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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 China Mobile
Communications Corporation 		 China (China Mobile)
 Hong Kong (CMHK)
 Pakistan (Zong)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE, TD-SCDMA,
  • TD-HSDPA,
  • TD-LTE, FD-LTE (Hong Kong only), 4G+, 5G
 1003.9
(September 2024) 		Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 Bharti Airtel Limited
List
  •  India (Airtel)
  •  Chad (Airtel)
  •  DR Congo (Airtel)
  •  Gabon (Airtel)
  •  Kenya (Airtel Kenya)
  •  Madagascar (Airtel)
  •  Malawi (Airtel)
  •  Niger (Airtel)
  •  Nigeria (Airtel)
  •  Republic of the Congo (Airtel)
  •  Rwanda (Airtel)
  •  Seychelles (Airtel)
  •  Tanzania (Airtel Tanzania)
  •  Uganda (Airtel Uganda)
  •  Zambia (Airtel)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • HSPA, UMTS, HSPA+,
  • LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G
600
(September 2025) 		Bharti Enterprises (66.57%)
Singtel (32.15%)
Google (1.28%)
3 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited  India
List
  • LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G
506
(September 2025) 		Jio Platforms
4 China Telecom Corp., Ltd  China
 Macau
List
  • CDMA, EV-DO
  • TD-LTE, LTE, 4G+, 5G
423.4
(September 2024) 		China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5 China Unicom Limited  China
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS,
  • TD-LTE, LTE, 4G+, 5G
345.0
(September 2024) 		China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefónica (0.6%)
6 Vodafone Group plc
List
  • Albania (Vodafone)
  • Australia (Vodafone)
  • Czech Republic (Vodafone)
  • Egypt (Vodafone)
  • Germany (Vodafone)
  • Greece (Vodafone)
  • Ireland (Vodafone)
  • Netherlands (Vodafone)
  • Northern Cyprus (Vodafone)
  • Portugal (Vodafone)
  • Romania (Vodafone)
  • South Africa (Vodacom)
  • Tanzania (Vodacom)
  • Turkey (Vodafone)
  • United Kingdom (Vodafone)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • HSPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G
310.0
(May 2024)
7 América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V
List
  • Argentina (Claro)
  • Austria (Telekom Austria)
  • Belarus (A1)
  • Brazil (Claro)
  • Bulgaria (A1)
  • Chile (Claro)
  • Colombia (Claro)
  • Costa Rica (Claro)
  • Croatia (A1)
  • Dominican Republic (Claro)
  • Ecuador (Claro)
  • El Salvador (Claro)
  • Guatemala (Claro)
  • Honduras (Claro)
  • Mexico (Telcel)
  • Nicaragua (Claro)
  • North Macedonia (A1)
  • Paraguay (Claro)
  • Peru (Claro)
  • Puerto Rico (Claro)
  • Serbia (A1)
  • Slovenia (A1 Slovenija)
  • Uruguay (Claro)
List
  • D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000 1x, EV-DO,
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSPA+,
  • LTE
315.8
(September 2024) 		Helu Slim (36.50%)
Carlos Slim (6.84%)
Public stock (56.66%)
8 Orange S.A.
List
  • Belgium (Orange)
  • Botswana (Orange)
  • Cameroon (Orange)
  • Central African Republic (Orange)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (Orange)
  • Dominican Republic (Orange)
  • Egypt (Orange)
  • Equatorial Guinea (Orange)
  • France (Orange)
  • Guinea (Sonatel)
  • Guinea-Bissau (Sonatel)
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jordan (Orange)
  • Kenya (Orange)
  • Luxembourg
  • Madagascar (Orange)
  • Mali (Orange)
  • Moldova (Orange)
  • Morocco (Orange)
  • Niger (Orange)
  • Poland (Orange)
  • Romania (Orange)
  • Senegal (Orange) (50%)
  • Slovakia (Orange)
  • Spain (Orange)
  • Tunisia (Orange)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE
305.3
(December 2024) 		Public stock (77%)
Government of France (23%)
9 Telefónica S.A.
List
  • Argentina (Movistar)
  • Brazil (Vivo)
  • Chile (Movistar)
  • Colombia (Movistar)
  • Ecuador (Movistar)
  • Germany (O2)
  • Mexico (Movistar)
  • Peru (Movistar)
  • Spain (Movistar)
  • United Kingdom (O2)
  • Uruguay (Movistar)
  • Venezuela (Movistar)
List
  • D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000,
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA,
  • LTE
270.5
(May 2025)
10 MTN Group Limited
List
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Cameroon
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Eswatini (30%)
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Iran (49%)
  • Ivory Coast
  • Liberia
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
List
  • GSM,
288.0
(September 2024) 		Public stock (60.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)
M1 (10.05%)
11 Deutsche Telekom AG
List
  • Austria (Magenta Telekom)
  • Croatia (Hrvatski Telekom)
  • Czech Republic (T-Mobile CZ)
  • Germany (Deutsche Telekom)
  • Greece (Cosmote)
  • Hungary (Magyar Telekom)
  • Montenegro (Crnogorski Telekom)
  • North Macedonia (Makedonski Telekom)
  • Poland (T-Mobile PL)
  • Puerto Rico (T-Mobile US)
  • Romania (Telekom Romania)
  • Slovakia (Slovak Telekom)
  • United States (T-Mobile US)
  • United States Virgin Islands (T-Mobile US)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+,
  • LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR
258.8
(September 2024) 		Free float (68.1%)
Federal Republic of Germany (31.9%)
12 Vodafone Idea Ltd  India
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G
203.86
(July 2025) 		Government of India (49.8%)
Vodafone Group Plc (23.2%)
Aditya Birla Group (9.85%)
13 Axiata Group Berhad
List
  • Bangladesh (Robi)
  • Cambodia (Smart)
  • Indonesia (XLSmart)
  • Malaysia (CelcomDigi)
  • Sri Lanka (Dialog)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE, LTE-A,
  • 5G NR
162.5
(December 2023) 		Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
14 PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) Indonesia
East Timor
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE, 5G
159.3
(December 2023) 		Telkom Indonesia (65%)
Singtel (35%)
15 Emirates Telecommunication
Group Company PJSC (Etisalat)
List
  • Afghanistan (etisalat)
  • Benin (Moov)
  • Burkina Faso (Moov)
  • Central African Republic (Moov)
  • Chad (Moov)
  • Egypt (e& Egypt)
  • Gabon (Moov)
  • Côte d'Ivoire (Moov)
  • Mali (Sotelma)
  • Mauritania (Mauritel)
  • Morocco (Maroc Telecom)
  • Niger (Moov)
  • Pakistan (Ufone)
  • Saudi Arabia (Mobily)
  • Togo (Moov)
  • United Arab Emirates (e&)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA,
  • LTE
159
(2021) 		Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39.97%)
16 VEON Ltd.
List
  • Bangladesh (Banglalink)
  • Kazakhstan (Beeline)
  • Kyrgyzstan (Beeline)
  • Pakistan (Jazz)
  • Ukraine (Kyivstar)
  • Uzbekistan (Beeline)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE
153.9
(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 Ooredoo QSC
List
  • Algeria (Ooredoo)
  • Indonesia (Indosat)
  • Iraq (Asiacell)
  • Kuwait (Ooredoo)
  • Maldives Ooredoo
  • Oman (Ooredoo)
  • Palestine (Ooredoo)
  • Qatar (Ooredoo)
  • Tunisia (Ooredoo
List
  • CDMA, EV-DO,
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE
149.4
(Q3 2024) 		Government of Qatar
18 Verizon Communications United States
United States Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
List
  • HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR
 146
(December 2024) 		Verizon Communications
19 AT&T Inc. United States (AT&T Mobility LLC)
Mexico (AT&T Mexico)
List
  • HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-A Pro, 5G NR
139.0
(September 2024) 		Institutional Shares (59.28%)
Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%)
Blackrock Inc (11.49%)
20 Telenor ASA
List
  • Bangladesh (Grameenphone)
  • Denmark (Telenor)
  • Finland (DNA PLC)
  • Norway (Telenor)
  • Pakistan (Telenor)
  • Sweden (Telenor)
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA,
  • LTE, LTE-A,
  • 5G NR
138.31
(Q3 2024) 		Government of Norway (53.97%)
Public stock (41.74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
21 Viettel Group
List
  • Burundi (Lumitel)
  • Cambodia (Metfone)
  • Cameroon (Nexttel)
  • East Timor (Telemor)
  • Haiti (Natcom)
  • Laos (Unitel)
  • Mozambique (Movitel)
  • Myanmar (Mytel)
  • Peru (Bitel)
  • Tanzania (Halotel)
  • Vietnam
List
  • CDMA,
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE
  • 5G NR
110.0
(Q1 2022) 		Government of Vietnam
22 BSNL Mobile  India
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, TD-HSDPA, HSPA+
  • , LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G
91.74 Government of India
23 NTT Docomo Inc. Japan
List
  • UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+,
  • LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced
91.4
(Q3 2025) 		Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Russia
Belarus
List
  • GSM, GPRS, EDGE,
    UMTS, LTE, 5G NR
87.60
(Q3 2024) 		Sistema (50.8%)
25 MegaFon Russia
Tajikistan
List
  • GSM,
  • GPRS, EDGE,
  • UMTS, HSDPA
  • LTE, LTE Advanced
77.26
(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)
2 Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)
3 Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007) Etisalat (28%)
4 Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)
5 ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

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