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 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)
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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 		Script error: No such module "collapsible list". 423.4[4]
(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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References

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External links

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

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