List_of_mobile_network_operators References

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	Country	Company	Main markets	Technology	Total subscriptions (in millions)	Ownership (100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
1	China	China Mobile Communications Corporation	List China (China Mobile) Hong Kong ( CMHK) Pakistan ( Zong)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA, TD-HSDPA, TD-LTE, FD-LTE (Hong Kong only)	974.04^[1] (September 2022)	Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%) Public stock (25.75%)
2	India	Bharti Airtel Limited	List Chad ( Airtel) Bangladesh ( Robi) (28.18%) DR Congo (Airtel) Gabon (Airtel) Guernsey ( Airtel-Vodafone) India ( Airtel) Jersey ( Airtel-Vodafone) Kenya ( Airtel Kenya) Madagascar (Airtel) Malawi (Airtel) Niger (Airtel) Nigeria (Airtel) Republic of the Congo (Airtel) Rwanda (Airtel) Seychelles (Airtel) Sri Lanka ( Dialog Axiata) (10.335%) Tanzania ( Airtel Tanzania) Uganda ( Airtel Uganda) Zambia (Airtel)	List GSM , GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	496.91^[2] (June 2022)	Bharti Enterprises (66.57%) Singtel (32.15%) Google (1.28%)
3	India	Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited	List India ( Jio)	List LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	486.31 (May 2023)	Jio Platforms Meta Google
4	China	China Telecom Corp., Ltd	List China Macau	List CDMA, EV-DO TD-LTE, LTE, LTE Advanced	390.48^[3] (October 2022)	China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5	China	China Unicom Limited	List China Unicom CUniq HK CUniq US CUniq UK	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, , TD-LTE, LTE, LTE Advanced	320.00^[4] (June 2022)	China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%) Telefónica (0.6%)
6	Mexico	América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V	List Argentina ( Claro) Austria ( Telekom Austria) Belarus ( A1) Brazil ( Claro) Bulgaria (A1) Chile (Claro) Colombia ( Claro) Costa Rica (Claro) Croatia (A1) Dominican Republic ( Claro) Ecuador (Claro) El Salvador (Claro) Guatemala (Claro) Honduras (Claro) Liechtenstein (A1) Mexico ( Telcel) Nicaragua (Claro) North Macedonia (A1) Panama (Claro) Paraguay (Claro) Peru (Claro) Puerto Rico ( Claro) Serbia (A1) Slovenia ( A1 Slovenija) Uruguay (Claro)	List D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE	307.85^[5] (September 2022)	Helu Slim (36.50%) Carlos Slim (6.84%) Public stock (56.66%)
7	South Africa	MTN Group Limited	List Afghanistan Benin Botswana Cameroon Republic of the Congo Eswatini (30%) Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Iran (49%) Ivory Coast Liberia Nigeria Rwanda South Africa South Sudan Sudan Syria Uganda Yemen Zambia	List GSM,	289.11^[6] (December 2022)	Public stock (60.02%) Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%) M1 (10.05%)
8	United Kingdom	Vodafone Group plc	List Albania ( Vodafone) Australia ( Vodafone) Brazil (Vodafone) Cyprus ( Cytamobile-Vodafone) Czech Republic ( Vodafone) Egypt ( Vodafone) Fiji ( Vodafone) Germany ( Vodafone) Greece ( Vodafone) Hungary ( Vodafone) Iceland ( Vodafone) India ( Vi) Ireland ( Vodafone) Italy ( Vodafone) Iraq (Vodafone) Jordan (Vodafone) Netherlands ( Vodafone) New Zealand ( Vodafone) Northern Cyprus ( Vodafone) Portugal ( Vodafone) Qatar ( Vodafone) Romania ( Vodafone) South Africa ( Vodacom) Spain ( Vodafone) Tanzania ( Vodacom) Turkey ( Vodafone) Ukraine ( Vodafone) United Kingdom ( Vodafone)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	286.016^[7] (February 2024)
9	Spain	Telefónica S.A.	List Argentina ( Movistar) Brazil ( Vivo) Chile (Movistar) Colombia (Movistar) Ecuador (Movistar) Germany ( O₂) Mexico (Movistar) Peru (Movistar) Spain (Movistar) Sudan (Sudan Unicom) United Kingdom ( O₂) Uruguay (Movistar) Venezuela (Movistar)	List D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	277.52^[8] (May 2023)
10	France	Orange S.A.	List Belgium ( Orange) Botswana ( Orange) Cameroon ( Orange) Central African Republic (Orange) Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orange) Dominican Republic (Orange) Egypt ( Orange) Equatorial Guinea (Orange) France ( Orange) Guinea (Sonatel) Guinea-Bissau (Sonatel) Iraq ( Korek) (20%)^[9] Ivory Coast Jordan ( Orange) Kenya ( Orange) Luxembourg Madagascar ( Orange) Mali ( Orange) Moldova (Orange) Morocco ( Orange) Niger ( Orange) Poland ( Orange) Romania ( Orange) Saudi Arabia (Orange) Senegal ( Orange) (50%) Slovakia ( Orange) Spain ( Orange) Tunisia ( Orange)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	241.9^[10] ( December 2022)	Public stock (77%) Government of France (23%)
11	India	Vodafone Idea Ltd	List India ( Vi)	List GSM , GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	230.94 (May 2023)	Government of India (32.09%) Vodafone Group Plc (31.27%) Aditya Birla Group (17.49%) Private equity (15.97%) American Tower Corporation (3.18%)
12	USA	AT&T Inc.	List United States ( AT&T Mobility LLC) Canada (AT&T Canada) Mexico ( AT&T Mexico)	List HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	217.4^[11] (January 2023)	Institutional Shares (59.28%) Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%) Blackrock Inc (11.49%) State Street Corp (7.53%) Newport Trust Co (5.07%) Geode Captital Management, LLC (2.52%)^[12]
13	Germany	Deutsche Telekom AG	List Austria ( Magenta Telekom) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( HT Eronet) Croatia ( Hrvatski Telekom) Czech Republic ( T-Mobile CZ) Germany ( Deutsche Telekom) Greece ( Cosmote) Hungary ( Magyar Telekom) Montenegro ( Crnogorski Telekom) North Macedonia ( Makedonski Telekom) Poland ( T-Mobile PL) Puerto Rico ( T-Mobile US) Romania ( Telekom Romania) Slovakia ( Slovak Telekom) United States ( T-Mobile US) United States Virgin Islands ( T-Mobile US)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	212.04^[13] (September 2022)	Free float (68.1%) Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%)
14	Indonesia	PT Telekomunikasi Selular ( Telkomsel)	List Indonesia (Telkomsel Halo, Telkomsel PraBayar, by.U) East Timor ( Telkomcel)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, 5G	176^[14] (2021)	Telkom Indonesia (65%) Singtel (35%)
15	Norway	Telenor ASA	List Bangladesh ( Grameenphone) Denmark ( Telenor) Finland ( DNA PLC) Malaysia ( CelcomDigi) Norway ( Telenor) Pakistan ( Telenor) Sweden ( Telenor) Thailand ( dtac) Tonga ( Telenor)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	172^[15] (2021)	Government of Norway (53.97%) Public stock (41.74%) The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
16	Malaysia	Axiata Group Berhad	List Bangladesh ( Robi Axiata Ltd)(61.82%) Cambodia ( Smart) Indonesia ( XL) Malaysia ( CelcomDigi) Nepal ( Ncell) Sri Lanka ( Dialog)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-A	163^[16]^[17] (2021)	Public stock (54.91%) Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
17	UAE	Emirates Telecommunication Group Company PJSC ( Etisalat)	List Afghanistan Benin Burkina Faso Central African Republic Chad Egypt Gabon Côte d'Ivoire Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Pakistan (26%) Saudi Arabia (27%) Togo United Arab Emirates	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	159^[18] (2021)	Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%) Public stock (39.97%)
18	Netherlands	VEON Ltd.	List Bangladesh ( Banglalink) Kazakhstan (Beeline) Kyrgyzstan (Beeline) Pakistan ( Jazz) Ukraine ( Kyivstar) Uzbekistan (Beeline)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	157 (2022)	Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%) Public stock (43.8%) Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%)
19	USA	Verizon Communications	List United States ( Verizon, Visible, TracFone, Net10, Straight Talk, SafeLink, Simple Mobile) ( TracFone, Net10, Straight Talk, SafeLink, Simple Mobile) ( TracFone, Net10, Straight Talk, SafeLink, Simple Mobile)	List HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR	143.3^[19] (January 2023)	Verizon Communications
20	South Africa	Vodacom	List South Africa Lesotho Mozambique DRC Tanzania Kenya ( Safaricom) (34.94%) Ethiopia ( Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia)	List GSM,	132.78^[20] (September 2022)	Vodafone Group Plc (65.1%) Institutional Investors (15.76%) Government of South Africa (13.54%) YeboYethu (6.23%) Retail positions (2.96%) Wheatfield Investments(0.84%) Others(0.17%)
21	Qatar	Ooredoo QSC	List Algeria ( Ooredoo) (46.4%) Indonesia ( Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison) Iraq ( Asia Cell) (30%) Kuwait Maldives Myanmar ( Ooredoo) Oman ( Ooredoo) Qatar Tunisia	List CDMA, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	121^[21] (2021)	Government of Qatar
22	Vietnam	Viettel Group	List Burundi ( Lumitel) Cambodia (Metfone) Cameroon (Nexttel) East Timor (Telemor) Haiti (Natcom) Laos (Unitel) Mozambique ( Movitel) Myanmar ( Mytel) Peru (Bitel) Tanzania ( Halotel) Vietnam	List CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE	110.0^[22] (December 2018)	Government of Vietnam
23	India	BSNL Mobile	List India ( BSNL Mobile & MTNL , Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius Limited ^{[Note 1]}^[23]^[24]^[25]	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, TD-HSDPA, HSPA+ , LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced	106.03^[26] (March 2023)^{[Note 2]}^[23]	Government of India
24	HKG	CK Hutchison Holdings – Telecom Division	List Hong Kong ( 3) Macau United Kingdom ( Three) Austria Sweden Denmark Indonesia ( Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison) Sri Lanka ( Hutch) Italy ( Wind Tre) Vietnam ( Vietnamobile) Ireland ( Three)	List CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE	120^[27](2022)	CK Hutchison Holdings
25	Iran	MTN Irancell	List Iran	List GSM 900/1800 MHz ( GPRS, EDGE) 2100/900 MHz ( HSPA, DC-HSPA+) 1800/2600/2100/900 MHz ( LTE, LTE-A), ( VoLTE, VoWiFi)	92.46^[28] (April 2020)	TCI (94.09%) Sukuk (5.91%)
26	Russia	Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)	List Russia (MTS) Armenia (VivaCell-MTS) Belarus (MTS)	List CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE	83.85^[29] (Q3 2021)	Sistema (50.8%)
27	Japan	NTT Docomo Inc.	List Japan	List UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced	82.63^[30] (May 2021)	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
28	Philippines	Globe Telecom Inc.	List Philippines (Globe, TM, GOMO)	List CDMA, EV-DO, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA+, LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G VoLTE, VoWIFI, eSIM	53.73^[31] (Aug 2023)	Asiacom (50.81%) Singtel (20.08%) Public stock (15.65%) Ayala Corporation (13.19%) Directors, Officers,Executive Stock Option Plan (0.26%)
29	Philippines	PLDT Inc.	List Philippines ( Smart, TNT, Sun Cellular)	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA, HSPA+, 3GPP, LTE, LTE Advanced, WiMAX, 5G VoLTE, VoWIFI, ViLTE, eSIM	52.5^[32] (Aug 2023)	Public (41.55%) NTT Docomo (14.5%) Philippine Telecommunications Investment Corp. (12.05%) JG Summit Holdings (11.27%) Metro Pacific Resources, Inc. (9.98%) NTT Communications Corp (5.85%) First Pacific (3.54%)
30	Russia	MegaFon	List Russia Tajikistan	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA LTE, LTE Advanced	70.5^[33] (Q1 2021)	AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%) USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)

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	0.824 (June 2016)^[34]
2	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.638 (March 2015)^[35]
3	Thuraya	Proprietary FDMA/ GSM	0.260 (December 2007)^[36]	Etisalat (28%)
4	Inmarsat	Proprietary GSM	0.254 (September 2009)^[37]
5	ACeS	Dual-mode Satellite/ GSM	0.020 (December 2007)

By region

Footnotes

^ BSNL and MTNL merger approved by Government of India.
^ After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.

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External links

List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country