM	1.97 ^{[citation needed]} ()
5	FITEL	PHS	1.25 ^{[citation needed]} ()
6	TransAsia	GSM	0.88 ^{[citation needed]} ()
7	APBW	CdmaOne	0.85 ^{[citation needed]} ()
8	MobiTai	GSM	0.40 ^{[citation needed]} ()
9	VIBO	UMTS	0.1 ^{[citation needed]} ()

Tajikistan

The country has 1.6 million subscribers in total, or a 20% penetration rate. [142] (May 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Babilon Mobile	GSM	0.8 [143] (March 2008)
2	Somoncom	GSM UMTS	0.205 [144] (May 2007)	TeliaSonera (59.45%)
3	Beeline	GSM	0.378 [145] (March 2008)	Tacom (100%: VimpelCom (60%))
4	TT Mobile	GSM	Not Yet Available	Megafon (75%)
5	Indigo	GSM UMTS	0.172 [146] (May 2007)	TeliaSonera (60%)

Thailand

The country has 48.78 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} (September 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Advanced Info Service (AIS)	GSM, EDGE, HSDPA (Planned)	26.774 [147] (September 2008)	Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
2	DTAC	GSM, EDGE, HSDPA (Planned)	18.213 [148] (September 2008)	Telenor (70.6%)
3	True Move	GSM, EDGE, HSDPA (Planned)	13.675 [149] (September 2008)	True Corporation
4	Hutch	CdmaOne CDMA2000 EV-DO	1.094 [150] (September 2008)	CAT Telecom and Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited
5	Thai Mobile	GSM UMTS	Not Yet Available	TOT (58%) and CAT Telecom (42%)
6	WEPCT	PHS	Not Yet Available	True Corporation
7	CAT CDMA	CdmaOne CDMA2000 EV-DO	Not Yet Available	CAT Telecom

Timor-Leste

The country has 69,000¹ subscribers in total, or a 6.22% penetration rate. (2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Timor Telecom	GSM	0.06	Timor Telecom

_{1. Timor-Leste. Central Intelligence Agency - The World Fact Book}

Tonga

The country has 0.03 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [151] (November 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel Tonga	GSM	0.020 [152] (November 2007)	Digicel Group Ltd
2	Tonga Communications Corporation		0.010 [153] (November 2007)	Tonga Government

Turkmenistan

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTS	GSM	0.57 [154] (June 2008)	MTS

Tuvalu

Uzbekistan

The country has 12.5 million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate. [155] (December 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Uzdunrobita	GSM	4.37 [156] (June 2008)	MTS (74%)
2	Beeline	GSM	1.587 [157] (September 2007)	VimpelCom (100%)
3	Coscom	GSM	0.487 [158] (September 2007)	TeliaSonera (99.7%)
5	Perfectum	CdmaOne	Not Yet Available	Perfectum

Vanuatu

The country has 26,000¹ subscribers in total, or a 12.06% penetration rate. (2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecom Vanuatu	GSM	0.01	Telecom Vanuatu Ltd
2	Digicel Vanuatu	GSM	0.01	Digicel Group Ltd

_{1. Vanuatu. Central Intelligence Agency - The World Fact Book}

Vietnam

The country has 45 million subscribers in total, or a 52.4% penetration rate. ^{[citation needed]} (May 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Viettel Mobile	GSM	10.0 [159] (June 2007)	Viettel Corporation
2	Cityphone	PHS	Not Yet Available	Saigon Telecommunications (VNPT subsidiary)
3	Vinaphone	GSM	5.22 [160] (December 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
4	Mobifone	GSM	4.65 [161] (December 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
5	E-Mobile	CdmaOne CDMA2000 EVDO	2.0 [162] (October 2007)	EVN Telecom
6	S-Fone	CdmaOne CDMA2000 EVDO	0.5 ^{[citation needed]} ()	Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT), SK Telecom
7	HT Mobile	eGSM	0.185 [163] (September 2007)	Hanoi Telecom, Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited

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Guam & Northern Mariana Islands

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