List of MNOs

List of mobile network operators

  • Print

This is a list of mobile phone 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[edit]

This is a list of the world's 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 China Mobile 899.7[1]
(April 2018)		 Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 United Kingdom Vodafone 516[2]
(2017)
3 India Airtel 450.7[3]
(March 2018)		 Bharti Telecom Limited (45.09%)
Public stock (28.16%)
Pastel Limited (14.79%)
Indian Continent Investment Limited (6.65%)
Life Insurance Corporation of India (5.31%)
4 China China Unicom 297.0[4]
(April 2018)		 China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefonica (9.7%)
5 Mexico América Móvil 279.1[5]
(March 2018)		 Helu Slim (36.50%)
Carlos Slim (6.84%)
Public stock (56.66%)
6 Spain Telefónica 271.1[6]
(March 2018)
7 China China Telecom 270.9[7]
(April 2018)
8 Netherlands Veon 239.7[8]
(March 2018)		 Letterone Investment Holdings S.A. (47.9%)
Telenor (33%)
Public stock (10.8%)
Stichting Administratiekantoor Mobile Telecommunications Investor (8.3%)
9 South Africa MTN Group 221.3[9]
(March 2018)		 Public stock (68.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (17.23%)
M1 (7.72%)
10 France Orange 201.9[10]
(March 2018)		 Public stock (86.6%)
Government of France (13.4%)
11 Indonesia Telkomsel 196.3[11]
(December 2017)		 PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%)
Singtel (35%)
12 India Reliance Jio 194[12]
(February 2018)		 Reliance Industries
13 Norway Telenor 170.1[13]
(March 2018)		 Government of Norway (53,97%)
Public stock (41,74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4,79%)
14 Germany Deutsche Telekom 169.9[14]
(March 2018)		 Free float (68.2%)
Federal Republic of Germany (31.8%)
15 Saudi Arabia STC 161.0[15]
(December 2016)
16 United Arab Emirates Etisalat 159.0[16]
(March 2017)		 Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39,97%)
17 Qatar Ooredoo 149.0[17]
(March 2017)
18 United States Verizon Wireless 148.9[18]
(September 2017)		 Verizon Communications
19 United States AT&T Mobility 138.8[19]
(September 2017)		 AT&T Inc.
20 Russia MTS 108.8[20]
(March 2017)		 Sistema (50.8%)
21 India BSNL 135.3
(31st January 2018)[21]		 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
22 Hong Kong 3 101.9[22](2015) CK Hutchison Holdings
23 Malaysia Axiata 101.0[23]
(December 2015)		 Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
24 Italy TIM 92.8[24]
(September 2016)		 Telecom Italia
25 Russia MegaFon 77.3[25]
(September 2016)		 USM Holdings Limited (56.32%+3,92%)
Telia Company (25.17%)
Public stock (14,59%)
26 Iran Hamrahe Aval(MCI) 65.0[26]
(December 2016)		 Telecommunication Company of Iran (90%)
Public stock (10%)
27 Philippines Globe Telecom 62.8[27]
(December 2016)		 Asiacom (54,5%)
Singtel (21,5%)
Ayala Corporation (13,9%)
Public stock (10,2%)
28 Philippines PLDT 61.8[28]
(September 2016)
29 United StatesSprint Corporation 54[29]
(October 2017)		 SoftBank Group (80%)
30 Sweden Telia Company 50.1[30]

(December 2016)

 Turkcell Holding A.Ş. (51%)
Public stock (34.93%)
Sonera Holding B.V. (14.02%)
Çukurova Holding A.Ş. (0,05%)
31 Thailand AIS 41.0[31]
(December 2016)		 Intouch Holdings (40,45%)
Public stock (36,23%)
Singtel (23,32%)
32 Russia Tele2 Russia 40.6[32]

(December 2017
33 Indonesia STI 21.0
(December 2016)

Satellite based[edit]

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 United States Iridium Proprietary TDMA 0.824 (June 2016)[33]
2 United States Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)[34]
3 United Arab Emirates Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[35] Etisalat (28%)
4 United Kingdom Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[36]
5 Indonesia ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

By region[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Operation Data". China Mobile. 2018-04-30. 
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2017" (PDF). Vodafone Group plc. 31 December 2017. p. 10. 
  3. ^ "Fact Sheet". Airtel. 2018-03-31. 
  4. ^ "Operation Data". China Unicom. 2018-04-30. 
  5. ^ "1Q 2018 Reports" (PDF). América Móvil. 2018-03-31. 
  6. ^ "Report 1Q 2018". 31 March 2018. 
  7. ^ "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom. 
  8. ^ "Report 1Q 2018" (PDF). Veon. 31 March 2018. 
  9. ^ "1Q Results 2018" (PDF). MTN Group. 31 March 2018. 
  10. ^ "Report 1Q 2018" (PDF). 31 March 2018. 
  11. ^ "Annual Report 2017". 31 December 2017. 
  12. ^ "Trai Press Release 48/2018" (PDF). 24 April 2018. 
  13. ^ "1Q 2018 Telenor Group Report" (PDF). 31 March 2018. 
  14. ^ "1Q 2018 Report". 31 March 2018. 
  15. ^ "STC Investor Factsheet" (PDF). STC. Retrieved 25 August 2014. [permanent dead link]
  16. ^ "Etisalat 1Q Report 2017". Etisalat. 31 March 2017. 
  17. ^ "Q1 2017 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 31 March 2017. 
  18. ^ "How Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and more stacked up in Q3 2017: The top 7 carriers". FierceWireless. November 10, 2017. 
  19. ^ "How Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and more stacked up in Q3 2017: The top 7 carriers". November 10, 2017. 
  20. ^ "Results Q1 2017" (PDF). MTS. 31 March 2017. 
  21. ^ "January 2018 TRAI Report" (PDF). TRAI. 1 January 2018. 
  22. ^ "Operator group ranking, 2015". GSMA intelligence. 28 April 2016. 
  23. ^ "Axiata - Annual Report 2015" (PDF). 
  24. ^ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). TIM. 30 September 2016. 
  25. ^ "Press Release Q3 2016". MegaFon. 30 September 2016. 
  26. ^ "About MCI". MCI. 31 December 2016. 
  27. ^ "Report 4Q 2016" (PDF). 31 December 2016. 
  28. ^ "Financial highlights 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016. 
  29. ^ "Quarterly Investor Update" (PDF). Retrieved 25 October 2017. 
  30. ^ "Financial highlights 2016". Turkcell. 31 December 2016. 
  31. ^ "Operational Highlights 2016". 31 December 2016. 
  32. ^ http://www.acm-consulting.com/data-downloads/cat_view/7-cellular/34-cellular-2017.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 2016-06-30. 
  34. ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 2015-03-31. 
  35. ^ [1] Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  36. ^ [2] Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.

 

goava Low Cost VoIP Calls