List of mobile network operators

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)	Subscribers (total, in millions)
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, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) (CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO)	289.0 [3] (December 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	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) (D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x)	151.4 [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	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA (D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO)	182.7 [6] (December 2008)	182.7 [7] (December 2008)
5	Telenor (Norway)	Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	159 [8] (September 2008)	159 [9] (September 2008)
6	TeliaSonera (Sweden)	Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Russia, Nepal, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA	134.8 [10] (February, 2009)	134.8 [11] (February 2009)
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)	128.3 [12] (December 2008)	128.3 [13] (December 2008)
8	China Unicom (China)	China (inc. Macau)	GSM, GPRS	127.6 [14] (June 2008)	127.6[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	Bharti Airtel (India)	India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	85.65 (December 2008)	85.65 [19] (December 2008)
12	Verizon Wireless (United States)	United States	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO LTE (planned) (GSM*, GPRS*) *Acquired from Alltel.	83.7 [20] (January 2009)	83.7 [21] (January 2009)
13	SingTel (Singapore)	Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan	GSM UMTS, HSDPA	82.36 [22] (Feb 2009)	232.42 (Feb 2009)
14	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 [23] (September 2008)
15	AT&T Mobility (United States)	United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (planned)	77.0 [24] (January 2009)	77.0 [25] (January 2009)
16	Telecom Italia / TIM (Italy)	Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) (D-AMPS)	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	GSM, GPRS, UMTS (D-AMPS)	57.8 (September 2008)	57.8 [30] (September 2008)
20	NTT docomo (Japan)	Japan, Bangladesh, USA (Guam & Northern Marianas Islands)	GSM, GPRS, PDC FOMA, HSDPA LTE (planned)	54.16 [31] (December 2008)	54.16 [32] (December 2008)

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

Satellite based

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.278 [33] (June 2007)
2	Thuraya	Proprietary FDMA	0.250 [34] (August 2006)
3	Iridium	Proprietary TDMA	0.250 [35] (April 2008)
4	Inmarsat		0.209 active terminals (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

• Comparison of mobile phone standards
• List of telephone operating companies
• Mobile Network Code

References

• 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
• Globalstar Turkey
• 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
• Globalstar
• Turkcell company data
• TIM company data
• MTN Group company data
• Online Telephone Directory For India (Mobile Number Finder, STD Codes Finder.)