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This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list of UMTS and GSM operators, =

Terrestrial

These are the world's 25 largest mobile network operators by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).

* Primary technologies are listed first. Technologies listed second (in parentheses) are secondary.

† Same as total subscribers where missing.

Rank	Company	Main Markets	Technology*	Subscribers† (proportionate, in millions)	Subscribers (total, in millions)
1	China Mobile	China Hong Kong'Peoples[1]', Pakistan'ZONG'	GSM, GPRS, EDGE TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA TD-LTE (planned)		508.367 (September 2009)^[1]
2	Vodafone	India, United Kingdom Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, Iceland, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Poland, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Mozambique, India, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Bhutan and China	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned) (CdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO)	264.1 (March 2009)^[2]	602.6 (March 2009)^[2]
3	Telefónica / Movistar / O₂	Spain Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Germany, Czech Republic, Morocco and Slovakia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned), D-AMPS (CdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x)	156.7 (December 2008)^[3]	261.4 (March 2009)^[3]
4	América Móvil	Mexico USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, D-AMPS (CdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO)		190.4 (April 2009)^[4]
5	Telenor	Norway Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned)		172.0 (October 2009)^[5]
6	T-Mobile	Germany USA, United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned)		162 (October 2009)^[6]
7	China Unicom	China	GSM, GPRS EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA		142.799 (September 2009)^[7]
8	TeliaSonera	Sweden Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Russia, Nepal, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA		134.8 (February 2009)^[8]
9	Bharti Airtel	India Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey and Sri Lanka	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		110.89 (August 2009)^[9]
10	Orange / France Télécom	France United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Armenia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned)	100 (March 2008)^[10]	100 (October 2009)^[11]
11	MTN Group	South Africa India, Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA		100.0 (April 2009)^[12]
12	MTS	Russia India, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Armenia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS		99.5 (June 2009)^[13]
13	Orascom Telecom • Please note that neither Italian "WIND" nor Greek "WIND" are subsidiaries of OT. Both are subsidiaries of Weather Investments, which on the other hand maintains >50% of OT shares since June 2005.	Egypt "Mobinil" Algeria "Djezzy", Pakistan "Mobilink", Tunisia "Tunisiana", Bangladesh "Banglalink", North Korea "Koryolink", Lebanon "Alfa", Burundi "Telecel", Central African Republic "Telecel", Namibia "Telecel", Zimbabwe "Telecel" and Canada "Globalive"	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA		88.1 (September 2009) ^[14] ^[15]
14	Verizon Wireless •Includes Alltel	United States	CdmaOne, CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A, LTE (Planned) (GSM, GPRS)		87.7 (June 2009)^[16]
15	Etisalat	United Arab Emirates India, Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania and Togo	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA		85.0 (July 2009)^[17]
16	Reliance Communications	India Sri Lanka (Kar Lo Duniya Muthi Me)	GSM, GPRS, CDMA2000 1x		84.81 (August 2009)^[18]^[19]
17	AT&T Mobility •Currently acquiring Centennial Communications	United States Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE (Planned)		81.6 (September 2009)^[20]
18	Telecom Italia/TIM	Italy Brazil, San Marino and Vatican City	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE (planned) (D-AMPS)		70.6 (September 2008)
19	Telkomsel	Indonesia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA		74 (May 2009)
20	Zain	Kuwait Iraq, Jordan, Niger, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia, Gabon, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Chad, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Bahrain, Lebanon, K.S.A, Congo B, D.R.C, Uganda	GSM, GPRS, WCDMA HSDPA		69.5(June 2009)[2]
21	NTT docomo	Japan India, Bangladesh and USA (Guam, Northern Marianas Islands)	GSM, GPRS, PDC, FOMA, HSDPA, LTE (planned)		55.1 (August 2009)^[21]
22	BSNL	India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE CDMA, EVDO WiMAX		53.36 (September 2009)
23	Qtel	Qatar Oman, Kuwait, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Iraq, Indonesia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS,HSDPA CDMA,EVDO		53.36 (September 2009)[3]
24	Idea Cellular	India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		51.45 (September 2009)
25	Axiata Group Berhad	Malaysia'Celcom' Bangladesh'Aktel', Sri Lanka'Dialog Telekom', Cambodia'Hello[4]', Indonesia'Excelcomindo' Associates India'Idea Cellular', Singapore'MobileOne'	GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA		51.2 (June 2009)
26	Tata Teleservices	India	CdmaOne, GSM, WiMAX, EVDO		47.80 (September 2009)

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By region

References

International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics

[www.chinamobileltd.com-1] ttp://www.chinamobileltd.com

[vodafone.com-2] ttp://www.vodafone.com/etc/medialib/preliminary_results.Par.1085.File.dat/prelim_2009_final.pdf

[telefonica-3] ttp://www.telefonica.es/accionistaseinversores/ing/pdf/rdos08t4-eng.pdf

[4] ttp://www.americamovil.com/docs/reportes/eng/2008_4.pdf

[5] ttp://www.telenor.com/en/investor-relations/company-facts/

[6] ttp://www.telekom.com/dtag/cms/content/dt/de/731328

[7] ttp://www.chinaunicom.com.hk/files/doc/News-2009/a102000-en.pdf

[8] ttp://www.teliasonera.com/press/pressreleases/item.page?prs.itemId=408567

[9] ttp://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/644/pr21jan09no11.pdf

[10] ttp://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/investors/presentations/revenues/att00002431/Abonnes_1T06_histo.pdf

[11] ttp://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/att00006071/CP3Q08VA.pdf

[12] ttp://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=146556

[13] ttp://www.mtsgsm.com/upload/images/20090811_Earnings%20press%20release_Q2%202009.pdf

[14] ttp://www.otelecom.com/about/Contents/default.aspx?ID=765

[15] ttp://www.mubasher.info/CASE/News/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsID=660087&src=M230

[16] ttp://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/business/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600606

[17] ttp://archive.gulfnews.com/business/Telecom/10332760.html

[18] ttp://www.reuters.com/article/rbssTechMediaTelecomNews/idUSBMA00315220090615

[19] ttp://www.rcom.co.in/webapp/Communications/rcom/index.jsp

[20] ttp://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=27290

[21] ttp://www.tca.or.jp/english/database/2009/08/index.html

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 |align=right| 8 ||{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[TeliaSonera]]||Sweden<br>Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Russia, Nepal, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey and Ukraine||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]]|| ||134.8 (February 2009)<ref>http://www.teliasonera.com/press/pressreleases/item.page?prs.itemId=408567</ref>
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+|align=right| 9 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Bharti Airtel]]||India<br>Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey and Sri Lanka||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]||  ||110.89 (August 2009)<ref>http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/644/pr21jan09no11.pdf</ref>
-|align=right| 9 ||{{flagicon|France}} [[Orange SA|Orange]] / [[France Télécom]]|| France<br>United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Armenia||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned)||100 (March 2008)<ref>http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/investors/presentations/revenues/att00002431/Abonnes_1T06_histo.pdf</ref>||100 (October 2009)<ref>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/att00006071/CP3Q08VA.pdf</ref>
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+|align=right| 10 ||{{flagicon|France}} [[Orange SA|Orange]] / [[France Télécom]]|| France<br>United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Austria, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Niger, Equatorial Guinea and Armenia||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]] (planned)||100 (March 2008)<ref>http://www.francetelecom.com/en/financials/investors/presentations/revenues/att00002431/Abonnes_1T06_histo.pdf</ref>||100 (October 2009)<ref>http://www.orange.com/en_EN/press/press_releases/att00006071/CP3Q08VA.pdf</ref>
-|align=right| 10 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Bharti Airtel]]||India<br>Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey and Sri Lanka||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]||  ||110.89 (August 2009)<ref>http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/644/pr21jan09no11.pdf</ref>
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 |align=right| 11 ||{{flagicon|South Africa}} [[MTN Group]]||South Africa<br>India, Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen and Zambia||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]], [[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSUPA]]|| ||100.0 (April 2009)<ref>http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=146556</ref>
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 |align=right| 22 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[BSNL]]||India||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[CDMA]],    [[EVDO]]<br>[[WiMAX]]|| ||53.36 (September 2009)
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-|align=right| 23 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Idea Cellular]]||India||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]|| ||51.45 (September 2009)
+|align=right| 23 ||{{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qtel]]||Qatar<br>Oman, Kuwait, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Iraq, Indonesia||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[UMTS]],[[HSDPA]]<br>[[CDMA]],[[EVDO]]|| ||53.36 (September 2009)[http://www.qtel.com.qa/documents/QtelQ32009QARSupplementa.pdf]
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-|align=right| 24 ||{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Axiata Group Berhad]]||Malaysia'[[Celcom]]'<br>Bangladesh'[[Aktel]]', Sri Lanka'[[Dialog Telekom]]', Cambodia'Hello[http://www.hello.com.kh/]', Indonesia'[[Excelcomindo]]'<br><br>	Associates<br>India'[[Idea Cellular]]', Singapore'[[MobileOne]]'||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[HSDPA]]|| ||51.2 (June 2009)
+|align=right| 24 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Idea Cellular]]||India||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]|| ||51.45 (September 2009)
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-|align=right| 25 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Tata Teleservices]]||India||[[CdmaOne]], [[GSM]], [[WiMAX]], [[EVDO]]|| ||47.80 (September 2009)
+|align=right| 25 ||{{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Axiata Group Berhad]]||Malaysia'[[Celcom]]'<br>Bangladesh'[[Aktel]]', Sri Lanka'[[Dialog Telekom]]', Cambodia'Hello[http://www.hello.com.kh/]', Indonesia'[[Excelcomindo]]'<br><br>	Associates<br>India'[[Idea Cellular]]', Singapore'[[MobileOne]]'||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE]]<br>[[HSDPA]]|| ||51.2 (June 2009)
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+|align=right| 26 ||{{flagicon|India}} [[Tata Teleservices]]||India||[[CdmaOne]], [[GSM]], [[WiMAX]], [[EVDO]]|| ||47.80 (September 2009)
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Terrestrial

Satellite based

By region

See also

References