List of mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile phone network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.
Terrestrial
This is a list of the world's largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.
| Rank | Company | Main markets | Technology | Total subscribers (in millions) | Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
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| 1 |  China Mobile |
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845.8[1] (October 2016) |
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%) | |
| 2 |  Vodafone |
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469.7[2] (September 2016) |
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| 3 |  Airtel |
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346.9[3] (September 2016) |
Bharti Telecom Limited (45.09%) Public stock (28.16%) Pastel Limited (14.79%) Indian Continent Investment Limited (6.65%) Life Insurance Corporation of India (5.31%) | |
| 4 |  América Móvil |
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283.9[4] (September 2016) |
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| 5 |  Telefónica |
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274.9[5] (September 2016) |
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| 6 | China Unicom |
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262.6[6] (October 2016) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (9.7%) | |
| 7 |  MTN Group |
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234.7[7] (September 2016) |
Public stock (68.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%) M1 (7.72%) | |
| 8 | China Telecom |
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213.9[8] (October 2016) |
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| 9 |  Telenor |
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211.0[9] (September 2016) |
Government of Norway (53,97%) Public stock (41,74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4,79%) | |
| 10 |  VimpelCom |
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205.5[10] (September 2016) |
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Telenor (33%) Public stock (10.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%) | |
| 11 |  Orange |
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194.5[11] (September 2016) |
Public stock (86.6%) Government of France (13.4%) | |
| 12 | Idea Cellular |
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178.8[12] (September 2016) |
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) Axiata Group Berhad (19.8%) Providence Equity (10.6%) | |
| 13 |  T-Mobile |
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163.0[13] (September 2016) |
Deutsche Telekom | |
| 14 |  Etisalat |
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163.0[14] (June 2016) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39,97%) | |
| 15 |  STC |
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161.0[15] (December 2013) |
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| 16 |  Telkomsel |
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152.6[16] (December 2015) |
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%) Singtel (35%) | |
| 17 |  Verizon Wireless |
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143.9[17] (November 2016) |
Verizon Communications | |
| 18 | AT&T Mobility |
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133.3[18] (September 2016) |
AT&T Inc. | |
| 19 |  Ooredoo |
133.3[19] (September 2016) |
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| 20 |  MTS |
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108.8[20] (October 2016) |
Sistema (50.8%) | |
| 21 |  Maxis |
101.8[21][22] (September 2016) |
Ananda Krishnan (75%) Saudi Telecom Company (25%) | ||
| 22 | Axiata |
101.0[23] (December 2015) |
Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%) | ||
| 23 |  TIM |
92.8[24] (September 2016) |
Telecom Italia | ||
| 24 | BSNL |
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92.4[25] (August 2016) |
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. | |
| 25 | Reliance |
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87.1[26] (August 2016) |
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | |
| 26 | MegaFon |
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77.3[27] (September 2016) |
USM Holdings Limited (56.32%+3,92%) Telia Company (25.17%) Public stock (14,59%) | |
| 27 |  Globe Telecom |
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65.4[28] (September 2016) |
Asiacom (54,5%) Singtel (21,5%) Ayala Corporation (13,9%) Public stock (10,2%) | |
| 28 |  Turkcell |
64.7[29] (September 2016) |
Turkcell Holding A.Ş. (51%) Public stock (34.93%) Sonera Holding B.V. (14.02%) Çukurova Holding A.Ş. (0,05%) | ||
| 29 | PLDT |
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61.8[30] (September 2016) |
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| 30 | Sprint Corporation |
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60.2[31] (September 2016) |
SoftBank Corporation (80%) | |
| 31 | Tata DoCoMo |
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58.3[32] (August 2016) |
Tata Teleservices (74%) NTT DoCoMo (26%) | |
| 32 | Jio |
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50[33] (November 2016) |
Reliance Industries |
| 33 |  AIS |
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39.9[34] (September 2016) |
Intouch Holdings (40,45%) Public stock (36,23%) Singtel (23,32%) | |
| 34 |  Globacom |
38.6[35][36][37] (June 2016) |
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| 35 |  Telia Company |
19.9[38] (June 2016) |
Government of Sweden (37.3%) Government of Finland (11.7%) | ||
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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 (in millions) | Ownership |
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| 1 | Iridium | Proprietary TDMA | 0.823 (June 2016)[39] | |
| 2 | Globalstar | Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 (March 2015)[40] | |
| 3 | Thuraya | Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[41] | Etisalat (28%) |
| 4 | Inmarsat | Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[42] | |
| 5 | ACeS | Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 (December 2007) |
By region
- List of mobile network operators of the Americas
- List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
See also
- Comparison of mobile phone standards
- List of cable Internet providers
- List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
- List of countries by number of Internet users
- List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
- List of countries by smartphone penetration
- List of multiple-system operators
- List of telephone operating companies
- Mobile Country Code (List of MCC/MNC assigned to mobile networks)
References
- ↑ "Operation Data". China Mobile. 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "3Q Report 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "3Q 2016 Report". Airtel. 2016-09-30.
- ↑ "3Q 2016 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 2016-09-30.
- ↑ "Report 3Q 2016". 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Operation Data". China Unicom. 2016-10-31.
- ↑ "3Q Results 2016" (PDF). MTN Group. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "China Telecom Mobile subscribers". China Telecom.
- ↑ "3Q 2016 Telenor Group Report" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "VimpelCom Reports 3Q 2016" (PDF). VimpelCom. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Orange Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Q3 2016 Report" (PDF). Idea Cellular. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Report Q3 2016". Deutsche Telekom. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Etisalat 1H Report 2016" (PDF). Etisalat. 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "STC Investor Factsheet" (PDF). STC. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). 31 December 2015.
- ↑ "How Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and more stacked up in Q3 2016: The top 7 carriers". FierceWireless. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Report Q3 2016" (PDF). AT&T. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Q3 2016 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Results Q3 2016" (PDF). MTS. 31 October 2016.
- ↑ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). Maxis. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release" (PDF). TRAI. 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Axiata - Annual Report 2015" (PDF).
- ↑ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). TIM. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release August 2016" (PDF). TRAI. 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release August 2016" (PDF). Reliance. 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release Q3 2016". MegaFon. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "3Q 2016 Results" (PDF). Turkcell. 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Financial highlights 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Press Release 2016" (PDF). TRAI. 31 August 2016.
- ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/reliance-jio-crosses-50-million-subscriber-mark-in-83-days-4400972/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Report 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Market Share June 2016". NCC. 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Industry Information June 2016" (PDF). NCA. 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Arcep Benin - June 2016". Arcep. 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Telia Company Q2 Report 2016" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
- ↑ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 2016-06-30.
- ↑ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
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