List of mobile network operators
This is a list of mobile network and satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.
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 | Company | Main markets | Technology | Total subscriptions | Ownership |
1 | ![]() Communications Corporation | 946.97 | Government of the People's Republic of China Public stock | ||
2 | ![]() | 423.28 | Bharti Enterprises SingTel | ||
3 | ![]() | 398.30 | Jio Platforms | ||
4 | ![]() | 341.20 | China Telecommunications Corporation | ||
5 | ![]() | 314.62. | Vodafone Group Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad Private equity | ||
6 | ![]() | 308.74 | China Unicom Limited China Netcom Group Telefonica | ||
7 | ![]() | 277.50 | Helu Slim Carlos Slim Public stock | ||
8 | ![]() | 261.34 | |||
9 | ![]() | 256.20 | |||
10 | ![]() | 257.33 | Public stock Government Employees Pension Fund M1 | ||
11 | ![]() | 210.90 | Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. Public stock Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor | ||
12 | ![]() | 207.96 | Public stock Government of France | ||
13 | ![]() | 182.42 | Government of Norway Public stock The Government Pension Fund of Norway | ||
14 | ![]() | 185.50 | Free float Federal Republic of Germany | ||
15 | ![]() | 171.41 | Institutional Shares VANGUARD GROUP INC BLACKROCK INC. STATE STREET CORP NEWPORT TRUST CO GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
16 | ![]() | 162.57 | PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Singtel | ||
17 | ![]() Group Company PJSC | 146.10 | Emirates Investment Authority Public stock | ||
18 | ![]() | 145.84 | Public stock Government of Malaysia | ||
19 | ![]() | 123.22 | Government of India | ||
20 | ![]() | 119.87 | Verizon Communications | ||
21 | ![]() | 118.32 | |||
22 | ![]() | 110.0 | Government of Vietnam | ||
23 | ![]() | 98.49 | CK Hutchison Holdings | ||
24 | ![]() | 89.32 | Asiacom Singtel Ayala Corporation Public stock | ||
25 | ![]() | 86.40 | Sistema | ||
26 | ![]() | 79.67 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | ||
27 | ![]() | 75.10 | AF Telecom Holding LLC USM Telecom LLC | ||
28 | ![]() | 73.08 | |||
29 | ![]() | 54.5 | |||
30 | ![]() | 52.42 | |||
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 | Ownership |
1 | ![]() | Proprietary TDMA | 0.824 | |
2 | ![]() | Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 | |
3 | ![]() | Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 | Etisalat |
4 | ![]() | Proprietary GSM | 0.254 | |
5 | ![]() | Dual-mode Satellite/GSM | 0.020 |
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
Footnotes