List of Mobile Network Operators - Satellite Based

Satellite Based

This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
Ownership
1 Iridium Proprietary TDMA 0.500
2 Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.439
3 Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 Etisalat(28%)
4 Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254
5 ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020

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