List of mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.
Terrestrial
This is a list of the world's thirty largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
| Rank | Company | Main markets | Technology | Total subscriptions (in millions) | Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise) |
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| 1 |  Communications Corporation |
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946.72 [1] (April 2020) |
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%) | |
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423.28 [2][3][4] (March 2020) |
Bharti Enterprises (64%)
SingTel (36%) | |
| 3 | |
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388 [4][5] (March 2020) |
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338.52[6] (April 2020) |
China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%) |
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325.54 [4].[7] [8] (May 2020) |
Vodafone Group (44.4%) Aditya Birla Group (26.0%) Axiata Group Berhad (8.17%) Private equity (20.73%) | |
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309.28[9] (April 2020) |
China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefonica (9.7%) | |
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282.56[10] (April 2020) |
Helu Slim (36.50%) Carlos Slim (6.84%) Public stock (56.66%) | |
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[Note 1] | 266.62[11][Note 2] (May 2020) | |
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260.43[12] (May 2020) |
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257.33[13] (March 2020) |
Public stock (68.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%) M1 (7.72%) |
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210.90[14] (May 2020) |
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Public stock (43.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%) | |
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208.53[16] (April 2020) |
Public stock (77%) Government of France (23%) | |
| 13 |  |
185.64[17] (April 2020) |
Government of Norway (53.97%) Public stock (41.74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%) | ||
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185.50[18] (March 2020) |
Free float (68.2%) Federal Republic of Germany (31.8%) | |
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171.11[19] (February 2020) |
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%) Singtel (35%) | |
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169.20[20] (April 2020) |
Institutional Shares (59.28%) VANGUARD GROUP INC (14.12%) BLACKROCK INC. (11.49%) STATE STREET CORP (7.53%) NEWPORT TRUST CO (5.07%) GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (2.52%) [21] | |
| 17 |  Group Company PJSC (Etisalat) |
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150.00[22] (April 2020) |
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39.97%) | |
| 18 |  |
145.84[23][24] (February 2020) |
Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%) | ||
| 19 | |
123.13 [4] (February 2020)[Note 4][25] |
Government of India | ||
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119.55[28] (April 2020) |
Verizon Communications | |
| 21 |  |
118.32[29] (April 2020) |
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| 22 |  |
110.0[30] (December 2018) |
Government of Vietnam | ||
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98.49[31](2020) | CK Hutchison Holdings | |
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89.32[32] (May 2020) |
Asiacom (54.5%) Singtel (21.5%) Ayala Corporation (13.9%) Public stock (10.2%) | |
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86.40[33] (May 2020) |
Sistema (50.8%) | |
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79.67[34] (December 2019) |
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | |
| 27 | |
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75.20[35] (March 2020) |
AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%) USM Telecom LLC (43.68%) | |
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73.08[36] (May 2020) |
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54.5[37] (September 2019) |
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52.42[38] [39] (December 2019) |
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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 | | Proprietary TDMA | 0.824 (June 2016)[40] | |
| 2 | | Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 (March 2015)[41] | |
| 3 | | Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 (December 2007)[42] | Etisalat (28%) |
| 4 | | Proprietary GSM | 0.254 (September 2009)[43] | |
| 5 | | Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 (December 2007) |
By region
See also
- Comparison of mobile phone standards
- 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)
Footnotes
- Vodafone Australia does not offer GSM, GPRS and EDGE.
- https://investors.vodafone.com/static-files/4cf4a48b-94d5-44b2-94d4-88089a762122
- BSNL and MTNL merger approved by Government of India.
- After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
References
- "Monthly Customer Data". China Mobile. 5 May 2020.
- "Quarterly report on the results for the Fourth quarter FY 2019". airtel africa. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- "Q4 Bharti airtel limited" (PDF). bharti airtel. 31 March 2020. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- "Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data as on 29 February, 2020" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 29 February 2020.
- "RIL Q3 2019-2020 Report". Reliance industries. 17 January 2020.
- "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom. 5 May 2020.
- "Annual Report May, 2020". Vodafone Investor. 31 May 2020.
- "Q3 report By Vodafone Idea Limited" (PDF). Vodafone idea Limited. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- "Operation Data". China Unicom. 5 May 2020.
- "1Q 2020 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 28 April 2020.
- "Quarterly Results". Vodafone Group plc. 12 May 2020. p. 43.
- "January-March FY 2020 QTR Report". 7 May 2020. p. 13.
- "Q1 Results 2020" (PDF). MTN Group. 31 March 2020.
- "Report 1Q 2020" (PDF). Veon. 7 May 2020.
- https://www.orange.com/en/Group/Orange-in-the-world/countries/Non-controlling-equity-interest-Iraq
- "Press Report 1Q 2020" (PDF). 30 April 2020. p. 15.
- "1Q 2020 Telenor ASA Group Report" (PDF). 28 April 2020. p. 1.
- "1Q 2020 Report". 31 March 2020. p. 2.
- "Singtel Q3 FY2020 financial results" (PDF). 13 February 2020. p. 36.
- "AT&T 1Q Financial Report" (PDF). www.att.com. p. 7. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- "AT&T INC. Ownership summary| NASDAQ". www.nasdaq.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- "Etisalat 1Q Report 2020" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- "Axiata 4th Quarter 2019 Financials" (PDF).
- "Axiata 4Q19 Data Financials".
- "MTNL to be act as BSNL subsidiary Till Merger Complete". The Hindu. 29 June 2019.
- "Government approves Revival package for BSNL, MTNL". Economic Times. 23 October 2019.
- "BSNL, MTNL to be merged, along with special package". India Today. 23 October 2019.
- "Verizon Q1 2020". www.verizon.com. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- "Q1 2020 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 29 April 2020. p. 12.
- "Viettel to become a digital service provider this year". Viettel Group. 14 December 2019.
- "Customer base, 2019" (PDF). CK Hutchison Holdings Limited. 19 March 2020.
- "Report 1Q 2020" (PDF). 5 May 2020. p. 3.
- "Q1 2020 Results" (PDF). MTS. 26 May 2020. p. 3.
- "NTT 3Q 2019" (PDF). 30 January 2020.
- "KPI Q4 2019". MegaFon. 26 March 2020.
- "Financial highlights 1Q 2020" (PDF). 7 May 2020.
- "Financial Results Q3 2019" (PDF). 30 September 2019. p. 12.
- "Glo mobile Subscriber Nigeria". NCC Nigeira. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Glo mobile Subscriber Ghana" (PDF). NCA Ghana. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
- "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
- "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
- Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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