List of mobile network operators

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 (Airtel Sri Lanka)   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	436.31 (May 2023)	Jio Platforms
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	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^[7] (May 2023)
9	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)   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	274.975^[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	100.29^[27](2021)	CK Hutchison Holdings
25	Iran	MCI Hamrahe Aval	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

• List of mobile network operators of the Americas
• List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
• List of mobile network operators of Europe
• List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa

See also

•  Telephones portal

• Comparison of mobile phone standards
• List of sovereign states 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

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

Footnotes

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

References

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External links

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

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