List of mobile network operators

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For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.

Terrestrial

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

Rank Company Main markets Technology Total
subscriptions
(in millions)		 Ownership
(100% ownership unless stated otherwise)
1 Template:Flagicon China Mobile
Communications Corporation 		Template:Flagu (China Mobile)
Template:Flagu (CMHK)
Template:Flagu (Zong) 		Template:Collapsible list 1003.9[1]
(September 2024) 		Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)
Public stock (25.75%)
2 Template:Flagicon Bharti Airtel Limited Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 600[2]
(September 2025) 		Bharti Enterprises (66.57%)
Singtel (32.15%)
Google (1.28%)
3 Template:Flagicon Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited Template:Flagu Template:Collapsible list 517.56[3]
(March 2026) 		Jio Platforms
4 Template:Flagicon China Telecom Corp., Ltd Template:Flagu
Template:Flagu 		Template:Collapsible list 423.4[4]
(September 2024) 		China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%)
5 Template:Flagicon China Unicom Limited Template:Flagu Template:Collapsible list 345.0[5]
(September 2024) 		China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
6 Template:Flagicon Vodafone Group plc Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 310.0[6]
(May 2024)
7 Template:Flagicon América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 315.8[7]
(September 2024) 		Helu Slim (36.50%)
Carlos Slim (6.84%)
Public stock (56.66%)
8 Template:Flagicon Orange S.A. Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 256.4[8]
(February 2026) 		Public stock (68.1%)
Government of France (13.4%)
9 Template:Flagicon Telefónica S.A. Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 249.3[9]
(February 2025) 		Public stock (62.2%)
Government of Spain (10%)
Saudi Telecom (5%)
BBVA (5%)
10 Template:Flagicon MTN Group Limited Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 288.0[10]
(September 2024) 		Public stock (60.02%)
Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%)
M1 (10.05%)
11 Template:Flagicon Deutsche Telekom AG Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 258.8[11]
(September 2024) 		Free float (62.3%)
Federal Republic of Germany (27.5%)
12 Template:Flagicon Vodafone Idea Ltd Template:Flagu Template:Collapsible list 192.9[12]
(December 2025) 		Government of India (49%)
Vodafone Group Plc (15.4%)
Aditya Birla Group (9.85%)
13 Template:Flagicon Axiata Group Berhad Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 162.5[13]
(December 2023) 		Public stock (54.91%)
Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
14 Template:Flagicon PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) Template:Flagicon Indonesia
Template:Flagicon East Timor 		Template:Collapsible list 159.3[14]
(December 2023) 		Telkom Indonesia (65%)
Singtel (35%)
15 Template:Flagicon Emirates Telecommunication
Group Company PJSC (Etisalat) 		Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 159[15]
(2021) 		Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)
Public stock (39.97%)
16 Template:Flagicon VEON Ltd. Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 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 Template:Flagicon Ooredoo QSC Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 149.4[18]
(Q3 2024) 		Government of Qatar
18 Template:Flagicon Verizon Communications Template:Flagicon United States
Template:Flagicon United States Virgin Islands
Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico 		Template:Collapsible list 146[19]
(December 2024) 		Verizon Communications
19 Template:Flagicon AT&T Inc. Template:Flagicon United States (AT&T Mobility LLC)
Template:Flagicon Mexico (AT&T Mexico) 		Template:Collapsible list 139.0[20]
(September 2024) 		Institutional Shares (59.28%)
Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%)
Blackrock Inc (11.49%)[21]
20 Template:Flagicon Telenor ASA Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 138.31[22]
(Q3 2024) 		Government of Norway (53.97%)
Public stock (41.74%)
The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%)
21 Template:Flagicon Viettel Group Template:Collapsible list Template:Collapsible list 110.0[23]
(Q1 2022) 		Government of Vietnam
22 Template:Flagicon BSNL Mobile Template:Flagu Template:Collapsible list 91.74[24] Government of India
23 Template:Flagicon NTT Docomo Inc. Template:Flagicon Japan Template:Collapsible list 91.4[25]
(Q3 2025) 		Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
24 Template:Flagicon Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Template:Flagicon Russia
Template:Flagicon Belarus 		Template:Collapsible list 87.60[26]
(Q3 2024) 		Sistema (50.8%)
25 Template:Flagicon MegaFon Template:Flagicon Russia
Template:Flagicon Tajikistan 		Template:Collapsible list 77.26[27]
(Q2 2024) 		AF Telecom Holding LLC (56.32%)
USM Telecom LLC (43.68%)

Satellite based

This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Iridium Proprietary TDMA 0.824 (June 2016)[28]
2 Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015)[29]
3 Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)[30] Etisalat (28%)
4 Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009)[31]
5 ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Monthly Customer Data(30 September 2024).
  2. ↑ Airtel partners with Google to establish India’s first mega AI hub and data center in Visakhapatnam. Airtel.
  3. ↑ Reliance Jio Q2 Results: ARPU rises to ₹211.40, subscriber base tops 500 million - CNBC TV18. CNBCTV18(2025-10-17). Retrieved 2025-10-20.
  4. ↑ China Telecom Monthly Reports. China Telecom Corporation(30 September 2024).
  5. ↑ Key Financial and Performance Indicators for the First Three Quarters of 2024(30 September 2024).
  6. ↑ Annual Report 2024(24 May 2024).
  7. ↑ 3Q 2024 Reports(30 September 2024).
  8. ↑ Strategic Plan 2026(18 February 2026).
  9. ↑ Q4 Results 2025(24 February 2026).
  10. ↑ Q3 Results 2024(30 September 2024).
  11. ↑ Interim Group Report 3Q 2024(30 September 2024).
  12. ↑ Vi FY Results 2025(December 2025).
  13. ↑ Axiata Integrated 2019 Annual Report 2023.
  14. ↑ Annual Report 2023(December 2023).
  15. ↑ Etisalat 2Q Report 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  16. ↑ Q1 2025 Results. VEON(May 2025).
  17. ↑ VEON Ltd. Ownership Structure, as of 31 December 2024 (after completing delisting from Euronext Amsterdam on 25 November 2024). Retrieved 2025-05-20.
  18. ↑ Q3 2024 Results. Ooredoo(October 2024).
  19. ↑ Financial and Operating Information. Verizon(January 24, 2025).
  20. ↑ AT&T Financial and Operational Schedules 3Q 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  21. ↑ AT&T INC. Ownership summary. NASDAQ. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  22. ↑ Telenor Group's Results Q3 2024(2024-10-30).
  23. ↑ Viettel Global network Q1 2022. Viettel Group(2022-03-29).
  24. ↑ Telecom Subscriptions Reports | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. trai.gov.in. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  25. ↑ Number of Subscribers. group.ntt. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  26. ↑ Финансовые и операционные результаты Группы МТС за 3 квартал 2024. mts.ru. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
  27. ↑ МегаФон подвёл финансовые итоги первого полугодия 2024 года. MegaFon(2024-08-16).
  28. ↑ Iridium Q2 2016 Results(2016-06-30).
  29. ↑ Globestar Announces Q1 2015 Results. Globalstar.com(2015-03-31).
  30. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  31. ↑ Inmarsat Holdings Limited Condensed Consolidated Financial Results For the three and nine months ended 30 September 2009 (unaudited).

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For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.

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