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This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies. For a more comprehensive list of UMTS and GSM operators, see Mobile Network Code.

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These are the world's 30 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	Proportionate subscribers (in millions)	Total subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	China Mobile	China Mainland Hong Kong (Peoples) Pakistan (ZoNG)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA TD-LTE (planned)		508.37 ^[1] (September 2009)	Government of the PRC (74.25%) Free Float (25.75%): • Vodafone (3.4%) • Others (22.35%)
2	Vodafone	United Kingdom (Vodafone UK) Albania (Vodafone Albania) Australia (Vodafone Australia) Congo DR Czech Republic Egypt Fiji France Germany Ghana Greece Hungary India (Vodafone Essar) Ireland Italy (Vodafone Italy) Kenya Lesotho Malta Mozambique Netherlands New Zealand Northern Cyprus Poland Portugal Qatar Romania South Africa Spain Tanzania Turkey USA (Verizon Wireless) China Mainland (China Mobile)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) cdmaOne, CDMA2000 EV-DO	323.27 ^[2] (September 2009)	427.99* ^[2] (September 2009)
3	Telefónica / Movistar / O₂	Spain () Argentina Brazil Chile China Mainland (China Unicom) Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador El Salvador Germany Guatemala Ireland Isle of Man Italy Mexico Morocco Nicaragua Panama Peru Slovakia Uruguay Venezuela United Kingdom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned) D-AMPS cdmaOne, CDMA2000		200.85 ^[3] (June 2009)
4	América Móvil	Argentina (Claro) Brazil (Claro) Chile (Claro) Colombia (Comcel) Dominican Republic (Claro) Ecuador (Porta) El Salvador (Claro) Guatemala (Claro) Honduras (Claro) Jamaica (Claro) Mexico (Telcel) Nicaragua (Claro) Panama (Claro) Paraguay (Claro) Peru (Claro) Puerto Rico (Claro) Uruguay (Claro) United States of America (TracFone Wireless)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA D-AMPS cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x EV-DO		194.34 ^[4] (September 2009)
5	Orange	France (Orange France) Armenia (Orange Armenia) Austria Belgium Botswana Cameroon Dominica Dominican Republic Egypt Equatorial Guinea French Guiana Israel Ivory Coast Jordan Kenya Liechtenstein Madagascar Mali Martinique Mauritius Moldova (Orange Moldova) Niger Poland (Orange Poland) Réunion Romania (Orange Romania) Saint Kitts and Nevis Senegal Slovakia (Orange Slovakia) Spain Switzerland Togo Uganda United Kingdom (Orange United Kingdom)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (planned)	128.8 ^[5] (September 2009)	189.0 ^[5] (September 2009)	France Télécom (100%)
6	Telenor	Norway (Telenor Norway) Bangladesh Denmark (Telenor Denmark) Hungary India(Uninor)(coming soon) Malaysia(DiGi) Montenegro Pakistan Russia (VimpelCom) Serbia Sweden (Telenor Sweden) Thailand(dtac) Ukraine (Kyivstar)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned)		172.00 ^[6] (September 2009)
7	T-Mobile	Germany (T-Mobile Germany) Austria Croatia Czech Republic Hungary Macedonia Montenegro Netherlands Poland Puerto Rico Slovakia United Kingdom United States of America United States Virgin Islands	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned)		150.90 ^[7] (September 2009)	Deutsche Telekom (100%)
8	TeliaSonera	Sweden (Telia Sweden) Azerbaijan Cambodia Denmark Estonia Finland Georgia Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova (Moldcell) Nepal Norway Russia Spain Tajikistan Turkey Ukraine Uzbekistan	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA		143.90 ^[8] (September 2009)
9	China Unicom	China Mainland (China Unicom)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA		142.80 ^[9] (September 2009)	Telefonica (8%)
10	Bharti Airtel	India (Bharti Airtel) Guernsey Jersey Seychelles Sri Lanka	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		116.16 ^[10] (October 2009)	Bharti (64.76%) SingTel (30.5%) Vodafone (4.4%)
11	Orascom Telecom / WIND	Egypt (Mobinil) Algeria (Djezzy) Bangladesh (Banglalink) Burundi (Telecel) Canada (WIND) Central African Republic (Telecel) Greece (WIND) Italy (WIND) Lebanon (Alfa) Namibia (Telecel) North Korea (Koryolink) Pakistan (Mobilink) Tunisia (Tunisiana) Zimbabwe (Telecel)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA		110.60 ^[11] (September 2009)	Weather Investments Owns:^[12] • 100% of Italy's WIND • 100% of Greece's WIND • >50% of Orascom Telecom that owns 65% of Canada's WIND Owned:^[13]^[14] • 90% by the Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris and the family • 10% by Apax Partners, Madison Dearborn Partners and TA Associates
12	MTN Group	South Africa Afghanistan Benin Botswana Cameroon Republic of the Congo Cote d'Ivoire Cyprus Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau India Iran Liberia Nigeria Rwanda Sudan Swaziland Syria Uganda Yemen Zambia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA		108.47 ^[15] (September 2009)
13	MTS	Russia (MTS Russia) Armenia (VivaCell-MTS) Belarus (MTS Belarus) India () Turkmenistan (MTS Turkmenistan) Ukraine (MTS Ukraine) Uzbekistan (MTS Uzbekistan)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS		96.86 ^[16] (September 2009)	Sistema
14	Etisalat	United Arab Emirates () Afghanistan Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Egypt Gabon India Indonesia Ivory Coast Niger Nigeria Pakistan Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Sudan Tanzania Togo	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA		94.00 ^[17] (November 2009)
15	Verizon Wireless • Includes Alltel	United States (Verizon Wireless)	cdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO LTE (Planned) GSM, GPRS		89.00 ^[18] (September 2009)	Verizon (55%) Vodafone (45%)
16	Reliance Communications	India () Sri Lanka (Kar Lo Duniya Muthi Me)	GSM, GPRS CDMA2000 1x		88.93 ^[19] (October 2009)	Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
17	AT&T Mobility • Includes Centennial Communications	United States of America () Puerto Rico () United States Virgin Islands ()	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA LTE (Planned) cdmaOne, CDMA 2000 1x, EV-DO		82.70 ^[20]^[21] (November 2009)	AT&T Inc.
18	Telkomsel	Indonesia (Telkomsel)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA		79.77 ^[22] (September 2009)	Telkom Indonesia (65%) SingTel (35%)
19	Telecom Italia / TIM	Italy (TIM) Brazil () San Marino (TIM) Vatican City (TIM)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planned)		71.50 ^[23] (September 2009)	Telefonica (24.5%)
20	Zain	Kuwait () Bahrain Burkina Faso Chad Congo B Democratic Republic of the Congo Gabon Iraq Jordan Kenya Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Niger Nigeria Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone Sudan Uganda Zambia	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA		69.50 ^[24] (June 2009)
21	VimpelCom	Russia (Beeline Russia, GT) Armenia (Beeline Armenia) Cambodia () Georgia (Beeline Georgia) Kazakhstan (Beeline Kazakhstan) Laos () Tajikistan (Beeline Tajikistan) Ukraine (Beeline Ukraine, GT) Uzbekistan (Beeline Uzbekistan) Vietnam (Beeline Vietnam)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA LTE (planning)		63.70 ^[25] (June 2009)	Alfa Group (37%) Telenor (33.6%)
22	Axiata Group Berhad	Malaysia (Celcom) Bangladesh (Aktel) Cambodia (Hello) India (Idea Cellular) Indonesia (Excelcomindo) Singapore (MobileOne) Sri Lanka (Dialog Telekom)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE HSDPA		62.82** ^[26] (June 2009)	Malaysian (93.26%): • Bumiputera Government Agencies (45.09%) • Other Bumiputera Shareholders (41.32%) • Non-Bumiputera Shareholders (6.85%) Foreigner (6.74%)
23	NTT docomo	Japan (NTT docomo) Bangladesh () Guam () India () Northern Mariana Islands ()	GSM, GPRS, PDC FOMA, HSDPA LTE (planned)		55.67 ^[27] (October 2009)	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24	BSNL	India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS CDMA, EV-DO WiMAX		53.96 ^[28] (October 2009)	Government of India
25	Idea Cellular	India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		53.35 ^[29] (October 2009)	Aditya Birla Group (49.05% Axiata Group Berhad (15%) Providence Equity (10.6%)
26	Qtel	Qatar () Algeria Indonesia Iraq Kuwait Maldives Oman Tunisia	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA CDMA, EV-DO	28.90 ^[30] (September 2009)	52.54 ^[30] (September 2009)
27	Tata Teleservices	India	GSM, GPRS, EDGE CDMA, EV-DO WiMAX		51.73 ^[31] (October 2009)	Tata Group (>50%) NTT docomo (26%) Temasek (9%) C. Sivasankaran (8%)
28	MegaFon	Russia (MegaFon) Tajikistan ()	GSM, GPRS,EDGE UMTS,HSDPA		49.12 ^[32] (October 2009)
29	Sprint Nextel	United States of America () Puerto Rico () United States Virgin Islands ()	iDEN, WiDEN CDMA, EV-DO WiMAX		48.30 ^[33] (September 2009)
30	China Telecom	China Mainland	cdmaOne EV-DO		46.78 ^[34] (September 2009)
* Excludes the non-controlling proportion in associates and investments.
** Excludes the non-controlling proportion in India's Idea Cellular. Subscribers to total 99.20 millions at the time otherwise.

[edit] Satellite based

These are the world's 5 largest satellite network operators by number of subscribers.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
1	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.382 (September 2009)^[35]
2	Iridium	Proprietary TDMA	0.347 (June 2009)^[36]
3	Thuraya	Proprietary FDMA	0.260 (December 2007)^[37]
4	Inmarsat		0.254 (September 2009)^[38]
5	ACeS		0.020 (December 2007)

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International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics

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[IdeaCellular-28] ttp://www.ideacellular.com/IDEA.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=IDEA_Page_IVResults

[qtel-29] ttp://www.qtel.com.qa/documents/QtelQ32009QARSupplementa.pdf

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[36] ttp://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html

[37] ttp://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False

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