List of mobile network operators
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) |
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| 3 |  América Móvil
|
Mexico (Telcel)
|
236 (June 2011)[5] |
236 (June 2011)[6] |
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| 4 |  Movistar O2
|
Spain
|
231.87 (September 2011)[7] |
231.87 (September 2011)[8] |
Telefónica | |
| 5 |  Airtel
|
India (Airtel)
|
227.04[9] (September 2011) |
227.04 (September 2011)[10] |
Bharti (64.76%) SingTel (30.5%) Vodafone (4.4%) | |
| 6 |  Orange
|
France (Orange France)
|
140[11] (December 2009) |
217.3 (June 2011)[12] |
France Télécom | |
| 7 |  Telenor
|
Norway (Telenor Norway)
|
203[13] (December 2010) |
Including VimpelCom before merging with Wind | ||
| 8 |  Beeline
|
Russia (Beeline Russia, GT)
|
199[14] (October 2011) |
Alfa Group (31%) Naguib Sawiris (30,6%) Telenor (25,01%)[15] | ||
| 9 |  SingTel
|
Singapore
|
146.0[16] (Aug 2011) |
146[17] (August 2011) |
Temasek Holdings (54%) | |
| 10 |  Axiata Group Berhad
|
Malaysia (Celcom)
|
159.7[18] (December 2010) |
Malaysian (93.26%):
| ||
| 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%) | ||
| 12 |  / TeliaSonera
|
160[20] (December 2010) |
37,3% Sweden, 13,7% Finland[21] | |||
| 13 |  Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
> 100[22] (March 2010) |
139[22] (December 2010) |
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| 14 |  MTN Group
|
South Africa
|
137.47[23] (September 2010) |
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| 15 |  Etisalat
|
United Arab Emirates
|
>135[24] (February 2010) |
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| 16 | Reliance Communications
|
India
|
144.78[25] (July 2011) |
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | ||
| 17 |  T-Mobile
|
Germany (Telekom.de)
|
128.00[26] (June 2011) |
Deutsche Telekom | ||
| 18 |  Verizon Wireless
|
USA
|
106.3[27] (Aug 2011) |
Verizon Communications (55%) Vodafone (45%) | ||
| 19 | MTS
|
Russia (MTS Russia)
|
103.35[28] (31 December 2010) |
Sistema | ||
| 20 | AT&T Mobility
|
100.7[29] (September 2011) |
AT&T Inc. | |||
| 21 | China Telecom
|
China
|
94.1[30] (January 2011) |
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| 22 |  Telkomsel
|
Indonesia (Telkomsel)
|
>100[31] (April 2011) |
Telkom Indonesia (65%) SingTel (35%) | ||
| 23 | Idea Cellular
|
India
|
96.11[25] (July 2011) |
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%) Providence Equity (10.6%) | ||
| 24 | BSNL
|
India
|
95.14[25] (July 2011) |
Government of India | ||
| 25 | Tata Teleservices
|
India
|
88.31[25] (July 2011) |
Tata Group (>50%) Temasek (9%) Sivasankaran (8%) | ||
| 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
|
33[35] (June 2011) |
Turkcell Group
| |||
| 29 |  Qtel
|
Qatar
|
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 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.500 (September 2011)[37] | |
| 2 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.439 (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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