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 |  China MobileCommunications Corporation | 946.97 | Government of the People's Republic of China Public stock | ||
| 2 |  Bharti Airtel Limited | 423.28 | Bharti Enterprises SingTel | ||
| 3 | Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited | 398.30 | Jio Platforms | ||
| 4 | China Telecom Corp., Ltd | 341.20 | China Telecommunications Corporation | ||
| 5 | Vodafone Idea Limited | 314.62. | Vodafone Group Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad Private equity | ||
| 6 | China Unicom Limited | 308.74 | China Unicom Limited China Netcom Group Telefonica | ||
| 7 |  América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V | 277.50 | Helu Slim Carlos Slim Public stock | ||
| 8 |  Vodafone Group plc | 261.34 | |||
| 9 |  Telefónica S.A. | 256.20 | |||
| 10 |  MTN Group Limited | 257.33 | Public stock Government Employees Pension Fund M1 | ||
| 11 |  VEON Ltd. | 210.90 | Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. Public stock Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor | ||
| 12 |  Orange S.A. | 207.96 | Public stock Government of France | ||
| 13 |  Telenor ASA | 182.42 | Government of Norway Public stock The Government Pension Fund of Norway | ||
| 14 |  Deutsche Telekom AG | 185.50 | Free float Federal Republic of Germany | ||
| 15 |  AT&T Inc. | 171.41 | Institutional Shares VANGUARD GROUP INC BLACKROCK INC. STATE STREET CORP NEWPORT TRUST CO GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
| 16 |  Telkomsel | 162.57 | PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk Singtel | ||
| 17 |  Emirates TelecommunicationGroup Company PJSC | 146.10 | Emirates Investment Authority Public stock | ||
| 18 |  Axiata Group Berhad | 145.84 | Public stock Government of Malaysia | ||
| 19 | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited | 123.22 | Government of India | ||
| 20 | Verizon Wireless | 119.87 | Verizon Communications | ||
| 21 |  Ooredoo QSC | 118.32 | |||
| 22 |  Viettel Group | 110.0 | Government of Vietnam | ||
| 23 |  CKH Group Telecom | 98.49 | CK Hutchison Holdings | ||
| 24 |  Globe Telecom Inc. | 89.32 | Asiacom Singtel Ayala Corporation Public stock | ||
| 25 |  Mobile TeleSystems | 86.40 | Sistema | ||
| 26 |  NTT Docomo Inc. | 79.67 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | ||
| 27 | MegaFon | 75.10 | AF Telecom Holding LLC USM Telecom LLC | ||
| 28 | PLDT Inc. | 73.08 | |||
| 29 |  TIM | 54.5 | |||
| 30 |  Globacom Limited | 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 | Iridium | Proprietary TDMA | 0.824 | |
| 2 | Globalstar | Proprietary CDMA | 0.638 | |
| 3 | Thuraya | Proprietary FDMA/GSM | 0.260 | Etisalat |
| 4 | Inmarsat | Proprietary GSM | 0.254 | |
| 5 | ACeS | 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