List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania
Afghanistan
The country has 2.6 million subscribers in total, or a 8% penetration rate. [1] (May 2007)
The country's telcom regulator is ATRA.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Roshan | GSM | 1.300 [2] (May 2007) | Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) 51.0%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) 36.75%, Teliasonera 12.25% |
2 | Telsysint | GSM | 0.700 [3] (August 2006) | Afghan Wireless Communication Company |
3 | Areeba | 0.877 [4] (September 2007) | MTN (100%) |
Armenia
The country has 1.08 million subscribers in total, or a 36.34% penetration rate. [5] (March 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VivaCell[6] | GSM | 1.07 [7] (October 2007) | MTS |
2 | ArmenTel[8] | GSM | 0.447 [9] (September 2007) | VimpelCom (90%) Government of Republic of Armenia (10%) |
Australia
The country has 21.26 million subscribers in total, or a 100.76% penetration rate. [10] (June 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is ACMA.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telstra Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
9.30 [11] (December 2007) | Telstra |
2 | Optus Mobile | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
7.00 [12] (February 2008) | Singapore Telecommunications (100%) |
3 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
3.573 [13] (December 2007) | Vodafone (100%) |
4 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA | 1.578 [14] (December 2007) | Hutchison Whampoa (52.04%) |
5 | Virgin Mobile | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
0.400 [15] (October 2007) | Optus Mobile (100%) [16] |
6 | Savvytel | GSM | 0.040 [17] (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 | MNO/MVNO |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AzerCell | GSM | 2.802 [18] (September 2007) | 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 | |
2 | Azerphone | 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 38.93 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [19] (March 2008)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GrameenPhone | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 17.81 [20] (March 2008) | Telenor (62%) and Grameen Telecom (38%) |
2 | Banglalink | GSM, GPRS | 8.31 [21] (March 2008) | Orascom Telecom |
3 | AKTel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 7.45 [22] (March 2008) | AK Khan & Company (30%) and Telekom Malaysia (70%) |
4 | Warid | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 2.79 [23] (March 2008) | Warid Telecom |
5 | Citycell | CDMA2000 1x | 1.56 [24] (March 2008) | Singapore Telecommunications, PBTL and Far East Telecom |
6 | TeleTalk | GSM, GPRS | 1.01 [25] (March 2008) | State-owned |
Brunei
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 | Not Yet Available | DST Group |
Cambodia
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 12% penetration rate. [26] (September 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CamGSM | GSM UMTS |
1.869 [27] (March 2008) | MIC (58.4%), Brand "MobiTel", Brand "Cell Card" [28] |
2 | CAMSHIN | GSM UMTS |
0.25 [citation needed] (December 2005) | Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd Brand "CAMSHIN" [29], "e-Card", "MFone" [30] |
3 | TMIC | GSM | 0.269 [31] (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" [32] |
5 | CADCOMMS [33] | UMTS | Not Yet Available | Cambodia Advance Communications Co. Ltd |
6 | GT Tel | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | Information N/A |
China
The country has 565.2 million subscribers in total, or a 42.71% penetration rate. [34] (February 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is MII.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China Mobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 392.1 [35] (March 2008) | State-owned |
2 | China Unicom | CdmaOne GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
167 [36] (March 2008) | State-owned |
Hong Kong
The special administrative region has 10.6 million subscribers in total, or a 152% penetration rate. [37] (November 2007)
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 |
2.290² [38] (September 2007) | Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited |
3 | SmarTone-Vodafone | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
1.108 [39] (December 2007) | Sun Hung Kai and Vodafone |
4 | PCCW³ | CDMA2000 GSM, GPRS UMTS |
1.071 [40] (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. [] ()
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 3 | 2.290¹ [41] (September 2007) | Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited | |
2 | SmarTone | Not Yet Available | ||
3 | CTM | 0.255 [42] (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 ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone | GSM | 0.19 [citation needed] (December 2005) | Vodafone 49% |
French Polynesia
The French overseas collectivity has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VINI[43] | 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 | Not Yet Available | Fintur Holdings B.V.1 |
2 | MagtiGSM | GSM | Not Yet Available | Telcell Wireless, ITC |
3 | Beeline | GSM | 0.027 [44] (Commercially active, September 2007) | VimpelCom & GMC Group |
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 | GuamCell [45] | CdmaOne GSM, GPRS |
Not Yet Available | NTT DoCoMo |
2 | IT&E [46] | CdmaOne GSM |
Not Yet Available | IT&E Overseas, Inc |
3 | MPULSE [47] | GSM, GPRS | Not Yet Available | TeleGuam Holdings LLC |
4 | i CAN | GSM | Not Yet Available | Wave Runner LLC |
India
The country has 300 million subscribers in total, or a 26% penetration rate. [48] (March 2008)
The country's telcom regulator is TRAI.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Airtel | GSM, EDGE | 57.42 [49] (January 2008) | Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone (4.4%) |
2 | Reliance | CdmaOne GSM |
42.57 [50] (January 2008) | Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
3 | Vodafone | GSM, EDGE | 41.15 [51] (January 2008) | Vodafone (67%) & Essar Group (33%) |
4 | BSNL | GSM, GPRS | 37.99 [52] (January 2008) | State-owned |
5 | Tata Indicom | CdmaOne | 22.54 [53] (January 2008) | Tata Group |
6 | Idea Cellular | GSM | 21.95 [54] (January 2008) | Aditya Birla Group |
7 | Aircel | GSM | 9.93 [55] (January 2008) | Maxis Telecom |
8 | Spice | GSM | 3.94 [56] (January 2008) | Spicecorp and Telekom Malaysia |
9 | MTNL | GSM | 3.28 [57] (January 2008) | State-owned |
10 | BPL Mobile | GSM, GPRS | 1.26 [58] (January 2008) | Essar Group |
11 | HFCL Infotel | GSM | 0.269 [59] (January 2008) | |
12 | Shyam Telelink | GSM | 0.103 [60] (January 2008) |
Indonesia
The country has 68 million subscribers in total, or a 28.97% penetration rate. [61] (December 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telkomsel | GSM UMTS |
47.8 [62] (December 2007) | State-owned Telkom and Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | Indosat | CdmaOne GSM UMTS |
20 [63] (June 2007) | Singapore Technologies Telemedia |
3 | Excelcomindo | GSM UMTS |
15.5 [64] (December 2007) | Telekom Malaysia (83.8%) |
4 | Mobile8 | CdmaOne | 2.25 [65] (June 2007) | Mobile-8 Telecom/ Global Mediacom |
5 | Esia | CdmaOne | 2.2 [66] (June 2007) | Bakrie Telecom |
6 | TelkomFlexi | CdmaOne | 4 [67] (April 2007) | Telkom |
7 | 3 | GSM UMTS |
1.627 [68] (September 2007) | Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%) |
8 | Natrindo | GSM | Not Yet Available | Maxis Telecom |
Japan
The country has 101.376 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate. [69] (February 2008)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NTT DoCoMo | PDC FOMA, HSDPA |
53.214 [70] (February 2008) | NTT (~50% State-owned) |
2 | au | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO |
29.839 [71] (February 2008) | KDDI |
3 | SoftBank Mobile | PDC UMTS, HSDPA |
18.042 [72] (February 2008) | SoftBank |
4 | Willcom | PHS | 4.597 [73] (February 2008) | Carlyle Group (60%), Kyocera (30%), and KDDI (10%) |
5 | eMobile | UMTS, HSDPA | 0.281 [74] (February 2008) | eAccess |
Kazakhstan
The country has 6.58 million subscribers in total, or a 43.20% penetration rate. [75] (January 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | K-Cell | GSM | 5.454 [76] (September 2007) | Fintur Holdings B.V.1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49% |
2 | Beeline | GSM | 4.34 [77] (September 2007) | Cronwell Investment 50.01%, VimpelCom 49.99% |
3 | Altel | CdmaOne GSM |
0.2 [78] (January 2007) | Kazahtelekom 50% [79] |
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 [80]. Some people try to use mobile phones connecting to networks from China near border, but it is illegal and punished by death [81].
Korea, Republic of
The country has 44.5 million subscribers in total, or a 90.7% penetration rate. [82] (May 2008)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SK Telecom | CdmaOne UMTS |
22.5 [83] (May 2008) | SK Corporation |
2 | KTF | CdmaOne UMTS |
14 [84] (May 2008) | KT |
3 | LG Telecom | CdmaOne | 8 [85] (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. [86] (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 | 0.144 [87] (March 2008) | MIC (74.1%) |
4 | LAOTEL | GSM | Not Yet Available | Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT) |
5 | Skytel & Net |
Malaysia
The country has 22.069 million subscribers in total, or a 80.8% penetration rate. "Cellular Phone Subsribers". MCMC. Retrieved 2008-02-26. (3rd Quarter 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maxis Berhad | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
8.5 [88] (March 2007) | Maxis Communications |
2 | Celcom | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA |
6.404 [89] (June 2007) | Telekom Malaysia |
3 | DiGi | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
6.409 [90] (December 2007) | Telenor (49%) |
4 | TTdotcom | UMTS | Not Yet Available | Time dot com |
5 | U Mobile (formerly known as MiTV Networks Sdn Bhd) | UMTS, HSDPA | Not Yet Available | U Telecom (formerly known as MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd) |
6 | B&E Wireless Mobile | UMTS, HSDPA | Not Yet Available | B & E Global Marketing |
7 | Tune Talk | 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 [91] (March 2007) | Dhiraagu First service provider |
2 | Wataniya Maldives | GSM | 0.059 [92] (June 2007) | Wataniya Telecom |
Mongolia
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobicom | GSM | 0.8 [93] (October 2006) | KDDI, Sumitomo Corporation, Newcom Group |
2 | Unitel | GSM | 0.2 | MCS Group |
3 | Skytel | CdmaOne | 0.23 [94] () | SK Telecom, Taihan Electric, MCS Group, Altai Holdings, Unitelecom |
3 | G-Mobile | CdmaOne | 0.02 [95] () | 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 |
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 [96] (June 2006) | Vodafone |
2 | Telecom | CdmaOne GSM |
1.77 [97] (September 2006) | public company |
3 | TelstraClear (using Telecom) | CdmaOne | ? | Telstra |
4 | NZ Communications | GSM UMTS |
Not yet operational | Econet Wireless |
Nepal
The country has 1.36 million subscribers in total, or a 5.26% penetration rate. [98] (April 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nepal Telecom | CdmaOne GSM UMTS |
0.871 [99] (April 2007) | Nepal Telecom |
2 | Mero Mobile | CdmaOne | 0.491 [100] (April 2007) | SNPL |
Pakistan
The country has 82.5 million subscribers in total, or a 52.16% penetration rate. [101] (March 2008)
The country's telecom regulator is PTA.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobilink | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 31.75 [102] (March 2008) | Orascom Telecom |
2 | Ufone | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 17.19 [103] (March 2008) | Etisalat |
3 | Telenor | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 16.7 [104] (March 2008) | Telenor |
4 | Warid | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 14.39 [105] (February 2008) | Warid Telecom, Singapore Telecommunications |
5 | ZONG | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 2.14 [106] (March 2008) | China Mobile |
6 | Instaphone | AMPS D-AMPS |
0.32 [107] (March 2008) | Pakcom Limited |
7 | Wateen | WiMAX | Not Yet Available | Wateen Telecom |
8 | WorldCall Wireless | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | WorldCall Pakistan |
9 | Vfone | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | Etisalat |
10 | GO CDMA | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | Pakcom Limited |
Papua New Guinea
The country has 0.059 million subscribers in total, or a 1% penetration rate. [108] (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
The country has 53 million subscribers in total, or a 60% penetration rate. [citation needed] (November 2007)
The country's telcom regulator is NTC.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Smart Communications | GSM UMTS |
28.3 [109] (September 2007) | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company |
2 | Globe Telecom | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
19.2 [110] (September 2007) | Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications |
3 | Sun Cellular | GSM | 5.5 [111] (November 2007) | Digital Telecommunications Philippines |
4 | Next Mobile | iDEN | 0.03 [citation needed] () | |
5 | Extelcom | CdmaOne | 0.01 [citation needed] () | |
6 | CURE | UMTS | Not Yet Available | Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc. |
Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
1 | Talk 'N Text (using Smart) | GSM | 4.61 [citation needed] () | Pilipino Telephone |
2 | Addict Mobile (using Smart) | GSM | Not Yet Available | Smart Communications |
3 | Touch Mobile (using Globe) | GSM | 4.00 [citation needed] () | Innove Communications and Globe Telecom |
Singapore
The country has 5.765 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 125.6% penetration rate. [112] (January 2008)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SingTel Mobile | GSM UMTS |
1.82 [113] (March 2007) | Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | StarHub Mobile | GSM UMTS |
1.68 [114] (September 2007) | StarHub |
3 | MobileOne | GSM UMTS |
1.47 [115] (September 2007) | MobileOne |
Sri Lanka
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 20% penetration rate. [116] (September 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dialog Telekom | GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA |
3.656 [117] (June 2007) | Telekom Malaysia |
2 | Tigo | GSM, GPRS UMTS |
1.367 [118] (March 2008) | MIC (100%) |
3 | Hutch | GSM, GPRS | 1.002 [119] (September 2007) | Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited |
4 | Mobitel (Sri Lanka) | GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSPA |
0.491 [citation needed] (September 2006) | Mobitel Lanka |
Taiwan
The country has 22.87 million subscribers in total, or a 100.2% penetration rate. [citation needed] (July 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chunghwa Telecom | GSM UMTS |
7.86 [citation needed] () | |
2 | Taiwan Mobile | GSM UMTS |
4.37 [citation needed] () | |
3 | Far EasTone | 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. [120] (May 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Babilon Mobile | GSM | Not Yet Available | |
2 | Somoncom | GSM UMTS |
0.205 [121] (May 2007) | TeliaSonera (59.45%) |
3 | Beeline | GSM | 0.268 [122] (September 2007) | Tacom (100%: VimpelCom (60%)) |
4 | TT Mobile | GSM | Not Yet Available | Megafon (75%) |
5 | Indigo | GSM UMTS |
0.172 [123] (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 | 22.7 [124] (June 2007) | Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | DTAC | GSM, EDGE | 15.772 [125] (December 2007) | Telenor (70.6%) |
3 | True Move | GSM | 11.2 [126] (September 2007) | True Corporation |
4 | Hutch | CdmaOne CDMA2000 EV-DO |
0.884 [127] (September 2007) | 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 |
Tonga
The country has 0.03 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [128] (November 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tonfon | 0.20 [129] (November 2007) | Digicel | |
2 | Tonga Communications Corporation | 0.10 [130] (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 | 0.31 [131] (October 2007) | MTS |
Uzbekistan
The country has 3.6 million subscribers in total, or a 13% penetration rate. [132] (May 2007)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uzdunrobita | GSM | 2.41 [133] (October 2007) | MTS (74%) |
2 | Beeline | GSM | 1.587 [134] (September 2007) | VimpelCom (100%) |
3 | Coscom | GSM | 0.487 [135] (September 2007) | TeliaSonera (99.7%) |
5 | Perfectum | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | Perfectum |
Vietnam
The country has 13 million subscribers in total, or a 15.4% penetration rate. [citation needed] (May 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Viettel Mobile | GSM | 10.0 [136] (June 2007) | Viettel Corporation |
2 | Cityphone | PHS | Not Yet Available | Saigon Telecommunications (VNPT subsidiary) |
3 | Vinaphone | GSM | 5.22 [137] (December 2006) | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) |
4 | Mobifone | GSM | 4.65 [138] (December 2006) | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) |
5 | E-Mobile | CdmaOne | 2.0 [139] (October 2007) | EVN Telecommunications |
6 | S-Fone | CdmaOne | 0.5 [citation needed] () | Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT) |
7 | HT Mobile | CdmaOne | 0.185 [140] (September 2007) | Hanoi Telecom, Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited |
See also
External Related Link
- Latest Statistics from the Indian Mobile Market (GSM only)
- Latest Statistics from the Indian Mobile Market (GSM only)- I-Source Update
- GSM Association (official site)