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|| [[Bharti Airtel|Bharti Telecom Limited]] (45.09%)<br /> Public stock (28.16%)<br /> [[Pastel Limited]] (14.79%)<br /> [[Indian Continent Investment Limited]] (6.65%)<br /> [[Life Insurance Corporation of India]] (5.31%)
|| [[Bharti Airtel|Bharti Telecom Limited]] (45.09%)<br /> Public stock (28.16%)<br /> [[Pastel Limited]] (14.79%)<br /> [[Indian Continent Investment Limited]] (6.65%)<br /> [[Life Insurance Corporation of India]] (5.31%)
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Revision as of 04:29, 25 January 2017

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.

Terrestrial

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

Rank Company Main markets Technology Total
subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
1 China China Mobile
List
List
847.2[1]
(November 2016)
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 United Kingdom Vodafone
List
List
469.7[2]
(September 2016)
3 India Airtel
List
  • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
  • Chad Chad
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Gabon Gabon
  • Ghana Ghana
  • Guernsey Guernsey
  • India India (Airtel India)
  • Jersey Jersey
  • Kenya Kenya
  • Madagascar Madagascar
  • Malawi Malawi
  • Niger Niger
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • Seychelles Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (Airtel Sri Lanka)
  • Tanzania Tanzania
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Zambia Zambia
348.1[3]
(December 2017)
Bharti Telecom Limited (45.09%)
Public stock (28.16%)
Pastel Limited (14.79%)
Indian Continent Investment Limited (6.65%)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (5.31%)
4 Mexico América Móvil
List
283.9[4]
(September 2016)
5 Spain Telefónica
List
274.9[5]
(September 2016)
6 China China Unicom
List
263.0[6]
(November 2016)
China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefonica (9.7%)
7 South Africa MTN Group
List
  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Benin Benin
  • Botswana Botswana
  • Cameroon Cameroon
  • Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
  • Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire
  • Cyprus Cyprus
  • Ghana Ghana
  • Guinea Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
  • Iran Iran (49%)
  • Liberia Liberia
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • South Africa South Africa
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Eswatini Swaziland (30%)
  • Syria Syria
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Yemen Yemen
  • Zambia Zambia
234.7[7]
(September 2016)
Public stock (68.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%)
M1 (7.72%)
8 China China Telecom
List
List
214.2[8]
(November 2016)
9 Norway Telenor
List
211.0[9]
(September 2016)
Government of Norway (53,97%)
Public stock (41,74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4,79%)
10 Netherlands VimpelCom
List
205.5[10]
(September 2016)
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%)
Telenor (33%)
Public stock (10.8%)
Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%)
11 France Orange
List
194.5[11]
(September 2016)
Public stock (86.6%)
Government of France (13.4%)
12 India Idea Cellular
List
List
185.1 [12]
(October 2016)
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (19.8%)
Providence Equity (10.6%)
13 Germany T-Mobile
List
163.0[13]
(September 2016)
Deutsche Telekom
14 United Arab Emirates Etisalat
List
  • Afghanistan Afghanistan
  • Benin Benin
  • Central African Republic Central African Republic
  • Egypt Egypt
  • Gabon Gabon
  • Indonesia Indonesia (XL Axiata (13.3%))
  • Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
  • Niger Niger
  • Nigeria Nigeria (40%)
  • Pakistan Pakistan (26%)
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (27%)
  • Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (Etisalat Lanka)
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Tanzania Tanzania
  • Togo Togo
  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
163.0[14]
(June 2016)
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39,97%)
15 Saudi Arabia STC
List
  • Bahrain Bahrain (VIVA)
  • India India
  • Indonesia Indonesia
  • Jordan Jordan
  • Kuwait Kuwait (VIVA)
  • Lebanon Lebanon
  • Malaysia Malaysia (Maxis (25%))
  • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa South Africa
161.0[15]
(December 2013)
16 Indonesia Telkomsel
List
152.6[16]
(December 2015)
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%)
Singtel (35%)
17 United States Verizon Wireless
List
List
143.9[17]
(November 2016)
Verizon Communications
18 United States AT&T Mobility
List
  • Mexico México
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  • United States United States
  • United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands
133.3[18]
(September 2016)
AT&T Inc.
19 Qatar Ooredoo
List
133.3[19]
(September 2016)
20 Russia MTS
List
108.8[20]
(October 2016)
Sistema (50.8%)
21 Hong Kong CK Hutchison
List
101.9[21](2015)
22 Malaysia Maxis
List
101.8[22][23]
(September 2016)
Ananda Krishnan (75%)
Saudi Telecom Company (25%)
23 Malaysia Axiata
List
101.0[24]
(December 2015)
Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
24 India BSNL
List
93.7[25]
(Sept 2016)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
25 Italy TIM
List
  • Brazil Brazil (TIM)
  • Italy Italy (TIM)
  • San Marino San Marino (TIM)
  • Vatican City Vatican City (TIM)
92.8[26]
(September 2016)
Telecom Italia
26 India Reliance
List
87.1[27]
(August 2016)
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
27 Russia MegaFon
List
List
77.3[28]
(September 2016)
USM Holdings Limited (56.32%+3,92%)
Telia Company (25.17%)
Public stock (14,59%)
28 India Jio
List
List
72.4[29]
(January 16, 2017)
Reliance Industries
29 Philippines Globe Telecom
List
65.4[30]
(September 2016)
Asiacom (54,5%)
Singtel (21,5%)
Ayala Corporation (13,9%)
Public stock (10,2%)
30 Turkey Turkcell
List
64.7[31]
(September 2016)
Turkcell Holding A.Ş. (51%)
Public stock (34.93%)
Sonera Holding B.V. (14.02%)
Çukurova Holding A.Ş. (0,05%)
31 Philippines PLDT
List
61.8[32]
(September 2016)
32 United StatesSprint Corporation
List
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
  • United States United States
  • United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands
List
60.2[33]
(September 2016)
SoftBank Corporation (80%)
33 India Tata DoCoMo
List
55.7[34]
(October 2016)
Tata Teleservices (74%)
NTT DoCoMo (26%)
34 Thailand AIS
List
  • Thailand Thailand (AIS)
39.9[35]
(September 2016)
Intouch Holdings (40,45%)
Public stock (36,23%)
Singtel (23,32%)

Satellite based

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 0.823 (June 2016)[36]
2 United States Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)[37]
3 United Arab Emirates Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[38] Etisalat (28%)
4 United Kingdom Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[39]
5 Indonesia ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

By region

See also

References

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  2. ^ "3Q Report 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Q3 2017 Report" (PDF). Airtel. 24 January 2017.
  4. ^ "3Q 2016 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 30 September 2016.
  5. ^ "Report 3Q 2016". 30 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Operation Data". China Unicom. 30 November 2016.
  7. ^ "3Q Results 2016" (PDF). MTN Group. 30 September 2016.
  8. ^ "China Telecom Mobile subscribers". China Telecom.
  9. ^ "3Q 2016 Telenor Group Report" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  10. ^ "VimpelCom Reports 3Q 2016" (PDF). VimpelCom. 30 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Orange Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  12. ^ "October 30 TRAI report" (PDF). TRAI. 9 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Report Q3 2016". Deutsche Telekom. 30 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Etisalat 1H Report 2016" (PDF). Etisalat. 30 June 2016.
  15. ^ "STC Investor Factsheet" (PDF). STC. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  16. ^ "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). 31 December 2015.
  17. ^ "How Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and more stacked up in Q3 2016: The top 7 carriers". FierceWireless. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Report Q3 2016" (PDF). AT&T. 30 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Q3 2016 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 30 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Results Q3 2016" (PDF). MTS. 31 October 2016.
  21. ^ "Operator group ranking, 2015". GSMA intelligence. 28 April 2016.
  22. ^ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). Maxis. 30 September 2016.
  23. ^ "Press Release" (PDF). TRAI. 31 August 2016.
  24. ^ "Axiata - Annual Report 2015" (PDF).
  25. ^ "Press Release Sept 2016" (PDF). TRAI. 9 December 2016.
  26. ^ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). TIM. 30 September 2016.
  27. ^ "Press Release August 2016" (PDF). Reliance. 31 August 2016.
  28. ^ "Press Release Q3 2016". MegaFon. 30 September 2016.
  29. ^ "Jio subscribers at 72.4 mn at December end; PoI issues continue: Reliance Industries".
  30. ^ "Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  31. ^ "3Q 2016 Results" (PDF). Turkcell. 30 September 2016.
  32. ^ "Financial highlights 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  33. ^ "Press Release 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  34. ^ "Press Release 2017" (PDF). TRAI. 09 January 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  35. ^ "Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
  36. ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
  37. ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
  38. ^ [1] Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  39. ^ [2] Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine