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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 Malaysia (Celcom)- 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
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