List of mobile network operators

This is a list of the world's 25 largest terrestrial mobile phone network operators measured by number of subscriptions.

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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[1] (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	650[2] (April 2026)	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 NR	517.56[3] (March 2026)	Jio Platforms
4	China Telecom Corp., Ltd	China  Macau	List CDMA, EV-DO TD-LTE, LTE, 4G+, 5G	423.4[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[5] (September 2024)	China Unicom Limited (40.92%) China Netcom Group (29.49%)
6	Vodafone Group plc	List Albania (Vodafone) Australia (Vodafone) Czech Republic (Vodafone) (Democratic Republic of Congo Vodacom) Egypt (Vodafone) Ethiopia (Safaricom) Germany (Vodafone) Greece (Vodafone) Ireland (Vodafone) Lesotho (Vodacom) Mozambique (Vodacom) Kenya (Safaricom) 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[6] (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[7] (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	256.4[8] (February 2026)	Public stock (68.1%) Government of France (13.4%)
9	Telefónica S.A.	List Brazil (Vivo) Germany (O2) Mexico (Movistar) Spain (Movistar) United Kingdom (O2) Venezuela (Movistar)	List D-AMPS, cdmaOne, CDMA2000, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE	249.3[9] (February 2025)	Public stock (62.2%) Government of Spain (10%) Saudi Telecom (5%) BBVA (5%)
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[10] (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) 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[11] (September 2024)	Free float (62.3%) Federal Republic of Germany (27.5%)
12	Vodafone Idea Ltd	India	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced, 5G	192.9[12] (December 2025)	Government of India (49%) Vodafone Group Plc (15.4%) 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[13] (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[14] (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[15] (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[16] (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]
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[18] (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[19] (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[20] (September 2024)	Institutional Shares (59.28%) Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%) Blackrock Inc (11.49%)[21]
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[22] (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[23] (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[24]	Government of India
23	NTT Docomo Inc.	Japan	List UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE Advanced	91.4[25] (Q3 2025)	Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24	Mobile TeleSystems (MTS)	Russia Belarus	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, LTE, 5G NR	87.60[26] (Q3 2024)	Sistema (50.8%)
25	MegaFon	Russia Tajikistan	List GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA LTE, LTE Advanced	77.26[27] (Q2 2024)	AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%) USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)

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• General
  • Comparison of mobile phone standards
• Operators
  • List of mobile network operators in Europe
  • List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania
  • List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa
  • List of mobile network operators of the Americas
• Country lists
  • List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions
  • List of countries by number of Internet users
  • List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
  • List of countries by smartphone penetration
  • List of multiple-system operators
• List of telecommunications companies
  • List of telecommunications companies in the Americas
  • List of telecommunications companies in Asia and Oceania
  • List of telecommunications companies in Europe
  • List of telecommunications companies in the Middle East and Africa