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This is a list of Major Mobile Phone Network Operators. For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile Network Code.
Terrestrial
These are the World's 30 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 Proportionate
subscribers
(in millions)Total
subscribers
(in millions)Ownership 1 China Mobile
627.63[1]
(August 2011)627.63[2]
(August 2011)Government of the PRC (74.25%)
Free Float (25.75%)2 Vodafone
361.42[3]
(June 2011)381.72[4]
(June 2011)3 Telefónica O2
Mexico / América Móvil / Claro
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Sudan (Sudan Unicom)
Colombia
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Germany
Guatemala
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Morocco
Nicaragua
Panama
Peru
Slovakia
Uruguay
Venezuela
United Kingdom
227.32
(June 2011)[5]227.32
(June 2011)[6]4 América Móvil
Argentina (Claro)
Brazil (Claro)
Chile (Claro)
Colombia (Comcel)
Costa Rica (Claro)
Dominican Republic (Claro)
Ecuador (Porta)
El Salvador (Claro)
Guatemala (Claro)
Honduras (Claro)
Jamaica (Claro)
Nicaragua ((Claro)
Panama (Claro)
Paraguay (Claro)
Peru (Claro)
Puerto Rico (Claro)
Uruguay (Claro)
USA (Tracfone, Net10, StraightTalk, SafeLink)
GSM,- GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
- D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO
236
(June 2011)[7]236
(June 2011)[8]5 Airtel
Bangladesh (Airtel Bangladesh)
Sri Lanka (Airtel Lanka)
Burkina Faso (Airtel Burkina)
Chad (Airtel Chad)
Republic of the Congo (Airtel Congo Brazzaville)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Airtel DRC)
Gabon (Airtel Gabon)
Ghana (Airtel Ghana)
Kenya (Airtel Kenya)
Madagascar (Airtel Madagascar)
Malawi (Airtel Malawi)
Niger (Airtel Niger)
Nigeria (Airtel Nigeria)
Seychelles (Airtel Seychelles)
Sierra Leone (Airtel Sierra Leone)
Tanzania (Airtel Tanzania)
Uganda (Airtel Uganda)
Zambia (Airtel Zambia)
Guernsey (Airtel-Vodafone)
Jersey (Airtel-Vodafone)
221.24[9]
(Jun 2011)221.24
(June 2011)[10]Bharti (64.76%)
SingTel (30.5%)
Vodafone (4.4%)6 Orange
Armenia (Orange Armenia)
Austria
Belgium (Mobistar)
Botswana
Cameroon
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
French Guiana
Ivory Coast
Jordan
Kenya
Liechtenstein
Madagascar
Mali
Martinique
Mauritius
Moldova (Orange Moldova)
Niger
Poland (Orange Poland)
Réunion
Romania (Orange Romania)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Senegal
Slovakia (Orange Slovakia)
Spain
Switzerland
Togo
Uganda
United Kingdom (Orange UK)
140[11]
(December 2009)217.3
(June 2011)[12]France Télécom 7 Telenor
Bangladesh (Grameen Phone)
Denmark (Telenor Denmark)
Hungary (Telenor Hungary)
India (Uninor)
Malaysia(DiGi)
Montenegro (ProMonte)
Pakistan (Telenor Pakistan)
Russia (VimpelCom)
Serbia (Telenor Serbia)
Sweden (Telenor Sweden)
Thailand (dtac)
Ukraine (Kyivstar)
203[13]
(December 2010)Including VimpelCom before merging with Wind 8 VimpelCom
Armenia (Beeline Armenia)
Cambodia
Georgia (Beeline Georgia)
Kazakhstan (Beeline Kazakhstan)
Laos
Tajikistan (Beeline Tajikistan)
Ukraine (Kiyvstar)
Uzbekistan (Beeline Uzbekistan)
Vietnam (Beeline Vietnam)
Egypt (Mobinil)
Algeria (Djezzy)
Bangladesh (Banglalink)
Burundi (Telecel)
Canada (WIND)
Central African Republic (Telecel)
Greece (WIND)
Italy (WIND)
Lebanon (Alfa)
Namibia (Telecel)
North Korea (Koryolink)
Pakistan (Mobilink)
Zimbabwe (Telecel)
193[14]
(July 2011)Alfa Group (31%)
Naguib Sawiris (30,6%)
Telenor (25,01%)[15]9 SingTel
Australia (Optus)
Indonesia (Telkomsel)
Philippines (Globe Telecom)
Thailand (Advanced Info Service)
Pakistan (Warid Telecom)
Sri Lanka (Lankacom)
Bangladesh (Citycell)
146.0[16]
(Aug 2011)416[17]
(August 2011)Temasek Holdings (54%) 10 Axiata Group Berhad
Bangladesh (Robi)(70%)
Cambodia (Hello)
India (Idea Cellular)(19.1%)
Indonesia (Excelcomindo)(83.3%)
Singapore (M1)(29.7%)
Sri Lanka (Dialog Telekom)(85%)
159.7[18]
(December 2010)Malaysian (93.26%):- • Bumiputera Government Agencies (45.09%)
- • Other Bumiputera Shareholders (41.32%)
- • Non-Bumiputera Shareholders (6.85%)
- Foreign (6.74%)
11 China Unicom
China (China Unicom)
169.7[19]
(January 2011)China Unicom (BVI) Limited (state-owned) (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (BVI) Limited (state-owned) (29.49%)
Telefonica (9.7%)13 /
TeliaSonera
Azerbaijan
Cambodia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland(Sonera)
Georgia (Geocell)
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Moldova (Moldcell)
Nepal
Norway
Spain
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
160[20]
(December 2010)37,3% Sweden, 13,7% Finland[21] 14 Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
- (STC)
Malaysia
Indonesia
Turkey
Kuwait (VIVA)
Bahrain (VIVA)
Jordan
India
South Africa
Lebanon
> 100[22]
(March 2010)139[22]
(December 2010)15 MTN Group
Afghanistan
Benin
Botswana
Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Cyprus
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Iran
Liberia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Uganda
Yemen
Zambia
137.47[23]
(September 2010)16 Etisalat
>135[24]
(February 2010)17 Reliance Communications
144.78[25]
(July 2011)Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group 12 T-Mobile
Austria (T-Mobile A)
Croatia
Czech Republic (T-Mobile CZ)
Hungary (T-Mobile HU)
Macedonia
Montenegro
Netherlands (T-Mobile NL)
Poland (T-Mobile (Poland))
Puerto Rico
Slovakia (Telekom.sk)
United Kingdom (T-Mobile UK)
USA (T-Mobile)
United States Virgin Islands
128.00[26]
(June 2011)Deutsche Telekom 18 Verizon Wireless
USA
106.3[27]
(Aug 2011)Verizon Communications (55%)
Vodafone (45%)19 MTS
Armenia (VivaCell-MTS)
Belarus (MTS Belarus)
India (MTS India)
Turkmenistan (MTS Turkmenistan)
Ukraine (MTS Ukraine)
Uzbekistan (MTS Uzbekistan)
103.35[28]
(31 December 2010)Sistema 20 AT&T Mobility
100.7[29]
(September 2011)AT&T Inc. 21 China Telecom
China
CDMA,- EV-DO, PHS (being phased out)
94.1[30]
(January 2011)22 Telkomsel
Indonesia (Telkomsel)
>100[31]
(April 2011)Telkom Indonesia (65%)
SingTel (35%)23 BSNL
India
95.14[25]
(July 2011)Government of India 24 Tata Teleservices
India
88.31[25]
(July 2011)Tata Group (>50%)
Temasek (9%)
Sivasankaran (8%)25 Idea Cellular
India
96.11[25]
(July 2011)Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%)
Providence Equity (10.6%)26 Telecom Italia / TIM
71.50[32]
(September 2009)Telefonica (24.5%) 27 Maxis Communications
63.71[33][34]
(December 2010)Ananda Krishnan (75%)
Saudi Telecom Company (25%)28 Turkcell
61.7[35]
(June 2011)Turkcell Group- • Turkcell Holding (51%)
- • Sonera Holding B.V.(13.07%)
- • M.V.Group (2.32%)
- • Public Shares (33.48%)
- • Other Shareholders (0.13%)
29 Qtel
33.60[36]
(December 2009)82.4[36]
(December 2009)Satellite based
These are the World's 5 Largest Satellite Network Operators by Number of Subscribers.
Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)Ownership 1 Globalstar
Proprietary CDMA 0.439 (January 2011)[37] 2 Iridium
Proprietary TDMA 0.427 (January 2011)[38] 3 Thuraya
Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[39] Etisalat(28%) 4 Inmarsat
Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[40] 5 ACeS
Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007-pankaj Kumar) 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
See also
- Comparison of mobile phone standards
- List of telephone operating companies
- Mobile Network Code
- Global listing of MNOs
References
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