LIST OF MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS

List of Mobile Network Operators:
There is a list of Mobile phone network operating companies. Firstly Terrestrial based.

TERRESTRIAL:
These are the world's largest mobile network operator listed by number of subscribers worldwide.

• CHINA MOBILE(CHINA):
  RANK: Number 1
  MAIN MARKETS: China (inc. Hong Kong) & Pakistan
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGETD-SCDMA
  SUBSCRIBERS: 436.12 MILLIONS

• VODAFONE(UNITED KINGDOM):
  RANK: Number 2
  MAIN MARKETS: United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Romania,
  Greece, Portugal, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Hungary,Ireland, Albania, Malta, Northern Cyprus, Faroe Island, India, USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, Egypt, Ghana, Fiji, Lesotho, Mozambique.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPALTE (planned)(CdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DO).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 280.5 MILLIONS.

• TELEFONICA/MOVISTAR/O2 (SPAIN):
  RANK: Number 3.
  MAIN MARKETS: Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Ireland, Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Morocco, Slovakia.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPALTE (planned)(D-AMPSCdmaOneCDMA2000 1x).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 188.9 MILLIONS.

• AMERICA MOVIL(MEXICO):
  RANK: Number 4.
  MAIN MARKETS: USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Jamaica, Peru, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and El Salvador.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA(D-AMPSCdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DO).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 172.5 MILLIONS.

• TELENOR(NORWAY):
  RANK: Number 5.
  MAIN MARKETS: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Malaysia.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPA.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 159 MILLIONS.

• CHINA UNICOM(CHINA):
  RANK: Number 6.
  MAIN MARKETS: China(inc. Macau).
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 127.6 MILLIONS.

• T-MOBILE(GERMANY):
  RANK: Number 7.
  MAIN MARKETS: Germany, USA, UK, Poland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Hungary, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGEUMTS, HSDPALTE(planned).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 128.3 MILLIONS.

• TELIASONERA(SWEDEN):
  RANK: Number 8.
  MAIN MARKETS: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Central Asia.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM,GPRS,EDGEUMTS,HSDPA.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 115.0 MILLIONS.

• ORANGE/FRANCE TELECOM(FRANCE):
  RANK: Number 9.
  MAIN MARKETS: France, UK, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Israel, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Cameroon, Botsawa, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Mauritius, Réunion, Martinique, French Guiana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Dominican Republic.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM,GPRS,EDGEUMTS,HSDPALTE(planned).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 111.884 MILLIONS.

• MTS(RUSSIA):
  RANK: Number 10.
  MAIN MARKETS: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Armenia.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM,GPRS,EDGEUMTS.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 91.73 MILLIONS.

• BHARTI AIRTEL(INDIA):
  RANK: Number 11.
  MAIN MARKETS: India, Seychelles, Jersey, Guernsey, Sri Lanka.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM, GPRS, EDGE.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 85.65 MILLIONS.

• VERIZON WIRELESS(United States):
  RANK: Number 12.
  MAIN MARKET: United States.
  TECHNOLOGY: CdmaOneCDMA2000 1x, EV-DOLTE.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 83.7 MILLIONS.

• MTN GROUP(SOUTH AFRICA):
  RANK: Number 13.
  MAIN MARKET: Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Republic of Guinea, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM,GPRS,EDGEUMTS,HSDPA,HSUPA.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 80.74 MILLIONS.

• AT&T MOBILITY(UNITED STATES):
  RANK: Number 14.
  MAIN MARKET: United States, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSM,GPRS,EDGEUMTS,HSDPA,HSUPALTE(planned).
  SUBSCRIBERS: 77.0 MILLIONS.

• SINGTEL(SINGAPORE):
  RANK: Number 15.
  MAIN MARKET: Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Pakistan.
  TECHNOLOGY: GSMUMTS,HSDPA.
  SUBSCRIBERS: 70.76 MILLIONS.