List of mobile network operators

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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 (
    Zong
    )
List
 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
List
 496.91[2]
(June 2022) 		Bharti Enterprises (66.57%)
Singtel (32.15%)
Google (1.28%)
3 India Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
List
List
 486.31
(May 2023) 		Jio Platforms
Meta
Google
4 China China Telecom Corp., Ltd
List
  • China China
  •  Macau
List
 390.48[3]
(October 2022) 		China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5 China China Unicom Limited
List
  • China China Unicom
  • Hong Kong CUniq HK
  • United States CUniq US
  • United Kingdom CUniq UK
List
 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
  • Telekom Austria)
  • Belarus Belarus (A1)
  • Brazil Brazil (Claro)
  • Bulgaria Bulgaria (A1)
  • Chile Chile (Claro)
  • Colombia Colombia (Claro)
  • Costa Rica Costa Rica (Claro)
  • Croatia Croatia (A1)
  • Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (Claro)
  • Ecuador Ecuador (Claro)
  • El Salvador El Salvador (Claro)
  • Guatemala Guatemala (Claro)
  • Honduras Honduras (Claro)
  • Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (A1)
  • Mexico Mexico (Telcel)
  • Nicaragua Nicaragua (Claro)
  • North Macedonia North Macedonia (A1)
  • Panama Panama (Claro)
  • Paraguay Paraguay (Claro)
  • Peru Peru (Claro)
  • Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (Claro)
  • Serbia Serbia (A1)
  • Slovenia Slovenia (A1 Slovenija)
  • Uruguay
Uruguay (Claro)
List
 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 Afghanistan
  • Benin Benin
  • Botswana Botswana
  • Cameroon Cameroon
  • Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
  • Eswatini Eswatini (30%)
  • Ghana Ghana
  • Guinea Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau
  • Iran Iran (49%)
  • Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
  • Liberia Liberia
  • Nigeria Nigeria
  • Rwanda Rwanda
  • South Africa South Africa
  • South Sudan South Sudan
  • Sudan Sudan
  • Syria Syria
  • Uganda Uganda
  • Yemen Yemen
  • Zambia Zambia
List
 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
)
List
 286.016[7]
(February 2024)
9 Spain Telefónica S.A.
List
  • Vivo)
  • Chile Chile (Movistar)
  • Colombia
Colombia (Movistar)
  • O2)
  • Uruguay Uruguay (Movistar)
  • Venezuela Venezuela (Movistar)
    • List
    • LTE
    		 277.52[8]
    (May 2023)
    10 France Orange S.A.
    List
    )
    List
    • LTE
    		 241.9[10]
    ( December 2022)     		Public stock (77%)
    Government of France (23%)
    11 India
    Vodafone Idea Ltd
    List
    •  
      Vi
      )
    List
    		 230.94
    (May 2023)
    American Tower Corporation
    (3.18%)
    12 USA
    AT&T Inc.
    List
    List
    		 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
    )
    List
    		 212.04[13]
    (September 2022)
    Federal Republic of Germany
    (31.9%)
    14 Indonesia PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel)
    List
    • Indonesia Indonesia (Telkomsel Halo, Telkomsel PraBayar, by.U)
      East Timor East Timor (Telkomcel)
    List
    		 176[14]
    (2021)     		Telkom Indonesia (65%)
    Singtel (35%)
    15 Norway Telenor ASA
    List
    )
    List
    • LTE
    		 172[15]
    (2021)
    The Government Pension Fund of Norway
    (4.79%)
    16 Malaysia Axiata Group Berhad
    List
    List
    		 163[16][17]
    (2021)     		Public stock (54.91%)
    Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
    17 UAE
    Etisalat
    )
    List
    • Afghanistan Afghanistan
    • Benin Benin
    • Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
    • Central African Republic Central African Republic
    • Chad Chad
    • Egypt Egypt
    • Gabon Gabon
    • Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
    • Mali Mali
    • Mauritania Mauritania
    • Morocco Morocco
    • Niger Niger
    • Pakistan Pakistan (26%)
    • Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (27%)
    • Togo Togo
    • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
    List
    • LTE
    		 159[18]
    (2021)     		Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
    Public stock (39.97%)
    18 Netherlands VEON Ltd.
    List
    • Bangladesh Bangladesh (Banglalink)
    • Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (Beeline)
    • Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (Beeline)
    • Pakistan Pakistan (Jazz)
    • Ukraine Ukraine (Kyivstar)
    • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (Beeline)
    List
    • 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
    )
    List
    		 143.3[19]
    (January 2023)
    Verizon Communications
    20 South Africa Vodacom
    List
    List
    		 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
    • Asia Cell) (30%)
    • Kuwait Kuwait
    • Maldives Maldives
    • Myanmar Myanmar (Ooredoo)
    • Oman Oman (Ooredoo)
    • Qatar Qatar
    • Tunisia
    Tunisia
    List
    • LTE
    		 121[21]
    (2021)
    Government of Qatar
    22 Vietnam Viettel Group
    List
    • Halotel)
    • Vietnam
    Vietnam
    List
    • LTE
    		 110.0[22]
    (December 2018)     		Government of Vietnam
    23 India BSNL Mobile
    List
    List
    		 106.03[26]
    (March 2023)[Note 2][23]     		Government of India
    24 HKG CK Hutchison Holdings – Telecom Division
    List
    List
    • LTE
    		 120[27](2022) CK Hutchison Holdings
    25 Iran
    MTN Irancell
    List
    • Iran Iran
    List
    • VoWiFi
      )
    		92.46[28]
    (April 2020)     		TCI (94.09%)
    Sukuk (5.91%)
    26 Russia
    Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)
    List
    • Russia Russia (MTS)
    • Armenia Armenia (VivaCell-MTS)
    • Belarus Belarus (MTS)
    List
    • LTE
    		 83.85[29]
    (Q3 2021)     		Sistema (50.8%)
    27 Japan NTT Docomo Inc.
    List
    • Japan Japan
    List
    		 82.63[30]
    (May 2021)     		Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
    28 Philippines Globe Telecom Inc.
    List
    • Philippines Philippines (Globe, TM, GOMO)
    List
    		 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
    List
    		 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 Russia
    • Tajikistan Tajikistan
    List
    		 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
    CDMA
    		 0.638 (March 2015)[35]
    3 Thuraya
    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

    See also

    Footnotes

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

    References

    1. ^ "Monthly Customer Data". China Mobile. 30 September 2020.
    2. ^ "Quarterly Highlights Report Bharti Airtel" (PDF). 30 June 2022.
    3. ^ "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom. 30 September 2022.
    4. ^ "2022 Interim Report" (PDF). China Unicom. 30 June 2022.
    5. ^ "3Q 2022 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 30 September 2022.
    6. ^ "Full Year Results 22". MTN Group. 30 December 2022.
    7. ^ "Full Year Results". Vodafone Group plc. 5 February 2024.
    8. ^ "January–March 2023 Results". 11 May 2023.
    9. ^ "Non-controlling equity interest: Iraq". Orange. Archived from the original on 25 February 2020.
    10. ^ "H1 2022 Presentation" (PDF). 28 July 2022.
    11. ^ "AT&T Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Results". about.att.com. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    12. ^ "AT&T INC. Ownership summary| NASDAQ". nasdaq.com. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
    13. ^ "1Q 2022 Report". 13 May 2022. p. 2.
    14. ^ "Telkom Indonesia Q1 2021 financial results" (PDF). June 2021. p. 12.
    15. ^ "3Q 2020 Telenor ASA Group Report" (PDF). 21 October 2020. p. 1.
    16. ^ "Axiata 4th Quarter 2019 Financials" (PDF).
    17. ^ "Axiata 4Q19 Data Financials".
    18. ^ "Etisalat 2Q Report 2020" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
    19. ^ "Strong wireless service revenue growth highlights Verizon's 4Q and 2022 results". verizon.com. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    20. ^ hamsite, digital marketing. "آژانس دیجیتال مارکتینگ". digital marketing agency HAMSITE.
    21. ^ "Q1 2021 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. April 2021. p. 12.
    22. ^ "Viettel to become a digital service provider this year". Viettel Group. 14 December 2019.
    23. ^ a b "MTNL to be act as BSNL subsidiary Till Merger Complete". The Hindu. 29 June 2019.
    24. ^ "Government approves Revival package for BSNL, MTNL". The Economic Times. 23 October 2019.
    25. ^ "BSNL, MTNL to be merged, along with special package". India Today. 23 October 2019.
    26. ^ "TRAI subscription data". April 2022.
    27. ^ "Customer base, 2019" (PDF). CK Hutchison Holdings Limited. 19 March 2020.
    28. ^ سهم بازار اپراتورهای همراه در سه ماهه نخست سال جاری [Mobile operators' market share in the first quarter of this year]. rond.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
    29. ^ "Q1 2021 Results" (PDF). MTS. 18 May 2021. p. 2.
    30. ^ "NTT FY2020" (PDF). 12 May 2021.
    31. ^ "Report 1Q 2021" (PDF). 7 May 2021. p. 4.
    32. ^ "Financial highlights 1Q 2021" (PDF). 6 May 2021.
    33. ^ "KPI Q1 2020". MegaFon. 28 May 2020.
    34. ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
    35. ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 31 March 2015.
    36. ^ "Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN" (Press release). Thuraya. 27 November 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2010.
    37. ^ "INMARSAT HOLDINGS LIMITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 November 2012.

    External links

    For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.

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