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This is a '''list of [[mobile phone]] [[mobile phone network|network]] operating companies'''.
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'''George Berkeley''' (Bark'-lee) ([[March 12]], [[1685]] - [[January 14]], [[1753]]), also known as '''Bishop Berkeley''', was an influential [[Ireland|Irish]] [[philosopher]] whose primary philosophical achievement is the advancement of what has come to be called [[subjective idealism]], summed up in his dictum, "To be is to be perceived." He wrote a number of works, the most widely-read of which are his ''[[Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge]]'' ([[1710]]) and ''[[Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous]]'' ([[1713]]) (Philonous, the "lover of the mind", representing Berkeley himself). In [[1734]] he published ''[[The Analyst]]'', a critique of the foundations of science, which was very influential in the subsequent development of mathematics.
== World ==
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). The largest in the world by turnover is [[Vodafone]].
 
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George Berkeley was born in Dysert Castle, near Thomastown, Ireland. He attended [[Trinity College, Dublin]] completing a masters degree in 1707. He remained at Trinity College after completion of his degree as a tutor and Greek lecturer. In the period 1714-1720 he interspersed his academic endeavours with periods of extensive travel in Europe. In 1721 he took holy orders, earning his doctorate in divinity, and once again chose to remain at Trinity College Dublin lecturing this time in Divinity and in Hebrew. In 1728 he sailed for the Americas with the goal of establishing a college and utopian community in Bermuda. He landed near [[Newport, Rhode Island|Newport]] [[Rhode Island]] where he bought a farm to live on while he waited for funds for his college to arrive. However the funds were not forthcoming and in 1732 he returned to London. In 1734 he was appointed Bishop of Cloyne where he remained until 1752, when he retired and went to Oxford to live with his son.
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! Rank !! Company !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in [[million]]s)</small> !! Subscribers<br><small>(including minority stakes)</small>
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|align=right| 1 || [[China Mobile]] ([[China]]) || [[GSM]] || 231.01 ||
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|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] ([[United Kingdom]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 165.01 || 450.90
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|align=right| 3 || [[China Unicom]] ([[China]]) || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 122.99 ||
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|align=right| 4 || [[T-Mobile]] ([[Germany]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 80.88 || 120.00
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|align=right| 5 || [[América Móvil]] ([[Mexico]]) || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 73.76 ||
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|align=right| 6 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]] ([[Spain]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 69.94 || 85.27
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|align=right| 7 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] ([[France]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 66.74 || 69.55
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|align=right| 8 || [[Cingular Wireless|Cingular]] ([[United States]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 54.00 ||
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|align=right| 9 || [[NTT DoCoMo]] ([[Japan]]) || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]], [[FOMA]] || 50.82 ||
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|align=right| 10 || [[Mobile TeleSystems|MTS]] ([[Russia]]) || [[GSM]] || 48.33 ||
|}
 
==Americas==
The town of [[Berkeley, California]] is named after him, and so, indirectly, is the [[University of California, Berkeley|University]] located there. The pronunciation of his name has however evolved to suit American tastes.
===Argentina=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had in [[August]] [[2005]] 18,758,335 subscribers in total.
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! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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| [[movistar]] || [[GSM]] || 6.73 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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| [[CTI Movil]] || [[GSM]] || 4.92 || [[América Móvil]]
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| [[Personal (mobile phone service)|Personal]] || [[GSM]] || 4.81 || [[Telecom Argentina]]
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| [[NEXTEL]] || [[iDEN]] || 0.43 || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===Brazil=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
==Contributions to Philosophy==
The country had 78,947,332 subscribers in total, or a 42.85% penetration rate.
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! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''National operators'''
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| [[Vivo (mobile phone network)|Vivo]] [http://www.vivo.com.br/]|| [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 28.79 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]] and [[Portugal Telecom]]
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| [[Telecom Italia Mobile|TIM]] [http://www.tim.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 18.01 || [[Telecom Italia]]
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| [[Claro (mobile phone network)|Claro]] [http://www.claro.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 17.12 ||[[América Móvil]]
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''Regional operators'''
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| [[Oi (mobile phone network)|Oi]] [http://www.oi.com.br/] || [[GSM]] || 8.72 || [[Telemar]]
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| [[Telemig Celular]]/[[Amazônia Celular]] [http://www.telemigcelular.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 4.23 || [[Telpart]]
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| [[Brasil Telecom GSM]] [http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/]|| [[GSM]] || 1.64 || [[Brasil Telecom]]
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| [[CTBC]] [http://www.ctbc.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 0.35 ||
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| [[Sercomtel Celular]] [http://www.sercomtelcelular.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 0.09 || [[Londrina]] city ([[Paraná]])[[State-owned]] [[Sercomtel]]
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''Specialized Mobile Radio'''
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| [[NEXTEL]] [http://www.nextel.com.br/]|| [[iDEN]] || || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===Canada=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
Though born in [[Ireland]], Berkeley was very much an [[United States|American]] philosopher. While it was in Ireland that Berkeley had his initial insights into the ideality of the objects of perception, his greatest philosophic insights and the most important projects of his life aimed at applying his principles (including his project to found a utopian society in Bermuda and his medical enterprises) began only with his trip to America.
{{main|List of Canadian mobile phone companies}}
The country had 15,583,039 subscribers in total.
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! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[Rogers Wireless]] || [[GSM]] || 5.71 || [[Rogers Communications]]
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|align=right| 2 || [[Bell Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 4.44 || [[Bell Canada]]
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|align=right| 3 || [[TELUS Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 4.15 || [[Telus]]
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|align=right| 4 || [[Microcell Telecommunications|Fido]] || [[GSM]] || || [[Rogers Wireless]]
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|align=right| 5 || [[Aliant Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] ||0.67 || [[Aliant]]
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|align=right| 6 || [[SaskTel Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.32 || [[SaskTel]]
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|align=right| 7 || [[MTS Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.30 || [[Manitoba Telecom Services|MTS]]
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|align=right| 8 || [[Virgin Mobile]] || [[CDMA]] || || [[Virgin Group]]
|}
 
===Chile===
As a young man, Berkeley theorised that the objects we perceive exist precisely as they appear to the senses. Objective knowledge is possible because the perceived object is the only object that exists. There is no "real" object which is the substratum of the perceived object. There is no "real" object (no [[matter]]) "behind" the object as we perceive it, which "causes" our perceptions. All that exists is the object as we perceive it, and this is the real object.
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 10,572,000 subscribers in total.
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! Operator !! Technology !! Ownership
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| [[movistar]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || [[Telefónica Móviles]]
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| [[Entel PCS]] || [[GSM]] || [[Hurtado Vicuña]]
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| [[Smartcom]] || [[CDMA]] || [[América Móvil]]
|}
 
===Colombia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
Since the object we perceive is the only object that exists, the object is precisely as it appears and, if we need to speak at all of the "real" or "material" object (the latter in particular being a confused term which Berkeley sought to dispose of), it is this perceived object to which all such names should exclusively refer.
The country had 15,581,389 subscribers in total.
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! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[Comcel]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 9.17 || [[América Móvil]]
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|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 4.76 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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|align=right| 3 || [[Ola]] || [[GSM]] || 1.65 || [[Empresas Públicas de Medellín]] and [[Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá]]
|}
 
===Ecuador=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
This arouses the question whether this perceived object is "objective" in the sense of being "the same" for our fellow humans, in fact if even the concept of other human beings (beyond our perception of them) is valid. Berkeley argues that since we experience other humans in the way they speak to us - something which is not originating from any activity of our own - and since we learn that their view of the world is consistent with ours, we can believe in their existence and in the world being identical (similar) for everyone.
The country had 5,221,535 subscribers in total.
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! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[Porta]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 3.38 || [[América Móvil]]
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|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 1.65 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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|align=right| 3 || [[Alegro PCS]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.18 || [[TELECSA]]
|}
 
===Mexico=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
It follows that:
The country had 42,530,100 subscribers in total, or a 40.00% penetration rate.
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! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[Telcel]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 32.29 || [[América Móvil]]
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|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[GSM]] || 5.85 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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|align=right| 3 || [[Iusacell]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.62 || [[Grupo Salinas]]
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|align=right| 4 || [[Unefon]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.44 || [[Moisés Saba]] and [[TV Azteca]]
|}
 
===Peru=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
# Our perceptions of objects are all perfectly accurate and objective.
The country had 4,655,214 subscribers in total, or a 16.62% penetration rate.
# Any knowledge of the empirical world is to be obtained only through direct perception.
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# Error comes about through thinking about what we perceive.
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# Knowledge of the empirical world of people and things and actions around us may be purified and perfected merely by stripping away all thought (and with it language) from our pure perceptions.
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 2.99 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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|align=right| 2 || [[TIM]] || [[GSM]] || 1.46 || [[América Móvil]]
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|align=right| 3 || [[NEXTEL]] || [[iDEN]] || 0.21 || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===United States=== (as of [[December]] [[2004]])
From this it follows that:
The country had 182,140,862 subscribers in total.
These are the largest mobile phone companies in the [[United States]], by number of subscribers.
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! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
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|align=right| 1 || [[Cingular]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 54.0 || [[SBC Communications|SBC]] (60%) and [[BellSouth]] (40%)
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|align=right| 2 || [[Verizon Wireless]] || [[CDMA]] || 47.4 || [[Verizon Communications]] (55%) and [[Vodafone]] (45%)
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|align=right| 3 || [[Sprint]] || [[CDMA]], [[iDEN]] || 44.4 || [[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]
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|align=right| 4 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 19.2 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
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|align=right| 5 || [[ALLTEL]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 10.6 || [[ALLTEL|ALLTEL Corporation]]
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|align=right| 6 || [[U.S. Cellular]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 5.2 || [[U.S. Cellular|United States Cellular Corp.]]
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|align=right| 7 || [[TracFone]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 4.9 || [[América Móvil]]
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|align=right| 8 || [[Virgin Mobile]] ([[Mobile Virtual Network Operator|MVNO]] using Sprint) || [[CDMA]] || 3.0 || [[Virgin Group]]
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|align=right| 9 || [[Dobson Communications]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 1.6 ||
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|align=right| 10 || [[MetroPCS]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.5 ||
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|align=right| 11 || [[Cricket Communications]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.49 ||
|}
 
''In [[North America]], IS-2000 is commonly known as [[Code division multiple access|CDMA]]. IS-136 is known as [[Time division multiple access|TDMA]]. However, CDMA and TDMA are general terms that can refer to several different technologies.''
# The ideal form of scientific knowledge is to be obtained by pursuing pure de-intellectualized perceptions.
# If we would pursue these, we would be able to obtain the deepest insights into the natural world and the world of human thought and action which is available to man.
# The goal of all science, therefore, is to de-intellectualize or de-conceptualize, and thereby purify, our perceptions.
 
===Venezuela===
Theologically, one consequence of Berkeley's views is that they require [[God]] to be present as an immediate [[causality|cause]] of all our experiences. God is not the distant engineer of [[Isaac Newton|Newtonian]] machinery that in the fullness of time led to the growth of a tree in the university's quadrangle. Rather, my perception of the tree is an idea that God's mind has produced in mine, and the tree continue to exist in the Quad when "nobody" is there simply because God is always there.
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 9,830,348 subscribers in total, or a 37.10% penetration rate.
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! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers !! Ownership
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''National operators'''
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| [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]] || 5.2 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
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| [[Movilnet]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 3.4 || [[Cantv]] and [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]]
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|colspan=4 align=center|'''Regional operators'''
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| [[Digitel TIM]] || [[GSM]] || 1.2 || [[Telecom Italia]]
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| [[Digicel]] || [[GSM]] ||
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| [[Infonet]] || [[GSM]] ||
|}
 
==Asia Pacific==
The philosophy of [[David Hume]] concerning causality and objectivity is an elaboration of one aspect of Berkeley's philosophy. [[Immanuel Kant]] mischaracterized Berkeley as a radical idealist and falsely claimed that Berkeley's principles make objective knowledge impossible. As Berkeley's thought progressed, he more or less completely assimilated his theories to those of Plato. The only modern philosophers who adequately appreciated and applied Berkeley's principles were Hume and [[Arthur Schopenhauer]].
===Australia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=90| Subscribers!!width=150| Ownership
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| [[Telstra Mobile]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 8.23 || [[Telstra]] (~50% [[State-owned]])
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|| [[Optus Mobile]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 6.03 || [[Singapore Telecommunications]]
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| [[Vodafone]] || [[GSM]] || 2.89 || [[Vodafone]]
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| [[3 (telecommunications)|3]] || [[UMTS]] || 0.53 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
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|| [[Orange Australia]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.42 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|}
 
===Bangladesh=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
==The Analyst Controversy==
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 3,762,000 subscribers in total, or a 2.80% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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|| [[GrameenPhone]] || [[GSM]] || 3.70 || [[Telenor]] and [[Grameen Bank]]
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|| [[Aktel]] || [[GSM]] || 2.00 || [[AK Khan & Company]] and [[Telekom Malaysia]]
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|| [[Banglalink]] || [[GSM]] || 0.46 || [[Orascom Telecom]]
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|| [[CityCell]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.32 || [[Singapore Telecommunications]], [[Pacific Motors]] and [[Far East Telecom]]
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|| [[bMobile]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]]
|}
 
===China, People's Republic of=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
In addition to his contributions to philosophy, Bishop Berkeley was also very influential in the development of mathematics, although in a rather negative sense. In [[1734]] he published ''[[The Analyst]]'', subtitled ''A DISCOURSE Addressed to an Infidel Mathematician''. The infidel mathematician in question is believed to have been either [[Edmond Halley]], or [[Isaac Newton|Sir Isaac Newton]] himself, although the discourse would then have been posthumously addressed as Newton died in [[1727]]. ''The Analyst'' represented a direct attack on the foundations and principles of [[calculus]], and in particular the notion of [[fluxion]] or [[infinitesimal]] change which Newton and [[Gottfried Leibniz|Leibniz]] had used to develop the calculus.
The country had 372,800,000 subscribers in total.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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| [[China Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 231.01 || [[State-owned]]
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| [[China Unicom]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 122.99 || [[State-owned]]
|}
 
====Hong Kong====
Berkeley regarded his criticism of calculus as part of his broader campaign against the [[religion|religious]] implications of Newtonian mechanics -- as a defense of traditional Christianity against [[deism]], which tends to distance God from His worshippers.
The administrative region had in [[June]] [[2005]] 8,384,880 subscribers in total, or a 120.80% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology!!width=150| Ownership
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|| [[CSL]] (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]], [[TDMA]] || [[Telstra]]
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|| [[3 (telecommunications)|3]]<sup>1</sup> || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]], [[CDMA]] || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
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|| [[Smartone]] and [[eXtra]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]] || [[Sun Hung Kai]] and [[BT]]
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|| [[Sunday Communications Ltd|Sunday]]<sup>2</sup> || [[UMTS]], [[GSM-1800]] ||
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|| [[Peoples (wireless provider)|Peoples]] || [[GSM-1800]] ||
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|| [[New_World_Development_Co._Ltd.|New World Mobility]] || [[GSM-1800]] ||
|}
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1. Previously [[Orangina SA|Orange]] Hong Kong, [[Xin Gan Xian]], [[Everyday PCS]].<br>
2. July 2005: [[PCCW]] former owner of [[CSL]] has agreed in June to buy the 59.9% of shares held by the two biggest shareholders at HK$0.65 each share. The acquisition has received approval from Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and has progressed to a mandatory unconditional cash offer to buy the remaining stock at HK$0.65 per share. Total cost to [[PCCW]] will be approx HK$1.942bn, allowing its reentry into the wireless market and access to [[Sunday]]'s 3G licence.
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===China, Republic of (Taiwan)=== (as of [[July]] [[2005]])
As a consequence of the resulting controversy, the foundations of calculus were rewritten in a much more formal and rigorous form using [[limit]]s. It was not until [[1966]], with the publication of [[Abraham Robinson]]'s book ''[[non-standard analysis|Non-standard Analysis]]'', that the concept of the infinitesimal was made rigorous, thus giving an alternative way of overcoming the difficulties which Berkeley discovered in Newton's original approach.
The country had 20,515,000 subscribers in total, or a 90.92% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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|| [[Chunghwa Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || 8.11 || [[State-owned]]
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|| [[Far EasTone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || ||
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|| [[KG Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || ||
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|| [[MobiTai]] || [[GSM]] || ||
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|| [[Taiwan Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || ||
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|| [[VIBO]] || [[UMTS]] || ||
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|| [[APBW]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
|}
 
===India=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
See also:
The country had 62,570,000 subscribers in total, or a 5.76% penetration rate.
* ''[[Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius]]''
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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|| [[Airtel]] || [[GSM]] || 13.41 || [[Bharti Tele-Ventures]]
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|| [[BSNL]] || [[GSM]] || 11.32 || [[State-owned]]
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|| [[RIM]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 11.13 || [[Reliance Industries Limited]]
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|| [[Hutch (Indian cellular company)|Hutch]] || [[GSM]] || 9.30 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
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|| [http://www.ideacellular.com !DEA] || [[GSM]] || 5.88 ||[[Birla]] ([[Tata Group]])
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|| [[Spice]] || [[GSM]] || 1.48 || [[Spicecorp]] and [[DISTACOM]]
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|| [[MTNL]] || [[GSM]] || 1.22 || [[State-owned]]
|}
 
===Indonesia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
==External links==
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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|| [[Telkomsel]] || [[GSM]] || 21.58 || [[State-owned]] [[PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia]] and [[Singapore Telecommunications]]
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|| [[Indosat]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 12.90 || [[Technologies Telemedia]]
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|| [[XL]] || [[GSM]] || 4.30 || [[Telekom Malaysia]]
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|| [[Mobile8]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
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|| [[Esia]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
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|| [[TelkomFlexi]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
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|| [[LippoTel]] || [[GSM]] || ||
|}
 
===Japan=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]]) ([[Mobile]] and [[Personal Handy-phone System]] included)
* For detailed replies to all questions submitted by students and scholars seriously interested in the philosophy of George Berkeley visit: http://www.georgeberkeley.org/
The country had 93,314,900 subscribers in total.
* For a list of the published works by and about Berkeley as well as Berkeley links: http://georgeberkeley.org/_wsn/page2.html
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* A page on Bishop Berkeley in the [[Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]]: http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/b/berkeley.htm
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* Original texts and discussion concerning ''The Analyst'' controversy can be found at: http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Berkeley/Analyst/
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
* Biography of George Berkeley from the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at the [[University of St Andrews]]: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Berkeley.html
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* A list of [[Project Gutenberg]] e-texts of some of George Berkeley's works: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/author?name=Berkeley%2c%20George
| [[NTT DoCoMo]] || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]], [[FOMA]], [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 50.82 || [[NTT]] (~50% [[State-owned]])
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| [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]] || [[CDMA]] || 20.54 || [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
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| [[Vodafone Japan]] || [[UMTS]], [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]] || 14.99 || [[Vodafone]]
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| [[TU-KA]] || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]] || 3.53 || [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
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| [[Willcom]] || [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 3.37 || [[Carlyle Group]], [[Kyocera]] and [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
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| [[Astel]] || [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 0.07 ||
|}
 
===Korea, Republic of=== (as of [[September]] [[2005]])
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The country had 37,911,000 subscribers in total, or a 78.30% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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| [[SK Telecom]] || [[UMTS]], [[CDMA]] || 19.34 || [[SK Corporation]]
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| [[KTF]] || [[UMTS]], [[CDMA]] || 12.28 || [[KT Corporation|KT]]
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| [[LG Telecom]] || [[CDMA]] || 6.29 || [[LG Group|LG Corporation]] and [[BT Group plc|BT]]
|}
 
===Malaysia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 16,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.
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!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
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| [[Maxis Berhad]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || ||
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| [[Celcom]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || || [[Telekom Malaysia]]
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| [[Digi]] || [[GSM]] || || [[Telenor]]
|}
 
===Pakistan=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 15,511,045 subscribers in total, or a 10.07% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|| [[Mobilink]] || [[GSM]] || 7.46 || [[Orascom Telecom]]
|-
|| [[Ufone GSM]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 2.57 || [[State-owned]]
|-
|| [[Paktel]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]], [[AMPS]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[Millicom]]
|-
|| [[Telenor]] || [[GSM]] || 0.83 || [[Telenor]]
|-
|| [[Instaphone]] || [[TDMA]], [[AMPS]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[Millicom]]
|-
|| [[Warid Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || 0.51 || [[Abu Dhabi Group]]
|}
 
===Philippines=== (as of [[December]] [[2004]])
The country had in [[March]] [[2005]] 34,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 41.10% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|| [[Smart Communications]] || [[GSM]] || 14.60 || [[Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company]]
|-
|| [[Globe Telecom]]&sup1; || [[GSM]] || 12.51 || [[Ayala Corporation]] and <br>[[Singapore Telecommunications]]
|-
|| [[Sun Cellular]] || [[GSM]] || 1.20 || [[Digital Telecommunications Philippines]]
|-
|| [[Next Mobile]] || [[Integrated Digital Enhanced Network|iDEN]] || 0.031 ||
|-
|| [[Extelcom]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.01 ||
|-
!colspan=4 align=center| [[Mobile Virtual Network Operator|Mobile Virtual Network Operators]]
|-
| [[Talk 'N Text]] (using Smart) || [[GSM]] || 4.61 || [[Smart Communications]]
|-
| [[Addict Mobile]] (using Smart) || [[GSM]] || || [[Smart Communications]]
|-
| [[Touch Mobile]] (using Globe) || [[GSM]] || || [[Globe Telecom]]
|}
<sub>1. UMTS service for Globe is in testing stage and is planned for launch by at least 2007.</sub>
 
===Thailand=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 28,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 44.12% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|| [[Advance Info Service]] (AIS) || [[GSM]] || 15.81 || [[Shin Corporation]] and [[Singapore Telecommunications]]
|-
|| [[DTAC]] || [[GSM]] || 8.24 || [[UCOM]] and [[Telenor]]
|-
|| [[Orange SA|Orange]] || [[GSM]] || || [[True Corporation]] and [[France Télécom]]
|-
|| [[Hutch]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.68 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|-
|| [[Thai Mobile]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || || [[State-owned]]
|}
 
===Vietnam===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 4,960,000 subscribers in total, or a 6.01% penetration rate.
''List of operators not available yet. To come soon''
 
==Europe==
===Austria=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 8,128,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Mobilkom Austria|A1]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 3.30 || [[Telekom Austria]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 2.05 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[One]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 1.54 ||
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[tele.ring]] || [[GSM]] || 0.98 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[3]] || [[UMTS]] || 0.26 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|}
 
===Belgium=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 8,930,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Proximus]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 4.21 || [[Belgacom]] and [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Mobistar]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 2.87 || [[France Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Base]] || [[GSM]] || 1.85 || [[KPN]]
|}
 
===Bulgaria===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 4,729,700 subscribers in total, or a 60.41% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[M-Tel]]<sup>1</sup> || [[GSM]] || || [[Telekom Austria]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[GloBul]] || [[GSM]] || || [[OTE]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Viva]] || [[GSM]] || || [[State-owned]] [[Bulgarian Telecommunation Company|BTC]] (Bulgarian Telecommunication Company)
|}
<sup>1</sup> [[UMTS]] licence has been acquired by [[M-Tel]] in March 2005.
 
===Czech Republic=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 10,834,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[T-Mobile]]<sup>1</sup> || [[GSM]] || 4.46 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Eurotel Praha]] (Prague) || [[GSM]] || 4.42 || [[Český Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Oskar Mobil]] || [[GSM]] || 1.95 || [[Vodafone]]
|}
<sup>1</sup> [[UMTS]] service for T-Mobile CZ is currently being planned for launch on March 2006.
 
===Finland===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 4,988,000 subscribers in total, or a 95.63% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Ownership
|-
| [[Sonera]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || [[Telia Sonera]]
|-
| [[Elisa]] (formerly Radiolinja) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[DNA Finland]] || [[GSM]] || [[Finnet]]
|-
| [[GSM Åland]] || [[GSM]] || [[Mariehamns Telefon]] and [[Ålands Telefonandelslag]]
|-
!colspan=3 align=center| [[Mobile Virtual Network Operator|Virtual Mobile Network Operators]]
|-
| [[Saunalahti]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[Tele2]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[Cubio]] || [[GSM]] ||
|}
 
===France=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]]) ([[Metropolitan France]] only.)
The country had 43,884,700 subscribers in total, or a 75.00% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] || [[GSM]] || 20.67 || [[State-owned]] [[France Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[SFR]] || [[GSM]] || 15.69 || [[SFR Cegetel]] and [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Bouygues Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || 7.53 || [[Bouygues|Bouygues group]]
|}
 
===Germany=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 74,088,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 28.18 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 27.72 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[E-Plus (operator)|E-Plus]] || [[GSM]] || 9.80 || [[KPN]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[O2 plc|O<sub>2</sub>]] || [[GSM]] || 8.39 || [[O2 plc|O<sub>2</sub> plc]]
|}
 
===Greece=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 11,659,600 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Cosmote]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 4.38 || [[OTE]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[GSM]] || 4.17 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[TIM]]<sup>1</sup> || [[GSM]] || 2.26 ||
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Q-Telecom]]<sup>2</sup> || [[GSM]] || 0.85 || [[Info-Quest]]
|}
<sub>
1. Was [[Telestet]] until [[February]] [[2004]] but the name is still used coloquially.<br>
2. The newest mobile telecom in Greece uses Vodafone's infrastructure until it builds its own network.
</sub>
 
===Hungary=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 9,020,623 subscribers in total, or a 89.40% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 4.09 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Pannon GSM]] || [[GSM]] || 3.08 || [[Telenor]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Vodafone]] || [[GSM]] || 1.86 || [[Vodafone]]
|}
 
===Italy===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 62,750,000 subscribers in total, or a 109.42% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[TIM]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 26.3 || [[Telecom Italia]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 17 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Wind]] || [[GSM]] || 7.7 || [[Orascom Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[3 (telecommunications)|3]] || [[UMTS]] || 5.2 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|}
 
===Netherlands===
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 16,660,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[KPN]] || [[GSM]] || 3.9 || [[KPN]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[GSM]] || 3.6 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Telfort]] || [[GSM]] || 2.4 || [[KPN]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 2.3 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] || [[GSM]] || 1.65 || [[France Telecom]]
|}
 
===Norway===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 4,716,090 subscribers in total, or a 102.40% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small>
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Telenor]] || 2.5
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[NetCom (Norway)|NetCom]] || 1.2
|}
 
===Poland===
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 25,300,000 subscribers in total, or a 65.90% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! <small>Rank</small> !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscri bers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Era (operator)|Era]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 8.60<sup>2</sup> || [[Elektrim]] and [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Orange Polska]] || [[UMTS]]<sup>1</sup>, [[GSM]] || 7.44<sup>2</sup> || [[TPSA]] and [[France Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Plus GSM]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 7.03<sup>2</sup> || [[Vodafone]], [[TDC (company)|TDC]], KGHM, [[PKN Orlen]], PSE
|-
|align=right| 4 || Netia Mobile<sup>1</sup> || [[UMTS]]<sup>1</sup> || - || Novator 70% and [[Netia]] 30%
|}
 
<sub>
1. Not yet operational as of [[September]] [[2005]].
 
<sub>
2. As of [[December]] [[2004]].
</sub>
 
===Portugal===
The country had in [[March]] [[2005]] 10,642,600 subscribers in total, or a 101.60% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Ownership
|-
|[[Telecomunicações Móveis Nacionais, SA|TMN]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || [[Portugal Telecom]]
|-
|[[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|[[Optimus Telecomunicações, S.A.|Optimus]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || [[Sonae]], [[France Télécom]]
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|'''[[Mobile Virtual Network Operator|Mobile Virtual Network Operators]]'''
|-
|[[Yorn|Yorn (Young ORiginal Network)]] (using Vodafone) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|[[rede4]] (using Optimus) || [[GSM]] || [[Sonae]], [[France Télécom]]
|-
|[[UZO]] (using TMN) || [[GSM]] || [[Portugal Telecom]]
|}
 
===Romania=== (as of [[July]] [[2005]])
The country had 11,640,000 subscribers in total, or a 53.65% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Orange Romania]] || [[GSM]] || 6.00 || [[France Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Connex GSM Romania]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 5.25 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Zapp Mobile]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.30 || [[Oger Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Cosmorom]] || [[GSM]] || 0.09 || [[OTE]]
|}
 
===Russian Federation=== (as of [[July]] [[2005]])
The country had 102,440,000 subscribers in total, or a 70.60% penetration rate.
These are the largest mobile phone companies in [[Russia]], by number of subscribers.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Mobile TeleSystems|Mobile TeleSystems - MTS]] || [[GSM]] || 35.74 || [[AFK Sistema]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Bee Line GSM|VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM]] || [[GSM]] || 35.35 || [[Telenor]] and [[Alfa Group]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[MegaFon]] || [[GSM]] || 19.15 || [[Telia Sonera]], [[Telecominvest]] and [[IPOC International Growth Fund]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Uralsvyazinform]] || [[GSM]] || 2.95 ||
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[SMARTS]] || [[GSM]] || 2.39 ||
|-
|align=right| 6 || [[Tele2]] || [[GSM]] || 1.91 ||
|-
|align=right| 7 || [[Sibirtelecom]] || [[GSM]] || 1.48 ||
|}
 
===Serbia & Montenegro===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 4,729,600 subscribers in total, or a 44.96% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small>
|-
| [[MOBTEL]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[ProMonte]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[MONET GSM|MONET]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[Mobilna Telefonija Srbija]] || [[GSM]] ||
|}
 
===Spain=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 40,921,800 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[movistar]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 19.38 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 11.84 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Amena]]<sup>1</sup> || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 9.70 || [[France Télécom]]
|}
<sub>
1. to be rebranded [[Orange SA|Orange]] Spain
</sub>
 
===Sweden=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small>
|-
| [[Telia]] || [[UMTS]],[[GSM]] || 4.32
|-
| [[Tele2Comviq]] || [[UMTS]],[[GSM]] || 3.50
|-
| [[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]],[[GSM]] || 1.52
|-
| [[3 (telecommunications)|3]] || [[UMTS]] ||
|-
| [[Spring Mobil]] || [[GSM]] ||
|}
 
===Switzerland=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 6,426,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Swisscom Mobile]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 4.04 || [[State-owned]] [[Swisscom]] and [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Sunrise (telecommunication)|Sunrise]] || [[GSM]] || 1.23 || [[TDC Group]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] || [[GSM]] || 1.15 || [[France Télécom]]
|}
 
===Turkey=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 39,608,677 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Turkcell]] || [[GSM]] || 25.60 || [[Cukurova Group]] and [[Telia Sonera]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Telsim]] || [[GSM]] || ''not available yet'' || Currently possessed by state, to be sold off soon.
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Avea]] || [[GSM]] || ''not available yet'' || [[Türk Telekom]], [[Telecom Italia]] and [[Türk İş Bankası]]
|}
 
===Ukraine=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 23,000,000 mobile subscribers in total, or a 48.9% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Ukrainian Mobile Communications]] || [[GSM]], [[Nordic_Mobile_Telephone|NMT]] || ~11.0 || [[Mobile_TeleSystems|MTS]] (100%)
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Kyivstar]] || [[GSM]] || 10.9 || [[Telenor]] (56.52%), [[Alfa_Group|Alfa Group]] (43.48%)
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Astelit life:)]] || [[GSM]] || 1.1 || [[Turkcell]] (54.2%), [[SCM Holdings]] (45.8%)
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Ukrainian RadioSystems]] || [[GSM]] || 0.1 || [[Optima-Telecom]] and [[PRIVAT Group]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Golden Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || 0.06 || [[Golden Telecom Inc.]] (GLDN)
|-
|align=right| 6 || [[DCC]] || [[TDMA]] || 0.04 || [[Turkcell]] (54.2%), [[SCM Holdings]] (45.8%)
|-
|-
|align=right| - || CDMA operators || [[CDMA]] || 0.1 || [[ITC Ukraine]], [[Velton]], etc.
|-
|}
 
===United Kingdom=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 63,601,000 subscribers in total
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 16.06 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 15.49 || [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[O2 plc|O<sub>2</sub>]] || [[GSM]] || 14.62 || [[O2 plc|O<sub>2</sub> plc]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 14.46 || [[France Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[3 (telecommunications)|3]] || [[UMTS]] || 3.21 <sup>1</sup> || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|}
<sup>1</sup> Data as of [[August]] [[24]] [[2005]].
 
There are also a number of [[MVNO|Virtual Mobile Network Operators]], including [[Virgin Mobile]], [[Tesco|Tesco Mobile]], and [[EasyGroup|easyMobile]].
 
==Middle East & Africa==
===Algeria=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 9,879,847 subscribers in total, or a 30.87% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Djezzy]] || [[GSM]] || 5.69 || [[Orascom Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Mobilis]] || [[GSM]] || 3.19 || [[State-owned]] [[Algérie Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Nedjma]] || [[GSM]] || 1.00 || [[Wataniya Telecom]]
|}
 
===Egypt=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 11,223,984 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[MobiNil]] [http://www.mobinil.com] || [[GSM]] || 5.91 || [[Orascom Telecom]] and [[France Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] [http://www.vodafone.com.eg] || [[GSM]] || 5.32 || [[Vodafone]]
|}
 
===Kenya=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 4,611,070 subscribers in total, or a 14,40% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Safaricom]] [http://www.safaricom.co.ke]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]] [[Telkom Kenya]] and [[Vodafone]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Celtel]] [http://www.ke.celtel.com] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[MTC]]
|}
 
===Mauritius=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]]
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 622,565 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Cellplus]] || [[GSM]] || 0.39 || [[Mauritius Telecom]] group and [[France Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Emtel]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || Millicom International Cellular
|}
 
===Morocco=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 10,725,000 subscribers in total, or a 35.88% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[IAM]] (Itissalat al-Maghrib) [http://www.mobileiam.ma] || [[GSM]] || 7.19 || [[State-owned]] [[Maroc Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Méditel]] [http://www.meditel.ma] || [[GSM]] || 3.54 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]] and [[Portugal Telecom]]
|}
 
===Mozambique=== (as of [[May]] [[2005]])
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 708,000 subscribers in total, or a 3.73% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[mCel]] || [[GSM]] || 0.77 || Partially [[state-owned]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodacom]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[Telkom]], [[Vodafone]] and [[VenFin]]
|}
 
===Nigeria=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 13,316,597 subscribers in total, or a 10.56% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| || [[Glo Mobile]] [http://www.gloworld.com] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet '' ||
|-
|align=right| || [[MTN Nigeria]] [http://www.mtnonline.com] || [[GSM]] || 6.38 || [[MTN]]
|-
|align=right| || [[Mtel]] [http://www.mtelnigeria.com] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]] [[Nitel]]
|-
|align=right| || [[Vmobile]] [http://www.vmobile-nigeria.com] || [[GSM]] || ''Not yet'' || [[First Bank of Nigeria]] and [[AKIIPOC]]
|}
 
===Saudi Arabia===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 9,175,800 subscribers in total, or a 36.82% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Al Jawal]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]] [[Saudi Telecom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Mobily]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[Etisalat]]
|}
 
===South Africa=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Vodacom-Vodafone]] [http://www.vodacom.co.za] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 14.29 || [[Telkom]], [[Vodafone]] and [[VenFin]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[MTN]] [http://www.mtn.co.za] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 8.41 || [[Mobile Telephone Networks]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Cell C]] [http://www.cellc.co.za] || [[GSM]] || ''not available yet'' || [[Oger Telecom]]
|}
 
===Sudan===
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 1,048,600 subscribers in total, or a 3.04% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Mobitel]] || [[GSM]] || || [[Sudatel]] and [[MSI Cellular Holdings]]
|}
 
===Tunisia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 3,575,700 subscribers in total, or a 37.59% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Tuntel]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]] [[Tunisie Télécom]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Tunisiana]] || [[GSM]] || 1.56 || [[Wataniya Telecom]] and [[Orascom Telecom]]
|}
 
== Sources of information ==
*[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/at_glance/cellular04.pdf International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics]
*[http://www.cellular-news.com/ Cellular News web site]
*[http://www.gsmworld.com GSM Association web site]
*[http://www.cdg.org CDMA Development Group web site]
*[http://www.rtr.at/web.nsf/englisch/Telekommunikation_Markt_Marktinfos_Marktinfos_MarktanteileMobilfunkbetreiber2005?OpenDocument Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.teleco.com.br Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.cwta.ca Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.sic.gov.co Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.supertel.gov.ec Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.ntc.gov.ph/whatsnew-frame.html Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.arcep.fr French Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.myphone.gr/library/article-16.html Greek Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.tca.or.jp Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.osiptel.gop.pe Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data]
*[http://www.mobile-arsenal.com.ua/ Ukrainian mobile operators info]
*[http://www.americamovil.com América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers]
*[http://www.unefon.com.mx Unefon subscriber numbers]
*[http://www.iusacell.com.mx Iusacell subscriber numbers]
*[http://www.chinamobilehk.com/investor_relations.htm China Mobile subscriber numbers]
*[http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/about_t-mobile,2,0,,en.html?w=1088&h=733 T-Mobile company data]
*[http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/aboutUs/index.jsp Verizon company data]
*[http://cingular.com/about/company_overview Cingular company data]
*[http://www.telefonicamoviles.com/eng/accionistaseinversores/inversores/hechos_relev/hechos_relev.html# Telefonica company data]
*[http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/overview/ Sprint PCS company data]
*[http://www.t-mobile.com/company/about/quickfacts.asp T-Mobile USA company data]
*[http://www.orange.com/English/aboutorange/whereweare.asp?UID=# Orange Statistics]
*[http://www.mmo2.com/media/pr_040721a.asp O2 Data]
*[http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,CATEGORY_ID%253D306%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230772,00.html Vodafone company data]
*[http://www.turkcell.com.tr/index/0,1028,69300,00.html Turkcell company data]
*[http://www.telecomitalia.it/cgi-bin/tiportale/TIPortale/ep/contentView.do?channelId=-9794&LANG=EN&contentId=20336&programId=9597&programPage=/ep/TImedia/TISearch.jsp&tabId=3&pageTypeId=-8663&contentType=EDITORIAL TIM company data]
 
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