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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, EDGETD-SCDMA
500.59 [1] (June 2008)
414.59 [2] (June 2008)
2
Vodafone (United Kingdom)
United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique
CdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DOGSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
260.5 [3] (April 2008)
3
Telefónica / Movistar / O2 (Spain)
Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Morocco, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia
D-AMPSCdmaOneCDMA2000 1xGSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
182.6 [4] (June 2008)
182.6 [5] (June 2008)
4
China Unicom (China)
China (inc. Macau)
CdmaOneGSM, GPRS
170.7 [6] (June 2008)
170.7[7] (June 2008)
5
América Móvil (Mexico)
USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador
D-AMPSCdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DOGSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
165.3 [8] (June 2008)
165.3 [9] (June 2008)
6
T-Mobile (Germany)
Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
125.0 [10] (June 2008)
125.0 [11] (June 2008)
7
TeliaSonera (Sweden)
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Central Asia
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
115.0 [12] (December, 2007)
115 [13] (June 2008)
8
Orange / France Télécom (France)
France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botsawa, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
111.884 [14] (March 2008)
111.884 [15] (March 2008)
9
Telenor (Norway)
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
90.0 [16] (December, 2007)
150 [17] (June 2008)
10
MTS (Russia)
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS
86.94 (July 2008)
86.94 [18] (July 2008)
11
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, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
74.1 (June 2008)
74.1 [19] (June 2008)
12
AT&T Mobility (United States)
United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands
GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
72.9 [20] (July 2008)
72.9 [21] (July 2008)
13
Bharti Airtel (India)
India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
72.07 (July 2008)
72.07 [22] (July 2008)
14
SingTel (Singapore)
Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan
GSMUMTS, HSDPA
70.76 [23] (Aug2008)
198.71 (Aug 2008)
15
Verizon Wireless (United States)
United States
CdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DO
68.7 [24] (July 2008)
68.7 [25] (July 2008)
16
Telecom Italia / TIM (Italy)
Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City
D-AMPSGSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA
65.7 (March 2008)
65.7 (March 2008)[26]
17
Etisalat (United Arab Emirates)
Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and the United Arab Emirates
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
63.0 (April 2008)
63.0 [27] (April 2008)
18
Orascom Telecom (Egypt)
Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
62.9 (September 2008)
77.0 [28] (September 2008)
19
VimpelCom (Russia)
Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia
D-AMPSGSM, GPRS
53.7 (August 2008)
53.7 [29] (August 2008)
20
NTT docomo (Japan)
Japan, Bangladesh
GSM, GPRS, PDCFOMA, HSDPA
53.54 [30] (May 2008)
53.54 [31] (May 2008)

[edit] Satellite based
Rank
Operator
Technology
Subscribers(in millions)
Ownership
1
Globalstar
Proprietary CDMA
0.278 [32] (June 2007)
2
Thuraya
Proprietary TDMA
0.250 [33] (August 2006)
3
Iridium
Proprietary TDMA
0.250 [34] (April 2008)
4
Inmarsat
0.209 active terminals[1] (Q1 2007)
5
ACeS

[edit] 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

[edit] See also
Comparison of mobile phone standards
List of telephone operating companies
Mobile Network Code

[edit] Sources of information
^ Inmarsat press release
International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
Cellular News web site
GSM Association 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.)