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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 (inc. Hong Kong) & Pakistan |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
TD-SCDMA |
|
471 (Feb 2009) |
| 2 |
 Vodafone |
United Kingdom, India, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania, Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
LTE (planned)
(CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO) |
302.6 (March 2009) |
264.1 (March 2009) |
| 3 |
 Telefónica / Movistar / O2 |
Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, Germany, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
LTE (planned)
(D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x) |
156.7 (December 2008) |
195.5 (December 2008) |
| 4 |
 América Móvil |
USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
(D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO) |
|
186.6 (December 2008) |
| 5 |
 Telenor |
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA |
|
159 (September 2008) |
| 6 |
China Unicom |
China (inc. Macau) |
GSM, GPRS,WCDMA |
|
135.8 (Feb 2009) |
| 7 |
 TeliaSonera |
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Russia, Nepal, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA |
|
134.8 (February 2009) |
| 8 |
 T-Mobile |
Germany, USA, United Kingdom, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
LTE (planned) |
|
128.3 (December 2008) |
| 9 |
 Orange / France Télécom |
France, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Niger, Equatorial Guinea, Armenia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
LTE (planned) |
111.884 (March 2008) |
117.604 (Sept 2008) |
| 10 |
 MTN Group |
Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
|
100 (April 2009) |
| 11 |
 Bharti Airtel |
India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
|
93.92 (Mar 2009) |
| 12 |
 MTS |
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS |
|
91.73(September 2008) |
| 13 |
Reliance Communications |
India , Sri Lanka |
GSM, GPRS, UMTS
(D-AMPS) |
|
89.6 (March 2009) |
| 14 |
 SingTel |
Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan |
GSM
UMTS, HSDPA |
88.10 (Feb 2009) |
249.38 (Feb 2009) |
| 15 |
 Verizon Wireless |
United States |
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO
LTE (planned)
(GSM*, GPRS*)
*Acquired from Alltel. |
|
83.7 (January 2009) |
| 16 |
AT&T Mobility |
United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
LTE (planned) |
|
78.2 (March 2009) |
| 17 |
 Telecom Italia / TIM |
Italy, Brazil, San Marino, Vatican City |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
LTE (planned)
(D-AMPS) |
|
70.6 (September 2008) |
| 18 |
 Etisalat |
Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, the Ivory Coast, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and the United Arab Emirates |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA |
|
63.0 (April 2008) |
| 19 |
 Orascom Telecom |
Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Zimbabwe |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
62.9 (September 2008) |
77.0 (September 2008) |
| 20 |
 NTT docomo |
Japan, Bangladesh, USA (Guam & Northern Marianas Islands) |
GSM, GPRS, PDC
FOMA, HSDPA
LTE (planned) |
|
54.16 (December 2008) |
*Primary technologies are listed first. Technologies listed second (in parentheses) are secondary.
**Same as total subscribers where missing.
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