List of mobile network operators of the Americas

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This is a list of mobile network operators of the Americas.

Anguilla

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel 850/1900 MHz
LTE
Not Yet Available Digicel
2 FLOW 850/1900 MHz
LTE
Not Yet Available

Antigua and Barbuda

The country has a 127% penetration rate.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
LTE
-700(17)
0.062[1] (Sep 2015) Digicel
2 FLOW
LTE
-1900(2)/1700(4)
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
3 APUA (inet)
LTE
1900 MHz (?)
Not Yet Available Antigua Public Utilities Authority

Argentina

The country has a 147% penetration rate[3] = 61.2m mobile subscribers (February 2014)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Claro
HSPA+
1700(B4) / 700(B28) MHz LTE
21.3[4] (October 2020) América Móvil (100%)[5]
2 Movistar
HSPA+
1700 MHz LTE
20.8[4] (Dec 2016) Telefónica (100%)[6]
3 Personal
HSPA+
2600(B7) / 1700(B4) / 700(B28) MHz LTE
18.8[7] (May 2020) Telecom Argentina
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
4 Tuenti[8] (using Movistar network) 0.040[9] (Nov 2014) Telefónica (100%)[10]
5 Nuestro[11] (using Personal network) FECOSUR[12]

Aruba

The country's telecom regulator is the DTZ[13]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Digicel
2 MIO
EV-DO
Not Yet Available DTH Television and telecommunications N.V.
3
SetarNV
HSPA+
1800 MHz LTE
Not Yet Available
Setar N.V.

Bahamas

The country has 0.318 million subscribers in total, or an 84% penetration rate.[14] (September 2015)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
BTC
LTE
0.31[15] (March 2017) Liberty Latin America[2] (49% of ownership, 51% of voting rights),[14]
2 Aliv 850/1900 MHz
LTE
0.15[16] (June 2019)
Cable Bahamas

Government of the Bahamas

Barbados

The country's telecom regulator is the Telecom Unit,[17] under the Division of Energy and Telecommunications within the Prime Minister's Office.[18]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW
HSPA+-1900(2)/850(5)
LTE
-1900(2)/1800(3)/850(5)
0.13[15] (March 2017) Liberty Latin America[2] (81%)[14]
2 Digicel
HSPA+-2100(1)/900(8)
LTE
-1900(2)/700(12/17)
Not Yet Available Digicel (75)%[19]

Belize

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digi[20]
HSPA+
LTE
- Band 2(1900), 17(700)
0.120[21] (June 2007)
Belize Telemedia Limited
2 Smart[22]
CDMA2000 EV-DO, LTE[23]
0.025[24] (Dec 2005) Speednet

Bermuda

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
One
LTE
Not Yet Available Bermuda Digital Communications Ltd
2 Digicel
HSPA+

1900 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Digicel

Bolivia

The country has 10.2 million subscribers in total for a population of 10.56 million, or a 96.3% penetration rate.[25] (December 2015)

The country's telecom regulator is ATT.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Entel
LTE
5.0[26] (Dec 2015)
Ministry of Public Works, Services and Housing (97.4671%) and 1200 other shareholders (2.5329%)[27]
2 Tigo [es]
LTE
3.371[28] (July 2020) Millicom (100%)[29]
3 Viva
EDGE)
850 MHz UMTS
2.2[30] (Dec 2016) Trilogy International Partners (71.5%) and Cooperativa de Telecomunicaciones Cochabamba R.L. [es] (28.5%)

Bonaire

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
(formerly TELBO[31])
HSPA+

1800 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Digicel
2
FLOW
HSDPA

1800 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America (100%)[32][33]

Brazil

The country has 252 million subscribers in total, or a 121.3% penetration rate.[34] (Q4 2022)

Anatel regulates the country's telecommunications
.

Technologies like

CDMA
1x/EV-DO were used in the past by some of those networks and have been phased out in favor of newer systems.

On 20 April 2022, Oi’s mobile network operations were sold to the country's three largest carriers, Vivo, Claro and TIM.[35] Over the next twelve months, customers will be migrated to one of the other three carriers based on their area codes.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Vivo
LTE-A Pro
450 MHz LTE-M[36][37]
2300/3500 MHz SA-NSA 5G NR[38][39]
99.070 (Q4 2023)[40] Telefónica (75.3%)
2 Claro
LTE-A Pro
2300/3500 MHz 5G NR[38][39]
83.26 (Q4 2022)[40] América Móvil
3 TIM
LTE-A Pro
3500 MHz 5G NR[38][39]
62.485 (Q4 2022)[40]
Telecom Italia
(67%)
4 Algar Telecom
• Only in some areas of GO, MG, MS and SP states
LTE
2300 MHz 5G NR[39]

(roams on Surf where there's no Algar coverage)
4.55 (Q4 2022)[40] Grupo Algar
5 Surf
• Only in city of São Paulo
• Operates nationally as MVNE using TIM networks
2600 MHz
TDD-LTE
0.977 (Aug 2022)[40] Surf Telecom S.A.

British Virgin Islands

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 CCT[41] GSM-850/1900
850 MHz UMTS

LTE

Not Yet Available CCT Global Communications
2 FLOW
HSPA+

700/1900 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
3 Digicel
HSPA+

700 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Digicel (85%)[19]

Canada

The country's telecom regulator is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). However, it does not regulate most aspects of mobile phone service; prices and service quality are not regulated at all, while spectrum allocation is handled by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

There are numerous

Virgin Mobile Canada. These are not presently listed due to difficulty retrieving data for all such operators, and uncertainty as to whether the figures below include MVNOs operating on the applicable networks.[42]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Fido and Chatr
LTE, LTE-A
600(n71)/1700(n66)/2600(n38/n41) MHz 5G NR
10.240 [43] (Q2 2022) Rogers Communications
2
Virgin Mobile
LTE, LTE-A
1700(n66)/3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
9.602 [44] (Q2 2022) Bell Canada
3 Telus
Includes Koodo and Public Mobile
LTE, LTE-A
1700(n66) MHz 5G NR
9.429[45] (Q2 2022) Telus Communications
4 Freedom Mobile 1700/2100(4) MHz(AWS)
LTE
,
1.881[46] (Q4 2020) Quebecor
5
Vidéotron
1700 MHz
LTE
1.05[48] (Q1 2016) Quebecor
6
SaskTel
850/1900 MHz
LTE
0.618[49] (Q1 2016) SaskTel

Cayman Islands

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.[citation needed]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW Cayman
LTE
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Digicel
LTE
Not Yet Available Digicel (96.875%)[19]

Chile

The country's telecom regulator is Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones (Subtel), and, as of June 2022, has 26.29 million subscribers in total, including prepaid and postpaid customers, and a 132.57% penetration rate.[50]

Rank Operator Technology[51] Subscribers
(in millions) [50]
Ownership
1 Entel 1900 MHz
LTE-FDD, LTE-A

3500 MHz/26 GHz 5G NR

8.42 (June 2022) Almendral Group
2 Movistar 850/1900 MHz
LTE-FDD, LTE-A

3500 MHz 5G NR

6.53 (June 2022) Telefónica (100%)[6]
3 WOM AWS (1700/2100 MHz) UMTS

700 MHz/

LTE-FDD, LTE-A

700 MHz/AWS/26 GHz 5G NR

  • WOM also roams on Entel, Movistar, and Claro using 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies.
5.52 (June 2022) Novator (100%)
4
Claro
850/1900 MHz
EDGE
850/1900 MHz UMTS

700/1900/2600 MHz

LTE-FDD, LTE-A

5.41 (June 2022) América Móvil (100%)[5]
Mobile virtual network operators
5 VTR Móvil (using Movistar and Claro) AWS (1700/2100 MHz) UMTS
  • VTR Móvil's native network is shut down as of 2013. Services in 2G, 3G, and 4G technologies are provided by Movistar and Claro.
0.250 (June 2022) Liberty Latin America[2] (100%)[52]
6 Virgin Mobile (using Movistar) 0.98 (June 2022) Virgin Mobile Latin America

Colombia

The country has 83.3 million subscribers in total.[53] (Second Trimester 2023)

The country's telecom regulator is the CRC (Comisión de Regulación de Comunicaciones).[54]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Claro 1900(2) MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
38.4[53] (June 2023) América Móvil (99.4%)[5]
2 Movistar 850(5) MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
21.1[53] (June 2023) Telefónica (67.5%), Colombian Government (32.5%)[55]
3 Tigo 1900(2) MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
15.2[53] (June 2023) Millicom (50% + 1 Share), EPM and ETB
4 WOM 1700(4) MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
3.6[53] (June 2023) Novator Partners (majority stake)
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
5 Virgin Mobile
(using Movistar)
850(5) MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
2.8[53] (June 2023) Virgin Mobile
6 Móvil Éxito[56]
(using Tigo)
1900 MHz
LTE
3500(n78) MHz 5G NR
1.7[53] (June 2023) Grupo Éxito
7 ETB
(using Tigo[57])
1900(2) MHz
LTE
0.3[53] (June 2023) ETB
8 Flash Móvil (using Tigo) 1900(2) MHz
LTE
0.1[53] (June 2023)
9 Suma Móvil
(using Tigo)
1900(2) MHz
LTE
0.03[53] (June 2023)

Costa Rica

The country has 7.1 million subscribers in total;[58] with 4.76 million people there are about 149 mobile lines for every 100 citizens (149% penetration rate).

Until 2011,

DR-CAFTA, Claro and Movistar started service.[59][60]

The country's telecom regulator is SUTEL (Spanish)[61]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Kölbi[62]
LTE
4.33[58] Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
2 Liberty
LTE
1.42[58] Liberty Latin America[63]
3
Claro
LTE
1.13[58] América Móvil[5]
Mobile virtual network operators
4 Tuyo Móvil[64]
(using Kölbi)
HSDPA
0.14 Televisora de Costa Rica S.A.
5 Fullmóvil[65]
(using Kölbi)
HSDPA
0.03 Virtualis[66]

Cuba

The country has over 6 million subscribers in total, or a 45% penetration rate as of December 2019.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Cubacel[67]
HSUPA
1800 MHz (3), 2100 MHz (1), 900 MHz (8), 700 MHz (28) LTE
Not Yet Available ETECSA

Curaçao

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
HSPA+ LTE
Not Yet Available Digicel[68]
2
FLOW
LTE
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America (100%)[32][33]

Dominica

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
HSPA+-2100(1)/900(8)
LTE
-1900(2)/700(12/17)
Not Yet Available Digicel
2 FLOW
HSPA+-1900(2)/850(5)
LTE
-1900(2)/700(13)
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]

Dominican Republic

The country has 9.73 million subscribers as of December 2021.[69]

The country's telecom regulator is Indotel.[70]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Claro

(formerly CODETEL)
LTE
5.98 (Dec 2021)[69] América Móvil (100%)[5]
2 altice (formerly Orange and Tricom)
LTE
3.25 (Dec 2021)[69] Altice Hispaniola
3
Viva
EDGE
)
0.49 (Dec 2021)[69] Trilogy International Partners

Ecuador

The country has 113% penetration rate[71] = 17.5m mobile subscribers[72] (February 2014)

The country's telecom regulator is Arcotel.[73]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Claro
LTE
7.822[5] (October 2020) América Móvil (100%)[5]
2 Movistar
LTE
4.54[4] (December 2016) Telefónica (100%)[6]
3 Cnt 450 MHz
LTE
0.723[74] (Q1 2015) Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicaciones, CNT EP
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
4 Tuenti[75] (using Movistar network) Tuenti Ecuador[76]

El Salvador

The country has 8.8 million subscribers in total for a population of 6.1 million, or a 144% penetration rate.[77] (Dec 2015)

The country's telecom regulator is SIGET.[78]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Tigo
HSPA+

850 MHz LTE

2.4[28] (June 2017) Millicom (100%)[79]
2 Claro
HSPA+
1.426[80] (June 2007) América Móvil (95.8%)[5]
3 Movistar
HSDPA

1900 MHz LTE

0.847[81] (Dec 2006) Telefónica (59.58%),[6] Corporación Multi Inversiones (40%)[82]
4 Digicel 900 MHz
HSPA+
1.0[1] (June 2015) Digicel
5 RED iDEN Not Yet Available Intelfon

Falkland Islands

The telecom regulator is Falkland Islands Communications Regulator (FICR).[83]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Sure[84] GSM-900 Not Yet Available Batelco

France (Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)

The telecom regulator is the Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques, des Postes et de la Distribution de la Presse.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership MCC / MNC
1 SPM Telecom[85] GSM-900/800/1800 MHz[86] Not Yet Available SPM Telecom 30801

Greenland

Greenland has 0.053 million subscribers in total, or a 93.32% penetration rate.[87] (December 2009)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership MCC / MNC
1
tusass

(formerly TELE Greenland)
LTE
0.01355 (2011)[88]
TELE Greenland
29001

Grenada

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW
LTE
-700(13)
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Digicel
LTE
-700(17)
Not Yet Available Digicel (100%)[19]

Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Guyane)

As of September 2012, the penetration rate was 153% for Guadeloupe (0.449 million inhabitants), 148% for Martinique (0.396 m.inh.) and 127% for French Guiana (0.236 m.inh.). [89]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
markets share (%)
Ownership
1 Orange Caraïbe[90]
HSPA+

1800/2600 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Orange S.A.
2 Digicel
HSDPA
1800/2600 MHz LTE
Not Yet Available Digicel (100%)[19]
3 SFR Caraïbe [fr][91]
HSDPA

LTE

15%, 25%, 27%
(Q2 2012)[92]
Numericable (Altice)

Guatemala

The country has 19,113,800 subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate.[93] (June 2017)

The country's telecom regulator is SIT.[94]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Tigo
HSPA+

850 MHz LTE

10.6[93] (June 2017) Millicom (55%)[95]
2
Claro
HSPA+
9.3[93] (June 2017) América Móvil (99.3%)[5]

Guyana

The country has a 66.4% penetration rate[96] (2016).

The country's telecom regulator is the Guyana Telecommunications Agency.[97]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
HSPA+

LTE

0.305[98] (June 2015) Digicel
2 gtt[99] GSM-900 HSPA+[100] 0.203[98] (June 2015) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company

Haiti

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
HSPA+
4.7[1] (June 2015) Digicel
2 NATCOM[101] GSM-900
2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA

2100 MHz LTE

0.5[102] (Jan 2012) 60% owned by
Viettel Mobile and 40% by the Haitian State[103]

Honduras

The country has 7.45 million subscribers in total, or a 93.5% penetration rate.[104] (2018)

The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.[105]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Tigo
HSPA+

1700 MHz LTE

4.3[28] (Jun 2017) Millicom (66.7%)[106]
2
Claro
HSDPA

1700 MHz LTE

2.9[107] (April 2016) América Móvil (100%)[5]
3 HONDUTEL GSM-1900 0.07[107] (April 2016) HONDUTEL

Jamaica

The country has 3.5 million subscribers in total, or a 129% penetration rate (September 2015). The country's telecom regulator is the Spectrum Management Authority.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
LTE
2.2[1] (June 2015) Digicel
2
FLOW
850 & 1900 MHz
HSPA+
700 MHz (Band 12), 1700 MHz (Band 4), 1900 MHz (Band 2) LTE
0.93[15] (March 2017) Liberty Latin America[2] (82%)[14]

Mexico

The country has 112 million subscribers in total, or a 91.6% penetration rate.[109] (March 2017)

The country's current telecom regulator is IFETEL (IFT).[110]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Telcel
LTE
3500 MHz NR
83.2[5] (June 2023) América Móvil (100%)[5]
2 Movistar 1700 MHz
LTE
25.8[4] (March 2017) Telefónica (100%)[6][111][112][113]
3 AT&T Mexico
(Includes Unefón)
850/1700/1900 MHz
LTE
2600 MHz NR
21.6[114] (December 2022) AT&T Inc.
4 Red Compartida
(Shared network available for MVNOs)
700 MHz
LTE
5[115] (December 2021) ALTÁN Redes
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
5 Virgin Mobile (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
LTE
0.802[116] (March 2017) Virgin Mobile
6 QBO Cel (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
HSPA+
0.132[116] (March 2017) Canaliza Software[117]
7 weex (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
LTE
0.150[116] (March 2017) Truu Innovation[118]
8 Cierto (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
HSPA+
0.015[119] (March 2017) Teligentia[120]
9 Maz Tiempo (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
HSPA+
0.010[119] (March 2017) Maz Tiempo[121]
10 Oui Móvil (using Telcel)
LTE
0.030[4] (March 2017) Telecomunicaciones 360[122]
11 Flash Mobile (using Movistar) GSM-1900 (
LTE
0.064[4] (March 2017) Logística ACN México[123]

Montserrat

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
FLOW
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Digicel
HSPA+

LTE

Not Yet Available Digicel Group

Nicaragua

The country has 6.8 million subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate.[124] (2013)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Claro

(formerly Enitel)
HSPA+

1700 MHz LTE

3.67[125] (Dec 2013) América Móvil (99.6%)[5]
2
Tigo
HSDPA

1900 MHz LTE

3.14[125] (Dec 2013) Millicom

Panama

The country has 4.96 Million subscribers in total, or 123 active mobile phones per 100 inhabitants according to ASEP.[126] (December 2016)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 +móvil
HSPA+

700 MHz LTE (Band 28)

1.78[15] (March 2017)
Cable & Wireless (49%)[14]
2
Tigo
HSDPA
, HSPA+

700 MHz LTE (Band 28)

0.939 (Dec 2006) Millicom[127]
3
Claro
HSPA+

700/1900 MHz LTE (Band 28/Band 2)

Not Yet Available América Móvil (100%)[5]
4 Digicel
HSPA+

700 MHz LTE (Band 28)

Not Yet Available Digicel

Paraguay

The country has 7.34 Million subscribers in total, or a 109% penetration rate.[128] The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.[129] (Nov 2015)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Tigo [es]
HSDPA
1700 MHz LTE
3.4[28] (Jun 2017) Millicom (100%)[130]
2 Personal [es]
LTE
2.4[128] (Nov 2015) ABC Color and Telecom Argentina
3 Claro [es]
HSPA+
1700 MHz LTE
0.8[128] (Nov 2015) América Móvil (100%)[5]
4 VOX [es]
HSPA+
1700 MHz LTE
0.36[128] (Nov 2015) COPACO S.A.[131]

Peru

The country has 37.3 million subscribers in total for a population of 30.4 million, or a 123% penetration rate.[132] (Mar. 2017)

The country's telecom regulator is OSIPTEL.[133]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Movistar
LTE
15.0[132] (Mar 2017) Telefónica (99.2%)[55]
2
Claro

(Formerly TIM)
LTE
10.552[5] (October 2020) América Móvil (100%)[5]
3 Entel
(Formerly Nextel)
LTE
5.9[132] (Mar 2017) Entel (Chile)
4 Bitel [es]
(Formerly Viettel Peru S.A.C.)
1900 MHz 4.6[132] (Mar 2017)
Viettel Mobile
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
5
Claro
)
Cuy Móvil [es]

Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands

These U.S. territories have 3 million subscribers in total, or an 84% penetration rate.[135] (June 2012).

The telecom regulator for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands at federal level is the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[136]

The local telecom regulator for Puerto Rico is the Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico (JRTPR)[137] The local telecom regulator for USVI is the USVI Public Services Commission (USVIPSC)[138]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Liberty[2]
(formerly AT&T)
850/1900 MHz
LTE, LTE-A

850(5) MHz 5G NR
2G was discontinued as of 31 December 2016.[139]

1.1[140] (Nov 2020) Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Claro
LTE
1.4[141][timeframe?] América Móvil (100%)[5]
3
LTE, LTE-A

600/2500 MHz 5G NR

? ?
free float
(33%)
Mobile virtual network operators
4 TracFone Wireless
GPRS
)
? Verizon (100%)
  1. Currently unable to determine T-Mobile and TracFone subscriber numbers without the United States' subscribers.

Saint Kitts and Nevis

The country has approximately 25,000 subscribers in total.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW GSM-850/1900
UMTSHSPA+

700 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Digicel
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Digicel

Saint Lucia

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW
HSPA+

700 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Liberty Global
2 Digicel
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Digicel (91.02%)[19]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 FLOW
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]
2 Digicel GSM 900/1800
2100 MHz UMTS
Not Yet Available Digicel

Suriname

The country has 0.81 million subscribers in total,[142] or a 146% penetration rate.[143] (2016). The regulator is the Telecommunicatie Authoriteit Suriname (TAS).[144]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Telesur
HSPA+

700/1800 MHz LTE

Not Yet Available Telesur
2 Digicel
HSPA+
Not Yet Available Digicel (87.7%)[19]

Trinidad and Tobago

At the end of 2021, the country has 2.00 million subscribers[145] in total, or a 146% penetration rate. The regulator is Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT)[146]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
DC-HSPA+- 850(5)/1900(2),
LTE, LTE-A
-700(28)/1700(4)/1900(2)
1.35 (2016) Digicel (100%)[19]
2 bmobile
DC-HSPA+-850(5)/1900(2),
LTE, LTE-A-700(28)/1700(4)/1900(2)/(2500(41) for FWB),
NR
-2500 (FWB)
1.2 (2016)
Government of Trinidad and Tobago
(51%)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 Digicel
LTE
Not Yet Available Digicel (51%)[19]
2
Islandcom Wireless
)
LTE
Not Yet Available Liberty Latin America[2]

United States

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from major carriers such as AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, or Verizon Wireless, as well as regional carrier United States Cellular Corporation for resale.

The largest operator of MVNOs is

List of United States mobile virtual network operators

The country's telecom regulator is the

United States Federal Communications Commission
.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1 AT&T Mobility
Includes Cricket Wireless
LTE, LTE-A 850 (5), 700 (12-14-17-29), 1700 (4-66), 1900 (2), 2300 (30) MHz
5G NR
850 (n5), 1900 (n2 via DSS), 1700/2100 (n66 via DSS), 3700 (n77), 28000 (n261), 39000 (n260) MHz
217.4[147] (Q4 2022)
AT&T Inc.
2 Verizon
Includes Visible by Verizon
LTE 700 (13), 850 (5), 1700 (4-66), 1900 (2), 3500 (48) MHz
5G NR
850 (n5 via DSS), 1900 (n2 via DSS), 3700 (n77), 28000 (n261), 39000 (n260) MHz
144.3[148] (Q4 2022)
Verizon Communications Inc.
3 T-Mobile US
Includes Metro by T-Mobile
EDGE)
LTE, LTE-A 600 MHz (71), 700 MHz (12), 850 MHz (5), 1700/2100 MHz (4,66), 1900 MHz (2,25), 2500 MHz (41)
5G NR
600 MHz (n71), 1900 MHz (n25), 1700/2100 MHz (n66), 2.5 GHz (n41), 26 GHz (n258), 39 GHz (n260), 28 GHz (n261)
116.6[149] (Q2 2023)
free float
(39.4%)
4
Dish Wireless
Includes Boost Mobile
5G NR 600 (n71), 700(n29), 1700/2100 (n66-70) MHz (in construction; primarily roaming on the AT&T and T-Mobile networks) 7.5[150] (Q3 2023)
Dish Network Corporation
5
U.S. Cellular
LTE, LTE-A 600 (71), 700 (12), 850 (5), 1700 (4-66), 1900 (2), 2500 (41) MHz
5G NR
600 (n71), 26000 (n258), 39000 (n260) MHz
4.9[151] (Q4 2020) Telephone and Data Systems Inc. (84%)
  1. T-Mobile and AT&T US numbers include Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands subscribers.
  2. T-Mobile uses the GCI network in Alaska.

Uruguay

As of June 2020, Uruguay has 5.3 million mobile subscribers in total.[152] The country's telecom regulator is URSEC.[153]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Antel
1800 MHz
HSPA+
1700 MHz LTE
2.75[152] (June 2020) State-owned
2 Movistar 850/1900 MHz
HSPA+
1900 MHz LTE
1.63[152] (June 2020) Telefónica (100%)[6]
3
Claro
1900 MHz
HSPA+
1700 MHz LTE
0.96[152] (June 2020) América Móvil (100%)[5]

Venezuela

The country has 20.7 million subscribers in December 2018, a 33% drop versus December 2013.[154]

The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.[155]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)
Ownership
1
Movilnet
HSDPA
1700/2100 MHz LTE (Jan. 2017)[156]
8.85[154] (Dec 2018) CANTV
2 Movistar
HSPA+
1700/2100 MHz LTE[157]
8.84[154] (Dec 2018) Telefónica (100%)[6]
3 Digitel GSM
HSPA+,
1800 MHz LTE
3.04[154] (Dec 2018) Telvenco

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