List of MNOs

List of mobile network operators

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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[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 901.9[1]
(May 2018) 		Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 United Kingdom Vodafone 535.8[2]
(March 2018)
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 China China Telecom 276.1[6]
(May 2018)
7 Spain Telefónica 271.9[7]
(June 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 India Reliance Jio 215[10]
(July 2018) 		Reliance Industries
11 France Orange 201.9[12]
(March 2018) 		Public stock (86.6%)
Government of France (13.4%)
12 Indonesia Telkomsel 196.3[13]
(December 2017) 		PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (65%)
Singtel (35%)
13 Norway Telenor 172.2[14]
(July 2018) 		Government of Norway (53.97%)
Public stock (41.74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
14 Germany Deutsche Telekom 169.9[15]
(March 2018) 		Free float (68.2%)
Federal Republic of Germany (31.8%)
15 Saudi Arabia STC 161.0[16]
(December 2016)
16 United Arab Emirates Etisalat 159.0[17]
(March 2017) 		Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39.97%)
17 United States Verizon Wireless 151.5[18]
(March 2018) 		Verizon Communications
18 Qatar Ooredoo 149.0[19]
(March 2017)
19 United States AT&T Mobility 143.8[20]
(March 2018) 		AT&T Inc.
20 Russia MTS 106.2[21]
(May 2018) 		Sistema (50.8%)
21 India BSNL 135.3
(31st January 2018)[22] 		Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
22 Hong Kong 3 101.9[23](2015) CK Hutchison Holdings
23 Malaysia Axiata 101.0[24]
(December 2015) 		Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
24 Italy TIM 92.8[25]
(September 2016) 		Telecom Italia
25 Russia MegaFon 77.3[26]
(September 2016) 		USM Holdings Limited (56.32%+3.92%)
Telia Company (25.17%)
Public stock (14.59%)
26 Iran Hamrahe Aval (MCI) 65.0[27]
(December 2016) 		Telecommunication Company of Iran (90%)
Public stock (10%)
27 Philippines Globe Telecom 62.8[28]
(December 2016) 		Asiacom (54.5%)
Singtel (21.5%)
Ayala Corporation (13.9%)
Public stock (10.2%)
28 Philippines PLDT 61.8[29]
(September 2016)
29 United StatesSprint Corporation 53.6[30]
(March 2018) 		SoftBank Group (80%)
30 Sweden Telia Company 50.1[31]

(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[32]
(December 2016) 		Intouch Holdings (40.45%)
Public stock (36.23%)
Singtel (23.32%)
32 Russia Tele2 40.6[33]

(December 2017)

33 Indonesia Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia 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)[34]
2 United States Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)[35]
3 United Arab Emirates Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[36] Etisalat (28%)
4 United Kingdom Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[37]
5 Indonesia ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

By region[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Operation Data". China Mobile. 2018-05-31. 
  2. ^ "Annual Report 2018" (PDF). Vodafone Group plc. 31 March 2018. 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. ^ "China Telecom Corporation". China Telecom. 
  7. ^ "Report 1Q 2018". 31 March 2018. 
  8. ^ "Report 1Q 2018" (PDF). Veon. 31 March 2018. 
  9. ^ "1Q Results 2018" (PDF). MTN Group. 31 March 2018. 
  10. ^ "Trai Press Release 48/2018" (PDF). 24 April 2018. 
  11. ^ https://www.orange.com/en/Group/Orange-in-the-world/countries/Non-controlling-equity-interest-Iraq
  12. ^ "Report 1Q 2018" (PDF). 31 March 2018. 
  13. ^ "Annual Report 2017". 31 December 2017. 
  14. ^ "2Q 2018 Telenor Group Report" (PDF). 17 July 2018. 
  15. ^ "1Q 2018 Report". 31 March 2018. 
  16. ^ "STC Investor Factsheet" (PDF). STC. Retrieved 25 August 2014. [permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Etisalat 1Q Report 2017". Etisalat. 31 March 2017. 
  18. ^ "Q1 2018 Results". Verizon Communications. 31 March 2018. 
  19. ^ "Q1 2017 Results" (PDF). Ooredoo. 31 March 2017. 
  20. ^ "Q1 2018 Results". AT&T Inc. 31 March 2018. 
  21. ^ "Results Q1 2018" (PDF). MTS. May 2018. 
  22. ^ "January 2018 TRAI Report" (PDF). TRAI. 1 January 2018. 
  23. ^ "Operator group ranking, 2015". GSMA intelligence. 28 April 2016. 
  24. ^ "Axiata - Annual Report 2015" (PDF). 
  25. ^ "Financial Results Q3 2016" (PDF). TIM. 30 September 2016. 
  26. ^ "Press Release Q3 2016". MegaFon. 30 September 2016. 
  27. ^ "About MCI". MCI. 31 December 2016. 
  28. ^ "Report 4Q 2016" (PDF). 31 December 2016. 
  29. ^ "Financial highlights 3Q 2016" (PDF). 30 September 2016. 
  30. ^ "Q1 2018 Results". Sprint. 31 March 2018. 
  31. ^ "Financial highlights 2016". Turkcell. 31 December 2016. 
  32. ^ "Operational Highlights 2016". 31 December 2016. 
  33. ^ http://www.acm-consulting.com/data-downloads/cat_view/7-cellular/34-cellular-2017.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)
  34. ^ "Iridium Q2 2016 Results" (PDF). 2016-06-30. 
  35. ^ "Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results". Globalstar.com. 2015-03-31. 
  36. ^ [1] Archived 3 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  37. ^ [2] Archived 6 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  1. ^ Except Vodafone Australia
  2. ^ Except Vodafone Australia
  3. ^ Except Vodafone Australia

 

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