List of mobile network operators
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This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies.
[edit] World
The world has 2.29 billion subscribers in total, or a 35.1% penetration rate. [1] (June 2006)
[edit] Terrestrial
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).
| Rank | Company | Main Markets | Technology | Subscribers (proportionate, in millions) |
Subscribers (total, in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China Mobile (China) | China, Hong Kong | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 273.8 [2] (June 2006) | 287.1 (Nov 2006) |
| 2 | Vodafone (United Kingdom) | UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, USA, Romania | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, | 186.8 (June 2006) | 553.0 (June 2006) |
| 3 | China Unicom (China) | China， Macau | GSM, GPRS, CDMA，CDMA2000 1x | 135.1 [3] (June 2006) | 135.1 (June 2006) |
| 4 | Telefónica (Spain) | Spain, UK, Germany, Latin America | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA,
CDMA, CDMA2000 1x (TDMA) |
109.7 (June 2006) | 134.6 (June 2006) |
| 5 | América Móvil (Mexico) | Latin America | GSM, GPRS, EDGE
(CDMA, CDMA2000 1x, TDMA) |
112.7 [4] (September 2006) | 113.9 (September 2006) |
| 6 | T-Mobile (Germany) | Germany, USA, UK, Poland | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 94.1 (June 2006) | 101.2 (June 2006) |
| 7 | Orange (France) | France, UK, Spain, Poland, Romania | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 73.2 [5] (March 2005) | 92.6 [6] (September 2006) |
| 8 | MTS (Russia) | Russia, Ukraine, various CIS countries | GSM, GPRS | 69.0 (September 2006) | 70.5 [7] (September 2006) |
| 9 | Telecom Italia (Italy) | Italy, Brazil | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA (TDMA) | 61.1 (June 2006) | 61.1 (June 2006) |
| 10 | Cingular (United States) | United States | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA (TDMA) | 58.7 (September 2006) | 58.7 (September 2006) |
| 11 | Telenor (Norway) | Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, various Asiatic countries | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS | 56.5 (September 7, 2006) | 100.0 [8](September 7, 2006) |
| 12 | Verizon Wireless (United States) | United States | CDMA, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO | 54.8 (June 2006) | 54.8 (June 2006) |
| 13 | VimpelCom (Russia) | Russia, various CIS countries | GSM, GPRS (D-AMPS) | 52.4 (September 2006) | 52.4 [9] (September 2006) |
| 14 | NTT DoCoMo (Japan) | Japan | PDC, FOMA, PHS | 52.1 [10] (September 2006) | 52.1 (September 2006) |
| 15 | Sprint Nextel (United States) | United States | CDMA, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO, iDEN | 51.9 (September 2006) | 51.9 (September 2006) |
| 16 | TeliaSonera (Sweden) | Scandinavia, Baltic, Spain, Russia, Turkey, Eurasia | GSM, UMTS | 40.4 [11] (September 2006) | 84.2 [12] (September 2006) |
| 17 | SingTel (Singapore) | Singapore, Australia, India | GSM, UMTS | 38.4 [13] (September 2006) | 100.8 (September 2006) |
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[edit] Satellite based
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thuraya | 0.250 [14] (August 2006) | ||
| 2 | Globalstar | 0.237 [15] (June 2006) | ||
| 3 | Iridium | 0.159 [16] (June 2006) | ||
| 4 | ACeS |
[edit] 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
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources of information
- International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
- Cellular News web site
- GSM Association web site
- Wireless Intelligence web site
- CDMA Development Group web site
- Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data
- French Mobile Telecoms' data
- Greek Mobile Telecoms' data
- Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data
- Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data
- Ukrainian mobile operators info
- National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela
- América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers
- Unefon subscriber numbers
- Iusacell subscriber numbers
- China Mobile subscriber numbers
- T-Mobile company data
- Verizon company data
- Cingular company data
- Telefonica company data
- Sprint PCS company data
- Sprint Nextel Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results
- T-Mobile USA company data
- T-Mobile USA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results
- Orange Statistics
- O2 Data
- Vodafone company data
- Turkcell company data
- TIM company data
