List of mobile network operators in Europe
The country has 2.215 million subscribers in total, or a 61.5% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Albania is the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ERT).
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMC | GSM | 1.14 [1] (September 2007) | Cosmote |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 1.075 [2] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Eagle Mobile | GSM | Planned (March 2008) | Eagle Mobile |
The country has 0.071 million subscribers in total, or a 100% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOBILAND | GSM | 0.071 [3] (September 2007) | STA |
The country has 9.4 million subscribers in total, or a 113% penetration rate RTR Telecom Monitor (2nd quarter 2007).
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Austria is the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR).
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
3.854 [4] (September 2007) | mobilkom Austria |
| 2 | T-Mobile | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
3.273 [5] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom (100%) |
| 3 | One | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
1.8 [6] (December 2006) | Mid Europa Partners (65%), France Télécom (35%) |
| 4 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA | 0.474 [7] (22 August 2007) | Hutchison Whampoa |
The country has 6.958 million subscribers in total, or a 72% penetration rate. [8] (December 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Belarus is the Ministry of Communications and Informatization
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTS | GSM | 3.73 [9] (December 2007) | RUP Mezhdugorodnaya Svyaz (51%), MTS (49%) |
| 2 | Velcom | GSM | 3.055 [10] (January 2007) | SB Telecom (100%)/(owned by mobilkom Austria ) |
| 3 | Best | GSM | 0.178 [11] (December 2007) | NII SA (75%), Beltelecom (25%) |
| 4 | DIALLOG | CdmaOne | 0.10 [12] (December 2007) | CIB B.V. (50%), RUP MGTS (29.7%), Infobank (17%) |
The country has 10.185 million subscribers in total, or a 96.9% penetration rate. [citation needed] (June 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Belgium is the Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proximus | GSM, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
4.42 [13] (June 2007) | Belgacom |
| 2 | Mobistar | GSM, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
3.08 [14] (September 2007) | France Télécom (50.6%) |
| 3 | BASE | GSM, EDGE UMTS |
2.6 [15] (June 2007) | KPN |
The country has 3.62 million subscribers in total, or a 79.5% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2006)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Communications Regulatory Agency (RAK)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BH Mobile | GSM | 1.8 [citation needed] () | BH Telecom |
| 2 | m:tel BH | GSM | 1.2 [citation needed] () | Telekom Srpske (Telekom Srbija 65%, Government of Republika Srpska 35%) |
| 3 | HT-ERONET | GSM | 0.62 [citation needed] () | HT Mostar |
The country has more than 10 million subscribers in total, or a 133.2% penetration rate. [16] (September 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Bulgaria is the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M-Tel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
5.0 [17] (December 2007) | mobilkom Austria |
| 2 | GLOBUL | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
4.0 [18] (December 2007) | Cosmote |
| 3 | vivatel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
1.0 [19] (November 2007) | BTC |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 4 | Frog Mobile (using GLOBUL) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Cosmote |
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 108.9% penetration rate. [20] (September 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Croatia is the Hrvatske agencije za telekomunikacije (website only available in local language)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
2.385 [21] (December 2007) | T-Hrvatski Telekom 100% (51% Deutsche Telekom, 49% Croatian Government) |
| 2 | VIPnet | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
2.077 [22] (September 2007) | mobilkom Austria |
| 3 | Tele2 | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
0.500 [23] (September 2007) | Tele2 |
| 4 | Tomato | GSM | Not Yet Available | VIPnet Virtual Operator |
The country has 12.978 million subscribers in total, or a 125.4% penetration rate. (December 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in the Czech Republic is the Czech Telecommunication Office
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM UMTS |
5.271 [24] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | O2 | GSM UMTS |
5.125 [25] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
| 3 | Vodafone | GSM | 2.582 [26] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
The country has 0.8699 million subscribers in total, or a 109.5% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cytamobile-Vodafone | GSM | 0.670 [27] (December 2005) | Cyprus Telecommunications Auth |
| 2 | [Areeba ]] | GSM UMTS |
0.106 [28] (September 2007) | MTN Group (100%) |
The country has 6.2426 million subscribers in total, or a 114.71% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TDC | GSM UMTS |
3.0 [29] (September 2007) | TDC |
| 2 | Sonofon | GSM | 1.680 [30] (December 2007) | Telenor (100%) |
| 3 | Telia | GSM UMTS |
1.449 [31] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
| 4 | debitel1 | GSM | 0.3 [citation needed] () | TeliaSonera (78%), Dansk Landbrugs Grovvareselskab, Fleggaard Holding |
| 5 | 3 | UMTS | 0.12 [citation needed] () | Hutchison Whampoa (60%), Investor AB (40%) |
| 6 | DLG Tele | GSM | 0.04 [citation needed] () | ? |
1 Virtual Mobile Network Operator, using TDC and Sonofon networks.
The country has 1.5878 million subscribers in total, or a 120.7% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMT | GSM EDGE UMTS HSPA |
0.765 [32] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera (53.7%) |
| 2 | Elisa | GSM EDGE UMTS HSPA |
0.3228 [33] (December 2007) | Elisa |
| 3 | Tele2 | GSM EDGE UMTS HSPA |
0.5 [34] () | Tele2 |
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Føroya Tele | GSM | Not Yet Available | Faroese Telecom |
| 2 | Kall | GSM | Not Yet Available | Kall P/F |
The country has 5.4 million subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonera | GSM UMTS |
2.449 [35] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
| 2 | Elisa | GSM UMTS |
2.16 [36] (September 2006) | Elisa |
| 3 | DNA | GSM UMTS |
0.81 [37] (December 2005) | Local former telephone companies, 3i Group |
| 4 | GSM Aland | GSM | Not Yet Available | Mariehamns Telefon, Alands Telefonandelslag |
The country has 53.076 million subscribers in total, or a 84% penetration rate. [38] (September 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in France is ARCEP.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM UMTS |
23.504 [39] (September 2007) | France Télécom (99%) |
| 2 | SFR | GSM UMTS |
18 [40] (June 2007) | Vivendi (56%), Vodafone (44%) |
| 3 | Bouygues Télécom | GSM UMTS |
8.923 [41] (September 2007) | Bouygues group |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 4 | Virgin Mobile (MVNO, uses Orange) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Virgin Mobile |
The country has 94.565 million subscribers in total, or a 115.0% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Germany is FNA.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
35.952 [42] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
32.541 [43] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | E-Plus | GSM UMTS |
13.6 [44] (June 2007) | KPN |
| 4 | O2 | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
12.472 [45] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
The British overseas territory has 0.022 million subscribers in total, or a 89% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIBTEL | GSM | 0.022 [citation needed] () | Gibraltar Telecommunications Int. Ltd. |
The country has 15.447 million subscribers in total, or a 138.3% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmote | GSM UMTS |
5.94 [46] (September 2007) | OTE (77.97%) |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM UMTS |
5.346 [47] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Wind | GSM UMTS |
4.161 [48] (May 2007) | Weather Investments |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 4 | Q-Telecom (using Wind) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Weather Investments |
| 5 | Frog Mobile (using Cosmote) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Cosmote |
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TELE Greenland | GSM | Not Yet Available | TELE Greenland A/S |
The British Crown dependency has 0.055 million subscribers in total, or a 95% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not Yet Available | Cable & Wireless |
| 2 | WAve | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Wave Telecom |
The country has 10,442,000 subscribers in total, or a 103.9% penetration rate. [49] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
4.853 [50] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Pannon | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
3.377 [51] (December 2007) | Telenor (100%) |
| 3 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
2.212 [52] (September 2007) | Vodafone (100%) |
The country has 0.274 million subscribers in total, or a 99% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siminn | GSM, UMTS | Not Yet Available | Siminn hf |
| 2 | Vodafone Iceland | GSM | Not Yet Available | Dagsbrún hf. |
| 3 | Viking wireless | GSM | Not Yet Available | IMC Island ehf |
| 4 | Nova | UMTS, HSDPA | Not Yet Available | Nova ehf. |
| 5 | IceCell | GSM | Not Yet Available | IceCell ehf. |
The country has just over 5 million subscribers in total, or a 116% penetration rate. [53] (Q4 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Ireland is ComReg.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
2.217 [54] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
| 2 | O2 | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
1.646 [55] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
| 3 | Meteor | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS (planned) |
0.962 [56] (December 2007) | eircom |
| 4 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA (roams on Vodafone's GSM/GPRS networks where no UMTS) | 0.13 [citation needed] () | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 5 | eircom Mobile (using Meteor) | Not Yet Available | eircom | |
| 6 | Tesco Mobile (using O2) | Not Yet Available | Tesco Ireland | |
The British Crown dependency has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx Telecom | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Telefónica O2 |
| 2 | Sure Mobile | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Cable & Wireless |
The country has 87.351 million subscribers in total, or a 146.1% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
The country's telcom regulator is AGCOM.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIM | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
35.3 [57] (September 2007) | Telecom Italia |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
29.151 [58] (September 2007) | Vodafone (76.86%), Verizon (23.14%) |
| 3 | Wind | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
15.3 [59] (September 2007) | Orascom Telecom |
| 4 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA | 7.677 [60] (22 August 2007) | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 5 | Coop Voce (using TIM) | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
Not Yet Available | Coop (Italy) |
| 6 | UNO Mobile (using Vodafone) | GSM, UMTS | Not Yet Available | Carrefour |
| 7 | Poste Mobile (using Vodafone) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Poste Italiane |
| Planned Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 8 | Autostrade per l'Italia (using Wind) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Autostrade per l'Italia |
| 9 | FASTWEB (using 3) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Tiscali |
| 10 | Conad (using Vodafone) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Conad |
| 11 | Tiscali (using TIM) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Tiscali |
| 12 | 50&Più Fenacom (using 3) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | 50&Più Fenacom |
The British Crown dependency has 0.088 million subscribers in total, or a 98% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jersey Telecom Mobile | GSM | Not Yet Available | Jersey Telecom |
| 2 | Sure Mobile | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Cable & Wireless |
| 3 | Airtel-Vodafone | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Bharti Airtel |
The country has 2.236 million subscribers in total, or a 98.47% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2006)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvijas Mobilais Telefons | GSM UMTS |
1.014 [61] (January 2008) | Lattelecom, Government of Latvia, TeliaSonera, Digital Latvian Radio and Television Centre |
| 2 | Tele2 | GSM UMTS |
1.0 [62] (July 2006) | Tele2 |
| 3 | BITE Latvija | GSM UMTS |
0.222 [63] (March 2007) | TDC |
The country has 0.032 million subscribers in total, or a 87% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobilkom liechtenstein | GSM | 0.0052 [64] (September 2007) | mobilkom austria |
| 2 | Orange | GSM | Not Yet Available | France Télécom |
| 3 | swisscom-mobile | GSM | Not Yet Available | Swisscom Mobile Ltd |
| 4 | Tango | GSM | Not Yet Available | Tele2 |
The country has 4.93 million subscribers in total, or a 144% penetration rate. [citation needed] (March 2006)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omnitel | GSM, EDGE UMTS |
2.012 [65] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
| 2 | Bité | GSM | 1.84 [66] (December 2006) | TDC |
| 3 | Tele2 | GSM | 1.00 [citation needed] () | Tele2 |
The country has 0.759 million subscribers in total, or a 164% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LuxGSM | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
Not Yet Available | P & T Luxembourg |
| 2 | Tango | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
Not Yet Available | Tele2 |
| 3 | VOX Mobile | GSM, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
0.076 [67] (September 2007) | VOXmobile S.A. |
The country has 1.754 million subscribers in total, or a 86.04% penetration rate. (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS | 1.213 [68] (December 2007) | Magyar Telekom |
| 2 | Cosmofon | GSM, GPRS | 0.541 [69] (September 2007) | OTE |
| 3 | VIP Operator | GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | Mobilkom Austria |
The country has 0.357 million subscribers in total, or a 88.8% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
0.197 [70] (September 2007) | |
| 2 | GO | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
0.16 [citation needed] () |
The country has 1.883 million subscribers in total, or a 54.98% penetration rate. (February 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is ANRTI.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 1.270 [71] (February 2007) | France Télécom 94.3% [72] |
| 2 | Moldcell | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 0.556 [73] (December 2007) | Fintur Holdings B.V. 100% [74] 1 |
| 3 | Interdnestrcom operating in Transnistria region only | CdmaOne | 0.150 [75] (December 2007) | It has close links to Sheriff |
| 3 | Eventis | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 0.0022 [76] (December 2007) | Eventis Telecom (51%) |
| 4 | Unité | CdmaOne | 0.0536 [77] (December 2007) | Moldtelecom 100% |
1. Fintur Holdings B.V. owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
The country has 0.016 million subscribers in total, or a 21% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco-telecom | GSM UMTS |
0.036 [78] (March 2007) | Cable and Wireless 49%, Société Nationale de Financement 45% |
The country has 1.089.140 subscribers in total, or a 175,63% penetration rate. [79] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ProMonte | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
0.458[80] (December 2007) | Telenor (100%) |
| 2 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
0.378 [81] (December 2007) | 100% Crnogorski Telekom (76.53% Magyar Telekom (30.1% Deutsche Telekom), 23.47% publicly traded) |
| 3 | m:tel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
0.253[82] (December 2007) | 51% Telekom Srbija, 49% Ogalar |
The country has 17.492 million subscribers in total, or a 105.6% penetration rate. [citation needed] (June 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KPN | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
8.8 [83] (June 2007) | KPN |
| 2 | T-Mobile •Includes the previous Orange network. |
GSM, GPRS UMTS |
4.889 [84] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 3 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
3.892 [85] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
The country has 5.2 million subscribers in total, or a 111% penetration rate. [86] (June 2007)
The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Norway is the Norwegian_Post_and_Telecommunications_Authority.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telenor | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
2.856 [87] (December 2007) | Telenor (100%) |
| 2 | NetCom | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
1.577 [88] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
The country has 41.5 million subscribers in total, or a 108.88 % penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
13.487 [89] (September 2007) | TPSA (France Télécom is a key investor (47,50%) in TPSA) |
| 2 | Plus GSM | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
13.000 [citation needed] (July 2007) | Vodafone, TDC, KGHM, PKN Orlen, PSE |
| 3 | Era | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
12.998 [90] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom (97%) |
| 4 | Play | UMTS | 1.000 [citation needed] (January 2008) | Novator, Tollerton |
The country has 13.452 million subscribers in total, or a 126% penetration rate. [91] (December 2007)
The country's telecom regulator is ANACOM.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TMN | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
6.004 [92] (September 2007) | Portugal Telecom |
| 2 | Vodafone Portugal | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
4.957 [93] (June 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Optimus | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
2.28 [94] (December 2007) | SonaeCom |
The country has 23.3 million subscribers in total, or a 108% penetration rate. [95] (April 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is ANRCTI.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
10.0 [96] (March 2008) | France Télécom |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
8.808 [97] (December 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Cosmote | GSM | 3.6 [98] (December 2007) | OTE, Romtelecom |
| 4 | Zapp | CdmaOne | 0.5 [99] (December 2006) | Oger Telecom |
| 5 | DigiMobil | UMTS | RCS&RDS |
The country has 163.73 million subscribers in total, or a 111.8% penetration rate. [100] (August 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTS | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 55.15 [101] (October 2007) | Sistema |
| 2 | Beeline | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 41.80 [102] (September 2007) | VimpelCom (100%: Alfa Group (44%), Telenor (29.9%)) |
| 3 | MegaFon | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA (testing) |
34.016 [103] (September 2007) | TeliaSonera 43.8%, Telecominvest and IPOC International Growth Fund |
| 4 | Tele2 Russia | GSM | 7.996 [104] (September 2007) | Tele2 |
| 5 | Uralsvyazinform | GSM | 4.619 [105] (June 2007) | ? |
| 6 | SMARTS | GSM | 3.75 [106] (March 2007) | ? |
| 7 | Sibirtelecom | GSM | 3.7 [107] (June 2007) | Svyazinvest Holding Company |
| 8 | Nizhni Novgorod Telecom | GSM | 1.18 [citation needed] (June 2006) | ? |
| 9 | Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV (Jekatrinburg) | GSM | 0.95 [citation needed] (June 2006) | ? |
| 10 | New Telephone Company | GSM | 0.63 [citation needed] (June 2006) | ? |
| 11 | SkyLink | CdmaOne CDMA2000 EV-DO |
0.440 [108] (December 2006) | Sistema |
The country has 0.025 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [109] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prima | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
0.001 [110] (December 2007) | San Marino Telecom |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operator | ||||
| 2 | TMS (using TIM) | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
0.024 [111] (December 2007) | Telefonia Mobile Sammarinese SpA |
The country has 8.80 million subscribers in total, or a 117% penetration rate. [citation needed] (November 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mt:s | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
5.48 [112] (March 2008) | Telekom Srbija (80% Government of Serbia, 20% OTE) |
| 2 | Telenor | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
2.92 [113] (December 2007) | Telenor |
| 3 | VIP Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
0.40 [114] (February 2008) | mobilkom austria |
The country has 5.632 million subscribers in total, or a 103.4% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
2.7 [115] () | France Télécom |
| 2 | T-Mobile | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
2.367 [116] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 3 | O2 | GSM | 0.5654 [117] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 89.7% penetration rate. [118] (September 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobitel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
1.263 [119] (December 2007) | Mobitel |
| 2 | Si.mobil-Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
0.4799 [120] (September 2007) | mobilkom austria |
| 3 | Tušmobil | GSM | Not Yet Available | tusmobil |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 4 | Debitel-si (using Mobitel) | GSM | Not Yet Available | debitel |
| 5 | Izimobil (using Mobitel) | GSM | Not Yet Available | izimobil |
| 6 | M mobil (using Si.Mobil) | GSM | Not Yet Available | simobil |
The country has 50.7 million subscribers in total, or a 111% penetration rate. [121] (December 2007)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Spain is CMT (Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | movistar | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
22.827 [122] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
15.473 [123] (September 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Orange | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
10.921 [124] (September 2007) | France Télécom |
| 4 | Yoigo | UMTS | 0.427 [125] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
Virtual Mobile Network Operators: Euskaltel, Carrefour Móvil, Sweno (El Corte Inglés), The Phone House, Ono, Simyo
The country has 10 million subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate. [citation needed] (December 2005)
The country's telcom regulator is PTS.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telia | GSM UMTS |
4.807 [126] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera |
| 2 | Tele2 | GSM UMTS |
3.55 [citation needed] (December 2005) | Tele2 |
| 3 | Telenor | GSM UMTS |
1.855 [127] (December 2007) | Telenor (100%) |
| 4 | 3 | UMTS | Not Yet Available | Hutchison Whampoa (60%), Investor AB (40%) |
| 5 | Spring Mobil | GSM | Not Yet Available | Tele2 (50%) |
The country has 7.043 million subscribers in total, or a 97% penetration rate. [citation needed] (June 2006)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swisscom | GSM UMTS |
4.469 [citation needed] (June 2006) | State-owned Swisscom |
| 2 | Sunrise | GSM UMTS |
1.289 [citation needed] (June 2006) | TDC A/S |
| 3 | Orange | GSM UMTS |
1.285 [citation needed] (June 2006) | France Télécom |
| 4 | Tele2 | GSM | Not Yet Available | Tele2 |
| 5 | In&Phone | GSM | Not Yet Available | In&Phone |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 6 | M-Budget Mobile (using Swisscom) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Migros |
| 7 | Coop Mobile (using Orange) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Coop (Switzerland) |
| 8 | OrangeClick (using Orange) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | Orange SA |
| 9 | Yallo (using Sunrise) | GSM | Not Yet Available | TDC A/S |
| 10 | Cablecom (using Sunrise) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Cablecom |
| 11 | mobilzone net (using Orange) | GSM UMTS |
Not Yet Available | MobilZone net |
| 12 | Salut!-mobile (using Sunrise) | GSM | Not Yet Available | TDC A/S |
The country has 61.109 million subscribers in total, or an 86.57% penetration rate. [citation needed] (September 2007)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkcell | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 35.4 [128] (December 2007) | TeliaSonera (37.09%), Cukurova Group (27.05%), Alfa Group (13.22%) |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 15.709 [129] (September 2007) | Vodafone (100%) |
| 3 | Avea | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 10.0 [130] (December 2007) | Turkish Telecom (81%), Türkiye İş Bankası (19%) |
The country has 55.34 million subscribers in total, or a 119.3% penetration rate. [131] (January 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is NKRZ.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyivstar | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 23.872 [citation needed] (January 2008) | Telenor (56.52%), Alfa Group (43.48%) |
| 2 | MTS | CDMA2000, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
19.92 [132] (January 2008) | MTS (100%) |
| 3 | life:) | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 9.045 [citation needed] (January 2008) | Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%) |
| 4 | Beeline | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 1.968 [citation needed] (January 2008) | VimpelCom (100%) |
| 5 | Velton Telecom | CdmaOne | 0.120 [citation needed] (February 2008) | |
| 6 | ITC | CdmaOne | 0.115 214 [133] (December 2007) | |
| 7 | Intertelecom | CdmaOne | 0.114 [citation needed] (January 2008) | |
| 8 | PEOPLEnet | CDMA2000, CDMA2000 EV-DO | 0.103 [citation needed] (January 2008) | Telesystemy Ukrainy |
| 9 | Golden Telecom | GSM | 0.042 [citation needed] (January 2008) | VimpelCom (100%) |
| 10 | CST Invest | CdmaOne | 0.026 [citation needed] (January 2008) | |
| 11 | Utel | UMTS, HSDPA | 0.01 [citation needed] (January 2008) | Ukrtelecom (100%) |
The country has 77.335 million subscribers in total, or a 127.6% penetration rate. [citation needed] (June 2007)
The country's telecom regulator is Ofcom.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O2 | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA |
18.382 [134] (December 2007) | Telefónica |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA |
17.647 [135] (June 2007) | Vodafone |
| 3 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA |
17.311 [136] (December 2007) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 4 | Orange | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA |
15.400 [137] (September 2007) | France Télécom |
| 5 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA (roams onto O2 or Orange's GSM/GPRS networks where the UMTS network is unavailable) | 3.90 [138] (March 2007) | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 6 | Virgin Mobile (uses T-Mobile) |
GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA |
4.52 [139] (December 2006) | Virgin Media |
| 7 | Tesco Mobile (uses O2) |
GSM, GPRS | 1.5 [citation needed] (July 2007) | Tesco |
| 8 | Blyk (uses Orange) |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS |
0.1 (April 2008) [140] | Sofinnova Partners and other private investors |
| 9 | MobileWorld (uses T-Mobile) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | The Carphone Warehouse |
| 10 | Fresh Mobile (uses T-Mobile) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | The Carphone Warehouse |
| 11 | BT Mobile (uses Vodafone) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | British Telecom |
| 12 | Dot Mobile (uses Vodafone) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | jvtv Ltd |
| 13 | ASDA Mobile (uses Vodafone) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | ASDA |
| 14 | Talk Mobile (uses Vodafone) |
GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | The Carphone Warehouse |