List of mobile network operators
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This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list (UMTS and GSM operators only), see Mobile Network Code.
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[edit] Terrestrial
These are the world's largest mobile network operators by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).
| Rank | Company | Main Markets | Technology | Subscribers (proportionate, in millions) |
Subscribers (total, in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Mobile (China) | China (inc. Hong Kong) & Pakistan | GSM, GPRS, EDGE TD-SCDMA |
500.59 [1] (June 2008) | 436.12 [2] (30 Sep 2008) |
| 2 | Vodafone (United Kingdom) | United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
260.5 [3] (April 2008) | |
| 3 | Telefónica / Movistar / O2 (Spain) | Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
188.9 [4] (September 2008) | 188.9 [5] (September 2008) |
| 4 | América Móvil (Mexico) | USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
172.5 [6] (September 2008) | 172.5 [7] (September 2008) |
| 5 | Telenor (Norway) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
143 [8] (December, 2007) | 150 [9] (June 2008) |
| 6 | China Unicom (China) | China (inc. Macau) | GSM, GPRS | 127.6 [10] (June 2008) | 127.6[11] (June 2008) |
| 7 | T-Mobile (Germany) | Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
126.6 [12] (September 2008) | 126.6 [13] (September 2008) |
| 8 | TeliaSonera (Sweden) | Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Central Asia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
115.0 [14] (December, 2007) | 115 [15] (June 2008) |
| 9 | Orange / France Télécom (France) | France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botsawa, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
111.884 [16] (March 2008) | 111.884 [17] (March 2008) |
| 10 | MTS (Russia) | Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
91.73 (September 2008) | 91.73 [18] (September 2008) |
| 11 | MTN Group (South Africa) | Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
80.74 (September 2008) | 80.74 [19] (September 2008) |
| 12 | AT&T Mobility (United States) | United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (planned) |
74.9 [20] (October 2008) | 74.9 [21] (October 2008) |
| 13 | Bharti Airtel (India) | India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 72.07 (July 2008) | 72.07 [22] (July 2008) |
| 14 | Verizon Wireless (United States) -Excludes Alltel |
United States | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO LTE (planned) |
70.8 [23] (September 2008) | 70.8 [24] (September 2008) |
| 15 | SingTel (Singapore) | Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
70.76 [25] (Aug2008) | 198.71 (Aug 2008) |
| 16 | Telecom Italia / TIM (Italy) | Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
70.6 (September 2008) [26] | 70.6 (September 2008) [27] |
| 17 | Etisalat (United Arab Emirates) | Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and the United Arab Emirates | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 63.0 (April 2008) | 63.0 [28] (April 2008) |
| 18 | Orascom Telecom (Egypt) | Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 62.9 (September 2008) | 77.0 [29] (September 2008) |
| 19 | VimpelCom / Altimo (Russia) | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, Vietnam, Cambodia | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, UMTS |
57.8 (September 2008) | 57.8 [30] (September 2008) |
| 20 | NTT docomo (Japan) | Japan, Bangladesh | GSM, GPRS, PDC FOMA, HSDPA LTE (planned) |
53.54 [31] (May 2008) | 53.54 [32] (May 2008) |
[edit] Satellite based
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Globalstar | Proprietary CDMA | 0.278 [33] (June 2007) | |
| 2 | Thuraya | Proprietary TDMA | 0.250 [34] (August 2006) | |
| 3 | Iridium | Proprietary TDMA | 0.250 [35] (April 2008) | |
| 4 | Inmarsat | 0.209 active terminals[1] (Q1 2007) | ||
| 5 | ACeS |
[edit] By region
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
- List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources of information
- International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
- Cellular News web site
- GSM Association web site
- CDMA Development Group web site
- Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data
- French Mobile Telecoms' data
- Greek Mobile Telecoms' data
- Belarusian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data
- Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data
- National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela
- América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers
- Unefon subscriber numbers
- Iusacell subscriber numbers
- China Mobile subscriber numbers
- T-Mobile company data
- Verizon company data
- Cingular company data
- Telefonica company data
- Sprint PCS company data
- Sprint Nextel Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results
- T-Mobile USA company data
- T-Mobile USA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results
- Orange Statistics
- O2 Data
- Vodafone company data
- Turkcell company data
- TIM company data
- MTN Group company data
- Online Telephone Directory For India (Mobile Number Finder, STD Codes Finder.)
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