List of Mobile Network Operators - Terrestrial

Terrestrial

This is a list of the world's 31 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).

Rank Company Main markets
 Technology Proportionate
subscribers
 Total
subscribers
 Ownership
1 China Mobile List
  • China
  • Hong Kong (China Mobile Hong Kong)
  • Pakistan (ZoNG)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA,
  • TD-HSDPA, TD-LTE, FD-LTE
703.46
 703.46
 Government of the PRC (74.25%)
Public (25.75%)
2 Vodafone List
  • United Kingdom (Vodafone UK)
  • Albania (Vodafone Albania)
  • Australia (Vodafone Australia)
  • Czech Republic (Vodafone Czech Republic)
  • Egypt (Vodafone Egypt)
  • Germany (Vodafone Germany)
  • Ghana (Vodafone Ghana)
  • Greece (Vodafone Greece)
  • Hungary (Vodafone Hungary)
  • India (Vodafone India)
  • Ireland (Vodafone Ireland)
  • Italy (Vodafone Italy)
  • Malta (Vodafone Malta)
  • Netherlands (Vodafone Netherlands)
  • New Zealand (Vodafone New Zealand)
  • Portugal (Vodafone Portugal)
  • Qatar (Vodafone Qatar)
  • Romania (Vodafone Romania)
  • South Africa (Vodacom (65%))
  • Spain (Vodafone Spain)
  • Turkey (Vodafone Turkey)
  • United States (Verizon Wireless (45%))
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • HSPA, LTE
 439.601
3 América Móvil List
  • Mexico (Telcel)
  • Argentina (Claro)
  • Brazil (Claro)
  • Chile (Claro)
  • Colombia (Claro)
  • Costa Rica (Claro)
  • Dominican Republic (Claro)
  • Ecuador (Porta)
  • El Salvador (Claro)
  • Guatemala (Claro)
  • Honduras (Claro)
  • Jamaica (Claro)
  • Nicaragua (Claro)
  • Panama (Claro)
  • Paraguay (Claro)
  • Peru (Claro)
  • Puerto Rico (Claro)
  • United States (Tracfone, Net10, StraightTalk, SafeLink)
  • Uruguay (Claro)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE
  • D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO
 251.8
 251.8
4 Airtel List
  • India (Airtel)
  • Bangladesh (Airtel Bangladesh)
  • Burkina Faso (Airtel Burkina)
  • Chad (Airtel Chad)
  • Republic of the Congo (Airtel Congo)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Airtel DRC)
  • Gabon (Airtel Gabon)
  • Ghana (Airtel Ghana)
  • Guernsey (Airtel-Vodafone)
  • Jersey (Airtel-Vodafone)
  • Kenya (Airtel Kenya)
  • Rwanda (Airtel Rwanda)
  • Madagascar (Airtel Madagascar)
  • Malawi (Airtel Malawi)
  • Niger (Airtel Niger)
  • Nigeria (Airtel Nigeria)
  • Seychelles (Airtel Seychelles)
  • Sierra Leone (Airtel Sierra Leone)
  • Sri Lanka (Airtel Lanka)
  • Tanzania (Airtel Tanzania)
  • Uganda (Airtel Uganda)
  • Zambia (Airtel Zambia)
 List
  • GSM, EDGE, HSPA, LTE
 250.04
 250.04
 Bharti (64.76%)
SingTel (30.5%)
Vodafone (4.4%)
5 Telefónica List
  • Spain
  • Argentina
  • Brazil (Vivo)
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Czech Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Germany
  • Guatemala
  • Ireland (O2)
  • Isle of Man
  • Italy
  • Morocco
  • Nicaragua
  • Panama
  • Peru
  • Slovakia
  • Sudan (Sudan Unicom)
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • United Kingdom (O2 UK)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, LTE
  • D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000
 231.87
 231.87
6 Orange List
  • France (Orange France)
  • Armenia (Orange Armenia)
  • Austria (Orange Austria (35%))
  • Belgium (Mobistar (52.91%))
  • Botswana (Orange Botswana)
  • Cameroon (Orange Cameroon)
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic (Orange Dominiciana)
  • Egypt (Mobinil)
  • Equatorial Guinea (Orange Equatorial Guinea)
  • French Guiana
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jordan (Orange Jordan)
  • Kenya (Orange Kenya)
  • Liechtenstein
  • Madagascar (Orange Madagascar)
  • Mali (Orange Mali)
  • Martinique
  • Mauritius
  • Moldova (Orange Moldova (94.3%))
  • Niger (Orange Niger)
  • Poland (Orange Poland)
  • Réunion (Orange Réunion)
  • Romania (Orange Romania (96.8%))
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Senegal (Orange Senegal)
  • Slovakia (Orange Slovakia)
  • Spain (Orange España)
  • Switzerland (Orange Switzerland)
  • Togo
  • Uganda (Orange Uganda)
  • United Kingdom (Everything Everywhere (50%))
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE (planned)
 226.3
 226.3
 France Télécom
7 VimpelCom Ltd. List
  • Russia (Beeline Russia, GT)
  • Armenia (Beeline Armenia)
  • Cambodia (Beeline Cambodia) (sold)
  • Georgia (Beeline Georgia)
  • Kazakhstan (Beeline Kazakhstan)
  • Kyrgyzstan (Beeline Kyrgyzstan)
  • Laos (Beeline Laos) (sold)
  • Tajikistan (Beeline Tajikistan)
  • Ukraine (Kiyvstar)
  • Uzbekistan (Beeline Uzbekistan)
  • Algeria (Djezzy)
  • Bangladesh (Banglalink)
  • Burundi (Leo) (sold)
  • Canada (WIND) (less than 100%)
  • Central African Republic (Telecel) (sold)
  • Greece (WIND)
  • Italy (WIND)
  • Pakistan (Mobilink)
  • Zimbabwe (Telecel) (sold)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, LTE
209
 Telenor (42.95%)
Altimo (47.8517%)
Public (9.1983%)
8 China Unicom China List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, LTE (Planned)
 202.89
 China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefonica (9.7%)
9 MTN Group List
  • South Africa
  • Afghanistan (91%)
  • Benin (75%)
  • Botswana (53%)
  • Cameroon (70%)
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Cote d'Ivoire (65%)
  • Cyprus (50%)
  • Ghana (98%)
  • Guinea (75%)
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Iran (49%)
  • Liberia (60%)
  • Nigeria (78.7%)
  • Rwanda (80%)
  • Sudan (85%)
  • Swaziland (30%)
  • Syria (75%)
  • Uganda (96%)
  • Yemen (85%)
  • Zambia (86%)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
 175.98
 Public Stock (68.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%)
M1 Limited (7.72%)
10 Etisalat List
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Afghanistan
  • Benin
  • Central African Republic
  • Egypt (66%)
  • Gabon
  • India (45%)
  • Indonesia (13%)
  • Ivory Coast
  • Niger
  • Nigeria (40%)
  • Pakistan (26%)
  • Saudi Arabia (27%)
  • Sri Lanka (Etisalat Lanka)
  • Sudan (89%)
  • Tanzania (65%)
  • Togo
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE
 167
 Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
11 Axiata Group Berhad List
  • Malaysia (Celcom)
  • Bangladesh (Robi)(70%)
  • Cambodia (Hello)
  • India (Idea Cellular)(19.1%)
  • Indonesia (Excelcomindo)(83.3%)
  • Singapore (M1)(29.7%)
  • Sri Lanka (Dialog)(85%)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE (in testing phase)
 159.7
 Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
Public Stock (54.91%)
12 TeliaSonera List
  • Sweden
  • Finland (Sonera)
  • Azerbaijan (Azercell)
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Georgia (Geocell)
  • Kazakhstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Russia (MegaFon)
  • Moldova (Moldcell)
  • Nepal
  • Norway
  • Spain (Yoigo)
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE
 160
 37.3% Government of Sweden, 11.7% Government of Finland
13 Telenor List
  • Norway (Telenor Norway)
  • Bangladesh (Grameen Phone)
  • Denmark (Telenor Denmark)
  • Hungary (Telenor Hungary)
  • India (Uninor)
  • Malaysia(DiGi)
  • Montenegro (Telenor Montenegro)
  • Pakistan (Telenor Pakistan)
  • Russia (VimpelCom)
  • Serbia (Telenor Serbia)
  • Sweden (Telenor Sweden)
  • Thailand (dtac)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, LTE
 140 150
 54% Government of Norway
14 Saudi Telecom Company (STC) List
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Malaysia (Maxis (25%))
  • Indonesia
  • Turkey
  • Kuwait (VIVA)
  • Bahrain (VIVA)
  • Jordan
  • India
  • South Africa
  • Lebanon
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, LTE
 139
15 Reliance Communications India List
  • CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, CDMA2000, CDMA2000 1x, EVDO
 135.88
 Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
16 Tele2 List
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Russia
  • Croatia
  • Estonia
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Germany
  • Austria
  • Kazakhstan
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, LTE
 134.76
 Tele2 AB
17 T-Mobile List
  • Austria (T-Mobile A)
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic (T-Mobile CZ)
  • Germany (Telekom.de)
  • Greece (OTE)
  • Hungary (T-Mobile HU)
  • Macedonia
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands (T-Mobile NL)
  • Poland (T-Mobile (Poland))
  • Puerto Rico
  • Slovakia (Telekom.sk)
  • United Kingdom (Everything Everywhere (50%))
  • United States (T-Mobile USA)
  • United States Virgin Islands
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+
  • LTE
 129.14
 Deutsche Telekom
18 Idea Cellular India List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA
 115.7
 Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%)
Providence Equity (10.6%)
19 Verizon Wireless United States List
  • CDMA, EV-DO, LTE, GSM, GPRS
 108.7
 Verizon Communications (55%)
Vodafone (45%)
20 MTS List
  • Russia (MTS Russia)
  • Armenia (VivaCell-MTS)
  • Belarus (MTS Belarus)
  • India (MTS India)
  • Turkmenistan (MTS Turkmenistan)
  • Ukraine (MTS Ukraine)
  • Uzbekistan (MTS Uzbekistan)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, CDMA
 106.07
 Sistema (50.8%)
21 AT&T Mobility List
  • United States
  • Puerto Rico
  • United States Virgin Islands
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
 100.7
 AT&T Inc.
22 China Telecom List
  • China
  • United Kingdom (CTExcelbiz)
 List
  • CDMA, EV-DO
 129.25
23 Telkomsel Indonesia List
  • GSM,
  • GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
 100
 Telkom Indonesia (65%)
SingTel (35%)
24 BSNL India List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, CDMA, EV-DO, WiMAX
 96.28
 Government of India
25 Tata Teleservices India List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, CDMA, EV-DO, WiMAX
 77.4
 Tata Group (74%)
NTT DoCoMo (26%)
26 Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) List
  • Italy (TIM)
  • Brazil
  • San Marino (TIM)
  • Vatican City (TIM)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,
  • HSDPA, LTE (planned)
 71.50
 Telefonica (22.39%)
27 Aircel India
  • (Smart, Sun Cellular, Talk 'N Text, Red Mobile)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, WiMAX
 66.79
 Maxis Communications (74%)
Apollo Hospitals (26%)
28 PLDT Philippines
  • (Smart, Sun Cellular, Talk 'N Text, Red Mobile)
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, HSDPA, WiMAX, LTE
 66.1
29 Maxis Communications List
  • Malaysia (Maxis (75%))
  • India (Aircel(74%))
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE (in testing phase)
 63.71
 Ananda Krishnan (75%)
Saudi Telecom Company (25%)
30 Turkcell List
  • Azerbaijan (Azercell)
  • Belarus (Life:))
  • Georgia (Geocell)
  • Kazakhstan (Kcell)
  • Moldova (Moldcell)
  • Northern Cyprus (KKTCell)
  • Turkey (Turkcell)
  • Ukraine (Life:))
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, PDC, FOMA, HSDPA, LTE (planned)
 63.3
 TeliaSonera (38%)
Cukurova Group (26.12%)
M.V.Holding (1.18%)
Public Stock (34.7%)
31 MegaFon Russia List
  • GSM,
  • GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA
 62
 TeliaSonera (35.6%)
Altimo (25.1%)
AF Telecom (8%)
32 Qtel List
  • Qatar
  • Algeria
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Maldives
  • Oman
  • Tunisia
 List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, /CDMA, EV-DO
 33.60
 60.53

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