List of mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies.
World
These are the world's largest mobile network operators excluding Israel, by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators). The largest in the world by turnover is Vodafone.
| Rank | Company | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Subscribers (including minority stakes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone (United Kingdom) | UMTS, GSM | 179.321 (as of December 2005) | 471.50 (as of September 2005) |
| 2 | China Mobile (China) | GSM | 234.88 (as of September 2005) | |
| 3 | Deutsche Telekom/ T-Mobile (Germany) | UMTS, GSM | 86.6 (as of December 2005) | 144.79 (as of December 2005) |
| 4 | China Unicom (China) | GSM, CDMA | 124.15 (as of September 2005) | |
| 5 | Telefónica Móviles (Spain) | UMTS, GSM, CDMA | 66.08 (as of September 2005) | 89.10 (as of September 2005) |
| 6 | América Móvil (Mexico) | GSM, TDMA | 85.081 (as of September 2005) | 85.62 (as of September 2005) |
| 7 | France Telecom /Orange (France) | UMTS, GSM | 59.081 (as of September 2005) | 75.64 (as of September 2005) |
| 8 | Telenor (Norway) | GSM, UMTS | 34.51 (as of September 2005) | 74,5 (as of September 2005) |
| 9 | Singapore Telecommunications (Singapore) | GSM | 28.161(as of September 2005) | 74.05 (as of September 2005) |
| 10 | TeliaSonera (Sweden) | UMTS, GSM | 35.251 (as of September 2005) | 66.00 (as of September 2005) |
| 11 | Cingular (United States) | UMTS, GSM, TDMA | 54.10 (as of December 2005) |
1. Pro rata
Americas
===Anguilla=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | APUA | GSM | Not available yet | Antigua Public Utilities Authority |
| 2 | Cingular | GSM | Not available yet | Antigua Wireless Ventures Limited |
| 3 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless Caribbean Cellular (Antigua) Limited |
===Antigua and Barbuda=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aguillanet | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless Ltd |
| 2 | Cingular | GSM | Not available yet | Wireless Ventures Ltd |
===Argentina=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 20,371,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | movistar | GSM, CDMA | 7.40 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 2 | CTI Movil | GSM,CDMA | 5.56 | América Móvil |
| 3 | Personal | GSM | 5.31 | Telecom Argentina |
| 4 | NEXTEL | iDEN | Not available yet | NII Holdings |
===Aruba=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | New Millenium Telecom Services |
| 2 | SETAR | GSM | Not available yet | Servicio di Telecomunicacion di Aruba |
===Bahamas=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Btc | GSM | Not available yet | The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd |
===Barbados=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless Barbados Ltd |
| 2 | Cellular | GSM | Not available yet | Cellular Communications Barbados |
| 3 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
| 4 | Sunbeach | GSM | Not available yet | Sunbeach Communications Inc |
===Belize=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digicell | GSM | Not available yet | Belize Telecommunications Ltd |
| 2 | Smart | CDMA | Not available yet | Smart |
===Bermuda=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M3 | GSM | Not available yet | M3 Wireless Ltd |
| 2 | Digicell[1] | GSM, CDMA | Not available yet | Telecommunications Ltd |
===Bolivia=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entel | GSM | Not available yet | Entel SA |
| 2 | Nuevatel | GSM | Not available yet | Nuevatel PCS De Bolivia SA |
| 3 | TeleCel | GSM | Not available yet | Telefonica |
===Brazil=== (as of October 2005) The country had 85,239,730 subscribers in total, or a 44.00% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National operators | ||||
| 1 | Vivo [2] | CDMA, TDMA | 28.95 | Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom |
| 2 | TIM [3] | GSM, TDMA | 18.74 | Telecom Italia |
| 3 | Claro [4] | GSM, TDMA | 17.69 | América Móvil |
| Regional operators | ||||
| 4 | Oi [5] | GSM | 9.31 | Telemar |
| 5 | Telemig Celular/Amazônia Celular [6] | GSM, TDMA | 4.29 | Telpart |
| 6 | Brasil Telecom GSM [7] | GSM | 1.81 | Brasil Telecom |
| 7 | CTBC [8] | GSM, TDMA | 0.36 | Algar |
| 8 | Sercomtel Celular [9] | GSM, TDMA | 0.09 | Londrina city (Paraná)State-owned Sercomtel |
| Specialized Mobile Radio | ||||
| 1 | NEXTEL [10] | iDEN | Not available yet | NII Holdings |
===British Virgin Islands=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CCT | GSM | Not available yet | Caribbean Cellular Telephone |
===Canada=== (as of September 2005)
The country had 16,095,550 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers Wireless | GSM | 5.95 | Rogers Communications |
| 2 | Bell Mobility | CDMA | 4.55 | Bell Canada |
| 3 | TELUS Mobility | CDMA, iDEN | 4.29 | TELUS |
| 4 | Aliant Mobility | CDMA | 0.69 | Aliant |
| 5 | SaskTel Mobility | CDMA | 0.32 | SaskTel |
| 6 | MTS Mobility | CDMA | 0.31 | MTS |
===Cayman Islands=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless Limited |
| 2 | Digicell | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
| 3 | Cingular | GSM | Not available yet | Wireless Ventures (Cayman Islands) Ltd |
===Chile=== (as of September 2005) The country had 10,910,000 subscribers in total, or a 70.00% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 5,25 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 2 | Entel PCS | GSM | 3.87 | Hurtado Vicuña |
| 3 | Smartcom | CDMA | 1.79 | América Móvil |
===Colombia=== (as of September 2005) The country had 18,331,450 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comcel | GSM, TDMA | 11.33 | América Móvil |
| 2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 5.17 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 3 | Ola | GSM | 1.83 | Empresas Públicas de Medellín and Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá |
===Costa Rica=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grupo Ice[11] | GSM | 11.33 | I.C.E. |
===Cuba=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETECSA | GSM | Not available yet | Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA |
===Dominican Republic=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM | 0.93 (September 2005) | France Telecom |
===Ecuador=== (as of October 2005)
The country had 5,538,014 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porta | GSM, TDMA | 3.68 | América Móvil |
| 2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 1.66 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 3 | Alegro PCS | CDMA | 0.20 | TELECSA |
===El Salvador=== (as of June 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIGO | GSM | 0.61 (June 2005) | MIC |
| 2 | Personal | GSM | Not available yet | América Móvil |
| 3 | DIGICEL | GSM | Not available yet | CTI Holdings |
| 4 | movistar | GSM | Not available yet | Telefónica Móviles |
===Falkland Islands=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable and Wireless[12] | GSM | Not available yet | Cable and Wireless Plc |
===Grenada=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless[13] | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
| 2 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
| 3 | Cingular Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Grenada Wireless Holdings Ltd |
===Guatemala=== (as of September 2005) The country had in September 2005 more than 3,950,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PCS Digital | GSM, CDMA | 1.70 | América Móvil |
| 2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA | 1.10 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 3 | Comcel | GSM, TDMA | 0.82 (June 2005) | MIC 55% |
===Guyana=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelStar | GSM | Not available yet | Cel*Star Guyana Inc |
| 2 | Cellink Plus[14] | GSM | Not available yet | Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co |
===Haiti=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comcel[15] | GSM | Not available yet | Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti SA |
===Honduras=== (as of June 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.63 (June 2005) | MIC 66.67% |
| 2 | HONDUTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones HONDUTEL |
| 3 | ALO | GSM | Not available yet | Servicios de Comunicaciones de Honduras S.A. de C.V. |
===Mexico=== (as of September 2005) The country had in July 2005 43,132,700 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telcel | GSM, TDMA | 33.57 | América Móvil |
| 2 | movistar | GSM | 5.98 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 3 | Iusacell | CDMA | 3 | Grupo Salinas |
| 4 | Unefon | CDMA | Not available yet | Moisés Saba and TV Azteca |
===Panama=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
| 2 | Movistar | GSM, CDMA | Not available yet | TELEFONICA MOVILES |
===Paraguay=== (as of January 2006) The country had 1,600,000 subscribers in total (aprox).
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telecel SA | GSM, TDMA | 0.6 | Millicom |
| 2 | Personal (Núcleo SA) | GSM, TDMA | 0.6 | Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina |
| 3 | VOX | GSM | 0.3 | KDDI Corporation |
| 4 | CTI Móvil | GSM | 0.1 | América Móvil |
===Peru=== (as of September 2005) The country had 4,952,484 subscribers in total, or a 17.47% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | movistar | CDMA, TDMA | 3.13 | Telefónica Móviles |
| 2 | Claro | GSM | 1.60 | América Móvil |
| 3 | NEXTEL | iDEN | 0.23 | NII Holdings |
===United States=== (as of September 2005) The country had in June 2005 194,479,364 subscribers in total. These are the largest mobile phone companies in the United States, by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cingular | UMTS, GSM, TDMA | 54.10 (December 2005) | AT&T (60%) and BellSouth (40%) | |
| 2 | Verizon Wireless | CDMA | 51.3 | Verizon Communications (55%) and Vodafone (45%) | |
| 3 | Sprint | CDMA, iDEN | 45.62 | Sprint Nextel Corporation | |
| 4 | T-Mobile | GSM | 21.7 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom | |
| 5 | ALLTEL | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 10.42 | ALLTEL Corporation | |
| 6 | U.S. Cellular | CDMA, TDMA | 5.30 | United States Cellular Corp. | |
| 7 | TracFone | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 5.12 | América Móvil | |
| 8 | Cricket | CDMA | 1.62 | Leap Wireless | |
| 9 | Dobson Cellular/Cellular One | GSM, TDMA | 1.57 | Dobson Communications Corporation | |
| 10 | MetroPCS | CDMA | 1.50 | MetroPCS, Inc. |
In North America, IS-2000 is commonly known as CDMA. IS-136 is known as TDMA. However, CDMA and TDMA are general terms that can refer to several different technologies.
===Uruguay=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 930,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancel | GSM | 0.57 | Antel |
| 2 | movistar | GSM | 0.23 | Telefónica |
| 3 | CTI Movil | GSM | 0.13 | América Móvil |
===Venezuela=== (as of September 2005) The country had 10,447,217 subscribers in total, or a 39.17% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| National operators | |||
| movistar | CDMA | 4.7 | Telefónica Móviles |
| Movilnet | CDMA, TDMA | 4.0 | Cantv and Verizon |
| Regional operators | |||
| Digitel TIM | GSM | 1.5 | Telecom Italia |
| Digicel | GSM | 0.1 | |
| Infonet | GSM | 0.11 | |
Source: Conatel website (in Spanish) (National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela)
Asia Pacific
===Afghanistan=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telsysint | GSM | Not available yet | Afghan Wireless Communication Company |
| 2 | ROSHAN | GSM | Not available yet | Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) 51.0%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) 36.75%, MCT 12.25% |
===Armenia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ArmenTel | GSM | Not available yet | ArmenTel |
| 2 | VivaCell[16] | GSM | Not available yet | K Telecom CJSC |
===Australia=== (as of June 2005) The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telstra Mobile | GSM, CDMA | 8.23 | Telstra (~50% State-owned) |
| Optus Mobile | GSM, CDMA | 6.09 (September 2005) | Singapore Telecommunications |
| Vodafone | GSM | 3,13 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | UMTS | 0.53 | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Orange Australia | CDMA | 1.73 (September 2005) | Hutchison Whampoa |
===Azerbaijan=== (as of December 2005) The country had in December 2005 2.0 milj. subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AzerCell | GSM | 1.74 (December 2005) | Fintur1, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6% |
| 2 | BakCell | GSM | 0.27 (December 2005) | GTIB |
| 1 | Catel | CDMA | About 5000 subscribers | Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
===Bangladesh=== (as of June 2005)
The country had in December 2004 3,762,000 subscribers in total, or a 2.80% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| GrameenPhone | GSM | 5.00 | Telenor and Grameen Bank |
| Aktel | GSM | 2.07 (September 2005) | AK Khan & Company and Telekom Malaysia |
| Teletalk | GSM | 0.26 | State-owned |
| Banglalink | GSM | 1.50 | Orascom Telecom |
| CityCell | CDMA | 0.32 (September 2005) | Singapore Telecommunications, Pacific Motors and Far East Telecom |
Brunei
| Operator | Technology |
|---|---|
| DataStream Technology | GSM |
===Cambodia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobitel | GSM | 0.68 (June 2005) | MIC 58.4% |
| 2 | Hello GSM | GSM | Not available yet | Telekom Malaysia 51%, Samart Corporation Public Company Limited 49% |
| 3 | CAMSHIN | GSM | 0.25 (December 2005) | Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd |
| 4 | Casacom | GSM | 0.14 (September 2005) | Telekom Malaysia |
===China, People's Republic of=== (as of October 2005) The country had 383,000,000 subscribers in total.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| China Mobile | GSM | Not available yet | State-owned |
| China Unicom | GSM, CDMA | Not available yet | State-owned |
See below for Hong Kong and Macau.
Cook Islands
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telecom | GSM | Not available yet | Telecom Cook Islands |
Fiji
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vodafone | GSM | 0.19 (December 2005) | Vodafone 49% |
French Polynesia
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VINI[17] | GSM | Not available yet | Tikiphone SA |
===Georgia=== (as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geocell | GSM | 0.65 | Fintur1 |
| 2 | MagtiGSM | GSM | Not available yet | |
| 2 | Megafon2 | GSM | Not available yet | Megafon |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
2. Operating in Abkhasia
===Guam=== (as of September 2005)
The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hafatel [18] | GSM | Not available yet | GUAM WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMPANY, L.L.C |
| 2 | IT&E [19] | GSM | Not available yet | IT&E Overseas, Inc |
| 3 | GTA [20] | GSM | Not available yet | Pulse Mobile LLC |
| 4 | i CAN | GSM | Not available yet | Wave Runner LLC |
Hong Kong
The administrative region had in July 2005 8,428,531 subscribers in total, or a 121.40% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Ownership |
|---|---|---|
| CSL (1+1, 1O1O and One2Free) | UMTS, GSM, TDMA | Telstra |
| 31 | UMTS, GSM, CDMA | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Smartone and eXtra | UMTS, GSM | Sun Hung Kai and BT |
| Sunday2 | UMTS, GSM | |
| Peoples | GSM | Chinese Resources Company3 |
| New World Mobility | GSM | New World Development |
1. Previously Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS.
2. 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.
3. October 6 2005: It was announced Peoples will be acquired by China Mobile
===India=== (as of October 2005) The country had 67,950,000 subscribers in total, or a 6.24% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airtel | GSM | 16.33 (December 2005) | Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications and Vodafone |
| BSNL | GSM | 12.51 | State-owned |
| RIM | GSM, CDMA | 11.81 | Reliance Industries Limited |
| Hutch | GSM | 10.16 | Hutchison Whampoa |
| !DEA | GSM | 6.06 | Birla (Tata Group) |
| Spice | GSM | 1.52 | Spicecorp and DISTACOM |
| Fascel | GSM | 1.51 | HFCL, Shinawatra, Bezeq and Kotak Mahindra |
| MTNL | GSM | 1.37 | State-owned |
| BPL MOBILE | GSM | 3.61 | Tata group |
| TATA MOBILE | GSM | 3.61 | Tata group |
===Indonesia=== (as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telkomsel | GSM | 23.48 (September 2005) | State-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia and Singapore Telecommunications |
| Indosat | GSM, CDMA | 12.90 | Technologies Telemedia |
| Excelcomindo | GSM | 5.86 (September 2005) | Telekom Malaysia |
| Mobile8 | CDMA | ||
| Esia | CDMA | ||
| TelkomFlexi | CDMA | ||
| LippoTel | GSM |
===Iran=== (as of December 2004) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 6.2% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KFZO | GSM | Not available yet | Telecommunication Kish co. |
| 2 | Irantelecom | GSM | 7.2 (October 2005) | Irantelecom |
| 3 | MTCE | GSM | Not available yet | Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan |
| 4 | Taliya | GSM | Not available yet | Rafsanjan Industrial Complex (Coop) |
===Iraq=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asia Cell | GSM | 1.11 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
| 2 | MTC Atheer | GSM | 0.93 (September 2005) | MTC 30% |
| 3 | Korek | GSM | Not available yet | Korek Telecom Ltd. |
| 4 | IRAQNA | GSM | Not available yet | Orascom Telecom Iraq Corporation |
| 5 | SanaTel | GSM | Not available yet | SanaTel |
===Japan=== (as of October 2005) (Mobile and Personal Handy-phone System included) The country had 93,864,500 subscribers in total.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTT DoCoMo | PDC, FOMA, PHS | 50.94 | NTT (~50% State-owned) |
| au | CDMA | 20.94 | KDDI |
| Vodafone Japan | UMTS, PDC | 15.11 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| Willcom | PHS | 3.50 | Carlyle Group, Kyocera and KDDI |
| TU-KA | PDC | 3.44 | KDDI |
| Astel | PHS | 0.05 |
===Kazakhstan=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| K-Cell | GSM | 2.87 | Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49% |
| Kar-Tel | GSM | 1.80 (17.11.2005) | Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49,99% |
| Altel | CDMA, GSM | Not available yet |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
===Korea, Democratic People's Republic of=== (as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SUN NET | GSM | Not available yet | Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corporation |
===Korea, Republic of=== (as of November 2005) The country had 38,218,000 subscribers in total, or a 78.90% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| SK Telecom | UMTS, CDMA | 19.48 | SK Corporation |
| KTF | UMTS, CDMA | 12.33 | KT |
| LG Telecom | CDMA | 6.42 | LG Corporation and BT |
=== Kyrgyzstan=== (as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BiMoCom | GSM | Not available yet | BiMoCom Ltd |
| 2 | BITEL | GSM | Not available yet | Bitel Ltd |
===Laos=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Millicom Lao Co Ltd | GSM | 0.06 | MIC 74.1 % |
| 2 | ETL MOBILE | GSM | Not available yet | Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL) |
| 3 | LAOTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT) |
| 4 | Lao Telecommunications | GSM | Not available yet | Lao Telecommunications |
Macau
===Malaysia=== (as of June 2005) The country had 17,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maxis Berhad | UMTS, GSM | 7.1 | |
| Celcom | UMTS, GSM | 6.34 | Telekom Malaysia |
| Digi | GSM, EDGE | 4.2 | Telenor |
===Maldives=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WMOBILE | GSM | 0.01 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
| 2 | Touch | GSM | Not available yet | Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Private Ltd |
===Myanmar=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MPT | GSM | Not available yet | Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications |
New Zealand
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 2,02 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| Telecom | AMPS, TDMA, CDMA | 1.52 | public company |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | |||
| TelstraClear (using Vodafone) | Telstra | ||
| Boost Mobile (using Telecom) | Telecom | ||
===Pakistan=== (as of September 2005) The country had in October 2005 18,400,233 subscribers in total, or a 11.95% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobilink | GSM | 10.0 | Orascom Telecom |
| Ufone GSM | GSM, CDMA | 3.83 | State-owned |
| Warid Telecom | GSM | 1.51 | Abu Dhabi Group |
| Telenor | GSM | 1.20 | Telenor |
| Paktel | GSM, TDMA, AMPS | 0.95 | MIC 89.9% |
| Instaphone | TDMA, AMPS | 0.44 | MIC 61.3% |
===Philippines=== (as of December 2004) The country had in March 2005 34,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 41.10% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Communications | GSM | 14.59 | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company |
| Globe Telecom¹ | GSM | 12.41 (September 2005) | Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications |
| Sun Cellular | GSM | 1.20 | Digital Telecommunications Philippines |
| Next Mobile | iDEN | 0.03 | |
| Extelcom | CDMA | 0.01 | |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | |||
| Talk 'N Text (using Smart) | GSM | 4.61 | Smart Communications |
| Addict Mobile (using Smart) | GSM | Smart Communications | |
| Touch Mobile (using Globe) | GSM | Globe Telecom | |
1. UMTS service for Globe is in testing stage and is planned for launch by at least 2007.
Singapore
(as of June 2005)
The country has currently 4,078,400 subscribers in total, or a 96.20% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| SingTel Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 1.6 (September 2005) [21] | Singapore Telecommunications |
| StarHub Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 1.29 [22] | StarHub |
| MobileOne | UMTS, GSM | 1.14 [23] | MobileOne |
Sri Lanka
(as of June 2005)
The country has currently ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIALOG | GSM | 1.93 (September 2005) | Telekom Malaysia |
| 2 | Celltel | GSM | 0.54 (June 2005) | MIC 99.9% |
| 3 | Hutchison | GSM | Not available yet | Hutchison |
| 4 | Mobitel | GSM | Not available yet | Mobitel (Pvt) Limited |
===Taiwan=== (as of November 2005) The country had 19,889,000 subscribers in total, or a 87.38% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chunghwa Telecom | UMTS, GSM | 7.83 | State-owned |
| Taiwan Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 4.51 | |
| Far EasTone | UMTS, GSM | 3.95 | |
| KG Telecom | GSM | 2.11 | |
| TransAsia | GSM | 0.99 | |
| MobiTai | GSM | 0.47 | |
| VIBO | UMTS | ||
| APBW | CDMA |
===Thailand=== (as of June 2005)
The country had in December 2004 28,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 44.12% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Info Service (AIS) | GSM | 16.09 (September 2005) | Shin Corporation and [Singapore Telecommunications]] |
| DTAC | GSM | 8.24 | Telenor |
| Orange | GSM | 1.3 | True Corporation |
| Hutch | CDMA | 0.68 | Hutchison Whampoa |
| Thai Mobile | UMTS, GSM | State-owned |
Vietnam
The country had in December 2004 4,960,000 subscribers in total, or a 7.01% penetration rate. List of operators not available yet. To come soon
Europe
===Albania=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A M C MOBIL | GSM | Not available yet | Albanian Mobile Communications |
| 2 | vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | vodafone |
===Andorra=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MOBILAND | GSM | Not available yet | Servei De Tele. DAndorra |
===Austria=== (as of October 2005)
The country had 8,153,900 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A1 | UMTS, GSM | 3.30 | Mobilkom Austria |
| 2 | T-Mobile | GSM | 2.1 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 3 | One | UMTS, GSM | 1.54 | E.ON, Telenor |
| 4 | tele.ring | GSM | 1.00 | T-Mobile |
| 5 | 3 | UMTS | 0.27 | Hutchison Whampoa |
| 6 | YESSS! | GSM | 0.18 | One |
| 1 | Mobilkom | UMTS, GSM | 4.21 | Mobilkom Austria |
===Belarus=== (as of October 2005) The country had 3,743,000 mobile subscribers in total, or a 36.00% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTS | GSM | 2.13 (December 2005) | RUP Mezhdugorodnaya Svyaz (51%), MTS (49%) |
| 2 | VELCOM | GSM | 1.71 | SB Telecom (69.9%), Beltekhexport (30%), Beltelekom (0.1%) |
| 3 | DIALLOG | NMT, CDMA | 0.10 | CIB B.V. (50%), RUP MGTS (29.7%), Infobank (17%) |
===Belgium=== (as of June 2005) The country had 8,930,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proximus | UMTS, GSM | 4.21 | Belgacom and Vodafone |
| 2 | Mobistar | UMTS, GSM | 2.89 (September 2005) | France Télécom |
| 3 | Base | GSM | 1.85 | KPN |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BH Telecom | GSM | BH Telecom | |
| 2 | Eronet | GSM | Eronet | |
| 3 | Mobi's | GSM | Telecom Srpske |
Bulgaria
The country had in October 2005 5,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 72.47% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M-Tel1 | GSM | 3.2 | Telekom Austria |
| 2 | GloBul | GSM | 2.2 | OTE |
| 3 | Vivatel | GSM | Bulgarian Telecommunation Company (BTC) |
1 UMTS licence has been acquired by M-Tel in March 2005.
Croatia
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM | 1.9 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | VIPnet | GSM | 1.33 | Telekom Austria |
| 3 | Tele21 | GSM | Tele2 |
1 Company is planned for launch in Autumn 2005 for 2G operations and Spring 2006 for 3G operations as said in the Tele2 article. In GSM World, it's said that it will launch in January 2006.
===Czech Republic=== (as of June 2005) The country had 11,090,000 subscribers in total, or a penetration rate of 108.2%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile1 | GSM | 4.6 (December 2005) [24] | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Eurotel | GSM | 4.50[25] | Telefónica |
| 3 | Vodafone | GSM | 2,14 (December 2005) [26] | Vodafone |
1 UMTS service for T-Mobile CZ is currently being planned for launch on March 2006.
===Cyprus=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a penetration rate of 109.5%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Areeba | GSM, UMTS | 0.02 | Investcom |
| 2 | Cytamobile-Vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | Cyprus Telecommunications Auth |
Denmark
The country had in June 2005 5,208,059 subscribers in total, or a 96.20% penetration rate. These are the largest mobile phone companies in Denmark, by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TDC | UMTS, GSM | 2.16 | TDC |
| 2 | Sonofon | GSM | 1.41 | Telenor |
| 3 | Telia DK | UMTS, GSM | 1.12 | TeliaSonera |
| 4 | debitel1 | GSM | 0.27 | |
| 5 | 3 | UMTS | 0.12 | Hutchison Whampoa |
| 6 | DLG Tele | GSM | 0.04 |
1 Virtual Mobile Network Operator, using TDC and Sonofon networks.
===Estonia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EMT | UMTS, GSM | 0.65 | TeliaSonera (50,01%) |
| 2 | Radiolinja | GSM | 0.24 | Elisa |
| 3 | Tele2 | GSM | Not available yet | Tele2 |
Faroe Islands
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Føroya Tele[27] | GSM | Faroese Telecom | |
| 2 | KALL[28] | GSM | Kall P/F |
Finland
The country had in December 2004 4,988,000 subscribers in total, or a 95.63% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonera | UMTS, GSM | 2.46 | TeliaSonera |
| 2 | Elisa (formerly Radiolinja) | UMTS, GSM | 1.48 | Elisa |
| 3 | DNA Finland | UMTS, GSM | 0.81 (December 2005) | Finnet |
| 4 | GSM Åland | GSM | Not available yet | Mariehamns Telefon and Ålands Telefonandelslag |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 1 | Saunalahti | GSM | 0.48 (December 2005) | Elisa |
| 2 | Cubio | GSM | Not available yet | |
===France=== (as of September 2005) (Metropolitan France only) The country had 44,556,200 subscribers in total, or a 76.10% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | mcc-mnc | Technology | GPRS | EDGE | 3G | Camel | Frequency Band (Mhz) | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | 208-01 | GSM, UMTS | Y | Y | Y | Y | 900/1800 | 21.8 (end 2005) | State-owned France Télécom |
| 2 | SFR | 208-10 | GSM, UMTS | Y | N | Y | Y | 900/1800 | 16.6 (end 2005) | Vivendi Universal and Vodafone |
| 3 | Bouygues Telecom | 208-20 | GSM, UMTS | Y | Y | N | Y | 900/1800 | 7.9 (end 2005) | Bouygues group |
===Germany=== (as of September 2005) The country had 76,042,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 29.5 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 29,17 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | E-Plus | GSM | 10.12 | KPN |
| 4 | O2 | GSM | 8.95 | Telefónica |
===Gibraltar=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GIBTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Gibraltar Telecommunications Int. Ltd. |
===Greece=== (as of June 2005) The country had 11,659,600 subscribers in total (105.8% penetration rate).
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cosmote | UMTS, GSM | 4.38 | OTE |
| 2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 4,43 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | TIM1 | UMTS, GSM | 2.26 | |
| 4 | Q-Telecom2 | GSM | 0.85 | Info-Quest |
1. Was Telestet until February 2004 but the name is still used coloquially.
2. The newest mobile telecom in Greece uses Vodafone's infrastructure until it builds its own network.
===Greenland=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TELE Greenland | GSM | Not available yet | TELE Greenland A/S |
===Guernsey=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a penetration rate of ?%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cable & Wireless[29] | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
| 2 | WAve [30] | GSM, UMTS | Not available yet | Wave Telecom |
===Hungary=== (as of October 2005) The country had 9,102,933 subscribers in total, or a 90.30% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | GSM | 4.2 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Pannon GSM | GSM | 3.07 | Telenor |
| 3 | Vodafone | GSM | 2,04 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
===Iceland=== (as of October 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viking wireless | GSM | Not available yet | IMC Island ehf |
| 2 | Og Vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | Og fjarskipti hf |
| 3 | Siminn | GSM | Not available yet | Siminn hf |
Ireland
The country had in December 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | UMTS | Not available yet | Hutchison |
| 2 | Meteor | GSM | Not available yet | Meteor Mobile Telecommunications Limited |
| 3 | O2 | GSM | Not available yet | Telefónica |
| 4 | vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | vodafone |
Italy
The country had in December 2004 62,750,000 subscribers in total, or a 109.42% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TIM | UMTS, GSM | 26.3 | Telecom Italia |
| 2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 26.68 (December 2005) | Vodafone, Verizon 23.1% |
| 3 | Wind | GSM | 7.7 | Orascom Telecom |
| 4 | 3 | UMTS | 5.2 | Hutchison Whampoa |
===Jersey=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JT-Wave | GSM | Not available yet | Jersey Telecom |
Latvia
The country had in December 2004 1,536,700 subscribers in total, or a 67.22% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvijas Mobilais Telefons | UMTS, GSM | 0.87 (December 2005)[31] | Lattelekom, Government of Latvia, TeliaSonera, Digital Latvian Radio and Television Centre |
| 2 | Tele2 | GSM | Not available yet | Tele2 |
| 3 | BITE Latvija | UMTS, GSM | Not available yet | TDC |
| 4 | Triatel | CDMA | Not available yet | Telekom Baltija |
Liechtenstein
The country had in December 2002 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobilcom | GSM | Not available yet | Mobilkom |
| 2 | Orange | GSM | Not available yet | France Telecom |
| 3 | swisscom-mobile | GSM | Not available yet | Swisscom Mobile Ltd |
| 4 | Tele 2 | GSM | Not available yet | Tele 2 |
===Lithuania=== (as of November 2005) The country had 4,120,000 subscribers in total, and a penetration rate of 114.6%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omnitel | GSM | 1.70 [32] | TeliaSonera |
| 2 | Bite | GSM | 1.42 [33] | TDC |
| 3 | Tele2 | GSM | 1.00 [34] | Tele2 |
===Luxembourg=== (as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, and a penetration rate of ?%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EPT | GSM | Not available yet | P & T Luxembourg |
| 2 | Tango | GSM | Not available yet | Tango SA |
| 3 | VOX | GSM, UMTS | Not available yet | VOXmobile S.A. |
===Malta=== (as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, and a penetration rate of ?%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO MOBILE | GSM | Not available yet | Mobisle Communications Limited |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | Vodafone |
===Isle of Man=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manx [35] | GSM | Not available yet | Manx Telecom |
===Moldova=== (as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VoxTel | GSM | 0.60 (September 2005) | France Telecom 51%, Moldovian Mobile Telephone 30% and Moldtelecom 10% |
| 2 | Moldcell | GSM | 0.36 | Fintur1 |
| 3 | Interdnestrcom | CDMA | Not available yet | Interdnestrcom |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
===Monaco=== (as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, and a penetration rate of ?%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco-telecom | GSM | Not available yet | Monaco Telecom SAM |
Netherlands
The country had in June 2005 16,660,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KPN | GSM | 3.9 | KPN |
| 2 | Vodafone | GSM | 3,98 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Telfort | GSM | 2.4 | KPN |
| 4 | T-Mobile | GSM | 2.3 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 5 | Orange | GSM | 1.85 (September 2005) | France Télécom |
===Norway=== (as of September 2005) The country had in December 2004 4,716,090 subscribers in total, or a 102.40% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Telenor | 2.74 | Telenor |
| 2 | NetCom | 1.28 | TeliaSonera |
Poland
Towards the end of 2005, the country had some 28,180,000 subscribers in total, yielding a 72.9% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscri bers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Era | UMTS, GSM | 10.00 (End 2005) | Elektrim and Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 9.13 (September 2005) | TPSA and France Télécom |
| 3 | Plus GSM | UMTS, GSM | 9.05 (December 2005) | Vodafone, TDC, KGHM, PKN Orlen, PSE |
| 4 | Netia Mobile1 | UMTS1 | - | Novator (70%) and Netia (30%) |
Portugal
The country had in June 2005 10,721,000 subscribers in total, or a 102.30% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rede Telecom Mais (Formed with the merger of ONIWAY and Jopacs Telecom) | UMTS, GSM | Not available yet | EDP, Jopacs SGPS SA, Media Capital and José de Mello |
| TMN | UMTS, GSM | 5.22 (September 2005) | Portugal Telecom |
| Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 4,12 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| Optimus | UMTS, GSM | 1.61 (September 2005) | Sonae and France Télécom |
===Romania=== (as of December 2005) The country had 13,330,000 subscribers in total, or a 61.43% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange România | GSM | 6.6[36] | France Télécom |
| 2 | Connex-Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 6.13[37] | Vodafone |
| 3 | Zapp Mobile | CDMA | 0.3 | Oger Telecom |
| 4 | Cosmote România | GSM | 0.3 | OTE |
===Russian Federation=== (as of November 2005) The country had in October 2005 119,730,000 subscribers in total, or a 82.50% penetration rate. These are the largest mobile phone companies in Russia, by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobile TeleSystems - MTS | GSM | 44.22 (December 2005) | AFK Sistema |
| 2 | VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM | GSM | 40.40 (17.11 2005) | Telenor and Alfa Group |
| 3 | MegaFon | GSM | 22.84 (December 2005) | TeliaSonera 43.8%, Telecominvest and IPOC International Growth Fund |
| 4 | Uralsvyazinform | GSM | 3.46 (November 2005) | |
| 5 | Tele2 | GSM | 2.83 (November 2005) | |
| 6 | SMARTS | GSM | 2.69 (November 2005) | |
| 7 | Sibirtelecom | GSM | 1.48 | |
| 8 | Nizhni Novgorod Telecom | GSM | 1.02 (November 2005) | |
| 9 | Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV (Jekatrinburg) | GSM | 0.81 (November 2005) | |
| 10 | New Telephone Company | GSM | 0.48 (November 2005) |
===Serbia & Montenegro=== (as of September 2005) The country had in December 2004 4,729,600 subscribers in total, or a 44.96% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOBTEL | GSM | ||
| ProMonte | GSM | 0.39 | Telenor |
| MONET | GSM | Telecom Montenegro | |
| Mobilna Telefonija Srbija | GSM | Telecom Serbia |
Slovenia
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobitel | UMTS, GSM | 1.37 [38] | Mobitel |
| 2 | SI.Mobil | GSM | 0.37 [39] | Telekom Austria |
| 3 | VEGA | GSM | Alltel |
Slovakia
As of June 2005, Slovakia has 4,300,000 mobile phone subscribers, and a penetration rate of 79.93%.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM | 2.43 (September 2005) [40] | France Télécom |
| 2 | T-Mobile | GSM | 2.0 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
===Spain=== (as of September 2005) The country had in June 2005 40,921,800 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | movistar | UMTS, GSM | 19.63 (end 2005) | Telefónica Móviles |
| 2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 12,92 (end 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | Amena1 | UMTS, GSM | 10.15 (end 2005) | France Télécom |
1. to be rebranded Orange Spain
===Sweden=== (as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 9,775,000 subscribers in total, or a 108.50% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| Telia | UMTS,GSM | 4.37 (September 2005) |
| Tele2Comviq | UMTS,GSM | 3.5 |
| Telenor | UMTS,GSM | 1.52 |
| 3 | UMTS | |
| Spring Mobil | GSM |
===Switzerland=== (as of June 2005) The country had 6,426,000 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swisscom Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 4.04 | State-owned Swisscom and Vodafone |
| 2 | Sunrise | GSM | 1.23 | TDC Group |
| 3 | Orange | GSM | 1.19 (September 2005) | France Télécom |
===Turkey=== (as of September 2005) The country had 39,608,677 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkcell | GSM | 27.90 (December 2005) | TeliaSonera 37.09% Cukurova Group 27.05% and Alfa Group 13.22% |
| 2 | Telsim | GSM | 9.10 | Purchased by Vodafone, sale to be confirmed in early 2006. |
| 3 | Avea | GSM | 7.00 | Turkish Telecom (40%), Telecom Italia (40%) and Türkiye İş Bankası (20%) |
===Ukraine=== (as of December 2005) The country had over 30.04 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 64.7% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyivstar | GSM | 13.92 (December 2005) | Telenor (56.52%), Alfa Group (43.48%) |
| 2 | Ukrainian Mobile Communications | GSM, NMT | 13.33 (December 2005) | MTS (100%) |
| 3 | Astelit life:) | GSM | 2.62 (December 2005) | Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%) |
| 4 | WellCom | GSM | 0.26 (December 2005) | VimpelCom (100%) |
| 5 | DCC | TDMA | 0.07 (December 2005) | Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%) |
| 6 | Golden Telecom | GSM | 0.05 | Golden Telecom (GLDN) |
| - | CDMA operators | CDMA | 0.10 | ITC Ukraine, Velton, etc. |
===United Kingdom=== (as of June 2005) The country had 63,601,000 subscriptions in total, in a country with a population of 59,834,900 (July 2004).
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 17.2 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 16,33 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
| 3 | O2 | GSM | 14.62 | Telefónica 2 |
| 4 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 14.48 (September 2005) | France Télécom |
| 5 | 3 | UMTS | 3.21 1 | Hutchison Whampoa |
1 Data as of August 24 2005.
2 O2 plc was taken over by Telefónica in January 2006.
There are also a number of Virtual Mobile Network Operators, including Virgin Mobile, Tesco Mobile, and easyMobile.
Middle East & Africa
===Algeria=== (as of September 2005) The country had 11,067,000 subscribers in total, or a 33.95% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djezzy | GSM | 6.16 | Orascom Telecom |
| 2 | Mobilis | GSM | 3.73 | State-owned Algérie Télécom |
| 3 | Nedjma | GSM | 1.17 | Wataniya Telecom |
===Bahrain=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 90% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTC Vodafone | GSM, UMTS | 0.19 (September 2005) | MTC 60% |
| 2 | BATELCO | GSM | Not available yet | Bahrain Telecommunications Company |
===Benin=== (as of December 2004) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 5.8% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBcom | GSM | Not available yet | Bell Benin Communications |
| 2 | Benin telecoms | GSM | Not available yet | Office des Postes et Telecommunications du Benin |
| 3 | Areeba | GSM | 0.17 | Investcom 75% |
| 4 | TELECEL | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Benin Ltd |
===Botswana=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MASCOM | GSM | 0.45 (September 2005) | Mascom Wireless (Pty) Limited , MTN 44% |
| 2 | Orange | GSM | 0.23 (September 2005) | France Telecom 51.0% |
===Brunei=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B-Mobile[41] | GSM, UMTS | Not available yet | B-Mobile Communications Sdn Bhd |
| 2 | DTS GROUP[42] | GSM | Not available yet | DataStream Technology |
===Burkina Faso=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 96% |
| 2 | TelMob | GSM | Not available yet | Onatel |
| 3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Faso SA |
===Burundi=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safaris | GSM | Not available yet | Africell PLC Company |
| 2 | ONATEL | GSM | Not available yet | ONATEL |
| 3 | Spacetel | GSM | Not available yet | Spacetel - Burundi |
| 4 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel-Burundi Company |
===Cameroon=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM | 0.89 (September 2005) | France Telecom |
| 2 | MTN | GSM | 1.13 (September 2005) | MTN |
===Cape Verde=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CVMOVEL | GSM | Not available yet | Cabo Verde Telecom |
===Central African Republic=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centrafrique Telecom Plus | GSM | Not available yet | Centrafrique Telecom Plus |
| 2 | TELECEL | GSM | Not available yet | TELECEL CENTRAFRIQUE |
===Chad=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
| 2 | MILLICOM TCHAD | GSM | Not available yet | MIC 87.5% |
===Comoros=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | comorestelecom HURI[43] | GSM | Not available yet | Societe Nationale des Telecommunications (Comores Telecom) |
===Congo=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
| 2 | Libertis | GSM | Not available yet | Libertis Telecom |
===Congo, Democratic Republic of the === (as of September 2005)
The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.9% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodacom | GSM | 1.24 (September 2005) | Telkom |
| 2 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
| 3 | SAIT Telecom | GSM | Not available yet | SAIT Telecom SPRL |
| 4 | Supercell | GSM | Not available yet | Supercell Sprl |
===Côte d'Ivoire=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM | 1.12 (September 2005) | France Telecom |
| 2 | MTN | GSM | 0.93 (September 2005) | MTN |
| 3 | TELECEL | GSM | Not available yet | Loteny Telecom |
===Djibouti=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evatis | GSM | Not available yet | Djibouti Telecom SA |
===Egypt=== (as of October 2005) The country had 13,064,821 subscribers in total, or a 18.50% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MobiNil [44] | GSM | 6.92 | Orascom Telecom |
| 2 | Vodafone Egypt [45] | GSM | 6.13 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
===Equatorial Guinea=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GETESA | GSM | Not available yet | GETESA |
===Eritrea=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritel | GSM | Not available yet | Eritrea Telecommunications Services Corporation |
===Ethiopia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethionet | GSM | Not available yet | Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation |
===Gabon=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 84% |
| 2 | Libertis | GSM | Not available yet | Libertis S.A. 84% |
===Gambia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africell | GSM | 0.08 | Africell Gambia LTD |
| 2 | Gamtel | GSM | Not available yet | Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company Ltd |
===Ghana=== (as of June 2005)
The country had 2,475,070 subscribers in total, or a 13,50% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | Operator Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Areeba | GSM | 1.22 | Investcom 97.7% | 620-01 |
| 2 | OneTouch [46] | GSM, AMPS | .84 | State-owned Ghana Telecom | 620-02 |
| 3 | Mobitel [47] | GSM, ETACS, AMPS | 0.33 (June 2005) | MIC | 620-03 |
===Guinea=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sotelgui Guinea | GSM | 0.16 | Telekom Malaysia |
| 2 | Spacetel | GSM | Not available yet | Spacetel Guinee |
| 3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Guinee SARL |
===Guinea-Bissau=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 2.7% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinetel | GSM | Not available yet | Guinetel |
| 2 | Areeba | GSM | 0.01 | Investcom |
===Israel=== (as of September 2005)
The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange [48] | GSM, UMTS | 2.37 (March 2005) | Partner Communications Company Ltd |
| 2 | Pelephone | GSM, CDMA | 2.0 | Israel Telecommunication Corporation Ltd |
| 3 | Cellcom | GSM, UMTS | Not available yet | Cellcom Israel Ltd |
===Jordan=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PELLA-Fastlink | GSM | 1.73 | MTC |
| 2 | Mobilecom | GSM | 0.62 (September 2005) | Petra Jordanian Mobile Telecommunications Company, France Telecom 35.2% |
| 3 | Umniah | GSM | Not available yet | Umniah Mobile Company |
===Kenya=== (as of June 2005) The country had 4,611,070 subscribers in total, or a 14,40% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | Operator Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Safaricom [49] | GSM | 3.49 (December 2005) | State-owned Telkom Kenya and Vodafone | 639-02 |
| 2 | Celtel [50] | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 60% | 639-03 |
===Kiribati=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TSKL | GSM | Not available yet | Telecom Services Kiribati Limited |
===Kuwait=== (as of June 2005) The country had 4,611,070 subscribers in total, or a 14,40% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | Operator Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTC Vodafone | GSM | 1.39 (September 2005) | MTC | |
| 2 | Wataniya [51] | GSM | 0.93 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
===Lebanon=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTCtouch | GSM | 0.50 (September 2005) | MTC |
| 2 | Alfa | GSM | Not available yet | Fal Dete Telecommunications1 |
1. Fal Dete Telecommunications owners are Detecon Int, GmbH 51%, FAL Holding Arabia Co. ltd 45%
===Lesotho=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11,2% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodacom | GSM | 0.17 (September 2005) | Telkom |
| 2 | Econet Ezi-Cel | GSM | Not available yet | Econet Ezi Cel Lesotho (Pty) |
===Liberia=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.1% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lonesta | GSM | 0.08 | Investcom |
| 2 | LIBERCELL | GSM | Not available yet | Atlantic Wireless |
| 3 | Celcom | GSM | Not available yet | Celcom Telecommunications |
| 4 | Comium | GSM | Not available yet | Comium Services BVI |
===Madagascar=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orange | GSM | 0.26 (September 2005) | France Telecom 40,01% |
| 2 | Madacom | GSM | Not available yet | Madacom SA |
===Malawi=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | TNL | GSM | 0.14 (September 2005) | Malawi Telecommunications Limited, Telekom Malaysia |
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
===Mali=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ikatel | GSM | 0.51 (September 2005) | France Telecom 42.3% |
| 2 | MALITEL | GSM | Not available yet | Malitel SA |
===Mauritania=== (as of June 2005 The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MATTEL [52] | GSM | Not available yet | MATTEL |
| 2 | MAURITEL MOBILES[53] | GSM | MAURITEL MOBILES |
===Mauritius=== (as of June 2005 The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cellplus | GSM | 0.39 (September 2005) | Mauritius Telecom group and France Télécom |
| 2 | Emtel | GSM | 0.18 | MIC 50% |
===Morocco=== (as of September 2005) The country had 11,977,000 subscribers in total, or a 40.06% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IAM (Itissalat al-Maghrib) [54] | GSM | 8.04 | State-owned Maroc Télécom |
| 2 | Méditel [55] | GSM | 3.94 | Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom |
===Mozambique=== (as of September 2005) The country had 1,292,900 subscribers in total, or a 7.00% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mCel | GSM | Not available yet | Partially state-owned |
| 2 | Vodacom | GSM | 0.34 | Telkom, Vodafone and VenFin |
===Niger=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 70% |
| 2 | Sonitel | GSM | Not available yet | Sahel-Com |
| 3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Niger |
===Nigeria=== (as of June 2005) The country had 13,316,597 subscribers in total, or a 10.56% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glo Mobile [56] | GSM | 9.86 | Adenuga |
| 2 | MTN Nigeria [57] | GSM | 7.67 (September 2005) | MTN |
| 3 | Mtel [58] | GSM | 4.2 | State-owned Nitel |
| 4 | Vmobile [59] | GSM | 0.2 | First Bank of Nigeria and AKIIPOC |
===Rwanda=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTN Rwandacell SARL | GSM | 0.26 (September 2005) | MTN 40% |
===Saudi Arabia=== (as of December 2004) The country had 9,175,800 subscribers in total, or a 36.82% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Jawal | GSM | Not available yet | State-owned Saudi Telecom |
| 2 | Mobily | GSM | Not available yet | Etisalat |
| 3 | Bravo | iDEN | 0.01 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
===Senegal=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonatel (Alize) | GSM | 0.92 (September 2005) | France Telecom 42,3% |
| 2 | SENTELgsm | GSM | 0.53 | MIC 75% |
===Sierra Leone=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CelTell | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
| 2 | Africell | GSM | Not available yet | Lintel Limited |
| 3 | Millicom Sierra Leone Ltd | GSM | 0.03 | MIC 70% |
===South Africa=== (as of 31 December 2005) The country had 27,444,000 subscribers in total.(Previous)
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodacom [60] | UMTS, GSM | 20.12 (December 2005) | Telkom and Vodafone | |
| 2 | MTN [61] | UMTS, GSM | 8.96 (September 2005) | Mobile Telephone Networks | |
| 3 | Cell C [62] | GSM | not available at time (2.71 last recorded) | Oger Telecom |
===Sudan=== (as of December 2004) The country had 1,048,600 subscribers in total, or a 3.04% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobitel | GSM | Not available yet | Sudatel, MSI Cellular Holdings, MTC 39% |
| 2 | Areeba | GSM | Not available yet | Investcom 55% |
===Swaziland=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ? penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTN | GSM | 0.19 (September 2005) | MTN 30% |
===Syria=== (as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11.4% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syriatel | GSM | 1.40 | SYRIATEL |
| 2 | Areeba | GSM | 0.87 | Investcom 75% |
===Tanzania=== (as of January 2006)
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodacom | GSM | 1.61 ()September 2005) | Telkom |
| 2 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 60% |
| 3 | MOBITEL | GSM | 0.36 | MIC 84.4% |
| 3 | ZANTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Zanzibar Telecom Ltd |
===Tunisia=== (as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 3,575,700 subscribers in total, or a 37.59% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuntel | GSM | Not available yet | State-owned Tunisie Télécom |
| 2 | Tunisiana | GSM | 1.99 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom and Orascom Telecom |
===Uganda=== (as of January 2006)
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTN Uganda | GSM | 0.86 | MTN |
| 2 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC |
| 3 | UT Mobile | GSM | Not available yet | Uganda Telecom Ltd |
===Yemen=== (as of Desember 2004) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 5.6% penetration rate.
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spacetel Yemen | GSM | 0.44 | Investcom 45.3% |
| 2 | Sabafon | GSM | Not available yet | Yemen Mobile Phone Company |
===Zambia=== (as of January 2006)
| Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MTN Zambia | GSM | 0.09 (September 2005) | MTN |
| 2 | CelTel | GSM | Not available yet | MTC 88% |
| 3 | ZAMTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd |
Sources of information
- International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
- Cellular News web site
- GSM Association web site
- Wireless Intelligence 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
- Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data
- Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Ukrainian mobile operators info
- América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers
- Unefon subscriber numbers
- Iusacell subscriber numbers
- China Mobile subscriber numbers
- T-Mobile company data
- Verizon company data
- Cingular company data
- Telefonica company data
- Sprint PCS company data
- T-Mobile USA company data
- Orange Statistics
- O2 Data
- Vodafone company data
- Turkcell company data
- TIM company data
/* Taiwan(China) */
===Taiwan(China)=== (as of August 2005) The country had 20,515,000 subscribers in total, or a 89.56% penetration rate.
| Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chunghwa Telecom | UMTS, GSM | 8.09 | State-owned |
| Far EasTone | UMTS, GSM | ||
| KG Telecom | GSM | ||
| MobiTai | GSM | ||
| Taiwan Mobile | UMTS, GSM | ||
| VIBO | UMTS | ||
| APBW | CDMA |