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 |
369.33 [1] (December 2007) | 369.33 [2] (December 2007) |
| 2 | Vodafone (United Kingdom) | Most of Europe, Australia, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, India, Turkey | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
252.3 [3] (December 2007) | |
| 3 | Telefónica / Movistar / O2 (Spain) | Spain, Most of Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and more countries), UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Morocco, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
171.0 [4] (May 2008) | 171.0 [5] (May 2008) |
| 4 | China Unicom (China) | China (inc. Macau) | CdmaOne GSM, GPRS |
160.1 [6] (December 2007) | 160.1[7] (December 2007) |
| 5 | América Móvil (Mexico) | USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
153.4 [8] (December 2007) | 153.4 [9] (December 2007) |
| 6 | T-Mobile (Germany) | Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Puerto Rico | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
123.1 [10] (March 2008) | 123.1 [11] (March 2008) |
| 7 | Orange / France Télécom (France) | France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Israel, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, several African and Caribbean countries | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
109.7 [12] (December 2007) | 109.7 [13] (December 2007) |
| 8 | Telenor (Norway) | Scandinavia, Serbia, Eastern Europe, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and various Asiatic countries | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
90.0 [14] (December, 2007) | 142.7 [15] (December 2007) |
| 9 | MTS (Russia) | Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS |
83.88 [16] (May 2007) | 83.88 [17] (May 2007) |
| 10 | AT&T Mobility (United States) | United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
71.4 [18] (April 2008) | 71.4 [19] (April 2008) |
| 11 | Verizon Wireless (United States) after acquisition of Alltel | United States | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO |
290 [20] (April 2008) | 290 [21] (April 2008) |
| 12 | Bharti Airtel (India) | India, Seychelles, Jersey,Srilanka | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 66.8 [22] (May 2008) | 66.8 [23] (May 2008) |
| 13 | SingTel (Singapore) | Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan | GSM UMTS, HSDPA |
66.02 [24] (May 2008) | 185.34 (May 2008) |
| 14 | Telecom Italia / TIM (Italy) | Italy, Brazil | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
65.7 (March 2008) | 65.7 (March 2008)[25] |
| 15 | VimpelCom (Russia) | Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia | D-AMPS GSM, GPRS |
63.3 (December 2007) | 63.3 [26] (December 2007) |
| 16 | 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, |
61.4 [27] (31 December 2007) | 61.4 [28] (31 December 2007) |
| 17 | NTT DoCoMo (Japan) | Japan | PDC FOMA, HSDPA |
53.54 [29] (May 2008) | 53.54 [30] (May 2008) |
| 18 | Orascom Telecom (Egypt) | Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 53.0 [31] (September 2007) | 65.0 [32] (September 2007) |
| 19 | Sprint Nextel (United States) | United States, Puerto Rico | iDEN, WiDEN CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO |
52.8 [33] (May 2008) | 52.8 [34] (May 2008) |
| 20 | Telkomsel (Indonesia) | Indonesia | GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA |
42.81 (June 2007) | 42.81 [35] (June 2007) |
[edit] Satellite based
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Globalstar | 0.278 [36] (June 2007) | ||
| 2 | Thuraya | 0.250 [37] (August 2006) | ||
| 3 | Iridium | 0.225 [38] (November 2007) | ||
| 4 | ACeS |
[edit] By region
- 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
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources of information
- International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
- Deveo Telecom Direct Marketing Agency
- 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
- 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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