Largest mobile phone companies

World

These are the world's largest mobile phone companies, by number of subscribers. The largest in the world by turnover is Vodafone. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

China Mobile (GSM) - 204.3 million
Vodafone^* (GSM, UMTS) - 151.8 million
China Unicom (IS-2000, GSM) - 100.1 million
T-Mobile¹ (GSM, UMTS) - 78.9 million
movistar (GSM, UMTS, IS-2000) - 51.3 million
Cingular (IS-136, GSM, UMTS²) - 50 million
Orange (GSM, UMTS) - 49 million
NTT DoCoMo (PDC, FOMA) - 45.9 million
Verizon Wireless (IS-2000) - 45.5 million
Mobile TeleSystems - MTS (GSM) - 34.22 million
Vivo (IS-2000, IS-136) - 27 million
Turkcell (GSM) - 23.4 million
Sprint PCS (IS-2000) - 22.2 million
O2 (GSM) - 21.3 million
TIM (GSM, UMTS)

¹ 120 million including subscribers to companies where T-Mobile has a minority stake. ² UMTS network currently being tested in six U.S. cities ^* 350 million including subscriers to companies where Vodafone has a minority stake.

Americas

Canada

Rogers Wireless - 4.2 million (5.5 million with Fido)
- Fido (Microcell) 1.3 million
Bell Mobility - 4.5 million
TELUS - 3.9 million
Virgin Mobile - too early to determine

United States

These are the largest mobile phone companies in the United States, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

Cingular (IS-136, GSM, UMTS)(Joint venture: 60% owned by SBC, 40% owned by BellSouth) - 50.0 million
Verizon Wireless (IS-2000) (56% owned by Verizon Communications, 44% owned by Vodafone) - 45.5 million
Sprint PCS³ (IS-2000) - 22.2 million
T-Mobile (GSM) - 17.3 million
Nextel³ (iDEN) - 15.3 million
ALLTEL⁴ (IS-2000) - 8 million
U.S. Cellular (IS-136, IS-2000) - 4.8 million
Virgin Mobile USA (IS-2000) - 3 million
Dobson Communications (IS-136, GSM) - 1.6 million
Cricket Communications (IS-2000) - 1.5 million
Western Wireless⁴ (IS-136, IS-2000, GSM) - 1.2 million
Centennial Wireless (IS-136, GSM) - 0.5 million

³Sprint PCS and Nextel have agreed to merge. Together they will have nearly 37.5 million subscribers.

⁴As of Jan 2005, ALLTEL is buying Western Wireless. Together they will have 9.2 million subscribers.

In North America, IS-2000 is commonly known as CDMA. IS-136 is known as TDMA. However, CDMA and TDMA are general terms that can refer to several different technologies.

Brazil

Vivo (IS-2000, IS-136) - 27 million
Claro (GSM, IS-136) - 11.1 million
TIM (GSM) - 8 million

Argentina

movistar (GSM)
Personal (GSM) Owned by Telecom Argentina.
CTI Movil (GSM)
Nextel (iDEN)

Asia Pacific

Australia

Telstra (CDMA and GSM)
Optus (GSM)
Vodafone (GSM) - 2.57 million
Orange (CDMA)
3 (UMTS)
Virgin Mobile (Virtual Network using Optus)

Bangladesh

AKTel (GSM) Website (http://www.aktel.com/)
Banglalink (GSM) Website (http://www.banglalinkgsm.com/)
CityCell (CDMA) Website (http://www.citycell.com/)
Grameen Phone (GSM) Website (http://www.grameenphone.com/) - 3 million

Hong Kong

CSL (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free) (owned by Telstra, previously by PCCW) (GSM-900, GSM-1800, IS-136, UMTS)
3 (previous Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS, owned by Hutchison Whampoa Telecommunications) (GSM-900, GSM-1800, IS-95, UMTS)
Smartone and eXtra (owned by Sun Hung Kai and British Telecom) (GSM-900, GSM-1800, UMTS)
Sunday (GSM-1800)
Peoples (GSM-1800)
New World Mobility (GSM-1800)

India

Indonesia

Japan

NTT DoCoMo

New Zealand

Vodafone (GSM and UMTS) - 1.89 million (55.4%)
Telecom (AMPS, TDMA and CDMA) - 1.52 millon (44.6%)
Woosh Wireless (UMTS) - fixed wireless Internet service provider
TelstraClear (Virtual Network using Vodafone)
Boost Mobile (Virtual Network using Telecom)

Philippines

Thailand

Advance Info Service (GSM) 15.2 million
DTAC (GSM) 9.1 million
HUTCH (UMTS)610,000
Orange (owned by True Corporation) (GSM) 3,704,000
THAI Mobile (GSM and UMTS)

Europe

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Czech Republic

T-Mobile - 4.4 million

Finland

Sonera (GSM, UMTS) Part of TeliaSonera
Elisa (GSM, UMTS) Previously known as Radiolinja
DNA Finland (GSM)
Saunalahti (GSM) MVNO
Kolumbus (GSM) Discount operator, part of Elisa
Tele Finland (GSM) Discount operator, part of Sonera
Tele2 (GSM) MVNO
Cubio (GSM) MVNO

France

Orange (GSM) - 21.25 million (47.7 %)
SFR (GSM) - 15.82 million (35.5 %)
Bouygues Telecom (GSM) - 7.47 million (16.8 %)

Germany

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Germany. The present telecommunication standard in Germany is GSM, called "D-Netz" (900 MHz) and "E-Netz" (1800 MHz). It is the successor of the analogous "C-Netz".

T-Mobile (GSM, UMTS) - 27.5 million subscribers (12/2004)
Vodafone (GSM, UMTS) - 26.9 million subscribers (12/2004)
E-Plus¹ (GSM) - 8.5 million subscribers (5/2004)
O2 (GSM) - 6 million subscribers (3/2004)

¹ Owned by KPN.

Greece

In September 2003 there were 10.88 million active lines, which makes 99% market penetration.

Cosmote (GSM) - 4.05 million
Vodafone (GSM) - 3.8 million
TIM¹ (GSM) - 2.75 million
Q-Telekom² (GSM) - 0.29 million

¹ Was Telestet until February 2004.

² The newest mobile telecom in Greece uses Vodafone's infrastructure until it builds its own network.

Hungary

T-Mobile (GSM) - 3.8 million
Pannon GSM (GSM) - 2.6 million
Vodafone (GSM) - 1.6 million

Ireland

Together Vodafone and O2 dominate, with a combined market share of 94%.

Vodafone (GSM, UMTS) - 1.9 million
O2 (GSM) - 1.27 million
3 (UMTS)
Meteor (GSM)

Italy

TIM (GSM, UMTS) -
Vodafone (GSM) - 17 million
Wind (GSM) - 7.7 million
3 (UMTS)

Netherlands

KPN (GSM) - 3.9 million
Vodafone (GSM) - 3.6 million
T-Mobile (GSM) - 2.3 million
Orange (GSM) - 1.65 million
Telfort (GSM)

Norway

Telenor - 2.5 millon (in Norway, 40 millon worldwide)
NetCom - 1.2 million

Poland

At the end of 2004, Poland had 23,070,000 mobile phone subscribers, or 59.7% penetration rate.

Polkomtel - Plus GSM (GSM, UMTS) - 7.03 million customers / 30.5% market share
Centertel - Idea GSM (GSM, UMTS) - 7.44 million customers / 32.2% market share. Owned by TPSA and France telecom. They have announced their intention to rebrand as Orange by the end of 2005.
PTC - Era GSM (GSM, UMTS) - 8.60 million customers / 37.3% market share

Portugal

TMN (GSM, UMTS) - 5 million
Vodafone (GSM, UMTS)
Optimus (GSM, UMTS)

Romania

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Romania. Romania has 10,678,072 subscribers in total (April 2005), or 49.21% penetration rate.

Orange Romania (GSM) - 5,290,000* subscribers (48.43% market share)
Connex GSM Romania (GSM, UMTS) - 5,022,902 subscribers (48.41% market share)
Zapp Mobile (IS-2000) - 280,000 subscribers (2.22% market share)
Cosmorom, a division of Romtelecom (GSM) - 85,170 subscribers (0.94% market share)

Russian Federation

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Russia, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

Mobile TeleSystems - MTS (GSM) - 42.3 million
VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM (GSM) - 28.245 million
Megafon (GSM) - 14.153 million

Serbia & Montenegro

Mobile Telecomunications | MOBTEL(GSM) 2 million
ProMonte (GSM)
MONET (GSM) 200,000
Mobilna Telefonija Srbija | Mobile Telephony Serbia | MTS064

Slovakia

T-Mobile - 2 million
Orange - 2 million

Spain

movistar (GSM, UMTS) nearly 20M
Vodafone Spain (GSM, UMTS) nearly 11M
Amena (GSM, UMTS) nearly 9M

Sweden

Telia (GSM,UMTS) - 4.3 million
Vodafone (GSM,UMTS) - 1.5 million
Tele2Comviq (GSM,UMTS)
3 (UMTS)
Spring Mobil (GSM)

Turkey

Turkcell (GSM) 23.4 million
Telsim (GSM) 7 million
Avea (GSM) 4.5 million

United Kingdom

T-Mobile (GSM, UMTS) - 15.7 million (12/2004)
Vodafone (GSM, UMTS) - 15.24 million
O2 (GSM) - 13.5 million
Orange (GSM, UMTS) - 13.3 million
3 (UMTS) - 1.2 million

There are also a number of Virtual Mobile Network Operators, including Virgin Mobile, Tesco Mobile, and easyMobile.

Middle East & Africa

Bahrain

MTC-Vodafone Website (http://www.mtc-vodafone.com.bh/)

Egypt

Vodafone Egypt (GSM) formerly known as ClickGSM Website (http://www.vodafone.com.eg)
MobiNil (GSM) Website (http://www.mobinil.com)

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vodacom Website (http://www.vodacom.cd/)

Kenya

Safaricom Website (http://www.safaricom.co.ke/)

Kuwait

MTC-Vodafone Website (http://www.mtctele.com/)

South Africa

Vodacom Website (http://www.vodacom.net/)

Sources of information

Greek Mobile Telecoms' data (http://www.myphone.gr/library/article-16.html)
China Mobile subscriber numbers (http://www.chinamobilehk.com/investor_relations.htm)
T-Mobile company data (http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/about_t-mobile,2,0,,en.html?w=1088&h=733)
Verizon company data (http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/aboutUs/index.jsp)
Cingular company data (http://cingular.com/about/company_overview)
AT&T Wireless company data (http://www.attws.com/our_company/)
Sprint PCS company data (http://www.sprint.com/sprint/fastfacts/overview/)
Nextel company data (http://nextel.com/about/corporateinfo/profile.shtml)
T-Mobile USA company data (http://www.t-mobile.com/company/about/quickfacts.asp)
Orange Statistics (http://www.orange.com/English/aboutorange/whereweare.asp?UID=#)
O2 Data (http://www.mmo2.com/media/pr_040721a.asp)
3 UK data (http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/October2004/8451.htm)
Mobile TeleSystems data (http://www.company.mtsgsm.com/ir/2005-01-12-0015/)
Vodafone company data (http://www.vodafone.com/article_wide/0,3041,CATEGORY_ID%253D306%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D230772,00.html)
Turkcell company data (http://www.turkcell.com.tr/index/0,1028,69300,00.html)
French market data (http://www.lemonde.fr/web/vi/0,47-0@2-3234,54-628532@51-632223,0.html)
New Zealand market data (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10127523)

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