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! Rank !! Company !! Main markets !! Technology !! data-sort-type=number|Total<br />subscriptions<br /><small>(in [[million]]s)</small> !! Ownership<br /><small>(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)</small>
! Rank !! Company !! Main markets !! Technology !! data-sort-type=number|Total<br />subscriptions<br />(in [[million]]s) !! Ownership<br />(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
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| [[UMTS-TDD|TD-HSDPA]],
| [[UMTS-TDD|TD-HSDPA]],
| [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]] <small>(Hong Kong only)</small>, [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]}}
| [[TD-LTE]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|FD-LTE]] (Hong Kong only), [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]}}
|| 1003.9<ref name="China Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/ir/operation_m.php |title=Monthly Customer Data |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|| 1003.9<ref name="China Mobile">{{cite web |url=https://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/ir/operation_m.php |title=Monthly Customer Data |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| [[Government of the People's Republic of China]] (74.25%)<br />Public stock (25.75%)
|| [[Government of the People's Republic of China]] (74.25%)<br />Public stock (25.75%)
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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]] <small></small>
| 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 /> <small>(September 2024)</small>
|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)
||[[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]]
}}
}}
|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 /> <small>(November 2024)</small>
|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)
|[[Jio Platforms]]
|[[Jio Platforms]]
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| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]]|[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]]|[[TD-LTE]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|4G+]], [[5G]]
}}
}}
|423.4<ref>{{cite web |publisher=China Telecom Corporation |url=https://www.chinatelecom-h.com/en/ir/kpi.php |title=China Telecom Monthly Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|423.4<ref>{{cite web |publisher=China Telecom Corporation |url=https://www.chinatelecom-h.com/en/ir/kpi.php |title=China Telecom Monthly Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||[[China Telecommunications Corporation]] (State Owned) (70.89%)
||[[China Telecommunications Corporation]] (State Owned) (70.89%)
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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]]
}}
}}
||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 /><small>(September 2024)</small>
||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)
||China Unicom Limited (40.92%)<br />China Netcom Group (29.49%)<br />[[Telefónica]] (0.6%)
||China Unicom Limited (40.92%)<br />China Netcom Group (29.49%)<br />[[Telefónica]] (0.6%)
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|| 310.0<ref name="Vodafone">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2024 |url=https://reports.investors.vodafone.com/view/197179846/ |date=24 May 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(May 2024)</small>
|| 310.0<ref name="Vodafone">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2024 |url=https://reports.investors.vodafone.com/view/197179846/ |date=24 May 2024}}</ref><br />(May 2024)
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| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000|CDMA2000 1x]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]]
| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000|CDMA2000 1x]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]]
}}
}}
|| 315.8<ref name="América Móvil">{{cite web |url=https://s22.q4cdn.com/604986553/files/doc_financials/2024/q3/3Q24.pdf |title=3Q 2024 Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|| 315.8<ref name="América Móvil">{{cite web |url=https://s22.q4cdn.com/604986553/files/doc_financials/2024/q3/3Q24.pdf |title=3Q 2024 Reports |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||Helu Slim (36.50%)<br />[[Carlos Slim]] (6.84%)<br />Public stock (56.66%)
||Helu Slim (36.50%)<br />[[Carlos Slim]] (6.84%)<br />Public stock (56.66%)


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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
}}
|| 305.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallery.orange.com/finance?lang=en&od=35608b55-6ecd-4862-bbfc-54a128ee0f67&om=17411288-4387-49f2-b390-9bd242c5e763&v=1123abb0-0379-4925-884c-8d7accb3e2da |title= Q3 Press Release 2024 |date=29 December 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(December 2024)</small>
|| 305.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gallery.orange.com/finance?lang=en&od=35608b55-6ecd-4862-bbfc-54a128ee0f67&om=17411288-4387-49f2-b390-9bd242c5e763&v=1123abb0-0379-4925-884c-8d7accb3e2da |title= Q3 Press Release 2024 |date=29 December 2024}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
|| Public stock (77%)<br />[[Government of France]] (23%)
|| Public stock (77%)<br />[[Government of France]] (23%)


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| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[D-AMPS]], [[cdmaOne]], [[CDMA2000]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
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|| 270.5<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.telefonica.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/rdos25t1-data.xlsx |title=Q1 Results 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref><br /><small>(May 2025)</small>
|| 270.5<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.telefonica.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2025/04/rdos25t1-data.xlsx |title=Q1 Results 2025 |date=14 May 2025}}</ref><br />(May 2025)
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| title = |[[GSM]],  
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|| 288.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MTN-Group-Q3-24-trading-update.pdf |title=Q3 Results 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|| 288.0<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MTN-Group-Q3-24-trading-update.pdf |title=Q3 Results 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| Public stock (60.02%)<br />Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)<br /> [[M1 Group|M1]] (10.05%)
|| Public stock (60.02%)<br />Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)<br /> [[M1 Group|M1]] (10.05%)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[Dual-Cell HSDPA#Dual-Cell|DC-HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-A]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[Dual-Cell HSDPA#Dual-Cell|DC-HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-A]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]
}}
}}
|| 258.8<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.telekom.com/interim-report-q3-2024/_assets/downloads/entire-dtag-ir324.pdf |title=Interim Group Report 3Q 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|| 258.8<ref>{{cite web |url=https://report.telekom.com/interim-report-q3-2024/_assets/downloads/entire-dtag-ir324.pdf |title=Interim Group Report 3Q 2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
||[[Public float|Free float]] (68.1%)<br />[[Federal Republic of Germany]] (31.9%)
||[[Public float|Free float]] (68.1%)<br />[[Federal Republic of Germany]] (31.9%)
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|{{Collapsible list
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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]] <small></small>
| 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
|| 209.0<ref>{{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 /><small>(November 2024)</small>
|title= Trai Press Release 89/2024 |date=30 September 2024}}</ref><br />(November 2024)
|[[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 = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
}}
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|| 162.5<ref name="Axiata">{{cite web|url=https://axiata.listedcompany.com/misc/Axiata_Integrated_Annual_Report_2023.pdf |title=Axiata Integrated 2019 Annual Report 2023}}</ref> <br /><small>(December 2023)</small>
|| 162.5<ref name="Axiata">{{cite web|url=https://axiata.listedcompany.com/misc/Axiata_Integrated_Annual_Report_2023.pdf |title=Axiata Integrated 2019 Annual Report 2023}}</ref> <br />(December 2023)
|| Public stock (54.91%)<br />[[Government of Malaysia]] (45.09%)
|| Public stock (54.91%)<br />[[Government of Malaysia]] (45.09%)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[5G]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[5G]]
}}
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|| 159.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telkom.co.id/minio/show/data/lampiran/1712209383262_original_Annual%20Report%20Telkom%202023_website.pdf |title=Annual Report 2023 |date=December 2023}}</ref><br /><small>(December 2023)</small>
|| 159.3<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telkom.co.id/minio/show/data/lampiran/1712209383262_original_Annual%20Report%20Telkom%202023_website.pdf |title=Annual Report 2023 |date=December 2023}}</ref><br />(December 2023)
||[[Telkom Indonesia]] (65%)<br />[[Singtel]] (35%)
||[[Telkom Indonesia]] (65%)<br />[[Singtel]] (35%)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
}}
|| 159<ref>{{cite web |url=https://etisalat.com/en/system/docs/2020/Etisalat-Group-Q2-2020-Earnings-Release-English.pdf|title=Etisalat 2Q Report 2020 |access-date=2020-07-21|page=4}}</ref><br /><small>(2021)</small>
|| 159<ref>{{cite web |url=https://etisalat.com/en/system/docs/2020/Etisalat-Group-Q2-2020-Earnings-Release-English.pdf|title=Etisalat 2Q Report 2020 |access-date=2020-07-21|page=4}}</ref><br />(2021)
|| [[Emirates Investment Authority]] (60.03%)<br />Public stock (39.97%)
|| [[Emirates Investment Authority]] (60.03%)<br />Public stock (39.97%)
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
}}
|| 153.9<ref>{{cite web|date=May 2025|title=Q1 2025 Results|url=https://www.veon.com/fileadmin/user_upload/investors/tradingupdate/1Q25_Factbook..xlsx|publisher=VEON}}</ref><br /><small>(December 2024)</small>
|| 153.9<ref>{{cite web|date=May 2025|title=Q1 2025 Results|url=https://www.veon.com/fileadmin/user_upload/investors/tradingupdate/1Q25_Factbook..xlsx|publisher=VEON}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
||[[Letterone Investment Holdings S.A.]] (45.5%)<br />The Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (7.9%)<br />Lingotto Investment Management LLP (7.8%) <br />Shah Capital Management Inc. (6.7%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.veon.com/investors/equity-investors#tab-item-17 |title=VEON Ltd. Ownership Structure, as of 31 December 2024 (after completing delisting from Euronext Amsterdam on 25 November 2024) |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>
||[[Letterone Investment Holdings S.A.]] (45.5%)<br />The Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (7.9%)<br />Lingotto Investment Management LLP (7.8%) <br />Shah Capital Management Inc. (6.7%)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.veon.com/investors/equity-investors#tab-item-17 |title=VEON Ltd. Ownership Structure, as of 31 December 2024 (after completing delisting from Euronext Amsterdam on 25 November 2024) |access-date=2025-05-20}}</ref>
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| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
| title = |[[CDMA]], [[EV-DO]],|[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]],|[[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]]
}}
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|| 149.4<ref>{{cite web|date=October 2024|title=Q3 2024 Results|url=https://www.ooredoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ORDS_ER_Q3-2024-FINAL.pdf|publisher=Ooredoo|page=12}}</ref><br /><small>(Q3 2024)</small>
|| 149.4<ref>{{cite web|date=October 2024|title=Q3 2024 Results|url=https://www.ooredoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/ORDS_ER_Q3-2024-FINAL.pdf|publisher=Ooredoo|page=12}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
|| [[Government of Qatar]]
|| [[Government of Qatar]]
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| title = |[[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-Advanced]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]|
| title = |[[HSDPA]], [[HSPA+]], [[3GPP Long Term Evolution|LTE]], [[LTE-Advanced]], [[LTE-A Pro]], [[5G NR]]|
}}
}}
|| 146<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|title=Financial and Operating Information|website=Verizon|date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124153521/https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><small>(December 2024)</small>
|| 146<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|title=Financial and Operating Information|website=Verizon|date=January 24, 2025|archive-date=January 24, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124153521/https://www.verizon.com/about/file/74377/download?token=aFR5AvZZ|url-status=live}}</ref><br />(December 2024)
||[[Verizon Communications]]
||[[Verizon Communications]]
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|| 139.0<ref>{{Cite web |title=AT&T Financial and Operational Schedules 3Q 2024 |url=https://investors.att.com/~/media/Files/A/ATT-IR-V2/financial-reports/quarterly-earnings/2024/3Q24/3Q24_ATT_Financial_and_Operational_Schedules_and_Non_GAAP_Reconciliations.pdf |access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref><br /><small>(September 2024)</small>
|| 139.0<ref>{{Cite web |title=AT&T Financial and Operational Schedules 3Q 2024 |url=https://investors.att.com/~/media/Files/A/ATT-IR-V2/financial-reports/quarterly-earnings/2024/3Q24/3Q24_ATT_Financial_and_Operational_Schedules_and_Non_GAAP_Reconciliations.pdf |access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref><br />(September 2024)
|| Institutional Shares (59.28%)<br />[[The Vanguard Group|Vanguard Group Inc]] (14.12%)<br />[[BlackRock|Blackrock Inc]] (11.49%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/t/ownership-summary|title=AT&T INC. Ownership summary |publisher=NASDAQ |language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>
|| Institutional Shares (59.28%)<br />[[The Vanguard Group|Vanguard Group Inc]] (14.12%)<br />[[BlackRock|Blackrock Inc]] (11.49%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/t/ownership-summary|title=AT&T INC. Ownership summary |publisher=NASDAQ |language=en|access-date=2019-05-27}}</ref>
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| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
| title = |[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],|[[UMTS]], [[HSDPA]],|[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[LTE Advanced|LTE-A]],|[[5G NR]]
}}
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|| 138.31<small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telenor.com/binaries/investors/reports-and-information/quarterly/2024/Presentation-Q3-2024.pdf |title=Telenor Group's Results Q3 2024 |date =2024-10-30}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)</small>
|| 138.31<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telenor.com/binaries/investors/reports-and-information/quarterly/2024/Presentation-Q3-2024.pdf |title=Telenor Group's Results Q3 2024 |date =2024-10-30}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
||[[Government of Norway]] (53.97%)<br />Public stock (41.74%)<br />[[The Government Pension Fund of Norway]] (4.79%)
||[[Government of Norway]] (53.97%)<br />Public stock (41.74%)<br />[[The Government Pension Fund of Norway]] (4.79%)
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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]]
}}
}}
|| 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 /><small>(Q1 2022)</small>
|| 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)
|| [[Government of Vietnam]]  
|| [[Government of Vietnam]]  
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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]]
}}
}}
|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 /><small>(April 2024)</small><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>
|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>
|[[Government of India]]
|[[Government of India]]
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||89.9<ref>{{cite web|date=12 May 2021|title=NTT subscribers|url=https://group.ntt/en/ir/fin/subscriber.html}}</ref><br /><small>(Q1 2024)</small>
||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)
|| [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
|| [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone]]
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| title = ||[[GSM]], [[GPRS]], [[EDGE (telecommunication)|EDGE]],<br />[[UMTS]], [[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]], [[5G NR]]
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|| 87.60<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moskva.mts.ru/about/media-centr/soobshheniya-kompanii/finansovaya-otchetnost/2024-11-19/finansovye-i-operacionnye-rezultaty-gruppy-mts-za-3-kvartal-2024 |title=Финансовые и операционные результаты Группы МТС за 3 квартал 2024 |website=mts.ru|access-date=2025-01-30}}</ref><br /><small>(Q3 2024)</small>
|| 87.60<ref>{{cite web |url=https://moskva.mts.ru/about/media-centr/soobshheniya-kompanii/finansovaya-otchetnost/2024-11-19/finansovye-i-operacionnye-rezultaty-gruppy-mts-za-3-kvartal-2024 |title=Финансовые и операционные результаты Группы МТС за 3 квартал 2024 |website=mts.ru|access-date=2025-01-30}}</ref><br />(Q3 2024)
|| [[Sistema]] (50.8%)
|| [[Sistema]] (50.8%)
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|| 77.26<ref>{{cite web |url=https://corp.megafon.ru/press/news/federalnye_novosti/federal/20240816-1000.html |title=МегаФон подвёл финансовые итоги первого полугодия 2024 года
|| 77.26<ref>{{cite web |url=https://corp.megafon.ru/press/news/federalnye_novosti/federal/20240816-1000.html |title=МегаФон подвёл финансовые итоги первого полугодия 2024 года
  |publisher=MegaFon |date=2024-08-16}}</ref><br /><small>(Q2 2024)</small>
  |publisher=MegaFon |date=2024-08-16}}</ref><br />(Q2 2024)
|| AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%)<br />USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)
|| AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%)<br />USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)
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! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! data-sort-type=number|Subscribers<br /><small>(in millions)</small> !! Ownership
! Rank !! Operator !! Technology !! data-sort-type=number|Subscribers<br />(in millions) !! Ownership
|-
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|style="text-align:right"| 1 || [[Iridium Satellite LLC|Iridium]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[Digital AMPS|TDMA]] || 0.824 <small>(June 2016)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-3ERWFI/2965382186x0x902196/92E3D619-F773-46B8-AE00-5FCF6AEE53CE/IRDM-Transcript-2016-07-28T12_30.pdf |title=Iridium Q2 2016 Results |date=2016-06-30}}</ref>||
|style="text-align:right"| 1 || [[Iridium Satellite LLC|Iridium]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[Digital AMPS|TDMA]] || 0.824 (June 2016)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-3ERWFI/2965382186x0x902196/92E3D619-F773-46B8-AE00-5FCF6AEE53CE/IRDM-Transcript-2016-07-28T12_30.pdf |title=Iridium Q2 2016 Results |date=2016-06-30}}</ref>||
|-
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 2 || [[Globalstar]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[CDMA]] || 0.638 <small>(March 2015)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.globalstar.com/en/index.php?cid=7010&pressId=871 |title=Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results |publisher=Globalstar.com |date=2015-03-31}}</ref>||
|style="text-align:right"| 2 || [[Globalstar]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[CDMA]] || 0.638 (March 2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.globalstar.com/en/index.php?cid=7010&pressId=871 |title=Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results |publisher=Globalstar.com |date=2015-03-31}}</ref>||
|-
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 3 || [[Thuraya]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[FDMA]]/[[GSM]] ||0.260 <small>(December 2007)</small><ref>{{Cite press release|title=Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN|date=27 November 2007|publisher=Thuraya|url=http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103101754/http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-date=3 January 2010}}</ref>||[[Etisalat]] (28%)
|style="text-align:right"| 3 || [[Thuraya]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[FDMA]]/[[GSM]] ||0.260 (December 2007)<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Thuraya Launches SMS Info Service with CNN|date=27 November 2007|publisher=Thuraya|url=http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103101754/http://www.thuraya.com/en/article/thuraya-launches-sms-info-service-with-cnn-1.html|archive-date=3 January 2010}}</ref>||[[Etisalat]] (28%)
|-
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 4 || [[Inmarsat]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[GSM]] ||0.254 <small>(September 2009)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Inmarsat Holdings Limited Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)|url=http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213550/http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>||
|style="text-align:right"| 4 || [[Inmarsat]] || [[Proprietary protocol|Proprietary]] [[GSM]] ||0.254 (September 2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Inmarsat Holdings Limited Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited)|url=http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106213550/http://www.inmarsat.com/Downloads/English/Investors/IHL_Q_3_2009.pdf?language=EN&textonly=False|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref>||
|-
|-
|style="text-align:right"| 5 || [[ACeS]] || Dual-mode [[Satellite]]/[[GSM]] || 0.020 <small>(December 2007)</small>||
|style="text-align:right"| 5 || [[ACeS]] || Dual-mode [[Satellite]]/[[GSM]] || 0.020 (December 2007)||
|}
|}



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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". 563.2[2]
(September 2024)
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". 461.2[3]
(November 2024)
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". 209.0[12]
(November 2024)
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". 88.94[24]
(April 2024)[Note 1]
Government of India
23 Template:Flagicon NTT Docomo Inc. Template:Flagicon Japan Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 89.9[25]
(Q1 2024)
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.