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 Totalsubscriptions(in millions) Ownership(100% ownership unless stated otherwise) 1 China MobileCommunications Corporation (China Mobile) (CMHK) (Zong) 1003.9(September 2024) Government of the People's Republic of China (74.25%)Public stock (25.75%) 2 Bharti Airtel Limited 650 (April 2026)Bharti Enterprises (66.57%)Singtel (32.15%)Google (1.28%) 3 Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited 524.0 (June 2026)Jio Platforms 4 China Telecom Corp., Ltd 423.4(September 2024)China Telecommunications Corporation (State Owned) (70.89%) 5 Vodafone Group plc 355.0(May 2026) 6 China Unicom Limited 345.0(September 2024)China Unicom Limited (40.92%)China Netcom Group (29.49%) 7 América Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V 315.8(September 2024)Helu Slim (36.50%)Carlos Slim (6.84%)Public stock (56.66%) 8 Orange S.A. 256.4(February 2026) Public stock (68.1%)Government of France (13.4%) 9 Telefónica S.A. 249.3(February 2025) Public stock (62.2%)Government of Spain (10%)Saudi Telecom (5%)BBVA (5%) 10 MTN Group Limited 288.0(September 2024) Public stock (60.02%)Government Employees Pension Fund (25.33%) M1 (10.05%) 11 Deutsche Telekom AG 258.8(September 2024)Free float (62.3%)Federal Republic of Germany (27.5%) 12 Vodafone Idea Ltd 199.57(July 2026)Government of India (49%)Vodafone Group Plc (15.4%)Aditya Birla Group (9.85%) 13 Axiata Group Berhad 162.5 (December 2023) Public stock (54.91%)Government of Malaysia (45.09%) 14 PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) Indonesia East Timor 159.3(December 2023)Telkom Indonesia (65%)Singtel (35%)15 Emirates TelecommunicationGroup Company PJSC (Etisalat) 159(2021) Emirates Investment Authority (60.03%)Public stock (39.97%) 16 VEON Ltd. 153.9(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 Ooredoo QSC 149.4(Q3 2024) Government of Qatar 18 Verizon Communications United States United States Virgin Islands Puerto Rico 146(December 2024)Verizon Communications 19 AT&T Inc. United States (AT&T Mobility LLC) Mexico (AT&T Mexico) 139.0(September 2024) Institutional Shares (59.28%)Vanguard Group Inc (14.12%)Blackrock Inc (11.49%) 20 Telenor ASA 138.31(Q3 2024)Government of Norway (53.97%)Public stock (41.74%)The Government Pension Fund of Norway (4.79%) 21 Viettel Group 110.0(Q1 2022) Government of Vietnam 22 BSNL Mobile91.74Government of India 23 NTT Docomo Inc. Japan91.4(Q3 2025) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone 24 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) Russia Belarus 87.60(Q3 2024) Sistema (50.8%) 25 MegaFon Russia Tajikistan 77.26(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) 2 Globalstar Proprietary CDMA 0.638 (March 2015) 3 Thuraya Proprietary FDMA/GSM 0.260 (December 2007)Etisalat (28%) 4 Inmarsat Proprietary GSM 0.254 (September 2009) 5 ACeS Dual-mode Satellite/GSM 0.020 (December 2007)
See also
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 List of mobile network operators of the Caribbean 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
References
External links List of all mobile network operators in the World divided by country correct link (via archive.org): https://web.archive.org/web/20190430054352/https://travelem.com/en-us/list-of-all-mobile-operators-divided-by-country-for-travelers/
For a more comprehensive list of mobile phone operators, see Mobile country codes.