List of mobile network operators
This is a list of the world's largest mobile phone network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile Network Code.
Terrestrial
This is a list of the world's 30 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).
| Rank | Company | Main markets (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
Technology | Proportionate subscribers (in millions) |
Total subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 |  China Mobile
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667.20[1] (March 2012) |
667.20[1] (March 2012) |
Government of the PRC (74.25%) Public (25.75%) | |
| 2 |  Vodafone
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439.601[2] (December 2011) |
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| 3 |  América Móvil
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251.8[3] (June 2012) |
251.8[3] (June 2012) |
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| 4 |  Airtel
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250.04[4][5] (October 2012) |
250.04[4][5] (October 2012) |
Bharti (64.76%) SingTel (30.5%) Vodafone (4.4%) | |
| 5 |  Telefónica
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231.87[6] (September 2011) |
231.87[6] (September 2011) |
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| 6 |  Orange
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226.3[7] (September 2011) |
226.3[7] (September 2011) |
France Télécom | |
| 7 |  VimpelCom Ltd.
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209[8] (March 2012) |
Telenor (42.95%) Altimo (40.498%) Weather Investments (3.476%) Bertofan Investments (5.995%) Public (10.521%) | ||
| 8 | China Unicom
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China
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202.89[9] (January 2011) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (9.7%) | ||
| 9 |  MTN Group
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175.98[10] (June 2012) |
Public Stock (68.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%) M1 Limited (7.72%) | ||
| 10 |  Etisalat
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167[11] (December 2011) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) | ||
| 11 |  Axiata Group Berhad
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159.7[12] (December 2010) |
Government of Malaysia (45.09%) Public Stock (54.91%) | ||
| 12 |   TeliaSonera
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160[13] (December 2010) |
37.3% Government of Sweden, 11.7% Government of Finland | |||
| 13 |  Telenor
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140 (December 2011) | 150[14] (October 2011) |
54% Government of Norway | |
| 14 |  Saudi Telecom Company (STC)
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139[15] (December 2010) |
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| 15 | Reliance Communications
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India
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144.78[16] (July 2011) |
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | ||
| 16 | Tele2
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134.76[17] (March 2012) |
Tele2 AB | ||
| 17 |  T-Mobile
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129.14[18] (March 2012) |
Deutsche Telekom | ||
| 18 |  Verizon Wireless
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United States
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108.7[19] (Aug 2011) |
Verizon Communications (55%) Vodafone (45%) | ||
| 19 | MTS
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106.07[20] (December 2011) |
Sistema (50.8%) | ||
| 20 | AT&T Mobility
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100.7[21] (September 2011) |
AT&T Inc. | ||
| 21 | China Telecom
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129.25[22] (January 2011) |
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| 22 |  Telkomsel
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Indonesia
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100[23] (April 2011) |
Telkom Indonesia (65%) SingTel (35%) | ||
| 23 | Idea Cellular
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India
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96.11[16] (July 2011) |
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%) Providence Equity (10.6%) | ||
| 24 | BSNL
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India
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95.14[16] (July 2011) |
Government of India | ||
| 25 | Tata Teleservices
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India
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88.31[16] (July 2011) |
Tata Group (74%) NTT DoCoMo (26%) | ||
| 26 |  Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM)
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71.50[24] (September 2009) |
Telefonica (22.39%) | |||
| 27 |  PLDT
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Philippines |
66.1[25] (March 2012) |
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| 28 | Maxis Communications
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63.71[26][27] (December 2010) |
Ananda Krishnan (75%) Saudi Telecom Company (25%) | |||
| 29 |  Turkcell
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63.3[28] (Q3 2011) |
TeliaSonera (38%) Cukurova Group (27.08%) M.V.Holding (1.18%) Public Stock (33.74%) | |||
| 30 | MegaFon
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Russia
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62[29] (October 2012) |
TeliaSonera (35.6%) Altimo (25.1%) AF Telecom (8%) | ||
| 31 |  Qtel
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33.60[30] (December 2009) |
60.53[30] (December 2009) |
Satellite based
This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.500 (September 2011)[31] | |
| 2 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.439 (January 2011)[32] | |
| 3 | Thuraya |
Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[33] | Etisalat(28%) |
| 4 | Inmarsat |
Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[34] | |
| 5 | ACeS |
Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 (December 2007) |
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
References
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- ^ VimpelCom Global Reach.
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- ^ a b http://www.qtel.qa/documents/2009QtelQ4&FYResultsPresentation.pdf
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