List of mobile network operators
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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 (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators).
| Rank | Company | Main markets (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
Technology | Proportionate subscribers (in millions) |
Total subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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| 1 |  China Mobile |
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825.19[1] (November 2015) |
Government of the PRC (74.25%) Public (25.75%) |
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| 2 |  Vodafone |
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449.19[2] (June 2015) |
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| 3 |  Airtel |
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325.90[3] (September 2015) |
Bharti Enterprises (100%) | ||
| 4 |  América Móvil |
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288.40[4] (September 2015) |
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| 5 | China Unicom |
China |
286.92[5] (November 2015) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (9.7%) |
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| 6 |  Axiata |
260.0[6] (June 2015) |
Government of Malaysia (45.09%) Public Stock (54.91%) |
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| 7 |  Telefónica |
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253.60[7] (June 2015) |
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| 8 |  MTN Group |
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231.00[8] (June 2015) |
Public Stock (68.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%) M1(7.72%) |
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| 9 |  VimpelCom |
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213.40[9] (June 2015) |
Altimo (47.8517%) Telenor (42.95%) Public (9.1983%) |
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| 10 | China Telecom |
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196.57[10] (November 2015) |
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| 11 |  Orange |
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189.82[11] (June 2015) |
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| 12 |  Telenor |
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189.00[12] (June 2015) |
Government of Norway (53,97%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4,79%) Public stock (41,74%) |
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| 13 |  Etisalat |
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173[13] (December 2013) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) | ||
| 14 | Idea Cellular |
India |
163.9[14] (September 2014) |
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%) Providence Equity (10.6%) |
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| 15 |  STC |
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161[15] (December 2013) |
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| 16 |  T-Mobile |
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152.40[16] (March 2015) |
Deutsche Telekom | ||
| 17 |  Verizon Wireless |
United States |
137.5[17] (November 2015) |
Verizon Communications | ||
| 18 | AT&T Mobility |
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126.4[18] (October 2015) |
AT&T Inc. | ||
| 19 | Reliance |
India |
110[19] (September 2014) |
Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group | ||
| 20 |  TIM |
105.2[20] (September 2014) |
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| 21 | MTS |
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103.3[21] (March 2014) |
Sistema (50.8%) | ||
| 22 |  Ooredoo |
96.7[22] (Q1 2014) |
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| 23 | BSNL |
India |
96.28[23] (October 2012) |
Government of India | ||
| 24 | Aircel |
India |
79.6[24](Jan 2015) | Maxis (74%) Apollo Hospitals (26%) |
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| 25 | Tata DoCoMo |
India |
77.4[24](Jan 2015) | Tata Teleservices (74%) NTT DoCoMo (26%) |
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| 26 |  Turkcell |
70.7[25] (Q3 2013) |
TeliaSonera (38%) Cukurova Group (26.12%) M.V.Holding (1.18%) Public Stock (34.7%) |
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| 27 | MegaFon |
Russia |
68[26] (Q2 2014) |
TeliaSonera (35.6%) Altimo (25.1%) AF Telecom (8%) |
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| 28 |  PLDT |
66.1[27] (March 2012) |
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| 29 |   TeliaSonera |
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65.56[28] (December 2014) |
37.3% Government of Sweden, 11.7% Government of Finland | ||
| 30 | Maxis |
63.71[29][30] (December 2010) |
Ananda Krishnan (75%) Saudi Telecom Company (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iridium |
Proprietary TDMA | 0.748 (March 2015)[31] | |
| 2 | Globalstar |
Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 (March 2015)[32] | |
| 3 | Thuraya |
Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[33] | Etisalat (28%) |
| 4 | Inmarsat |
Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[34] | |
| 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
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