قائمة بشبكات الهاتف المحمول
قائمة بشبكات الهاتف المحمول
هذه هي قائمة بشركات إدارة شبكات المحمول.
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العالم
شبكات أرضية
هذه هي أكبر شبكات المحمول في العالم طبقًا لعدد المشتركين (وللعدد النسبي للمشتركين، إن كان للشركة نسبة في شبكات أخرى).
الترتيب | الشركة | الأسواق الرئيسية | التكنولوچيا | المشتركين (نسبيًا، بالملايين) |
المشتركين (إجماليًا / غير محدد، بالملايين) |
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1 | تشاينا موبايل (الصين) | الصين، هونج كونج | GSM، GPRS، EDGE | 273.8 [1] (يونيو 2006) | 273.8 (يونيو 2006) |
2 | فودافون (المملكة المتحدة) | المملكة المتحدة، ألمانيا، إيطاليا، إسپانيا، فرنسا، الولايات المتحدة | GSM، GPRS، UMTS، HSDPA،
CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO |
186.8 (يونيو 2006) | 553.0 (يونيو 2006) |
3 | تشاينا يونيكوم (الصين) | الصين | GSM، CDMA | 135.1 [2] (يونيو 2006) | 135.1 (يونيو 2006) |
4 | تليفونيكا (إسپانيا) | إسپانيا، المملكة المتحدة، ألمانيا، أمريكا اللاتينية | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA،
CDMA، CDMA2000 1x (TDMA) |
109.7 (يونيو 2006) | 134.6 (يونيو 2006) |
5 | أميريكا موفيل (المكسيك) | أمريكا اللاتينية | GSM، GPRS، EDGE
(CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، TDMA) |
104.6 [3] (يونيو 2006) | 107.8 (يونيو 2006) |
6 | T-Mobile (ألمانيا) | ألمانيا، الولايات المتحدة، المملكة المتحدة، پولندا | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA | 94.1 (يونيو 2006) | 101.2 (يونيو 2006) |
7 | أورانچ (فرنسا) | فرنسا، المملكة المتحدة، إسپانيا، پولندا، رومانيا | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA | 71.5 (ديسمبر 2005) | 88.7 [4] (يونيو 2006) |
8 | MTS (روسيا) | روسيا، أوكرانيا، العديد من بلدان كومنولث الدول المستقلة | GSM، GPRS | 65.4 (يونيو 2006) | 66.7 [5] (يونيو 2006) |
9 | Telecom Italia (إيطاليا) | إيطاليا، البرازيل | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA (TDMA) | 61.1 (يونيو 2006) | 61.1 (يونيو 2006) |
10 | Cingular (الولايات المتحدة) | الولايات المتحدة | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA (TDMA) | 57.3 (يونيو 2006) | 57.3 (يونيو 2006) |
11 | Telenor (النرويج) | إسكاندينافيا، أوروپا الشرقية، دول أخرى | GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS | 56.5 (7 سپتمبر 2006) | 100.0 [6](7 سپتمبر 2006) |
12 | Verizon Wireless (الولايات المتحدة) | الولايات المتحدة | CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO | 54.8 (يونيو 2006) | 54.8 (يونيو 2006) |
13 | NTT DoCoMo (الياپان) | الياپان | PDC، FOMA، PHS | 52.0 [7] (أغسطس 2006) | 52.0 (أغسطس 2006) |
14 | Sprint Nextel (الولايات المتحدة) | الولايات المتحدة | CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO، iDEN | 51.7 (يونيو 2006) | 51.7 (يونيو 2006) |
15 | VimpelCom (روسيا) | روسيا، دول أخرى | GSM، GPRS (D-AMPS) | 50.8 (يونيو 2006) | 50.8 [8] (يونيو 2006) |
16 | TeliaSonera (السويد) | إسكاندينافيا، المنطقة البالطية، روسيا، تركيا، أوراسيا | GSM، UMTS | 38.5 (يونيو 2006) | 79.3 (يونيو 2006) |
17 | SingTel (سنغافورة) | سنغافورة، أستراليا، الهند | GSM، UMTS | 35.6 [9] (يونيو 2006) | 92.4 (يونيو 2006) |
شبكات فضائية
الترتيب | الشركة | التكنولوچيا | المشتركين (بالملايين) |
المالك |
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1 | الثريا | 0.250 [10] (أغسطس 2006) | ||
2 | Globalstar | 0.200 [11] (مارس 2006) | ||
3 | Iridium | 0.159 [12] (يونيو 2006) | ||
4 | ACeS |
Americas
Anguilla
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | bmobile | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
Antigua and Barbuda
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | APUA | GSM | Not available yet | Antigua Public Utilities Authority |
2 | bmobile | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
Argentina
The country has 25.9 million subscribers in total, or a 64.9% penetration rate. [13] (June 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Movistar | GSM, CDMA | 9.5 [14] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
2 | CTI Móvil | EDGE, GPRS, GSM, CDMA | 8.0 [15] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
3 | Personal | GSM | 6.9 [16] (June 2006) | Telecom Argentina |
4 | NEXTEL | iDEN | 0.567 [17] (June 2006) | NII Holdings |
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Aruba
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | New Millennium Telecom Services |
2 | SETAR | GSM | Not available yet | Servicio di Telecomunicacion di Aruba |
Bahamas
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Btc | GSM | Not available yet | The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd |
Barbados
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | bmobile | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
3 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
4 | Sunbeach | CDMA | Not available yet | Telecom Holdings Ltd. |
Belize
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Digicel | GSM | 0.119 [18] (March 2006) | Belize Telecommunications Ltd |
2 | Smart | CDMA | 0.025 [19] (December 2005) | Smart |
Bermuda
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | M3 | GSM | Not available yet | M3 Wireless Ltd |
2 | Digicel[20] | GSM, CDMA | Not available yet | Telecommunications Ltd |
Bolivia
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Entel | GSM | 1.4 | Entel SA |
2 | Tigo | GSM | 0.766 [21] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
3 | Nuevatel | GSM | 0.190 [22] (December 2003) | Nuevatel PCS De Bolivia SA |
Brazil
The country has 94.9 million subscribers in total, or a 50.46% penetration rate. [23] (August 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Vivo | CDMA, TDMA, GSM | 28.5 [24] (June 2006) | Telefónica (50%) and Portugal Telecom (50%) |
2 | TIM | GSM, TDMA | 22.3 [25] (June 2006) | Telecom Italia |
3 | Claro | EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA | 20.9 [26] (June 2006) | América Móvil (98.9%) |
4 | Oi | GSM | 12 [27] (June 2006) | Telemar |
5 | Telemig Celular/Amazônia Celular [28] | GSM, TDMA | 4.65 [29] (June 2006) | Telpart |
6 | Brasil Telecom | GSM | 2.8 [30] (June 2006) | Brasil Telecom |
7 | NEXTEL | iDEN | 0.757 [31] (June 2006) | NII Holdings |
8 | CTBC [32] | GSM, TDMA | 0.36 | Algar |
9 | Sercomtel Celular [33] | GSM, TDMA | 0.09 | Londrina city (Paraná)State-owned Sercomtel |
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British Virgin Islands
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | CCT | GSM | Not available yet | Caribbean Cellular Telephone |
2 | Cable & Wireless | Cable & Wireless |
Canada
The country has 17.35 million subscribers in total, or a 52.4% penetration rate. [34] (June 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Rogers Wireless | EDGE, GPRS, GSM | 6.347 [35] (June 2006) | Rogers Communications |
2 | Bell Mobility | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA | 5.59 [36] (June 2006) | Bell Canada |
3 | TELUS Mobility includes Telus Network and Mike Network |
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (Telus), WiDEN, iDEN (Mike) | 4.74 [37] (June 2006) | TELUS |
4 | SaskTel Mobility | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA | 0.363 [38] (June 2006) | SaskTel |
5 | MTS Mobility | CDMA | 0.332 [39] (June 2006) | MTS |
6 | Virgin Mobile | CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA | 0.25 [40] (June 2006) | Virgin Mobile Canada |
Cayman Islands
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | bmobile | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
2 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
Chile
The country has 12 million subscribers in total, or a 74% penetration rate. [41] (June 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 5.5 [42] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
2 | Entel | GSM | 4.5 [43] (June 2006) | Hurtado Vicuña |
3 | Claro | GSM, CDMA | 2.0 [44] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
Colombia
The country has 25 million subscribers in total, or a 54% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Comcel | EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA | 18.0 [45] (June 2006) | América Móvil (99.2%) |
2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 7.5 [46] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
3 | Ola | GSM | 2.3 [47] (June 2006) | Empresas Públicas de Medellín and Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá |
Costa Rica
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Grupo Ice[48] | GSM | 11.33 | I.C.E. |
Cuba
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cubacel[49] | [[AMPS, GSM | Not available yet | Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA |
2 | C-COM | GSM | Not available yet | Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA |
Dominican Republic
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Orange | GSM | 1.01 (December 2005) 2005) | France Telecom |
2 | Verizon Dominicana | Not available yet' | Verizon (100%) to be sold to América Móvil |
Ecuador
The country has 7.73 million subscribers in total, or a 57.1% penetration rate. [50] (July 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Porta | EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA | 4.92 [51] (July 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, TDMA | 2.53 [52] (July 2006) | Telefónica |
3 | Alegro PCS | CDMA2000 1x, CDMA | 0.278 [53] (July 2006) | TELECSA |
El Salvador
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Personal | GPRS, GSM | 1.06 [54] (June 2006) | América Móvil (95.8%) |
2 | Tigo | GSM, TDMA, | 0.963 [55] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
3 | movistar | GSM, CDMA | 0.695 [56] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
4 | DIGICEL | GSM | 0.2 [57] (March 2006) | CTI Holdings |
Falkland Islands
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Touch | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
Grenada
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | bmobile | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
2 | Digicel | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
3 | Cingular Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Grenada Wireless Holdings Ltd |
Guatemala
The country has 3.95 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | PCS | GPRS, GSM, CDMA | 2.2 [58] (June 2006) | América Móvil (99.3%) |
2 | Tigo | GSM, TDMA | 1.6 [59] (June 2006) | MIC (55%) |
3 | movistar | GSM, CDMA 1x EV-DO | 1.3 [60] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
Guyana
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | CelStar | GSM | Not available yet | Cel*Star Guyana Inc |
2 | Cellink Plus[61] | GSM | Not available yet | Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co |
3 | Digicel[62] | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel |
Haiti
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Comcel[63] | GSM | Not available yet | Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti SA |
Honduras
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Tigo | GSM | 1.10 [64] (June 2006) | MIC (66.7%) |
2 | ALÓ | GPRS, GSM | 0.569 [65] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
3 | HONDUTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones HONDUTEL |
Jamaica
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Digicel | 1.5 [66] (April 2006) | Digicel | |
2 | bmobile | Cable & Wireless | ||
3 | MiPhone |
Mexico
The country has 50.7 million subscribers in total, or a 70 penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Telcel | EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA | 39.2 [67] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA | 6.9 [68] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
3 | Iusacell pending merger with Unefón | CDMA | 2.0 [69] (June 2006) | Grupo Salinas |
4 | NEXTEL | iDEN | 1.3 [70] (June 2006) | NII Holdings |
5 | Unefón pending merger with Iusacell | CDMA | 1.3 [71] (June 2006) | Moisés Saba and TV Azteca |
Nicaragua
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | ENITEL includes ALÓ PCS | GPRS, GSM | 0.988 [72] (June 2006) | América Móvil (99.3%) |
2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA, | 0.46 [73] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
Panama
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
2 | movistar | GSM, CDMA | 0.89 [74] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
Paraguay
The country has 1.5 million subscribers in total, or a 49% penetration rate. [75] (September 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Tigo | GSM, TDMA | 0.949 [76] (June 2006) | MIC (96%) |
2 | Personal (Núcleo SA) | GSM, TDMA | 0.6 | Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina |
3 | VOX | GSM | 0.3 | KDDI Corporation |
4 | CTI Móvil | GSM | 0.296 [77] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
Peru
The country has 6.5 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | movistar | CDMA, TDMA | 4.0 [78] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
2 | Claro | EDGE, GPRS, GSM | 2.48 [79] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
3 | NEXTEL | iDEN | 0.297 [80] (June 2006) | NII Holdings |
Puerto Rico
The country has 1.9 million subscribers in total, or a 50% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Verizon Wireless | CDMA | 0.503 [81] (March 2006) | Verizon Wireless (52%), Puerto Rican Government (28%), Banco Popular (13%) to all be sold to América Móvil pending an Anti-Monopoly Verdict, Employees (7%) |
2 | Cingular [82] | GSM | -- | Cingular |
3 | Centennial | CDMA | -- | Centennial Communications Corp |
4 | Suncom [83] | GSM | -- | SunCom |
5 | MoviStar [84] | CDMA | 0.19 (Dec 2001) | MoviStar Puerto Rico |
6 | Sprint | CDMA | -- | Sprint Nextel |
Suriname
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Telesur | GSM | Not available yet | Telesur |
2 | Digicel[85] | GSM | Not available yet | Digicel Suriname |
3 | Intelsur | GSM | Not available yet | Intelsur |
Trinidad and Tobago
The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | bmobile | TDMA, GSM | 1.0 [86] (September 2006) | Cable & Wireless |
2 | Digicel | GSM | not available yet | Digicel |
3 | Laqtel | CDMA | not available yet | Telcom Holdings Ltd. |
United States
The country has 207.9 million subscribers in total, or a 69% penetration rate. [87] (December 2005)
Uruguay
The country has 0.93 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Ancel | GSM | 0.811 [99] (August 2006) | Antel |
2 | movistar | GSM | 0.58 [100] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
3 | CTI Móvil | GPRS, GSM | 0.269 [101] (June 2006) | América Móvil (100%) |
Venezuela
The country has 15 million subscribers in total, or a 58% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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National operators | ||||
1 | movistar | CDMA | 7.8 [102] (June 2006) | Telefónica |
2 | Movilnet | CDMA, TDMA | 6.57 [103] (June 2006) | CANTV, Verizon (29%) (sale to América Móvil pending) |
3 | Digitel | GSM | 2.3 [104] (June 2006) | Telvenco (merged regional operators Infonet, Digitel TIM, and Digicel in May 2006) |
Asia Pacific
Afghanistan
(as of September 2005) The country had 1.5 million subscribers in total, or a 4% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Telsysint | GSM | 0.700 [105] (August 2006) | Afghan Wireless Communication Company |
2 | ROSHAN | GSM | Not available yet | Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) 51.0%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) 36.75%, MCT 12.25% |
Armenia
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Sik Cell | GSM | L-chin | تركيا |
2 | Amciq Cell[106] | AZERBAIJAN | Alex_753-2 | L-chin |
Australia
(as of June 2005) The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total, or a 88.7% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | Telstra Mobile | UMTS, GSM, CDMA | 8.49 [107] (June 2006) | Telstra (~50% State-owned) |
2 | Optus Mobile | UMTS, GSM, CDMA | 6.56 [108] (June 2006) | Singapore Telecommunications |
3 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 3.144 [109] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
4 | 3 | UMTS | 1.131 [110] (June 2006) | Hutchison Whampoa |
5 | Virgin Mobile | GSM | 0.521 [111] | Optus Mobile (100%) [112] |
Azerbaijan
(as of December 2005) The country had in December 2005 2,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | AzerCell | GSM | 1.97 (June 2006) | Fintur1, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6% |
2 | BakCell | GSM | 0.27 (December 2005) | GTIB |
3 | Catel | CDMA | About 5000 subscribers | Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
- 1 AZERCELL
- 2 Bakcell
- 3 Azerfon
Bangladesh
The country has 14 million subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate. [113] (July 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
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1 | GrameenPhone | GSM EDGE GPRS | 8.5 [114] (July 2006) | Telenor and Grameen Telecom |
2 | Aktel | GSM GPRS | 3.900 [115] (June 2006) | AK Khan & Company and Telekom Malaysia |
3 | Banglalink | GSM | 2.13 [116] (June 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
4 | CityCell | CDMA | 0.686 [117] (June 2006) | Singapore Telecommunications, PBTL and Far East Telecom |
5 | TeleTalk | GSM | 0.26 | State-owned |
6 | Warid Telecom | planned | planned |
-->>Mahadee Hassan // www.preomicha.gq.nu
Cambodia
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobitel | GSM | 0.912 [118] (June 2006) | MIC (58.4%) |
2 | Hello GSM | GSM | Not available yet | Telekom Malaysia 51%, Samart Corporation Public Company Limited 49% |
3 | CAMSHIN | GSM | 0.25 (December 2005) | Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd |
4 | Casacom | GSM | 0.188 [119] (June 2006) | Telekom Malaysia |
China, People's Republic of
The country has 430 million subscribers in total, or a 32.73% penetration rate. [120] (August 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China Mobile | GSM | 278.26 [121] (July 2006) | State-owned |
2 | China Unicom | GSM, CDMA | 135.1 [122] (June 2006) | State-owned |
See below for Hong Kong and Macau.
Cook Islands
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telecom | GSM | Not available yet | Telecom New Zealand |
Fiji
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone | GSM | 0.19 (December 2005) | Vodafone 49% |
French Polynesia
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | VINI[123] | GSM | Not available yet | Tikiphone SA |
Georgia
(as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Geocell | GSM | 0.84 (June 2006) | Fintur1 |
2 | MagtiGSM | GSM | Not available yet | Telcell Wireless, ITC |
3 | Megafon2 | GSM | Not available yet | Megafon |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
2. Operating in Abkhasia
Guam
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hafatel [124] | GSM | Not available yet | GUAM WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMPANY, L.L.C |
2 | IT&E [125] | GSM | Not available yet | IT&E Overseas, Inc |
3 | GTA [126] | GSM | Not available yet | Pulse Mobile LLC |
4 | i CAN | GSM | Not available yet | Wave Runner LLC |
Hong Kong
The administrative region had in July 2005 8,428,531 subscribers in total, or a 121.40% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CSL1 (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free) | HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE | Telstra and New World Development | |
2 | 32 | HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, CDMA | 2.065 (Includes Macau) [127] (June 2006) | Hutchison Whampoa |
3 | SmarTone-Vodafone | HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS | Sun Hung Kai and BT | |
4 | Sunday3 | UMTS, GSM, GPRS | PCCW | |
5 | PCCW3 | UMTS | PCCW | |
6 | Peoples | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | China Mobile | |
7 | New World Mobility1 | GSM, GPRS, EDGE | Telstra and New World Development |
1. CSL and New World Mobility merged in April 2006 and became CSL New World Mobility Group, but the two networks are still operated separately.
2. Previously Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS.
3. July 2005: PCCW former owner of CSL has agreed in June to buy the 59.9% of shares held by the two biggest shareholders at HK$0.65 each share. The acquisition has received approval from Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and has progressed to a mandatory unconditional cash offer to buy the remaining stock at HK$0.65 per share. Total cost to PCCW will be approx HK$1.942bn, allowing its reentry into the wireless market and access to Sunday's 3G (UMTS) licence.
India
The country has 123.44 million subscribers in total, or a 11.27% penetration rate. [128] (August 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Airtel | GSM, EDGE | 23.07 [129] (June 2006) | Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone |
2 | RIM | GSM, CDMA | 22.52 [130] (June 2006) | Reliance Industries Limited |
3 | BSNL | GSM | 20.06 [131] (August 2006) | State-owned |
4 | Hutch | GSM, EDGE | 17.5 [132] (June 2006) | Hutchison Whampoa & ESSAR Group |
5 | !DEA | GSM | 8.5 [133] (June 2006) | Birla |
6 | BPL MOBILE - Mumbai | GSM & GPRS | 3.61 | ESSAR Group |
7 | TATA MOBILE | GSM, CDMA | 3.61 | Tata group |
8 | Aircel | GSM | 2.4 | Maxis Telecom |
9 | MTNL | GSM | 2.17 [134] (June 2006) | State-owned |
10 | Spice | GSM | 1.52 | Spicecorp and DISTACOM |
11 | Fascel | GSM | 1.51 | HFCL, Shinawatra, Bezeq and Kotak Mahindra |
Indonesia
(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telkomsel | GSM ، UMTS | 23.48 (September 2005) | State-owned Telkom and Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | Indosat | GSM, CDMA | 12.90 | Singapore Technologies Telemedia |
3 | Excelcom | GSM | 8.388 [135] (June 2006) | Telekom Malaysia |
4 | Mobile8 | CDMA | 2.3 (Jan 2006) | Mobile8 |
5 | Esia | CDMA | Bakrie Telecom | |
6 | TelkomFlexi | CDMA | Telkom | |
7 | Hutchison CP Telecommunications | GSM ، GPRS ، UMTS | Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%) | |
8 | LippoTel | GSM | Maxis Telecom |
Iran
(as of December 2006) The country had 10,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
National Operators | ||||
1 | MCCI | GSM | 8.54 | Mobile Communications Company of Iran |
2 | Taliya | GSM | 0.46 | Rafsanjan Industrial Complex |
5 | IranCell (MTN) | GSM | Will start on August 2006 | IranCell Communications Services Company |
Regional Operators | ||||
3 | MTCE | GSM | 0.03 | Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan |
4 | KFZO | GSM | 0.006 | Kish Free Zone Organization |
Japan
The country has 93.5 million subscribers in total, or a 73.4% penetration rate. [136] (August 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NTT DoCoMo | PDC, FOMA, PHS | 51.977 [137] (August 2006) | NTT (~50% State-owned) |
2 | au | CDMA | 24.174 [138] (August 2006) | KDDI |
3 | Vodafone Japan to be remaned SoftBank Mobile 1 أكتوبر, 2006 |
UMTS, PDC | 15.284 [139] (August 2006) | SoftBank |
4 | Willcom | PHS | 3.8 [140] (March 2006) | Carlyle Group, Kyocera and KDDI |
5 | TU-KA | PDC | 3.44 | KDDI |
6 | Astel | PHS | 0.05 |
Kazakhstan
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | K-Cell | GSM | 3.36 (June 2006) | Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49% |
2 | Kar-Tel | GSM | 2.50 (March 2006) | Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49,99% |
3 | Altel | CDMA, GSM | Not available yet |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
(as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SUN NET | GSM | Not available yet | Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corporation |
Korea, Republic of
(as of November 2005) The country had 38,218,000 subscribers in total, or a 78.90% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SK Telecom | UMTS, CDMA | 19.48 | SK Corporation |
2 | KTF | UMTS, CDMA | 12.33 | KT |
3 | LG Telecom | CDMA | 6.42 | LG Corporation and BT |
Kyrgyzstan
(as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BiMoCom | GSM | Not available yet | BiMoCom Ltd |
2 | BITEL | GSM | Not available yet | Bitel Ltd |
Laos
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Millicom Lao Co Ltd | GSM | 0.083 [141] (June 2006) | MIC (74.1%) |
2 | ETL MOBILE | GSM | Not available yet | Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL) |
3 | LAOTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT) |
4 | Lao Telecommunications | GSM | Not available yet | Lao Telecommunications |
Macau
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Smartone | |||
2 | CTM | |||
3 | Hutchison Telecom | 2.065 (Includes Hong Kong) [142] (June 2006) |
Malaysia
(as of June 2005) The country had 17,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Maxis Berhad | HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM | 8.47 [143] (June 2006) | Maxis Communications |
2 | Celcom | UMTS, GSM | 7.6 [144] (June2006) | Telekom Malaysia |
3 | Digi | EDGE, GSM | 4.80 (December 2005) | Telenor |
4 | TTdotcom | UMTS | Time dot com | |
5 | Mi3G | UMTS | MiTV |
Maldives
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Wataniya Maldives | GSM | 0.01 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
2 | Dhiraagu | GSM | Not available yet | Dhiraagu |
Myanmar
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MPT | GSM | Not available yet | Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications |
New Zealand
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 2.100 [145] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
2 | Telecom | AMPS, TDMA, CDMA | 1.7 [146] (June 2006) | public company |
Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
3 | TelstraClear (using Vodafone) | Telstra | ||
4 | Boost Mobile (using Telecom) | Telecom |
Pakistan
The country has 36,778,462 subscribers in total, or a 23.67% penetration rate. [147] (July 30, 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobilink | GSM | 18.32 [148] (July 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
2 | Ufone | GSM, CDMA | 7.88 [149] (July 2006) | Etisalat |
3 | Warid Telecom | GSM | 5.25 [150] (July 2006) | Abu Dhabi Group |
4 | Telenor | GSM | 3.88 [151] (July 2006) | Telenor |
5 | Paktel | GSM, TDMA, AMPS | 1.467 [152] (September 2006) | MIC (88.9%), Arfeen Group (10%) |
6 | Instaphone | TDMA, AMPS | 0.316 [153] (July 2006) | Arfeen Group |
Philippines
(as of December 2004) The country had in March 2005 34,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 41.10% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Smart Communications¹ | GSM | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company | |
2 | Globe Telecom² | HSDPA, GSM | 12.41 (September 2005) | Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications |
3 | Sun Cellular | GSM | 1.20 | Digital Telecommunications Philippines |
4 | Next Mobile | iDEN | 0.03 | |
5 | Extelcom | CDMA | 0.01 | |
Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
1 | Talk 'N Text (using Smart) | GSM | 4.61 | Smart Communications |
2 | Addict Mobile (using Smart) | GSM | Smart Communications | |
3 | Touch Mobile (using Globe) | GSM | Globe Telecom |
1. UMTS service for Smart is in the trial launch stage.
2. UMTS service for Globe is in the trial launch stage and is planned for full launch by at least 2007.
Singapore
The country has million subscribers in total, or a % penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SingTel Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 1.62 [154] | Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | StarHub Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 1.29 (Sept 2005)[155] | StarHub |
3 | MobileOne | UMTS, GSM | 1.228 [156] (June 2006) | MobileOne |
Sri Lanka
edited by shiranmotha(as of June 2006) The country has currently 4 million subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dialog | GSM | 2.562 [157] (June 2006) | Telekom Malaysia |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 0.713 [158] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
3 | Hutch | GSM | Not available yet | Hutch |
4 | Mobitel | GSM | 1 | Mobitel (Pvt) Limited |
Taiwan
(as of July 2006) The country had 22,870,329 subscribers in total, or a 100.20% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Chunghwa Telecom | UMTS, GSM | 7.86 | |
2 | Taiwan Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 4.37 | |
3 | Far EasTone | UMTS, GSM | 3.75 | |
4 | KG Telecom | GSM | 1.97 | |
5 | FITEL | PHS | 1.25 | |
6 | TransAsia | GSM | 0.88 | |
7 | APBW | CDMA | 0.85 | |
8 | MobiTai | GSM | 0.40 | |
9 | VIBO | UMTS | 0.1 |
Thailand
(as of June 2005) The country had in March 2006 32,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 51% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Advance Info Service (AIS) | GSM | 16.72 (March 2006) | Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications |
2 | DTAC | GSM | 9.82 (March 2006) | Telenor |
3 | true move | GSM | 4.9 (March 2006) | True Corporation |
4 | Hutch | CDMA | 0.738 [159] (June 2006) | CAT telecom and Hutchison Whampoa |
5 | Thai Mobile | UMTS, GSM | TOT |
Uzbekistan
The country has 1.75 million subscribers in total, or a 6.4% penetration rate. (June 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uzdunrobita | GSM | 0.82 [160] (June 2006) | MTS (74%) |
2 | Unitel | GSM | 0.36 [161] (December 2006) | VimpelCom |
3 | Coscom | GSM | MCT (86%) | |
4 | Buztel to be combined with Unitel |
GSM | VimpelCom | |
5 | ||||
6 |
Vietnam
The country had in May 2006 13,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 15.4% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Viettel Mobile | GSM | 4.0 (July 2006) | Viettel Corporation |
2 | Mobifone | GSM | 5.0 (May 2006) | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) |
3 | Vinaphone | GSM | 4.2 (June 2006) | Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) |
4 | S-Fone | CDMA | 0.5 | Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT) |
5 | E-Mobile | CDMA | 0.1 | EVN Telecommunications |
6 | Hanoi Telecom | CDMA | Hanoi Telecom |
Europe
Albania
(as of June 2006) The country had 1,500,000 subscribers in total, or a 48% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | AMC | GSM | 0.8 | Cosmote |
2 | vodafone | GSM | 0.7 | vodafone |
Andorra
(as of December 2005) The country had 70,900 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MOBILAND | GSM | Not available yet | Servei De Tele. DAndorra |
Austria
(as of December 2005) The country had 8,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | mobilkom | UMTS, HSDPA, GSM | 3.47 [162] (June 2006) | Mobilkom Austria |
2 | T-Mobile (incl. tele.ring) | UMTS, HSDPA, GSM | 3.15 | Deutsche Telekom |
3 | One | UMTS, HSDPA, GSM | 1.5 [163] (September 2005) | E.ON, Telenor, Orange (17.45%), TDC |
4 | 3 | UMTS, HSDPA | 0.35 | Hutchison Whampoa |
5 | YESSS! (MVNO) | GSM | 0.4 | One |
6 | Tele2 (MVNO) | GSM | 0.18 | Tele2 |
Belarus
(as of October 2005) The country had 3,743,000 mobile subscribers in total, or a 36% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTS | GSM | 2.58 [164] (June 2006) | RUP Mezhdugorodnaya Svyaz (51%), MTS (49%) |
2 | VELCOM | GSM | 1.71 | SB Telecom (69.9%), Beltekhexport (30%), Beltelekom (0.1%) |
3 | DIALLOG | NMT, CDMA | 0.10 | CIB B.V. (50%), RUP MGTS (29.7%), Infobank (17%) |
Belgium
(as of December 2005) The country had 9,000,000 subscribers in total, or an 87% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Proximus | UMTS, GSM | 4.21 | Belgacom |
2 | Mobistar | UMTS, GSM | 2.91 (December 2005) | France Télécom (50.6%) |
3 | BASE | GSM | 1.85 | KPN |
Bosnia & Herzegovina
(as of December 2005) The country had 1,950,000 subscribers in total, or a 47% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BH Telecom | GSM, GPRS | 1.0 | BH Telecom |
2 | Mobi's | GSM, GPRS | 0.7 | Telecom Srpske |
3 | Eronet | GSM, GPRS, EDGE (testing) | 0.25 | Eronet |
Bulgaria
(as of September 2006) The country had 6.600,000 subscribers in total, or a 82.8% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M-Tel | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | 4 (September 2006) | Mobilkom Austria |
2 | GloBul | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | 2.5[165] | Cosmote |
3 | Vivatel | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | 0.5 | Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) |
Croatia
(as of December 2005) The country had 3,300,000 subscribers in total, or a 74% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T-Mobile | GSM, GPRS | 2.1 (June 2006) | 51% Deutsche Telekom, 49% Hrvatski Telekom |
2 | VIPnet | GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA | 1.733 [166] (June 2006) | Mobilkom Austria |
3 | Tele2 | GSM | 0.20 (as of June 2006) | Tele2 |
4 | Tomato | GSM | (launched on June 20, 2006) | VIPnet |
Czech Republic
(as of December 2005) The country had 11,530,000 subscribers in total, or a 112.8% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | O2 | UMTS, GSM | 4.68[167] (December 2005) | Telefónica |
2 | T-Mobile | GSM, UMTS | 4.64 (March 2006) [168] | Deutsche Telekom |
3 | Vodafone | GSM | 2.263 [169] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
Cyprus
(as of September 2005) The country had 869,900 subscribers in total, or a 109.5% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Areeba | UMTS, GSM | 0.065 [170] (December 2005) | Investcom |
2 | Cytamobile-Vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | Cyprus Telecommunications Auth |
Denmark
(as of December 2005) The country had 5,208,059 subscribers in total, or a 96.20% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TDC | UMTS, GSM | 2.35 (December 2005) | TDC |
2 | Sonofon | GSM | 1.28 (December 2005) | Telenor |
3 | Telia DK | UMTS, GSM | 1.13 [171] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera |
4 | debitel1 | GSM | 0.27 | |
5 | 3 | UMTS | 0.12 | Hutchison Whampoa |
6 | DLG Tele | GSM | 0.04 |
1 Virtual Mobile Network Operator, using TDC and Sonofon networks.
Estonia
(as of December 2005) The country had 1,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | EMT | UMTS, GSM | 0.69 (June 2006) | TeliaSonera(53,7%) |
2 | Elisa | GSM | 0.27 (December 2005) | Elisa |
3 | Tele2 | GSM | Not available yet | Tele2 |
Faroe Islands
(as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Føroya Tele[172] | GSM | Faroese Telecom | |
2 | KALL[173] | GSM | Kall P/F |
Finland
(as of December 2005) The country had 5,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sonera | UMTS, GSM | 2.49 [174] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera |
2 | Elisa (formerly Radiolinja) | UMTS, GSM | 1.48 (December 2005) | Elisa |
3 | DNA Finland | UMTS, GSM | 0.81 (December 2005) | Finnet |
4 | GSM Åland | GSM | Not available yet | Mariehamns Telefon and Ålands Telefonandelslag |
Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
1 | Saunalahti | UMTS, GSM | 0.48 (December 2005) | Elisa |
2 | Cubio | GSM | 0.08 |
France
(as of June 2006) (Metropolitan France only) The country had 49,070,000 subscribers in total, or a 81.3% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 22.43 (December 2005) | France Télécom (99%) |
2 | SFR | UMTS, GSM | 16.6 (end 2005) | Vivendi (56%) and Vodafone (44%) |
3 | Bouygues Telecom | UMTS, GSM | 7.9 (end 2005) | Bouygues group |
Germany
(as of December 2005) The country had 79,182,000 subscribers in total, or a 96% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T-Mobile | UMTS, GSM | 29.500 | Deutsche Telekom |
2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 29.444 [175] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
3 | E-Plus | UMTS, GSM | 10.748 | KPN |
4 | O2 | UMTS, GSM | 10.3 (June 2006) | Telefónica |
Gibraltar
(as of December 2005) The country had 21,600 subscribers in total, or an 89% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GIBTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Gibraltar Telecommunications Int. Ltd. |
Greenland
(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TELE Greenland | GSM | Not available yet | TELE Greenland A/S |
Guernsey
(as of December 2005) The country had 54,700 subscribers in total, or a 2% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM | Not available yet | Cable & Wireless |
2 | WAve [176] | UMTS, GSM | Not available yet | Wave Telecom |
Hungary
(as of December 2005) The country had 9,102,933 subscribers in total, or a 90.30% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T-Mobile | GSM | 4.2 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
2 | Pannon GSM | GSM | 2.93 (December 2005) | Telenor |
3 | Vodafone | GSM | 2.024 [177] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
Iceland
(as of December 2005) The country had 273,600 subscribers in total, or a 99% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Viking wireless | GSM | Not available yet | IMC Island ehf |
2 | Og Vodafone | GSM | Not available yet | Dagsbrún hf. |
3 | Siminn | GSM | Not available yet | Siminn hf |
Ireland, Republic of
(as of December 2005) The country had 4,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 2.090 [178] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
2 | O2 | UMTS, GSM | 1.5 (38%) | Telefónica |
3 | Meteor | GSM | 13.4% | eircom |
4 | 3 | UMTS | Negligible | Hutchison Whampoa |
Isle of Man
(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Manx Telecom [179] | GSM | Not available yet | O2 (Telefónica) |
Italy
(as of June 2006) The country had 75,346,000 subscribers in total, or a 121% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TIM | UMTS, GSM | 30.4 (June 2006) | Telecom Italia |
2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 24.146 [180] (June 2006) | Vodafone (76.86%), Verizon (23.14%) |
3 | Wind | UMTS, GSM | 14.3 (June 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
4 | 3 | UMTS | 6.500 (March 2006) | Hutchison Whampoa |
Jersey
(as of December 2005) The country had 88,000 subscribers in total, or a 98% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | JT-Wave | GSM | Not available yet | Jersey Telecom |
Latvia
(as of December 2005) The country had 1,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 79% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Latvijas Mobilais Telefons | UMTS, GSM | 882,123 (June 2006)[181] | Lattelekom, Government of Latvia, TeliaSonera, Digital Latvian Radio and Television Centre |
2 | Tele2 | UMTS, GSM | 1,000,000 (21.07.2006)[182] | Tele2 |
3 | BITE Latvija | UMTS, GSM | 81,100[183] | TDC |
4 | Triatel | CDMA | Not available yet | Telekom Baltija |
Liechtenstein
(as of December 2005) The country had 31,700 subscribers in total, or an 87% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | mobilkom liechtenstein | GSM | 0.005 [184] (June 2006) | Mobilkom Austria |
2 | Orange | GSM | Not available yet | France Telecom |
3 | swisscom-mobile | GSM | Not available yet | Swisscom Mobile Ltd |
4 | Tele 2 | GSM | Not available yet | Tele 2 |
Lithuania
(as of March 2006) The country had 4,810,000 subscribers in total, and a 140% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Omnitel | GSM | 2.00 (June 2006) | TeliaSonera |
2 | Bite | GSM | 1.85 [185] | TDC |
3 | Tele2 | GSM | 1.00 [186] | Tele2 |
Luxembourg
(as of December 2005) The country had 759,300 subscribers in total, and a 164% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LuxGSM | GSM | Not available yet | P & T Luxembourg |
2 | Tango | UMTS, GSM | Not available yet | Tango SA |
3 | VOX Mobile | UMTS, GSM | Not available yet | VOXmobile S.A. |
Republic of Macedonia
(as of March 2006) The country had 1,256,678 subscribers in total, or a 62.13% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T-Mobile | GSM | 0.84 (March 2006) | Deutsche Telekom |
2 | Cosmofon | GSM | 0.41 (March 2006) | OTE |
Malta
(as of December 2005) The country had 332,400 subscribers in total, and a 84% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GO MOBILE | GSM | Not available yet | Mobisle Communications Limited |
2 | Vodafone | GSM | 0.177 [187] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
Moldova
(as of June 2006) The country had 1,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 26% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Voxtel | GSM | 0.70 (June 2006) | France Telecom 61%, Moldovian Mobile Telephone 30%, IFC 5% and MobilRom 4% |
2 | Moldcell | GSM | 0.41 (June 2006) | Fintur1 |
1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
Note: For Transnistrian (the Dniester area of Moldova) mobile phone companies, see here
Monaco
(as of December 2005) The country had 16,100 subscribers in total, and a 21% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Monaco-telecom | GSM | Not available yet | Monaco Telecom SAM |
Montenegro
(as of June 2006) The country had 609,000 subscribers in total, and a 94% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ProMonte | GSM | 0.35 [188] | Telenor |
2 | T-Mobile | GSM | 0.23 [189] | T-Com Montenegro |
Netherlands
(as of December 2005) The country had 16,660,000 subscribers in total, or a 101% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KPN | GSM | 5.5 | KPN |
2 | Vodafone | GSM | 3,98 (December 2005) | Vodafone |
3 | Telfort | GSM | 2.4 | KPN |
4 | T-Mobile | GSM | 2.3 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom |
5 | Orange | GSM | 1.91 (December 2005) | France Télécom (100%) |
6 | Simyo | GSM | - | KPN |
7 | LowCall | GSM | - | Telfort |
Norway
(as of December 2005) The country had in December 2004 4,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Telenor | 2.73 (December 2005) | Telenor |
2 | NetCom | 1.64 [190] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera |
Poland
(as of August 2006) The country had 33,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 86.5% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 11.1 (June 2006) | 100% TPSA owned partially by France Télécom |
2 | Era | UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 11.0 (May 2006) | Deutsche Telekom |
3 | Plus GSM | UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE | 10.9 [191] (August 2006) | Vodafone, TDC, KGHM, PKN Orlen, PSE |
4 | P4 (Netia Mobile)1 | UMTS1 | - | Novator (70%) and Netia (30%) |
Portugal
(as of December 2005) The country had 11,600,000 subscribers in total, or a 111% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TMN | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA | 5.22 (September 2006) | Portugal Telecom |
2 | Vodafone | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA | 4.36 [192] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
3 | Optimus | GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA | 2.02 (September 2006) | SonaeCom |
Romania
(as of June 2006) The country had 14,870,000 subscribers in total, or a 68.59% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 7.2 [193] | France Télécom |
2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 6.74 [194] | Vodafone (100%) |
3 | Cosmote | GSM | 0.53[195] | OTE |
4 | Zapp Mobile | CDMA | 0.4 | Oger Telecom |
Russian Federation
(as of December 2005) The country had 123,600,000 subscribers in total, or an 85% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobile TeleSystems - MTS | GSM | 49.59 [196] (August 2006) | AFK Sistema |
2 | VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM | GSM | 46.91 (June 2006) | Telenor and Alfa Group |
3 | MegaFon | EDGE, GSM | 26.02 [197] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera 43.8%, Telecominvest and IPOC International Growth Fund |
4 | Tele2 Russia | GSM | 4.64 (June 2006) | Tele2 |
5 | Uralsvyazinform | GSM | 4.05 (June 2006) | |
6 | SMARTS | GSM | 3.29 (June 2006) | |
7 | Sibirtelecom | GSM | 2.49 June 2006 | |
8 | Nizhni Novgorod Telecom | GSM | 1.18 (June 2006) | |
9 | Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV (Jekatrinburg) | GSM | 0.95 (June 2006) | |
10 | New Telephone Company | GSM | 0.63 (June 2006) |
Serbia
(as of December 2005) The country had 6,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 81% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telekom Srbija | GSM, UMTS | 3.6 | Government of Serbia 80%, OTE 20% |
2 | Telenor | GSM, UMTS | 2.5 | Telenor |
Slovakia
(as of December 2005) The country had 4,300,000 mobile phone subscribers, and a 82% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | 2.52 (December 2005) [198] | France Télécom | |
2 | T-Mobile | GSM, UMTS, HSDPA | 2.0 (December 2005) | Deutsche Telekom | |
- | O2 | ? | Operator coming soon | Telefónica |
Slovenia
(as of December 2005) The country had 2,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobitel | UMTS, GSM | 1.37 [199] | Mobitel |
2 | SI.Mobil | GSM | 0.393 [200] (June 2006) | Mobilkom Austria |
Spain
(as of December 2005) The country had 43,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | movistar | UMTS, GSM | 20.7 (June 2006) | Telefónica |
2 | Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 13.949 [201] (June 2006) | Vodafone |
3 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 10.30 (end 2005) | France Télécom |
4 | Xfera | UMTS | Not available yet | Teliasonera |
Sweden
(as of December 2005) The country had 10,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Telia | UMTS, GSM | 4.44 [202] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera |
2 | Tele2Comviq | UMTS, GSM | 3.55 (December 2005) | |
3 | Telenor | UMTS, GSM | 1.52 | |
4 | 3 | UMTS | ||
5 | Spring Mobil | GSM |
Switzerland
(as of December 2005) The country had 6,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 92% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Swisscom | UMTS, GSM | 4.469 (June 2006) | State-owned Swisscom and Vodafone |
2 | Sunrise | GSM | 1.289 (June 2006) | TDC |
3 | Orange | GSM | 1.285 (June 2006) | France Télécom |
4 | Tele2 | GSM | not available yet | Tele2 |
Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
5 | Migros (using Swisscom Mobile) | GSM | not available yet | Migros |
6 | Coop (using Orange) | GSM | not available yet | Coop |
Transnistria
(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | Interdnestrcom | CDMA | Not available yet | Interdnestrcom |
Note: Moldovan mobile phone companies can be used in Transnistria.
Turkey
(as of December 2005) The country had 42,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 58% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Turkcell | GSM | 28.74 [203] (June 2006) | TeliaSonera 37.09% Cukurova Group 27.05% and Alfa Group 13.22% |
2 | Telsim | GSM | 12.046 [204] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) |
3 | Avea | GSM | 7.00 | Turkish Telecom (80%) and Türkiye İş Bankası (20%) |
Ukraine
(as of August 2006) The country had over 38 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 81% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyivstar | GSM | 17.2 | Telenor (56.52%), Alfa Group (43.48%) |
2 | Ukrainian Mobile Communications | GSM, NMT | 15.9 | MTS (100%) |
3 | Astelit life:) | GSM | 4.7 | Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%) |
4 | WellCom | GSM | 0.78 | VimpelCom (100%) |
5 | DCC | TDMA | 0.07 | Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%) |
6 | Golden Telecom | GSM | 0.05 | Golden Telecom (GLDN) |
- | CDMA operators | CDMA | 0.135 | ITC Ukraine, Velton, etc. |
United Kingdom
(as of December 2005) The country had 67,908,546 subscribers in total, or a 113.4% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | MNC |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | T-Mobile | HSDPA, UMTS, GPRS, GSM | 17.2 | Deutsche Telekom | 30 |
2 | Vodafone | HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS | 16.185 [205] (June 2006) | Vodafone (100%) | 15 |
3 | O2 | UMTS, GSM | 16.814 (June 2006) | Telefónica | 10 |
4 | Orange | UMTS, GSM | 14.86 | France Télécom | 33 |
5 | Virgin Mobile | HSDPA, UMTS, GPRS, GSM | 4.35 [206] (December 2006) | NTL Incorporated | |
6 | 3 | UMTS | 3.59 (estimate) | Hutchison Whampoa | 20 |
There are also a number of Virtual Mobile Network Operators, including Virgin Mobile, Tesco Mobile, and easyMobile.
Middle East & Africa
Algeria
(as of September 2005) The country had 11,067,000 subscribers in total, or a 33.95% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Djezzy | GSM | 9.48 [207] (June 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
2 | Mobilis | GSM | 4.8 [208] (December 2005) | State-owned Algérie Télécom |
3 | Nedjma | GSM | 1.67 [209] (March 2006) | Wataniya Telecom |
Bahrain
The country has 0.850 million subscribers in total, or a 121.67% penetration rate. [210] (June 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BATELCO | GSM | 0.580 [211] (March 2006) | Bahrain Telecommunications Company |
2 | MTC Vodafone | UMTS, GSM | 0.252 [212] (June 2006) | MTC 60% |
Benin
(as of December 2004) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 5.8% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | BBcom | GSM | Not available yet | Bell Benin Communications |
2 | Benin telecoms | GSM | Not available yet | Office des Postes et Telecommunications du Benin |
3 | Areeba | GSM | 0.267 [213] (December 2005) | Investcom 75% |
4 | TELECEL | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Benin Ltd |
Botswana
The country has 0.823 million subscribers in total, or a 50.2% penetration rate. [214] (March 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MASCOM | GSM | 0.531 [215] (June 2006) | Mascom Wireless (Pty) Limited , MTN 44% |
2 | Orange | GSM | 0.327 [216] (March 2006) | France Telecom 51.0% |
Burkina Faso
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.383 [217] (June 2006) | MTC 96% |
2 | TelMob | GSM | Not available yet | Onatel |
3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Faso SA |
Burundi
The country has 0.150 million subscribers in total, or a 1.9% penetration rate. [218] (December 2005)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Safaris | GSM | Not available yet | Africell PLC Company |
2 | ONATEL | GSM | Not available yet | ONATEL |
3 | Spacetel | GSM | Not available yet | Spacetel - Burundi |
4 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel-Burundi Company |
Cameroon
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTN | GSM | 1.53 [219] (June 2006) | MTN |
2 | Orange | GSM | 0.97 [220] (December 2005) | France Telecom |
Cape Verde
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | CVMOVEL | GSM | Not available yet | Cabo Verde Telecom |
Central African Republic
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Centrafrique Telecom Plus | GSM | Not available yet | Centrafrique Telecom Plus |
2 | TELECEL | GSM | Not available yet | TELECEL CENTRAFRIQUE |
Chad
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.278 [221] (June 2006) | MTC |
2 | Tigo | GSM | 0.134 [222] (June 2006) | MIC (87.5%) |
Comoros
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | comorestelecom HURI[223] | GSM | Not available yet | Societe Nationale des Telecommunications (Comores Telecom) |
Congo
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.462 [224] (June 2006) | MTC |
2 | Libertis | GSM | 0.229 [225] (June 2006) | MTN |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.9% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodacom | GSM | 1.8 [226] (June 2006) | Telkom |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 1.444 [227] (June 2006) | MTC |
3 | SAIT Telecom | GSM | Not available yet | SAIT Telecom SPRL |
4 | Supercell | GSM | Not available yet | Supercell Sprl |
Côte d'Ivoire
(as of September 2005) The country had 1,900,000 subscribers in total, or a 11% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | GSM | 1.27 (December 2005) | France Telecom |
2 | MTN | GSM | 1.11 [228] (June 2006) | MTN |
Djibouti
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Evatis | GSM | Not available yet | Djibouti Telecom SA |
Egypt
(as of October 2005) The country had 13,064,821 subscribers in total, or a 18.50% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobinil | GSM | 7.23 [229] (June 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
2 | Vodafone Egypt | GSM | 7.1 [230] (June 2006) | Vodafone (50.1%), Telecom Egypt (25.5%), Free Float (16%), Alkan Group (5%), Banque du Caire (3.4%) |
Equatorial Guinea
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GETESA | GSM | Not available yet | GETESA |
Eritrea
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eritel | GSM | Not available yet | Eritrea Telecommunications Services Corporation |
Ethiopia
(as of September 2005) The country had 970,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ETHMTN | GSM | Not available yet | Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation |
Gabon
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.435 [231] (June 2006) | MTC 84% |
2 | Libertis | GSM | Not available yet | Libertis S.A. 84% |
Gambia
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Africell | GSM | 0.08 | Africell Gambia LTD |
2 | Gamtel | GSM | 0.05 | Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company Ltd |
Ghana
(as of January 2006) The country had 3,035,245 subscribers in total, or a 20,00% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Areeba [232] | GSM | 1.82 [233] (December 2005) | Investcom 97.7% |
2 | OneTouch [234] | GSM, AMPS | 1.01 | State-owned Ghana Telecom |
3 | Tigo [235] | GSM, ETACS, AMPS | 0.738 [236] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
3 | Kasapa [237] | CDMA EV-DO, AMPS | 0.03 (October 2003) | HWL (100%) |
Guinea
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sotelgui Guinea | GSM | 0.16 | Telekom Malaysia |
2 | Spacetel | GSM | Not available yet | Spacetel Guinee |
3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Guinee SARL |
Guinea-Bissau
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 2.7% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guinetel | GSM | Not available yet | Guinetel |
2 | Areeba | GSM | 0.044 [238] (December 2005) | Investcom |
Iraq
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IRAQNA | GSM | 2.33 [239] (June 2006) | Orascom Telecom |
2 | MTC Atheer | GSM | 2.082 [240] (June 2006) | MTC 30% |
3 | Asia Cell | GSM | 1.11 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
4 | Korek | GSM | Not available yet | Korek Telecom Ltd. |
5 | SanaTel | GSM | Not available yet | SanaTel |
Israel
(as of September 2005) The country had 8,870,000 subscribers in total, or a 120% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange [241] | UMTS, GSM | 2.48 (March 2005) | Partner Communications Company Ltd |
2 | Pelephone | CDMA | 2.0 | Israel Telecommunication Corporation Ltd |
3 | Cellcom | UMTS, GSM | 2.5 | Cellcom Israel Ltd |
4 | MiRS | iDEN | .33 | Motorola Israel Ltd. |
Jordan
(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Fastlink | GSM | 2.168 [242] (June 2006) | MTC |
2 | MobileCom | GSM | 1.4 | Jordan Telecom |
3 | XPress | iDEN | 0.1 | Private shareholders |
4 | Umniah | GSM | 0.5 | Batelco |
Kenya
As of June 2005 the country had 4,611,970 subscribers in total [243], or a 13.63% penetration rate.[244]
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | Operator Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Safaricom [245] | GSM | 3.49 (December 2005) | State-owned Telkom Kenya and Vodafone | 639-02 |
2 | Celtel [246] | GSM | 2.115 [247] (June 2006) | MTC 60% | 639-03 |
Kiribati
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TSKL | GSM | Not available yet | Telecom Services Kiribati Limited |
Kuwait
The country had a population of approx 2,418,393 (July 2005 estimate) with an approximated 83% mobile penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | Operator Code |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTC Vodafone | GSM | 1.515 [248] (June 2006) | MTC | 419-02 |
2 | Wataniya [249] | HSDPA, UMTS, GSM | 0.93 (September 2005) | Wataniya Telecom |
Lebanon
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTCtouch | GSM | 0.532 [250] (June 2006) | MTC |
2 | Alfa | GSM | Not available yet | Fal Dete Telecommunications1 |
1. Fal Dete Telecommunications owners are Detecon Int, GmbH 51%, FAL Holding Arabia Co. ltd 45%
Lesotho
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11,2% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodacom | GSM | 0.17 (September 2005) | Telkom |
2 | Econet Ezi-Cel | GSM | Not available yet | Econet Ezi Cel Lesotho (Pty) |
Liberia
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.1% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lonesta | GSM | 0.109 [251] (December 2005) | Investcom |
2 | LIBERCELL | GSM | Not available yet | Atlantic Wireless |
3 | Celcom | GSM | Not available yet | Celcom Telecommunications |
4 | Comium | GSM | Not available yet | Comium Services BVI |
Madagascar
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Orange | GSM | 0.31 (December 2005) | France Telecom 40,01% |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 0.260 [252] (June 2006) | MTC |
Malawi
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | TNL | GSM | 0.14 (September 2005) | Malawi Telecommunications Limited, Telekom Malaysia |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 0.285 [253] (June 2006) | MTC |
Mali
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ikatel | GSM | 0.58 (December 2005) | France Telecom 42.3% |
2 | MALITEL | GSM | Not available yet | Malitel SA |
Mauritania
(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MATTEL [254] | GSM | Not available yet | MATTEL |
2 | MAURITEL MOBILES[255] | GSM | MAURITEL MOBILES |
Mauritius
(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total, or a 51% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Cellplus | GSM | 0.43 (December 2005) | Mauritius Telecom group and France Télécom |
2 | Emtel | UMTS, GSM | 0.237 [256] (June 2006) | MIC (50%) |
Morocco
(as of September 2005) The country had 11,977,000 subscribers in total, or a 40.06% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | IAM (Itissalat al-Maghrib) [257] | GSM | 8.04 | Maroc Telecom |
2 | Méditel [258] | GSM | 4.18 (May 2006) | Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom |
Mozambique
(as of September 2005) The country had 1,292,900 subscribers in total, or a 7.00% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | mCel | GSM | Not available yet | Partially state-owned |
2 | Vodacom | GSM | 0.34 | Telkom, Vodafone and VenFin |
Niger
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.302 [259] (June 2006) | MTC 70% |
2 | Sonitel | GSM | Not available yet | Sahel-Com |
3 | Telecel | GSM | Not available yet | Telecel Niger |
Nigeria
The country has 25 million subscribers in total, or a 19% penetration rate. [260] (August 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTN | GSM | 9.64 [261] (June 2006) | MTN |
2 | Glo Mobile | GSM | 9.0 [262] (September 2006) | Globacom |
3 | Celtel | GSM | 5.535 [263] (June 2006) | MTC |
4 | Mtel | GSM | 4.2 | State-owned Nitel |
Qatar
The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Q-Tel | GSM | ? | Q-Tel |
Rwanda
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTN | GSM | 0.311 [264] (June 2006) | MTN 40% |
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Terracom (ex-rwandatel) | CDMA | terracom 99% |
Saudi Arabia
(as of February 2006)
Rank | Operator | technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Al Jawal | GSM | Not available yet | State-owned Saudi Telecom |
2 | Mobily | GSM | Not available yet | Etisalat |
3 | Bravo | iDEN | 0.02 | Nasco, Wataniya International, Ali A. Tamimi Co. & Mr. Sultan Najr Al Otaibi] |
Senegal
The country has 1.7 million subscribers in total, or a 14.4% penetration rate. [265] (December 2005)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sonatel(Alize) | GSM | 1.05 (December 2005) | France Telecom 42,3% |
2 | Tigo | GSM | 0.752 [266] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
Sierra Leone
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.195 [267] (June 2006) | MTC |
2 | Africell | GSM | Not available yet | Lintel Limited |
3 | Tigo | GSM | 0.029 [268] (June 2006) | MIC (100%) |
South Africa
(as of 31 December 2005) The country had 27,444,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodacom [269] | UMTS, GSM | 20.12 (December 2005) | Telkom and Vodafone |
2 | MTN | UMTS, GSM | 10.44 [270] (June 2006) | MTN |
3 | Cell C [271] | GSM | not available at time (2.71 last recorded) | Oger Telecom |
Sudan
(as of December 2004) The country had 1,048,600 subscribers in total, or a 3.04% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mobitel | GSM | 2.2 [272] (June 2006) | MTC (100%) |
2 | Areeba | GSM | 0.269 [273] (December 2005) | Investcom 55% |
2 | SudaTel | CDMA2000 | Unknown | Unknown |
2 | Canar | CDMA450 | Unknown | Unknown |
Swaziland
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTN | GSM | 0.236 [274] (June 2006) | MTN 30% |
Syria
(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11.4% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Syriatel | GSM | 1.40 | SYRIATEL |
2 | Areeba | GSM | 1.49 [275] (December 2005) | Investcom 75% |
Tanzania
The country has 3.88 million subscribers in total, or a 10.4% penetration rate. [276] (March 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Vodacom | GSM | 2.08 [277] (March 2006) | Telkom |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 1.164[278] (June 2006) | MTC 60% |
3 | Tigo | GSM | 0.752 [279] (June 006) | MIC (100%) |
4 | ZANTEL | GSM | 0.23 [280] (March 2006) | Zanzibar Telecom Ltd |
Tunisia
(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 3,575,700 subscribers in total, or a 37.59% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tuntel | GSM | Not available yet | State-owned Tunisie Télécom |
2 | Tunisiana | GSM | 2.54 [281] (June 2006) | Wataniya Telecom and Orascom Telecom |
Uganda
(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MTN | GSM | 1.236 [282] (June 2006) | MTN |
2 | Celtel | GSM | 0.334 [283] (June 2006) | MTC |
3 | UT Mobile | GSM | Not available yet | Uganda Telecom Ltd |
United Arab Emirates
The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Etisalat | 4.31 | 1 | du |
Yemen
The country has 2.3 million subscribers in total, or a 10.7% penetration rate. [284] (May 2006)
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Spacetel Yemen | GSM | 0.824 [285] (December 2005) | Investcom 45.3% |
2 | Sabafon | GSM | Not available yet | Yemen Mobile Phone Company |
Zambia
(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in millions) |
Ownership |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Celtel | GSM | 0.965 [286] (June 2006) | MTC 88% |
2 | MTN | GSM | 0.119 [287] (June 2006) | MTN |
3 | ZAMTEL | GSM | Not available yet | Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd |
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- CDMA Development Group web site
- Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data
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