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This is a list of mobile network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.
Terrestrial[edit]
This is a list of the world's thirty largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
| Rank | Company | Main markets | Technology | Total subscriptions (in millions) |
Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
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| 1 |  China MobileCommunications Corporation |
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940.86 [1] (January 2021) |
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%) | |
| 2 |  Bharti Airtel Limited
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442.5 [2] (March-2021) |
Bharti Enterprises (64%)
SingTel (36%) | |
| 3 | Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
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422.92 [3][4] (June 2021) |
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| 4 | China Telecom Corp., Ltd
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352.55[5] (January 2021) |
China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%) |
| 5 |  Vodafone Group plc
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[Note 1] | 311.7[6][Note 2] (February 2021) |
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| 6 | China Unicom Limited
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309.18[7] (September 2020) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (0.6%) | |
| 7 | Vodafone Idea Limited
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283.71[3] (March 2021) |
Vodafone Group (44.4%) Aditya Birla Group (26.0%) Axiata Group Berhad (8.17%) Private equity (20.73%) | ||
| 8 |  América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V
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280.72[8] (October 2020) |
Helu Slim (36.50%) Carlos Slim (6.84%) Public stock (56.66%) | |
| 9 |  MTN Group Limited
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273.44[9] (September 2020) |
Public stock (60.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%) M1 (10.05%) |
| 10 |  Telefónica S.A.
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266.28[10] (December 2020) |
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| 11 |  Orange S.A.
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211.86[12] (October 2020) |
Public stock (77%) Government of France (23%) | |
| 12 |  VEON Ltd.
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207.40[13] (October 2020) |
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Public stock (43.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%) | ||
| 13 |  Deutsche Telekom AG
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199.71[14] (September 2020) |
Free float (68.1%) Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%) | |
| 14 |  Telenor ASA
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180.30[15] (October 2020) |
Government of Norway (53.97%) Public stock (41.74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%) | ||
| 15 |  AT&T Inc.
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176.74[16] (October 2020) |
Institutional Shares (59.28%) Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%) Blackrock Inc (11.49%) State Street Corp (7.53%) Newport Trust Co (5.07%) Grode Captital Management, LLC (2.52%) [17] | |
| 16 |  PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel)
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164.69[18] (Q1 2021) |
PT Telkom Indonesia (65%) Singtel (35%) | |
| 17 |  Emirates TelecommunicationGroup Company PJSC (Etisalat) |
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146.10[19] (July 2020) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39.97%) | |
| 18 |  Axiata Group Berhad
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145.84[20][21] (February 2020) |
Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%) | ||
| 19 | Verizon Wireless
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120.85[22] (April 2021) |
Verizon Communications | |
| 20 | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
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121.82 [3] (March 2021)[Note 4][23] |
Government of India | ||
| 21 |  Ooredoo QSC
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117.6[26] (April 2021) |
Government of Qatar | |
| 22 |  Viettel Group
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110.0[27] (December 2018) |
Government of Vietnam | ||
| 23 |  CKH Group Telecom
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98.49[28](2020) | CK Hutchison Holdings | |
| 24 |  MCI Hamrahe Aval
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92.46[29] (April 2020) |
TCI (94.09%) Sukuk (5.91%) | |
| 25 |  NTT Docomo Inc.
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82.63[30] (May 2021) |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | |
| 26 |  Globe Telecom Inc.
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79.8[31] (May 2021) |
Asiacom (50.81%) Singtel (20.08%) Public stock (15.65%) | |
| 27 |  Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
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78.4[32] (May 2021) |
Sistema (50.8%) | |
| 28 | MegaFon
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75.4[33] (May 2020) |
AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%) USM Telecom LLC (43.68%) | |
| 29 | PLDT Inc.
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71.8[34] (May 2021) |
Public (41.55%) NTT Docomo (14.5%) Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05%) Metro Pacific Resources, Inc. (9.98%) NTT Communications Corp (5.85%) First Pacific (3.54%) | |
| 30 |  Globacom Limited
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52.92[35] (March 2021) |
Satellite based[edit]
This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.824 (June 2016)[36] | |
| 2 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 (March 2015)[37] | |
| 3 | Thuraya |
Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[38] | Etisalat (28%) |
| 4 | Inmarsat |
Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[39] | |
| 5 | ACeS |
Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 (December 2007) |
By region[edit]
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
See also[edit]
- Comparison of mobile phone standards
- List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
- List of countries by number of Internet users
- List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of multiple-system operators
- List of telephone operating companies
- Mobile Country Code (List of MCC/MNC assigned to mobile networks)
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ Vodafone Australia does not offer GSM, GPRS and EDGE.
- ^ https://investors.vodafone.com/sites/vodafone-ir/files/result_document/q3-fy21/vodafone-q3-fy21-additional-information.xlsx
- ^ BSNL and MTNL merger approved by Government of India.
- ^ After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
References[edit]
- ^ "Monthly Customer Data". China Mobile. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Quarterly IR Pack Bharti Airtel Consolidated" (PDF). bharti airtel. 31 December 2020. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Sequential improvement in Q2 as lockdown started to ease; VIL's GIGAnetnow the fastest 4G network in the country" (PDF). 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Financial and Operational Performance of Jio Platforms Limited Q1 2020-2021 Report". Reliance industries. 30 July 2020.
- ^ "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom. 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Quarterly Results" (PDF). Vodafone Group plc. 3 February 2021. p. 7.
- ^ "Operation Data". China Unicom. 7 September 2020.
- ^ "3Q 2020 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Q3 Report September 2020" (PDF). MTN Group. 6 September 2020.
- ^ "January-December FY 2020 Report". December 2020. p. 8.
- ^ "Non-controlling equity interest: Iraq". Orange. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020.
- ^ "Press Report 3Q 2020" (PDF). 29 October 2020. p. 15.
- ^ "Report 3Q 2020" (PDF). Veon. 29 October 2020.
- ^ "3Q 2020 Report". 12 November 2020. p. 2.
- ^ "3Q 2020 Telenor ASA Group Report" (PDF). 21 October 2020. p. 1.
- ^ "AT&T 3Q Financial Report" (PDF). investors.att.com. p. 7. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "AT&T INC. Ownership summary| NASDAQ". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Telkom Indonesia Q1 2021 financial results" (PDF). June 2021. p. 12.
- ^ "Etisalat 2Q Report 2020" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ "Axiata 4th Quarter 2019 Financials" (PDF).
- ^ "Axiata 4Q19 Data Financials".
- ^ "Verizon Q1 2021". www.verizon.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b "MTNL to be act as BSNL subsidiary Till Merger Complete". The Hindu. 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Government approves Revival package for BSNL, MTNL". Economic Times. 23 October 2019.
- ^ "BSNL, MTNL to be merged, along with special package". India Today. 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Q1 2021 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. April 2021. p. 12.
- ^ "Viettel to become a digital service provider this year". Viettel Group. 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Customer base, 2019" (PDF). CK Hutchison Holdings Limited. 19 March 2020.
- ^ سهم بازار اپراتورهای همراه در سه ماهه نخست سال جاری [Mobile operators' market share in the first quarter of this year]. rond.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "NTT FY2020" (PDF). 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Report 1Q 2021" (PDF). 7 May 2021. p. 4.
- ^ "Q1 2021 Results" (PDF). MTS. 18 May 2021. p. 2.
- ^ "KPI Q1 2020". MegaFon. 28 May 2020.
- ^ "Financial highlights 1Q 2021" (PDF). 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Glo mobile Subscriber Nigeria". NCC Nigeira. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
- ^ "Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN" (Press release). Thuraya. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.
- ^ "INMARSAT HOLDINGS LIMITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2012.
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