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This isFor a '''more comprehensive list of [[mobile phone]] operators, see [[mobileMobile phonecountry network|networkcode]] operating companies'''s.
 
== Terrestrial ==
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This is a list of the world's 25 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
== World ==
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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). The largest in the world by turnover is [[Vodafone]].
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; font-size:95%;"
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Company !! Main markets !! Technology !! Subscribersdata-sort-type=number|Total<br />subscriptions<smallbr />(in [[million]]s)</small> !! SubscribersOwnership<br><small />(including100% minorityownership stakesunless stated otherwise)</small>
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 1
|align=right| 1 || [[China Mobile]] ([[China]]) || [[GSM]] || 231.01 ||
|| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Mobile|China Mobile<br />Communications Corporation]]
|| {{Flagu|China}} ([[China Mobile]])<br />{{Flagu|Hong Kong}} ([[CMHK]])<br />{{Flagu|Pakistan}} ([[Zong Pakistan|Zong]])
|| {{Collapsible list | titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title =
| [[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]], [[TD-SCDMA]],
| [[UMTS-TDD|TD-HSDPA]],
| [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]] (Hong Kong only), [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]}}
|| 1003.9<ref name="China Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/ir/operation_m.php |title=Monthly Customer Data |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| [[Government of the People's Republic of China]] (74.25%)<br />Public stock (25.75%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2
|align=right| 2 || [[Vodafone]] ([[United Kingdom]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 165.01 || 450.90
|| {{flagicon|India}} [[Bharti Airtel|Bharti Airtel Limited]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagu|India}} ([[Airtel India|Airtel]])|{{Flagu|Chad}} ([[Airtel Africa|Airtel]])|{{Flagu|Democratic Republic of the Congo|name=DR Congo}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Gabon}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Kenya}} ([[Airtel Kenya]])|{{Flagu|Madagascar}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Malawi}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Niger}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Nigeria}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Republic of the Congo}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Rwanda}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Seychelles}} (Airtel)|{{Flagu|Tanzania}} ([[Airtel Tanzania]])|{{Flagu|Uganda}} ([[Airtel Uganda]])|{{Flagu|Zambia}} (Airtel)
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
}}
|563.2<ref name="Bharti-Airtel">{{cite web |url=https://assets.airtel.in/static-assets/cms/investor/docs/quarterly_results/2024_25/Q2/Press_Release.pdf |title=Quarterly Highlights |date=30 September 2024}}</ref> <br /> (September 2024)
||[[Bharti Enterprises]] (66.57%)<br>[[Singtel]] (32.15%)<br>[[Google]] (1.28%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 3
|align=right| 3 || [[China Unicom]] ([[China]]) || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 122.99 ||
|{{flagicon|India}} [[Jio|Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited]]
|{{Flagu|India}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
}}
|461.2<ref name="Reliance Jio">{{cite web |url=https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.89of2024.pdf |title=Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /> (November 2024)
|[[Jio Platforms]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 4
|align=right| 4 || [[T-Mobile]] ([[Germany]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 80.88 || 120.00
|| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Telecom|China Telecom Corp., Ltd]]
|| {{Flagu|China}}<br />{{Flagu|Macau}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]]|[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
}}
|423.4<ref>{{cite web |publisher=China Telecom Corporation |url=https://www.chinatelecom-h.com/en/ir/kpi.php |title=China Telecom Monthly Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||[[China Telecommunications Corporation]] (State Owned) (70.89%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5
|align=right| 5 || [[América Móvil]] ([[Mexico]]) || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 73.76 ||
|| {{flagicon|China}} [[China Unicom|China Unicom Limited]]
|| {{Flagu|China}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], |[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
}}
||345.0<ref name="China Unicom">{{cite web |url=https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/chinaunicom/interim/2024/int3q.pdf |title=Key Financial and Performance Indicators for the First Three Quarters of 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||China Unicom Limited (40.92%)<br />China Netcom Group (29.49%)<br />[[Telefónica]] (0.6%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 6
|align=right| 6 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]] ([[Spain]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 69.94 || 85.27
|| {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Vodafone|Vodafone Group plc]]
|-
|| {{Collapsible list
|align=right| 7 || [[Orange SA|Orange]] ([[France]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || 66.74 || 69.55
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|-
| title = |{{Flagicon|Albania}} Albania ([[Vodafone Albania|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Australia}} Australia ([[Vodafone Australia|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic ([[Vodafone Czech Republic|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Egypt}} Egypt ([[Vodafone Egypt|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany ([[Vodafone Germany|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Greece}} Greece ([[Vodafone Greece|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland ([[Vodafone Ireland|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Netherlands}} Netherlands ([[Vodafone Netherlands|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|TRNC}} Northern Cyprus ([[KKTC Telsim|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal ([[Vodafone Portugal|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|Romania}} Romania ([[Vodafone Romania|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa ([[Vodacom]])|{{Flagicon|Tanzania}} Tanzania ([[Vodacom Tanzania|Vodacom]])|{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey ([[Vodafone Turkey|Vodafone]])|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom ([[Vodafone UK|Vodafone]])
|align=right| 8 || [[Cingular Wireless|Cingular]] ([[United States]]) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 54.00 ||
}}
|-
|| {{Collapsible list
|align=right| 9 || [[NTT DoCoMo]] ([[Japan]]) || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]], [[FOMA]] || 50.82 ||
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|-
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
|align=right| 10 || [[Mobile TeleSystems|MTS]] ([[Russia]]) || [[GSM]] || 48.33 ||
|}
 
}}
==Americas==
|| 310.0<ref name="Vodafone">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2024 |url=https://reports.investors.vodafone.com/view/197179846/ |date=24 May 2024}}</ref><br />(May 2024)
===Argentina=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
|
The country had in [[August]] [[2005]] 18,758,335 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
| [[movistar]] || [[GSM]] || 6.73 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
| [[CTI Movil]] || [[GSM]] || 4.92 || [[América Móvil]]
|-
| [[Personal (mobile phone service)|Personal]] || [[GSM]] || 4.81 || [[Telecom Argentina]]
|-
| [[NEXTEL]] || [[iDEN]] || 0.43 || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===Brazil=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 78,947,332 subscribers in total, or a 42.85% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|'''National operators'''
|-
| [[Vivo (mobile phone network)|Vivo]] [http://www.vivo.com.br/]|| [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 28.79 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]] and [[Portugal Telecom]]
|-
| [[Telecom Italia Mobile|TIM]] [http://www.tim.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 18.01 || [[Telecom Italia]]
|-
| [[Claro (mobile phone network)|Claro]] [http://www.claro.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 17.12 ||[[América Móvil]]
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|'''Regional operators'''
|-
| [[Oi (mobile phone network)|Oi]] [http://www.oi.com.br/] || [[GSM]] || 8.72 || [[Telemar]]
|-
| [[Telemig Celular]]/[[Amazônia Celular]] [http://www.telemigcelular.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 4.23 || [[Telpart]]
|-
| [[Brasil Telecom GSM]] [http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/]|| [[GSM]] || 1.64 || [[Brasil Telecom]]
|-
| [[CTBC]] [http://www.ctbc.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 0.35 ||
|-
| [[Sercomtel Celular]] [http://www.sercomtelcelular.com.br/]|| [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 0.09 || [[Londrina]] city ([[Paraná]])[[State-owned]] [[Sercomtel]]
|-
|colspan=4 align=center|'''Specialized Mobile Radio'''
|-
| [[NEXTEL]] [http://www.nextel.com.br/]|| [[iDEN]] || || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===Canada=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
{{main|List of Canadian mobile phone companies}}
The country had 15,583,039 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Rogers Wireless]] || [[GSM]] || 5.71 || [[Rogers Communications]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Bell Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 4.44 || [[Bell Canada]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[TELUS Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 4.15 || [[Telus]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Microcell Telecommunications|Fido]] || [[GSM]] || || [[Rogers Wireless]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[Aliant Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] ||0.67 || [[Aliant]]
|-
|align=right| 6 || [[SaskTel Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.32 || [[SaskTel]]
|-
|align=right| 7 || [[MTS Mobility]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.30 || [[Manitoba Telecom Services|MTS]]
|-
|align=right| 8 || [[Virgin Mobile]] || [[CDMA]] || || [[Virgin Group]]
|}
 
===Chile===
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 10,572,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Operator !! Technology !! Ownership
|-
| [[movistar]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || [[Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
| [[Entel PCS]] || [[GSM]] || [[Hurtado Vicuña]]
|-
| [[Smartcom]] || [[CDMA]] || [[América Móvil]]
|}
 
===Colombia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 15,581,389 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Comcel]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 9.17 || [[América Móvil]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 4.76 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Ola]] || [[GSM]] || 1.65 || [[Empresas Públicas de Medellín]] and [[Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá]]
|}
 
===Ecuador=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 5,221,535 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Porta]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 3.38 || [[América Móvil]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 1.65 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Alegro PCS]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.18 || [[TELECSA]]
|}
 
===Mexico=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 42,530,100 subscribers in total, or a 40.00% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Telcel]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 32.29 || [[América Móvil]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[movistar]] || [[GSM]] || 5.85 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Iusacell]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.62 || [[Grupo Salinas]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[Unefon]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.44 || [[Moisés Saba]] and [[TV Azteca]]
|}
 
===Peru=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 4,655,214 subscribers in total, or a 16.62% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 2.99 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[TIM]] || [[GSM]] || 1.46 || [[América Móvil]]
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[NEXTEL]] || [[iDEN]] || 0.21 || [[Sprint Nextel]]
|}
 
===United States=== (as of [[December]] [[2004]])
The country had 182,140,862 subscribers in total.
These are the largest mobile phone companies in the [[United States]], by number of subscribers.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
! Rank !! Operator !! technology !! Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
|-
|align=right| 1 || [[Cingular]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 54.0 || [[SBC Communications|SBC]] (60%) and [[BellSouth]] (40%)
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Verizon Wireless]] || [[CDMA]] || 47.4 || [[Verizon Communications]] (55%) and [[Vodafone]] (45%)
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Sprint]] || [[CDMA]], [[iDEN]] || 44.4 || [[Sprint Nextel Corporation]]
|-
|align=right| 4 || [[T-Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 19.2 || [[Deutsche Telekom]]
|-
|align=right| 5 || [[ALLTEL]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 10.6 || [[ALLTEL|ALLTEL Corporation]]
|-
|align=right| 6 || [[U.S. Cellular]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 5.2 || [[U.S. Cellular|United States Cellular Corp.]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 7
|align=right| 7 || [[TracFone]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 4.9 || [[América Móvil]]
|| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[América Móvil|América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V]]
|-
|| {{Collapsible list
|align=right| 8 || [[Virgin Mobile]] ([[Mobile Virtual Network Operator|MVNO]] using Sprint) || [[CDMA]] || 3.0 || [[Virgin Group]]
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|-
| title = |{{Flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina ([[Claro (mobile phone network)|Claro]])|{{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria ([[Telekom Austria]])|{{Flagicon|Belarus}} Belarus ([[A1 Belarus|A1]])|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil ([[Claro Brasil|Claro]])|{{Flagicon|Bulgaria}} Bulgaria (A1)|{{Flagicon|Chile}} Chile (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia ([[Claro Colombia|Claro]])|{{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} Costa Rica (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Croatia}} Croatia (A1)|{{Flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic ([[Claro (Dominican Republic)|Claro]])|{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} Ecuador (Claro)|{{Flagicon|El Salvador}} El Salvador (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Guatemala}} Guatemala (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Honduras}} Honduras (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico ([[Telcel]])|{{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Nicaragua (Claro)|{{flagicon|North Macedonia}} North Macedonia (A1)|{{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Paraguay (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Peru}} Peru (Claro)|{{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Puerto Rico]] ([[Claro Puerto Rico|Claro]])|{{flagicon|Serbia}} Serbia (A1)|{{Flagicon|Slovenia}} Slovenia ([[A1 Slovenija]])|{{Flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay (Claro)
|align=right| 9 || [[Dobson Communications]] || [[GSM]], [[TDMA]] || 1.6 ||
}}
|-
|| {{Collapsible list
|align=right| 10 || [[MetroPCS]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.5 ||
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|-
| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000|CDMA2000 1x]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]]
|align=right| 11 || [[Cricket Communications]] || [[CDMA]] || 1.49 ||
|}}
|| 315.8<ref name="América Móvil">{{cite web |url=https://s22.q4cdn.com/604986553/files/doc_financials/2024/q3/3Q24.pdf |title=3Q 2024 Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||Helu Slim (36.50%)<br />[[Carlos Slim]] (6.84%)<br />Public stock (56.66%)
 
''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.''
 
===Venezuela===
The country had in [[June]] [[2005]] 9,830,348 subscribers in total, or a 37.10% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 8
! Operator !! Technology !! Subscribers !! Ownership
|| {{flagicon|France}} [[Orange Group|Orange S.A.]]
|-
|| {{Collapsible list
|colspan=4 align=center|'''National operators'''
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|-
| title = |{{Flagicon|Belgium}} Belgium ([[Orange Belgium|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Botswana}} Botswana ([[Orange Botswana|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Cameroon ([[Orange Cameroon|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Central African Republic}} Central African Republic (Orange)|{{Flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orange)|{{Flagicon|Dominican Republic}} Dominican Republic (Orange)|{{Flagicon|Egypt}} Egypt ([[Orange Egypt|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Equatorial Guinea}} Equatorial Guinea (Orange)|{{Flagicon|France}} France ([[Orange France|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Guinea}} Guinea (Sonatel)|{{Flagicon|Guinea-Bissau}} Guinea-Bissau (Sonatel)|{{Flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Ivory Coast|{{Flagicon|Jordan}} Jordan ([[Orange Jordan|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Kenya}} Kenya ([[Orange Kenya|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg|{{Flagicon|Madagascar}} Madagascar ([[Orange Madagascar|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Mali}} Mali ([[Orange Mali|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Moldova}} Moldova (Orange)|{{Flagicon|Morocco}} Morocco ([[Orange Morocco|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Niger}} Niger ([[Orange Niger|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Poland}} Poland ([[Orange Polska|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Romania}} Romania ([[Orange Romania|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Senegal}} Senegal ([[Orange Senegal|Orange]]) (50%)|{{Flagicon|Slovakia}} Slovakia ([[Orange Slovensko|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Spain}} Spain ([[Orange España|Orange]])|{{Flagicon|Tunisia}} Tunisia ([[Orange Tunisia|Orange]])
| [[movistar]] || [[CDMA]] || 5.2 || [[Telefónica|Telefónica Móviles]]
|-
}}
| [[Movilnet]] || [[CDMA]], [[TDMA]] || 3.4 || [[Cantv]] and [[Verizon Communications|Verizon]]
|| {{Collapsible list
|-
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
|colspan=4 align=center|'''Regional operators'''
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
|-
}}
| [[Digitel TIM]] || [[GSM]] || 1.2 || [[Telecom Italia]]
|| 305.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallery.orange.com/finance?lang=en&od=35608b55-6ecd-4862-bbfc-54a128ee0f67&om=17411288-4387-49f2-b390-9bd242c5e763&v=1123abb0-0379-4925-884c-8d7accb3e2da |title= Q3 Press Release 2024 |date=29 December 2024}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
|-
|| Public stock (77%)<br />[[Government of France]] (23%)
| [[Digicel]] || [[GSM]] ||
|-
| [[Infonet]] || [[GSM]] ||
|}
 
==Asia Pacific==
===Australia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 9
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=90| Subscribers!!width=150| Ownership
|| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Telefónica|Telefónica S.A.]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Argentina}} Argentina ([[Movistar]])|{{Flagicon|Brazil}} Brazil ([[Vivo S.A.|Vivo]])|{{Flagicon|Chile}} Chile (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Colombia}} Colombia (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} Ecuador (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany ([[Telefónica Germany|O<sub>2</sub>]])|{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Peru}} Peru (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Spain}} Spain (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom ([[O2 UK|O<sub>2</sub>]])|{{Flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay (Movistar)|{{Flagicon|Venezuela}} Venezuela (Movistar)
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
|| 270.5<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.telefonica.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/rdos25t1-data.xlsx |title=Q1 Results 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref><br />(May 2025)
|
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 10
| [[Telstra Mobile]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 8.23 || [[Telstra]] (~50% [[State-owned]])
|| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[MTN Group|MTN Group Limited]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Benin}} Benin|{{Flagicon|Botswana}} Botswana|{{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Cameroon|{{Flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} Republic of the Congo|{{Flagicon|Eswatini}} Eswatini (30%)|{{Flagicon|Ghana}} Ghana|{{Flagicon|Guinea}} Guinea|{{Flagicon|Iran}} Iran (49%)|{{Flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Ivory Coast|{{Flagicon|Liberia}} Liberia|{{Flagicon|Nigeria}} Nigeria|{{Flagicon|Rwanda}} Rwanda|{{Flagicon|South Africa}} South Africa|{{Flagicon|South Sudan}} South Sudan|{{Flagicon|Sudan}} Sudan|{{Flagicon|Uganda}} Uganda|{{Flagicon|Zambia}} Zambia
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]],
}}
|| 288.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MTN-Group-Q3-24-trading-update.pdf |title=Q3 Results 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| Public stock (60.02%)<br />Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)<br /> [[M1 Group|M1]] (10.05%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 11
|| [[Optus Mobile]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 6.03 || [[Singapore Telecommunications]]
|| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Deutsche Telekom|Deutsche Telekom AG]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria ([[Magenta Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|Croatia}} Croatia ([[Hrvatski Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic ([[T-Mobile Czech Republic|T-Mobile CZ]])|{{Flagicon|Germany}} Germany ([[Deutsche Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|Greece}} Greece ([[Cosmote]])|{{Flagicon|Hungary}} Hungary ([[Magyar Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|Montenegro}} Montenegro ([[Crnogorski Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|North Macedonia}} North Macedonia ([[Makedonski Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|Poland}} Poland ([[T-Mobile Polska|T-Mobile PL]])|{{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico ([[T-Mobile US]])|{{Flagicon|Romania}} Romania ([[Telekom Romania]])|{{Flagicon|Slovakia}} Slovakia ([[Slovak Telekom]])|{{Flagicon|USA}} United States ([[T-Mobile US]])|{{Flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} United States Virgin Islands ([[T-Mobile US]])
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[Dual-Cell HSDPA#Dual-Cell|DC-HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-A]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]
}}
|| 258.8<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.telekom.com/interim-report-q3-2024/_assets/downloads/entire-dtag-ir324.pdf |title=Interim Group Report 3Q 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||[[Public float|Free float]] (68.1%)<br />[[Federal Republic of Germany]] (31.9%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| [[Vodafone]] || [[GSM]] || 2.89 || [[Vodafone]]
|| {{flagicon|India}} [[Vodafone Idea Ltd]]
|{{Flagu|India}}
|{{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
}}
|| 209.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.89of2024.pdf
|title= Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(November 2024)
|[[Government of India]] (49.8%)<br />[[Vodafone|Vodafone Group Plc]] (23.2%)<br />[[Aditya Birla Group]] (9.85%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 13
| [[3 (telecommunications)|3]] || [[UMTS]] || 0.53 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Axiata|Axiata Group Berhad]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh ([[Robi (company)|Robi]])|{{Flagicon|Cambodia}} Cambodia ([[Smart Axiata|Smart]])|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia ([[XL Axiata|XLSmart]])| {{Flagicon|Malaysia}} Malaysia ([[CelcomDigi]])|{{Flagicon|Sri Lanka}} Sri Lanka ([[Dialog Axiata|Dialog]])
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
}}
|| 162.5<ref name="Axiata">{{cite web|url=https://axiata.listedcompany.com/misc/Axiata_Integrated_Annual_Report_2023.pdf |title=Axiata Integrated 2019 Annual Report 2023}}</ref> <br />(December 2023)
|| Public stock (54.91%)<br />[[Government of Malaysia]] (45.09%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 14
|| [[Orange Australia]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.42 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|| {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Telkomsel|PT Telekomunikasi Selular]] ([[Telkomsel]])
|}
|| {{Flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia<br />{{flagicon|Timor-Leste}} East Timor
 
|| {{Collapsible list
===Bangladesh=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 3,762,000 subscribers in total, or a 2.80% penetration rate.
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[5G]]
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
}}
|| 159.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telkom.co.id/minio/show/data/lampiran/1712209383262_original_Annual%20Report%20Telkom%202023_website.pdf |title=Annual Report 2023 |date=December 2023}}</ref><br />(December 2023)
||[[Telkom Indonesia]] (65%)<br />[[Singtel]] (35%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" |15
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Etisalat|Emirates Telecommunication<br />Group Company PJSC]] ([[Etisalat]])
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Afghanistan}} Afghanistan (etisalat)|{{Flagicon|Benin}} Benin (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Burkina Faso (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Central African Republic}} Central African Republic (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Chad}} Chad (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Egypt}} Egypt ([[e& Egypt]])|{{Flagicon|Gabon}} Gabon (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Côte d'Ivoire (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Mali}} Mali ([[Sotelma]])|{{Flagicon|Mauritania}} Mauritania ([[Mauritel]])|{{Flagicon|Morocco}} Morocco ([[Maroc Telecom]])|{{Flagicon|Niger}} Niger (Moov)|{{Flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan ([[Ufone]])|{{Flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} Saudi Arabia ([[Mobily]])|{{Flagicon|Togo}} Togo (Moov)|{{Flagicon|UAE}} United Arab Emirates (e&)
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
|| 159<ref>{{cite web |url=https://etisalat.com/en/system/docs/2020/Etisalat-Group-Q2-2020-Earnings-Release-English.pdf|title=Etisalat 2Q Report 2020 |access-date=2020-07-21|page=4}}</ref><br />(2021)
|| [[Emirates Investment Authority]] (60.03%)<br />Public stock (39.97%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 16
|| [[GrameenPhone]] || [[GSM]] || 3.70 || [[Telenor]] and [[Grameen Bank]]
|| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[VEON|VEON Ltd.]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh ([[Banglalink]])|{{Flagicon|Kazakhstan}} Kazakhstan (Beeline)|{{Flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} Kyrgyzstan (Beeline)|{{Flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan ([[Jazz (mobile network operator)|Jazz]])|{{Flagicon|Ukraine}} Ukraine ([[Kyivstar]])|{{Flagicon|Uzbekistan}} Uzbekistan (Beeline)
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
|| 153.9<ref>{{cite web|date=May 2025|title=Q1 2025 Results|url=https://www.veon.com/fileadmin/user_upload/investors/tradingupdate/1Q25_Factbook..xlsx|publisher=VEON}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
||[[Letterone Investment Holdings S.A.]] (45.5%)<br />The Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (7.9%)<br />Lingotto Investment Management LLP (7.8%) <br />Shah Capital Management Inc. (6.7%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.veon.com/investors/equity-investors#tab-item-17 |title=VEON Ltd. Ownership Structure, as of 31 December 2024 (after completing delisting from Euronext Amsterdam on 25 November 2024) |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 17
|| [[Aktel]] || [[GSM]] || 2.00 || [[AK Khan & Company]] and [[Telekom Malaysia]]
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Ooredoo|Ooredoo QSC]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Algeria}} Algeria ([[Ooredoo Algeria|Ooredoo]])|{{Flagicon|Indonesia}} Indonesia ([[Indosat]])|{{Flagicon|Iraq}} Iraq ([[Asiacell]])|{{Flagicon|Kuwait}} Kuwait ([[Ooredoo Kuwait|Ooredoo]])|{{Flagicon|Maldives}} Maldives [[Ooredoo Maldives|Ooredoo]]|{{Flagicon|Oman}} Oman ([[Ooredoo Oman|Ooredoo]])|{{Flagicon|State of Palestine}} Palestine ([[Ooredoo Palestine|Ooredoo]])|{{Flagicon|Qatar}} Qatar (Ooredoo)|{{Flagicon|Tunisia}} Tunisia ([[Ooredoo Tunisia|Ooredoo]]
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
|| 149.4<ref>{{cite web|date=October 2024|title=Q3 2024 Results|url=https://www.ooredoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ORDS_ER_Q3-2024-FINAL.pdf|publisher=Ooredoo|page=12}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
|| [[Government of Qatar]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 18
|| [[Banglalink]] || [[GSM]] || 0.46 || [[Orascom Telecom]]
|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Verizon|Verizon Communications]]
|| {{Flagicon|USA}} United States<br />{{Flagicon|United States Virgin Islands}} United States Virgin Islands<br />{{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-Advanced]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]|
}}
|| 146<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|title=Financial and Operating Information|website=Verizon|date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124153521/https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|url-status=live}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
||[[Verizon Communications]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 19
|| [[CityCell]] || [[CDMA]] || 0.32 || [[Singapore Telecommunications]], [[Pacific Motors]] and [[Far East Telecom]]
|| {{flagicon|USA}} [[AT&T|AT&T Inc.]]
|| {{Flagicon|USA}} United States ([[AT&T Mobility|AT&T Mobility LLC]])<br />{{Flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico ([[AT&T Mexico]])
|| {{Collapsible list|[[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-Advanced]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title =
| 2 =
| 3 =
}}
|| 139.0<ref>{{Cite web |title=AT&T Financial and Operational Schedules 3Q 2024 |url=https://investors.att.com/~/media/Files/A/ATT-IR-V2/financial-reports/quarterly-earnings/2024/3Q24/3Q24_ATT_Financial_and_Operational_Schedules_and_Non_GAAP_Reconciliations.pdf |access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| Institutional Shares (59.28%)<br />[[The Vanguard Group|Vanguard Group Inc]] (14.12%)<br />[[BlackRock|Blackrock Inc]] (11.49%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/t/ownership-summary|title=AT&T INC. Ownership summary |publisher=NASDAQ |language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 20
|| [[bMobile]] || [[GSM]] || ''Not available yet'' || [[State-owned]]
|| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Telenor|Telenor ASA]]
|}
|| {{Collapsible list
 
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
===China, People's Republic of=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
| title =
The country had 372,800,000 subscribers in total.
| 1 ={{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} Bangladesh ([[Grameenphone]])
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
| 2 ={{Flagicon|Denmark}} Denmark ([[Telenor Denmark|Telenor]])
| 3 = {{Flagicon|Finland}} Finland ([[DNA Oyj|DNA PLC]])
| 4 = {{Flagicon|Norway}} Norway ([[Telenor]])
| 5 = {{Flagicon|Pakistan}} Pakistan ([[Telenor Pakistan|Telenor]])
| 6 = {{Flagicon|Sweden}} Sweden ([[Telenor Sverige|Telenor]])
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
}}
|| 138.31<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telenor.com/binaries/investors/reports-and-information/quarterly/2024/Presentation-Q3-2024.pdf |title=Telenor Group's Results Q3 2024 |date =2024-10-30}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
||[[Government of Norway]] (53.97%)<br />Public stock (41.74%)<br />[[The Government Pension Fund of Norway]] (4.79%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 21
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|| {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Viettel|Viettel Group]]
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |{{Flagicon|Burundi}} Burundi ([[Lumitel]])|{{Flagicon|Cambodia}} Cambodia (Metfone)|{{Flagicon|Cameroon}} Cameroon (Nexttel)|{{Flagicon|East Timor}} East Timor (Telemor)|{{Flagicon|Haiti}} Haiti (Natcom)|{{Flagicon|Laos}} Laos (Unitel)|{{Flagicon|Mozambique}} Mozambique ([[Movitel, SA|Movitel]])|{{Flagicon|Myanmar}} Myanmar ([[Mytel]])| {{Flagicon|Peru}} Peru (Bitel)|{{Flagicon|Tanzania}} Tanzania ([[Viettel Tanzania|Halotel]])| {{Flagicon|Vietnam}} Vietnam |
}}
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[CDMA]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]|[[5G NR]]
}}
|| 110.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://international.viettel.vn/about-detail/global-network|title=Viettel Global network Q1 2022 |publisher=Viettel Group |date=2022-03-29}}</ref><br />(Q1 2022)
|| [[Government of Vietnam]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 22
| [[China Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || 231.01 || [[State-owned]]
||{{flagicon|India}} [[BSNL Mobile]]
|{{Flagu|India}}
|{{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],||[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSDPA]], [[UMTS#UTRA-TDD|TD-HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]]||, [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)#LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
}}
|88.94<ref name="TRAI">{{cite web|date=April 2022|title=TRAI subscription data|url=https://www.trai.gov.in/release-publication/reports/telecom-subscriptions-reports}}</ref><br />(April 2024)<ref group="Note">After adding subscribers of [[Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited|MTNL]] to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited|BSNL]].</ref>
|[[Government of India]]
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 23
| [[China Unicom]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 122.99 || [[State-owned]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[NTT Docomo|NTT Docomo Inc.]]
|}
|| {{Flagicon|Japan}} ([[Japan]])
 
{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey ([[NTT Docomo Turkey|NTT Docomo]])
====Hong Kong====
|{{Collapsible list
The administrative region had in [[June]] [[2005]] 8,384,880 subscribers in total, or a 120.80% penetration rate.
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
| title = |[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]]
|-
}}
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology!!width=150| Ownership
||89.9<ref>{{cite web|date=12 May 2021|title=NTT subscribers|url=https://group.ntt/en/ir/fin/subscriber.html}}</ref><br />(Q1 2024)
|-
|| [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
|| [[CSL]] (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free) || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]], [[TDMA]] || [[Telstra]]
|-
|| [[3 (telecommunications)|3]]<sup>1</sup> || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]], [[CDMA]] || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|-
|| [[Smartone]] and [[eXtra]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM|GSM-900]], [[GSM-1800]] || [[Sun Hung Kai]] and [[BT]]
|-
|| [[Sunday Communications Ltd|Sunday]]<sup>2</sup> || [[UMTS]], [[GSM-1800]] ||
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 24
|| [[Peoples (wireless provider)|Peoples]] || [[GSM-1800]] ||
|| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[MTS (network provider)|Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)]]
|| {{Flagicon|Russia}} Russia<br />{{Flagicon|Belarus}} Belarus
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = ||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],<br />[[UMTS]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[5G NR]]
}}
|| 87.60<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moskva.mts.ru/about/media-centr/soobshheniya-kompanii/finansovaya-otchetnost/2024-11-19/finansovye-i-operacionnye-rezultaty-gruppy-mts-za-3-kvartal-2024 |title=Финансовые и операционные результаты Группы МТС за 3 квартал 2024 |website=mts.ru|access-date=2025-01-30}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
|| [[Sistema]] (50.8%)
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 25
|| [[New_World_Development_Co._Ltd.|New World Mobility]] || [[GSM-1800]] ||
|| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[MegaFon]]
|| {{Flagicon|Russia}} Russia<br />{{Flagicon|Tajikistan}} Tajikistan
|| {{Collapsible list
| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|[[GSM]],|[[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]]|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]]
}}
|| 77.26<ref>{{cite web |url=https://corp.megafon.ru/press/news/federalnye_novosti/federal/20240816-1000.html |title=МегаФон подвёл финансовые итоги первого полугодия 2024 года
|publisher=MegaFon |date=2024-08-16}}</ref><br />(Q2 2024)
|| AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%)<br />USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)
|}
<sub>
1. Previously [[Orange 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.
</sub>
 
==Satellite based==
===China, Republic of (Taiwan)=== (as of [[July]] [[2005]])
This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
The country had 20,515,000 subscribers in total, or a 90.92% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|| [[Chunghwa Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || 8.11 || [[State-owned]]
|-
|| [[Far EasTone]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || ||
|-
|| [[KG Telecom]] || [[GSM]] || ||
|-
|| [[MobiTai]] || [[GSM]] || ||
|-
|| [[Taiwan Mobile]] || [[GSM]] || ||
|-
|| [[VIBO]] || [[UMTS]] || ||
|-
|| [[APBW]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
|}
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
===India=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]])
The country had 62,570,000 subscribers in total, or a 5.76% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Rank !! Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width data-sort-type=75number| Subscribers<br><small />(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 1 || [[Iridium Satellite LLC|Iridium]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[Digital AMPS|TDMA]] || 0.824 (June 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-3ERWFI/2965382186x0x902196/92E3D619-F773-46B8-AE00-5FCF6AEE53CE/IRDM-Transcript-2016-07-28T12_30.pdf |title=Iridium Q2 2016 Results |date=2016-06-30}}</ref>||
|| [[Airtel]] || [[GSM]] || 13.41 || [[Bharti Tele-Ventures]]
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 2 || [[Globalstar]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[CDMA]] || 0.638 (March 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.globalstar.com/en/index.php?cid=7010&pressId=871 |title=Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results |publisher=Globalstar.com |date=2015-03-31}}</ref>||
|| [[BSNL]] || [[GSM]] || 11.32 || [[State-owned]]
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 3 || [[Thuraya]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[FDMA]]/[[GSM]] ||0.260 (December 2007)<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN|date=27 November 2007|publisher=Thuraya|url=http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103101754/http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-date=3 January 2010}}</ref>||[[Etisalat]] (28%)
|| [[RIM]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 11.13 || [[Reliance Industries Limited]]
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 4 || [[Inmarsat]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[GSM]] ||0.254 (September 2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Inmarsat Holdings Limited Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)|url=http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213550/http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>||
|| [[Hutch (Indian cellular company)|Hutch]] || [[GSM]] || 9.30 || [[Hutchison Whampoa]]
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 5 || [[ACeS]] || Dual-mode [[Satellite]]/[[GSM]] || 0.020 (December 2007)||
|| [http://www.ideacellular.com !DEA] || [[GSM]] || 5.88 ||[[Birla]] ([[Tata Group]])
|-
|| [[Spice]] || [[GSM]] || 1.48 || [[Spicecorp]] and [[DISTACOM]]
|-
|| [[MTNL]] || [[GSM]] || 1.22 || [[State-owned]]
|}
 
== See also ==
===Indonesia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
{{Portal|Telephones}}
The country had in [[December]] [[2004]] 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
|| [[Telkomsel]] || [[GSM]] || 21.58 || [[State-owned]] [[PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia]] and [[Singapore Telecommunications]]
|-
|| [[Indosat]] || [[GSM]], [[CDMA]] || 12.90 || [[Technologies Telemedia]]
|-
|| [[XL]] || [[GSM]] || 4.30 || [[Telekom Malaysia]]
|-
|| [[Mobile8]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
|-
|| [[Esia]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
|-
|| [[TelkomFlexi]] || [[CDMA]] || ||
|-
|| [[LippoTel]] || [[GSM]] || ||
|}
 
* General
===Japan=== (as of [[August]] [[2005]]) ([[Mobile]] and [[Personal Handy-phone System]] included)
** [[Comparison of mobile phone standards]]
The country had 93,314,900 subscribers in total.
* Operators
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
** [[List of mobile network operators in Europe]]
|-
**[[List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania]]
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
**[[List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa]]
|-
**[[List of mobile network operators of the Americas]]
| [[NTT DoCoMo]] || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]], [[FOMA]], [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 50.82 || [[NTT]] (~50% [[State-owned]])
* Country lists
|-
** [[List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions]]
| [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]] || [[CDMA]] || 20.54 || [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
** [[List of countries by number of Internet users]]
|-
** [[List of countries by number of telephone lines in use]]
| [[Vodafone Japan]] || [[UMTS]], [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]] || 14.99 || [[Vodafone]]
** [[List of countries by smartphone penetration]]
|-
** [[List of multiple-system operators]]
| [[TU-KA]] || [[Personal Digital Cellular|PDC]] || 3.53 || [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
* [[List of telecommunications companies]]
|-
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Americas]]
| [[Willcom]] || [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 3.37 || [[Carlyle Group]], [[Kyocera]] and [[KDDI Corporation|KDDI]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in Asia and Oceania]]
|-
** [[List of telecommunications companies in Europe]]
| [[Astel]] || [[Personal Handy-phone System|PHS]] || 0.07 ||
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa]]
|}
 
==Footnotes==
===Korea, Republic of=== (as of [[September]] [[2005]])
{{reflist|group=Note}}
The country had 37,911,000 subscribers in total, or a 78.30% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
| [[SK Telecom]] || [[UMTS]], [[CDMA]] || 19.34 || [[SK Corporation]]
|-
| [[KTF]] || [[UMTS]], [[CDMA]] || 12.28 || [[KT Corporation|KT]]
|-
| [[LG Telecom]] || [[CDMA]] || 6.29 || [[LG Group|LG Corporation]] and [[BT Group plc|BT]]
|}
 
==References==
===Malaysia=== (as of [[June]] [[2005]])
{{Reflist}}
The country had 16,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.
{|{{prettytable}} width=435
|-
!width=120| Operator !!width=90| Technology !!width=75| Subscribers<br><small>(in millions)</small> !!width=150| Ownership
|-
| [[Maxis Berhad]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || ||
|-
| [[Celcom]] || [[UMTS]], [[GSM]] || || [[Telekom Malaysia]]
|-
| [[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 22,100,000 mobile subscribers in total, or a 47% 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]] || 10.52 || [[AFK Sistema]] (100%)
|-
|align=right| 2 || [[Kyivstar]] || [[GSM]] || 10.41 || [[Telenor]] (56.52%), [[Alfa_Group|Alfa Group]] (43.48%)
|-
|align=right| 3 || [[Astelit life:)]] || [[GSM]] || 1.03 || [[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.
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! 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
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! 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.
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! 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
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! 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.
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! 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]]
|}
 
== SourcesExternal of informationlinks ==
* [https://travelem.com/en-us/list-of-all-mobile-operators-divided-by-country-for-travelers List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country]
*[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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