List of mobile network operators

This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list (UMTS and GSM operators only), see Mobile Network Code.

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, Belgium (via Mobistar) 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)	United States	CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO	67.2 [20] (April 2008)	67.2 [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)

Satellite based

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.278 [36] (June 2007)
2	Thuraya	Proprietary TDMA	0.250 [37] (August 2006)
3	Iridium	Proprietary TDMA	0.250 [38] (April 2008)
4	Inmarsat		0.209 active terminals (Q1 2007)
5	ACeS

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

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.)