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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]  
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]  
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|563.2<ref name="Bharti-Airtel">{{cite web |url=https://assets.airtel.in/static-assets/cms/investor/docs/quarterly_results/2024_25/Q2/Press_Release.pdf |title=Quarterly Highlights |date=30 September 2024}}</ref> <br /> (September 2024)
|600<ref>{{Cite web |title=Airtel partners with Google to establish India’s first mega AI hub and data center in Visakhapatnam |url=https://www.airtel.in/press-release/10-2025/airtel-partners-with-google-to-establish-indias-first-mega-ai-hub-and-data-center-in-visakhapatnam/ |website=Airtel}}</ref><br /> (September 2025)
||[[Bharti Enterprises]] (66.57%)<br>[[Singtel]] (32.15%)<br>[[Google]] (1.28%)
||[[Bharti Enterprises]] (66.57%)<br>[[Singtel]] (32.15%)<br>[[Google]] (1.28%)
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| title = |[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
| title = |[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
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|461.2<ref name="Reliance Jio">{{cite web |url=https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.89of2024.pdf |title=Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /> (November 2024)
|506<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-17 |title=Reliance Jio Q2 Results: ARPU rises to ₹211.40, subscriber base tops 500 million - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/reliance-jio-infocomm-q2-results-arpu-rises-total-subscribers-cross-506-million-telecom-growth-india-19720724.htm |access-date=2025-10-20 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref><br /> (September 2025)
|[[Jio Platforms]]
|[[Jio Platforms]]
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], ,|[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], |[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
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||345.0<ref name="China Unicom">{{cite web |url=https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/chinaunicom/interim/2024/int3q.pdf |title=Key Financial and Performance Indicators for the First Three Quarters of 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||345.0<ref name="China Unicom">{{cite web |url=https://doc.irasia.com/listco/hk/chinaunicom/interim/2024/int3q.pdf |title=Key Financial and Performance Indicators for the First Three Quarters of 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]  
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]  
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|| 209.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/PR_No.89of2024.pdf
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|title= Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(November 2024)
|title= Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(July 2025)
|[[Government of India]] (49.8%)<br />[[Vodafone|Vodafone Group Plc]] (23.2%)<br />[[Aditya Birla Group]] (9.85%)
|[[Government of India]] (49.8%)<br />[[Vodafone|Vodafone Group Plc]] (23.2%)<br />[[Aditya Birla Group]] (9.85%)
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| title = |[[CDMA]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[CDMA]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]|[[5G NR]]
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|| 110.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://international.viettel.vn/about-detail/global-network|title=Viettel Global network Q1 2022 |publisher=Viettel Group |date=2022-03-29}}</ref><br />(Q1 2022)
|| 110.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://international.viettel.vn/about-detail/global-network|title=Viettel Global network Q1 2022 |publisher=Viettel Group |date=2022-03-29}}</ref><br />(Q1 2022)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],||[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSDPA]], [[UMTS#UTRA-TDD|TD-HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]]||, [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)#LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],||[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSDPA]], [[UMTS#UTRA-TDD|TD-HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]]||, [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)#LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]], [[5G]]
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|88.94<ref name="TRAI">{{cite web|date=April 2022|title=TRAI subscription data|url=https://www.trai.gov.in/release-publication/reports/telecom-subscriptions-reports}}</ref><br />(April 2024)<ref group="Note">After adding subscribers of [[Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited|MTNL]] to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with [[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited|BSNL]].</ref>
|91.74<ref>{{cite web |title=Telecom Subscriptions Reports {{!}} Telecom Regulatory Authority of India |url=https://trai.gov.in/release-publication/reports/telecom-subscriptions-reports |website=trai.gov.in |access-date=24 October 2025}}</ref>
|[[Government of India]]
|[[Government of India]]
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|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[NTT Docomo|NTT Docomo Inc.]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[NTT Docomo|NTT Docomo Inc.]]
|| {{Flagicon|Japan}} ([[Japan]])
|| {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Japan]]
{{Flagicon|Turkey}} Turkey ([[NTT Docomo Turkey|NTT Docomo]])
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| titlestyle = font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;
| title = |[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]]  
| title = |[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]], [[LTE Advanced]]  
}}
}}
||89.9<ref>{{cite web|date=12 May 2021|title=NTT subscribers|url=https://group.ntt/en/ir/fin/subscriber.html}}</ref><br />(Q1 2024)
||91.4<ref>{{cite web |title=Number of Subscribers |url=https://group.ntt/en/ir/fin/subscriber.html |website=group.ntt |access-date=24 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />(Q3 2025)
|| [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
|| [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
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* General
* General
** [[Comparison of mobile phone standards]]
** [[Comparison of mobile phone standards]]
* Operators
* Operators
** [[List of mobile network operators in Europe]]
** [[List of mobile network operators in Europe]]
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**[[List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa]]
**[[List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa]]
**[[List of mobile network operators of the Americas]]
**[[List of mobile network operators of the Americas]]
* Country lists
* Country lists
** [[List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions]]
** [[List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions]]
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** [[List of countries by smartphone penetration]]
** [[List of countries by smartphone penetration]]
** [[List of multiple-system operators]]
** [[List of multiple-system operators]]
* [[List of telecommunications companies]]
* [[List of telecommunications companies]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Americas]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Americas]]
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** [[List of telecommunications companies in Europe]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in Europe]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa]]
** [[List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa]]
==Footnotes==
{{reflist|group=Note}}


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://travelem.com/en-us/list-of-all-mobile-operators-divided-by-country-for-travelers List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country]
* [https://travelem.com/en-us/list-of-all-mobile-operators-divided-by-country-for-travelers List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country]
* correct link (via archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20190430054352/https://travelem.com/en-us/list-of-all-mobile-operators-divided-by-country-for-travelers/


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Latest revision as of 14:50, 28 October 2025

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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 25 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.

Rank Company Main markets Technology Total
subscriptions
(in millions)
Ownership
(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
1 Template:Flagicon China Mobile
Communications Corporation
Template:Flagu (China Mobile)
Template:Flagu (CMHK)
Template:Flagu (Zong)
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(September 2024)
Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 Template:Flagicon Bharti Airtel Limited Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 600[2]
(September 2025)
Bharti Enterprises (66.57%)
Singtel (32.15%)
Google (1.28%)
3 Template:Flagicon Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 506[3]
(September 2025)
Jio Platforms
4 Template:Flagicon China Telecom Corp., Ltd Template:Flagu
Template:Flagu
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(September 2024)
China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5 Template:Flagicon China Unicom Limited Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 345.0[5]
(September 2024)
China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefónica (0.6%)
6 Template:Flagicon Vodafone Group plc Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 310.0[6]
(May 2024)
7 Template:Flagicon América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 315.8[7]
(September 2024)
Helu Slim (36.50%)
Carlos Slim (6.84%)
Public stock (56.66%)
8 Template:Flagicon Orange S.A. Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 305.3[8]
(December 2024)
Public stock (77%)
Government of France (23%)
9 Template:Flagicon Telefónica S.A. Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 270.5[9]
(May 2025)
10 Template:Flagicon MTN Group Limited Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 288.0[10]
(September 2024)
Public stock (60.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)
M1 (10.05%)
11 Template:Flagicon Deutsche Telekom AG Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 258.8[11]
(September 2024)
Free float (68.1%)
Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%)
12 Template:Flagicon Vodafone Idea Ltd Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 203.86[12]
(July 2025)
Government of India (49.8%)
Vodafone Group Plc (23.2%)
Aditya Birla Group (9.85%)
13 Template:Flagicon Axiata Group Berhad Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 162.5[13]
(December 2023)
Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
14 Template:Flagicon PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) Template:Flagicon Indonesia
Template:Flagicon East Timor
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 159.3[14]
(December 2023)
Telkom Indonesia (65%)
Singtel (35%)
15 Template:Flagicon Emirates Telecommunication
Group Company PJSC
(Etisalat)
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 159[15]
(2021)
Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39.97%)
16 Template:Flagicon VEON Ltd. Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 153.9[16]
(December 2024)
Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (45.5%)
The Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (7.9%)
Lingotto Investment Management LLP (7.8%)
Shah Capital Management Inc. (6.7%)[17]
17 Template:Flagicon Ooredoo QSC Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 149.4[18]
(Q3 2024)
Government of Qatar
18 Template:Flagicon Verizon Communications Template:Flagicon United States
Template:Flagicon United States Virgin Islands
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 146[19]
(December 2024)
Verizon Communications
19 Template:Flagicon AT&T Inc. Template:Flagicon United States (AT&T Mobility LLC)
Template:Flagicon Mexico (AT&T Mexico)
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 139.0[20]
(September 2024)
Institutional Shares (59.28%)
Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%)
Blackrock Inc (11.49%)[21]
20 Template:Flagicon Telenor ASA Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 138.31[22]
(Q3 2024)
Government of Norway (53.97%)
Public stock (41.74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
21 Template:Flagicon Viettel Group Script error: No such module "collapsible list". Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 110.0[23]
(Q1 2022)
Government of Vietnam
22 Template:Flagicon BSNL Mobile Template:Flagu Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 91.74[24] Government of India
23 Template:Flagicon NTT Docomo Inc. Template:Flagicon Japan Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 91.4[25]
(Q3 2025)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24 Template:Flagicon Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Template:Flagicon Russia
Template:Flagicon Belarus
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 87.60[26]
(Q3 2024)
Sistema (50.8%)
25 Template:Flagicon MegaFon Template:Flagicon Russia
Template:Flagicon Tajikistan
Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 77.26[27]
(Q2 2024)
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)[28]
2 Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)[29]
3 Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[30] Etisalat (28%)
4 Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[31]
5 ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

See also

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External links

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