قائمة بشبكات الهاتف المحمول

قائمة بشبكات الهاتف المحمول

هذه هي قائمة بشركات إدارة شبكات المحمول.

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 العالم

 شبكات أرضية

هذه هي أكبر شبكات المحمول في العالم طبقًا لعدد المشتركين (وللعدد النسبي للمشتركين، إن كان للشركة نسبة في شبكات أخرى).

الترتيب	الشركة	الأسواق الرئيسية	التكنولوچيا	المشتركين (نسبيًا، بالملايين)	المشتركين (إجماليًا / غير محدد، بالملايين)
1	تشاينا موبايل (الصين)	الصين، هونج كونج	GSM، GPRS، EDGE	273.8 [1] (يونيو 2006)	273.8 (يونيو 2006)
2	فودافون (المملكة المتحدة)	المملكة المتحدة، ألمانيا، إيطاليا، إسپانيا، فرنسا، الولايات المتحدة	GSM، GPRS، UMTS، HSDPA، CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO	186.8 (يونيو 2006)	553.0 (يونيو 2006)
3	تشاينا يونيكوم (الصين)	الصين	GSM، CDMA	135.1 [2] (يونيو 2006)	135.1 (يونيو 2006)
4	تليفونيكا (إسپانيا)	إسپانيا، المملكة المتحدة، ألمانيا، أمريكا اللاتينية	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA، CDMA، CDMA2000 1x (TDMA)	109.7 (يونيو 2006)	134.6 (يونيو 2006)
5	أميريكا موفيل (المكسيك)	أمريكا اللاتينية	GSM، GPRS، EDGE (CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، TDMA)	104.6 [3] (يونيو 2006)	107.8 (يونيو 2006)
6	T-Mobile (ألمانيا)	ألمانيا، الولايات المتحدة، المملكة المتحدة، پولندا	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA	94.1 (يونيو 2006)	101.2 (يونيو 2006)
7	أورانچ (فرنسا)	فرنسا، المملكة المتحدة، إسپانيا، پولندا، رومانيا	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA	71.5 (ديسمبر 2005)	88.7 [4] (يونيو 2006)
8	MTS (روسيا)	روسيا، أوكرانيا، العديد من بلدان كومنولث الدول المستقلة	GSM، GPRS	65.4 (يونيو 2006)	66.7 [5] (يونيو 2006)
9	Telecom Italia (إيطاليا)	إيطاليا، البرازيل	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA (TDMA)	61.1 (يونيو 2006)	61.1 (يونيو 2006)
10	Cingular (الولايات المتحدة)	الولايات المتحدة	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS، HSDPA (TDMA)	57.3 (يونيو 2006)	57.3 (يونيو 2006)
11	Telenor (النرويج)	إسكاندينافيا، أوروپا الشرقية، دول أخرى	GSM، GPRS، EDGE، UMTS	56.5 (7 سپتمبر 2006)	100.0 [6](7 سپتمبر 2006)
12	Verizon Wireless (الولايات المتحدة)	الولايات المتحدة	CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO	54.8 (يونيو 2006)	54.8 (يونيو 2006)
13	NTT DoCoMo (الياپان)	الياپان	PDC، FOMA، PHS	52.0 [7] (أغسطس 2006)	52.0 (أغسطس 2006)
14	Sprint Nextel (الولايات المتحدة)	الولايات المتحدة	CDMA، CDMA2000 1x، EV-DO، iDEN	51.7 (يونيو 2006)	51.7 (يونيو 2006)
15	VimpelCom (روسيا)	روسيا، دول أخرى	GSM، GPRS (D-AMPS)	50.8 (يونيو 2006)	50.8 [8] (يونيو 2006)
16	TeliaSonera (السويد)	إسكاندينافيا، المنطقة البالطية، روسيا، تركيا، أوراسيا	GSM، UMTS	38.5 (يونيو 2006)	79.3 (يونيو 2006)
17	SingTel (سنغافورة)	سنغافورة، أستراليا، الهند	GSM، UMTS	35.6 [9] (يونيو 2006)	92.4 (يونيو 2006)

 شبكات فضائية

الترتيب	الشركة	التكنولوچيا	المشتركين (بالملايين)	المالك
1	الثريا		0.250 [10] (أغسطس 2006)
2	Globalstar		0.200 [11] (مارس 2006)
3	Iridium		0.159 [12] (يونيو 2006)
4	ACeS

 Americas

 Anguilla

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless

 Antigua and Barbuda

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	APUA	GSM	Not available yet	Antigua Public Utilities Authority
2	bmobile	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless

 Argentina

The country has 25.9 million subscribers in total, or a 64.9% penetration rate. [13] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Movistar	GSM, CDMA	9.5 [14] (June 2006)	Telefónica
2	CTI Móvil	EDGE, GPRS, GSM, CDMA	8.0 [15] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)
3	Personal	GSM	6.9 [16] (June 2006)	Telecom Argentina
4	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.567 [17] (June 2006)	NII Holdings

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 Aruba

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	New Millennium Telecom Services
2	SETAR	GSM	Not available yet	Servicio di Telecomunicacion di Aruba

 Bahamas

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Btc	GSM	Not available yet	The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd

 Barbados

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
3	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel
4	Sunbeach	CDMA	Not available yet	Telecom Holdings Ltd.

 Belize

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	0.119 [18] (March 2006)	Belize Telecommunications Ltd
2	Smart	CDMA	0.025 [19] (December 2005)	Smart

 Bermuda

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	M3	GSM	Not available yet	M3 Wireless Ltd
2	Digicel[20]	GSM, CDMA	Not available yet	Telecommunications Ltd

 Bolivia

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Entel	GSM	1.4	Entel SA
2	Tigo	GSM	0.766 [21] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)
3	Nuevatel	GSM	0.190 [22] (December 2003)	Nuevatel PCS De Bolivia SA

 Brazil

The country has 94.9 million subscribers in total, or a 50.46% penetration rate. [23] (August 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vivo	CDMA, TDMA, GSM	28.5 [24] (June 2006)	Telefónica (50%) and Portugal Telecom (50%)
2	TIM	GSM, TDMA	22.3 [25] (June 2006)	Telecom Italia
3	Claro	EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	20.9 [26] (June 2006)	América Móvil (98.9%)
4	Oi	GSM	12 [27] (June 2006)	Telemar
5	Telemig Celular/Amazônia Celular [28]	GSM, TDMA	4.65 [29] (June 2006)	Telpart
6	Brasil Telecom	GSM	2.8 [30] (June 2006)	Brasil Telecom
7	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.757 [31] (June 2006)	NII Holdings
8	CTBC [32]	GSM, TDMA	0.36	Algar
9	Sercomtel Celular [33]	GSM, TDMA	0.09	Londrina city (Paraná)State-owned Sercomtel

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 British Virgin Islands

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CCT	GSM	Not available yet	Caribbean Cellular Telephone
2	Cable & Wireless			Cable & Wireless

 Canada

المقالة الرئيسية: List of Canadian mobile phone companies

The country has 17.35 million subscribers in total, or a 52.4% penetration rate. [34] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Rogers Wireless	EDGE, GPRS, GSM	6.347 [35] (June 2006)	Rogers Communications
2	Bell Mobility	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	5.59 [36] (June 2006)	Bell Canada
3	TELUS Mobility includes Telus Network and Mike Network	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (Telus), WiDEN, iDEN (Mike)	4.74 [37] (June 2006)	TELUS
4	SaskTel Mobility	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	0.363 [38] (June 2006)	SaskTel
5	MTS Mobility	CDMA	0.332 [39] (June 2006)	MTS
6	Virgin Mobile	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	0.25 [40] (June 2006)	Virgin Mobile Canada

 Cayman Islands

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel

 Chile

The country has 12 million subscribers in total, or a 74% penetration rate. [41] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	5.5 [42] (June 2006)	Telefónica
2	Entel	GSM	4.5 [43] (June 2006)	Hurtado Vicuña
3	Claro	GSM, CDMA	2.0 [44] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)

 Colombia

The country has 25 million subscribers in total, or a 54% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Comcel	EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	18.0 [45] (June 2006)	América Móvil (99.2%)
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	7.5 [46] (June 2006)	Telefónica
3	Ola	GSM	2.3 [47] (June 2006)	Empresas Públicas de Medellín and Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá

 Costa Rica

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Grupo Ice[48]	GSM	11.33	I.C.E.

 Cuba

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cubacel[49]	[[AMPS, GSM	Not available yet	Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA
2	C-COM	GSM	Not available yet	Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA

 Dominican Republic

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	GSM	1.01 (December 2005) 2005)	France Telecom
2	Verizon Dominicana		Not available yet'	Verizon (100%) to be sold to América Móvil

 Ecuador

The country has 7.73 million subscribers in total, or a 57.1% penetration rate. [50] (July 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Porta	EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	4.92 [51] (July 2006)	América Móvil (100%)
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	2.53 [52] (July 2006)	Telefónica
3	Alegro PCS	CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	0.278 [53] (July 2006)	TELECSA

 El Salvador

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Personal	GPRS, GSM	1.06 [54] (June 2006)	América Móvil (95.8%)
2	Tigo	GSM, TDMA,	0.963 [55] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)
3	movistar	GSM, CDMA	0.695 [56] (June 2006)	Telefónica
4	DIGICEL	GSM	0.2 [57] (March 2006)	CTI Holdings

 Falkland Islands

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Touch	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless

 Grenada

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel
3	Cingular Wireless	GSM	Not available yet	Grenada Wireless Holdings Ltd

 Guatemala

The country has 3.95 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	PCS	GPRS, GSM, CDMA	2.2 [58] (June 2006)	América Móvil (99.3%)
2	Tigo	GSM, TDMA	1.6 [59] (June 2006)	MIC (55%)
3	movistar	GSM, CDMA 1x EV-DO	1.3 [60] (June 2006)	Telefónica

 Guyana

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CelStar	GSM	Not available yet	Cel*Star Guyana Inc
2	Cellink Plus[61]	GSM	Not available yet	Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co
3	Digicel[62]	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel

 Haiti

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Comcel[63]	GSM	Not available yet	Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti SA

 Honduras

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	GSM	1.10 [64] (June 2006)	MIC (66.7%)
2	ALÓ	GPRS, GSM	0.569 [65] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)
3	HONDUTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones HONDUTEL

 Jamaica

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel		1.5 [66] (April 2006)	Digicel
2	bmobile			Cable & Wireless
3	MiPhone

 Mexico

The country has 50.7 million subscribers in total, or a 70 penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telcel	EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	39.2 [67] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA	6.9 [68] (June 2006)	Telefónica
3	Iusacell pending merger with Unefón	CDMA	2.0 [69] (June 2006)	Grupo Salinas
4	NEXTEL	iDEN	1.3 [70] (June 2006)	NII Holdings
5	Unefón pending merger with Iusacell	CDMA	1.3 [71] (June 2006)	Moisés Saba and TV Azteca

 Nicaragua

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	ENITEL includes ALÓ PCS	GPRS, GSM	0.988 [72] (June 2006)	América Móvil (99.3%)
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA,	0.46 [73] (June 2006)	Telefónica

 Panama

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable & Wireless	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA	0.89 [74] (June 2006)	Telefónica

 Paraguay

The country has 1.5 million subscribers in total, or a 49% penetration rate. [75] (September 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	GSM, TDMA	0.949 [76] (June 2006)	MIC (96%)
2	Personal (Núcleo SA)	GSM, TDMA	0.6	Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina
3	VOX	GSM	0.3	KDDI Corporation
4	CTI Móvil	GSM	0.296 [77] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)

 Peru

The country has 6.5 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	CDMA, TDMA	4.0 [78] (June 2006)	Telefónica
2	Claro	EDGE, GPRS, GSM	2.48 [79] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)
3	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.297 [80] (June 2006)	NII Holdings

 Puerto Rico

The country has 1.9 million subscribers in total, or a 50% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Verizon Wireless	CDMA	0.503 [81] (March 2006)	Verizon Wireless (52%), Puerto Rican Government (28%), Banco Popular (13%) to all be sold to América Móvil pending an Anti-Monopoly Verdict, Employees (7%)
2	Cingular [82]	GSM	--	Cingular
3	Centennial	CDMA	--	Centennial Communications Corp
4	Suncom [83]	GSM	--	SunCom
5	MoviStar [84]	CDMA	0.19 (Dec 2001)	MoviStar Puerto Rico
6	Sprint	CDMA	--	Sprint Nextel

 Suriname

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telesur	GSM	Not available yet	Telesur
2	Digicel[85]	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel Suriname
3	Intelsur	GSM	Not available yet	Intelsur

 Trinidad and Tobago

The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	TDMA, GSM	1.0 [86] (September 2006)	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	not available yet	Digicel
3	Laqtel	CDMA	not available yet	Telcom Holdings Ltd.

 United States

المقالة الرئيسية: List of United States mobile phone companies

The country has 207.9 million subscribers in total, or a 69% penetration rate. [87] (December 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cingular	HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	57.3 [88] (June 2006)	AT&T (60%) and BellSouth (40%, to be acquired by AT&T)
2	Verizon Wireless	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	54.8 [89] (June 2006)	Verizon Communications (55%), Vodafone Group plc (45%)
3	Sprint Nextel Includes Sprint Network, Nextel Network, and Boost Mobile Prepaid	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (Sprint PCS), WiDEN, iDEN (Nextel)	51.7 [90] (June 2006)	Sprint Nextel Corporation
4	T-Mobile	UMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM	23.34 [91] (June 2006)	Deutsche Telekom
5	Alltel	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA, AMPS	11.1 [92] (June 2006)	Alltel Corporation
6	TracFone Includes NET10	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	7.0 [93] (June 2006)	América Móvil (98.2%)
7	U.S. Cellular	CDMA2000 1x, CDMA, TDMA	5.7 [94] (June 2006)	Telephone and Data Systems (82%)
8	Virgin Mobile	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	4.0 [95] (June 2006)	Virgin Group (50%), Sprint Nextel Corporation (50%)
9	MetroPCS	CDMA	2.0 [96] (February 2006)	MetroPCS, Inc.
10	Cricket Includes Jump Mobile	CDMA	1.84 [97] (June 2006)	Leap Wireless
11	Dobson Cellular/Cellular One	GSM, TDMA	1.56 [98] (June 2006)	Dobson Communications Corporation

 Uruguay

The country has 0.93 million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Ancel	GSM	0.811 [99] (August 2006)	Antel
2	movistar	GSM	0.58 [100] (June 2006)	Telefónica
3	CTI Móvil	GPRS, GSM	0.269 [101] (June 2006)	América Móvil (100%)

 Venezuela

The country has 15 million subscribers in total, or a 58% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
National operators
1	movistar	CDMA	7.8 [102] (June 2006)	Telefónica
2	Movilnet	CDMA, TDMA	6.57 [103] (June 2006)	CANTV, Verizon (29%) (sale to América Móvil pending)
3	Digitel	GSM	2.3 [104] (June 2006)	Telvenco (merged regional operators Infonet, Digitel TIM, and Digicel in May 2006)

 Asia Pacific

 Afghanistan

(as of September 2005) The country had 1.5 million subscribers in total, or a 4% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telsysint	GSM	0.700 [105] (August 2006)	Afghan Wireless Communication Company
2	ROSHAN	GSM	Not available yet	Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) 51.0%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) 36.75%, MCT 12.25%

 Armenia

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Sik Cell	GSM	L-chin	تركيا
2	Amciq Cell[106]	AZERBAIJAN	Alex_753-2	L-chin

 Australia

(as of June 2005) The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total, or a 88.7% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telstra Mobile	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	8.49 [107] (June 2006)	Telstra (~50% State-owned)
2	Optus Mobile	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	6.56 [108] (June 2006)	Singapore Telecommunications
3	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	3.144 [109] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
4	3	UMTS	1.131 [110] (June 2006)	Hutchison Whampoa
5	Virgin Mobile	GSM	0.521 [111]	Optus Mobile (100%) [112]

 Azerbaijan

(as of December 2005) The country had in December 2005 2,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AzerCell	GSM	1.97 (June 2006)	Fintur1, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6%
2	BakCell	GSM	0.27 (December 2005)	GTIB
3	Catel	CDMA	About 5000 subscribers	Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

1. 1 AZERCELL
2. 2 Bakcell
3. 3 Azerfon

 Bangladesh

The country has 14 million subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate. [113] (July 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GrameenPhone	GSM EDGE GPRS	8.5 [114] (July 2006)	Telenor and Grameen Telecom
2	Aktel	GSM GPRS	3.900 [115] (June 2006)	AK Khan & Company and Telekom Malaysia
3	Banglalink	GSM	2.13 [116] (June 2006)	Orascom Telecom
4	CityCell	CDMA	0.686 [117] (June 2006)	Singapore Telecommunications, PBTL and Far East Telecom
5	TeleTalk	GSM	0.26	State-owned
6	Warid Telecom	planned	planned

-->>Mahadee Hassan // www.preomicha.gq.nu

 Cambodia

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobitel	GSM	0.912 [118] (June 2006)	MIC (58.4%)
2	Hello GSM	GSM	Not available yet	Telekom Malaysia 51%, Samart Corporation Public Company Limited 49%
3	CAMSHIN	GSM	0.25 (December 2005)	Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd
4	Casacom	GSM	0.188 [119] (June 2006)	Telekom Malaysia

 China, People's Republic of

The country has 430 million subscribers in total, or a 32.73% penetration rate. [120] (August 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	China Mobile	GSM	278.26 [121] (July 2006)	State-owned
2	China Unicom	GSM, CDMA	135.1 [122] (June 2006)	State-owned

See below for Hong Kong and Macau.

 Cook Islands

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecom	GSM	Not available yet	Telecom New Zealand

 Fiji

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodafone	GSM	0.19 (December 2005)	Vodafone 49%

 French Polynesia

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VINI[123]	GSM	Not available yet	Tikiphone SA

 Georgia

(as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Geocell	GSM	0.84 (June 2006)	Fintur1
2	MagtiGSM	GSM	Not available yet	Telcell Wireless, ITC
3	Megafon2	GSM	Not available yet	Megafon

<sub>1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
2. Operating in Abkhasia</sub>

 Guam

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Hafatel [124]	GSM	Not available yet	GUAM WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMPANY, L.L.C
2	IT&E [125]	GSM	Not available yet	IT&E Overseas, Inc
3	GTA [126]	GSM	Not available yet	Pulse Mobile LLC
4	i CAN	GSM	Not available yet	Wave Runner LLC

 Hong Kong

The administrative region had in July 2005 8,428,531 subscribers in total, or a 121.40% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CSL1 (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free)	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE		Telstra and New World Development
2	32	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, CDMA	2.065 (Includes Macau) [127] (June 2006)	Hutchison Whampoa
3	SmarTone-Vodafone	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS		Sun Hung Kai and BT
4	Sunday3	UMTS, GSM, GPRS		PCCW
5	PCCW3	UMTS		PCCW
6	Peoples	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		China Mobile
7	New World Mobility1	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		Telstra and New World Development

<sub>1. CSL and New World Mobility merged in April 2006 and became CSL New World Mobility Group, but the two networks are still operated separately.
2. Previously Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS.
3. July 2005: PCCW former owner of CSL has agreed in June to buy the 59.9% of shares held by the two biggest shareholders at HK$0.65 each share. The acquisition has received approval from Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and has progressed to a mandatory unconditional cash offer to buy the remaining stock at HK$0.65 per share. Total cost to PCCW will be approx HK$1.942bn, allowing its reentry into the wireless market and access to Sunday's 3G (UMTS) licence.</sub>

 India

The country has 123.44 million subscribers in total, or a 11.27% penetration rate. [128] (August 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Airtel	GSM, EDGE	23.07 [129] (June 2006)	Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone
2	RIM	GSM, CDMA	22.52 [130] (June 2006)	Reliance Industries Limited
3	BSNL	GSM	20.06 [131] (August 2006)	State-owned
4	Hutch	GSM, EDGE	17.5 [132] (June 2006)	Hutchison Whampoa & ESSAR Group
5	!DEA	GSM	8.5 [133] (June 2006)	Birla
6	BPL MOBILE - Mumbai	GSM & GPRS	3.61	ESSAR Group
7	TATA MOBILE	GSM, CDMA	3.61	Tata group
8	Aircel	GSM	2.4	Maxis Telecom
9	MTNL	GSM	2.17 [134] (June 2006)	State-owned
10	Spice	GSM	1.52	Spicecorp and DISTACOM
11	Fascel	GSM	1.51	HFCL, Shinawatra, Bezeq and Kotak Mahindra

 Indonesia

(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telkomsel	GSM ، UMTS	23.48 (September 2005)	State-owned Telkom and Singapore Telecommunications
2	Indosat	GSM, CDMA	12.90	Singapore Technologies Telemedia
3	Excelcom	GSM	8.388 [135] (June 2006)	Telekom Malaysia
4	Mobile8	CDMA	2.3 (Jan 2006)	Mobile8
5	Esia	CDMA		Bakrie Telecom
6	TelkomFlexi	CDMA		Telkom
7	Hutchison CP Telecommunications	GSM ، GPRS ، UMTS		Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%)
8	LippoTel	GSM		Maxis Telecom

 Iran

(as of December 2006) The country had 10,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
National Operators
1	MCCI	GSM	8.54	Mobile Communications Company of Iran
2	Taliya	GSM	0.46	Rafsanjan Industrial Complex
5	IranCell (MTN)	GSM	Will start on August 2006	IranCell Communications Services Company
Regional Operators
3	MTCE	GSM	0.03	Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan
4	KFZO	GSM	0.006	Kish Free Zone Organization

 Japan

The country has 93.5 million subscribers in total, or a 73.4% penetration rate. [136] (August 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	NTT DoCoMo	PDC, FOMA, PHS	51.977 [137] (August 2006)	NTT (~50% State-owned)
2	au	CDMA	24.174 [138] (August 2006)	KDDI
3	Vodafone Japan to be remaned SoftBank Mobile 1 أكتوبر, 2006	UMTS, PDC	15.284 [139] (August 2006)	SoftBank
4	Willcom	PHS	3.8 [140] (March 2006)	Carlyle Group, Kyocera and KDDI
5	TU-KA	PDC	3.44	KDDI
6	Astel	PHS	0.05

 Kazakhstan

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	K-Cell	GSM	3.36 (June 2006)	Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49%
2	Kar-Tel	GSM	2.50 (March 2006)	Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49,99%
3	Altel	CDMA, GSM	Not available yet

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

(as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SUN NET	GSM	Not available yet	Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corporation

 Korea, Republic of

(as of November 2005) The country had 38,218,000 subscribers in total, or a 78.90% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SK Telecom	UMTS, CDMA	19.48	SK Corporation
2	KTF	UMTS, CDMA	12.33	KT
3	LG Telecom	CDMA	6.42	LG Corporation and BT

 Kyrgyzstan

(as of November 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BiMoCom	GSM	Not available yet	BiMoCom Ltd
2	BITEL	GSM	Not available yet	Bitel Ltd

 Laos

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Millicom Lao Co Ltd	GSM	0.083 [141] (June 2006)	MIC (74.1%)
2	ETL MOBILE	GSM	Not available yet	Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)
3	LAOTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT)
4	Lao Telecommunications	GSM	Not available yet	Lao Telecommunications

 Macau

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Smartone
2	CTM
3	Hutchison Telecom		2.065 (Includes Hong Kong) [142] (June 2006)

 Malaysia

(as of June 2005) The country had 17,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Maxis Berhad	HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM	8.47 [143] (June 2006)	Maxis Communications
2	Celcom	UMTS, GSM	7.6 [144] (June2006)	Telekom Malaysia
3	Digi	EDGE, GSM	4.80 (December 2005)	Telenor
4	TTdotcom	UMTS		Time dot com
5	Mi3G	UMTS		MiTV

 Maldives

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Wataniya Maldives	GSM	0.01 (September 2005)	Wataniya Telecom
2	Dhiraagu	GSM	Not available yet	Dhiraagu

 Myanmar

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MPT	GSM	Not available yet	Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications

 New Zealand

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	2.100 [145] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
2	Telecom	AMPS, TDMA, CDMA	1.7 [146] (June 2006)	public company
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
3	TelstraClear (using Vodafone)			Telstra
4	Boost Mobile (using Telecom)			Telecom

 Pakistan

The country has 36,778,462 subscribers in total, or a 23.67% penetration rate. [147] (July 30, 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobilink	GSM	18.32 [148] (July 2006)	Orascom Telecom
2	Ufone	GSM, CDMA	7.88 [149] (July 2006)	Etisalat
3	Warid Telecom	GSM	5.25 [150] (July 2006)	Abu Dhabi Group
4	Telenor	GSM	3.88 [151] (July 2006)	Telenor
5	Paktel	GSM, TDMA, AMPS	1.467 [152] (September 2006)	MIC (88.9%), Arfeen Group (10%)
6	Instaphone	TDMA, AMPS	0.316 [153] (July 2006)	Arfeen Group

 Philippines

(as of December 2004) The country had in March 2005 34,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 41.10% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Smart Communications¹	GSM		Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
2	Globe Telecom²	HSDPA, GSM	12.41 (September 2005)	Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
3	Sun Cellular	GSM	1.20	Digital Telecommunications Philippines
4	Next Mobile	iDEN	0.03
5	Extelcom	CDMA	0.01
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
1	Talk 'N Text (using Smart)	GSM	4.61	Smart Communications
2	Addict Mobile (using Smart)	GSM		Smart Communications
3	Touch Mobile (using Globe)	GSM		Globe Telecom

<sub>1. UMTS service for Smart is in the trial launch stage.
2. UMTS service for Globe is in the trial launch stage and is planned for full launch by at least 2007.</sub>

 Singapore

The country has million subscribers in total, or a % penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SingTel Mobile	UMTS, GSM	1.62 [154]	Singapore Telecommunications
2	StarHub Mobile	UMTS, GSM	1.29 (Sept 2005)[155]	StarHub
3	MobileOne	UMTS, GSM	1.228 [156] (June 2006)	MobileOne

 Sri Lanka

edited by shiranmotha(as of June 2006) The country has currently 4 million subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dialog	GSM	2.562 [157] (June 2006)	Telekom Malaysia
2	Celtel	GSM	0.713 [158] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)
3	Hutch	GSM	Not available yet	Hutch
4	Mobitel	GSM	1	Mobitel (Pvt) Limited

 Taiwan

(as of July 2006) The country had 22,870,329 subscribers in total, or a 100.20% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Chunghwa Telecom	UMTS, GSM	7.86
2	Taiwan Mobile	UMTS, GSM	4.37
3	Far EasTone	UMTS, GSM	3.75
4	KG Telecom	GSM	1.97
5	FITEL	PHS	1.25
6	TransAsia	GSM	0.88
7	APBW	CDMA	0.85
8	MobiTai	GSM	0.40
9	VIBO	UMTS	0.1

 Thailand

(as of June 2005) The country had in March 2006 32,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 51% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Advance Info Service (AIS)	GSM	16.72 (March 2006)	Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
2	DTAC	GSM	9.82 (March 2006)	Telenor
3	true move	GSM	4.9 (March 2006)	True Corporation
4	Hutch	CDMA	0.738 [159] (June 2006)	CAT telecom and Hutchison Whampoa
5	Thai Mobile	UMTS, GSM		TOT

 Uzbekistan

The country has 1.75 million subscribers in total, or a 6.4% penetration rate. (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Uzdunrobita	GSM	0.82 [160] (June 2006)	MTS (74%)
2	Unitel	GSM	0.36 [161] (December 2006)	VimpelCom
3	Coscom	GSM		MCT (86%)
4	Buztel to be combined with Unitel	GSM		VimpelCom
5
6

 Vietnam

The country had in May 2006 13,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 15.4% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Viettel Mobile	GSM	4.0 (July 2006)	Viettel Corporation
2	Mobifone	GSM	5.0 (May 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
3	Vinaphone	GSM	4.2 (June 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
4	S-Fone	CDMA	0.5	Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT)
5	E-Mobile	CDMA	0.1	EVN Telecommunications
6	Hanoi Telecom	CDMA		Hanoi Telecom

 Europe

 Albania

(as of June 2006) The country had 1,500,000 subscribers in total, or a 48% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AMC	GSM	0.8	Cosmote
2	vodafone	GSM	0.7	vodafone

 Andorra

(as of December 2005) The country had 70,900 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MOBILAND	GSM	Not available yet	Servei De Tele. DAndorra

 Austria

(as of December 2005) The country had 8,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	mobilkom	UMTS, HSDPA, GSM	3.47 [162] (June 2006)	Mobilkom Austria
2	T-Mobile (incl. tele.ring)	UMTS, HSDPA, GSM	3.15	Deutsche Telekom
3	One	UMTS, HSDPA, GSM	1.5 [163] (September 2005)	E.ON, Telenor, Orange (17.45%), TDC
4	3	UMTS, HSDPA	0.35	Hutchison Whampoa
5	YESSS! (MVNO)	GSM	0.4	One
6	Tele2 (MVNO)	GSM	0.18	Tele2

 Belarus

(as of October 2005) The country had 3,743,000 mobile subscribers in total, or a 36% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTS	GSM	2.58 [164] (June 2006)	RUP Mezhdugorodnaya Svyaz (51%), MTS (49%)
2	VELCOM	GSM	1.71	SB Telecom (69.9%), Beltekhexport (30%), Beltelekom (0.1%)
3	DIALLOG	NMT, CDMA	0.10	CIB B.V. (50%), RUP MGTS (29.7%), Infobank (17%)

 Belgium

(as of December 2005) The country had 9,000,000 subscribers in total, or an 87% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Proximus	UMTS, GSM	4.21	Belgacom
2	Mobistar	UMTS, GSM	2.91 (December 2005)	France Télécom (50.6%)
3	BASE	GSM	1.85	KPN

 Bosnia & Herzegovina

(as of December 2005) The country had 1,950,000 subscribers in total, or a 47% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BH Telecom	GSM, GPRS	1.0	BH Telecom
2	Mobi's	GSM, GPRS	0.7	Telecom Srpske
3	Eronet	GSM, GPRS, EDGE (testing)	0.25	Eronet

 Bulgaria

(as of September 2006) The country had 6.600,000 subscribers in total, or a 82.8% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	M-Tel	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	4 (September 2006)	Mobilkom Austria
2	GloBul	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	2.5[165]	Cosmote
3	Vivatel	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	0.5	Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC)

 Croatia

(as of December 2005) The country had 3,300,000 subscribers in total, or a 74% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	GSM, GPRS	2.1 (June 2006)	51% Deutsche Telekom, 49% Hrvatski Telekom
2	VIPnet	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA	1.733 [166] (June 2006)	Mobilkom Austria
3	Tele2	GSM	0.20 (as of June 2006)	Tele2
4	Tomato	GSM	(launched on June 20, 2006)	VIPnet

 Czech Republic

(as of December 2005) The country had 11,530,000 subscribers in total, or a 112.8% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	O2	UMTS, GSM	4.68[167] (December 2005)	Telefónica
2	T-Mobile	GSM, UMTS	4.64 (March 2006) [168]	Deutsche Telekom
3	Vodafone	GSM	2.263 [169] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)

 Cyprus

(as of September 2005) The country had 869,900 subscribers in total, or a 109.5% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Areeba	UMTS, GSM	0.065 [170] (December 2005)	Investcom
2	Cytamobile-Vodafone	GSM	Not available yet	Cyprus Telecommunications Auth

 Denmark

(as of December 2005) The country had 5,208,059 subscribers in total, or a 96.20% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TDC	UMTS, GSM	2.35 (December 2005)	TDC
2	Sonofon	GSM	1.28 (December 2005)	Telenor
3	Telia DK	UMTS, GSM	1.13 [171] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera
4	debitel1	GSM	0.27
5	3	UMTS	0.12	Hutchison Whampoa
6	DLG Tele	GSM	0.04

¹ Virtual Mobile Network Operator, using TDC and Sonofon networks.

 Estonia

(as of December 2005) The country had 1,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	EMT	UMTS, GSM	0.69 (June 2006)	TeliaSonera(53,7%)
2	Elisa	GSM	0.27 (December 2005)	Elisa
3	Tele2	GSM	Not available yet	Tele2

 Faroe Islands

(as of December 2005) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Føroya Tele[172]	GSM		Faroese Telecom
2	KALL[173]	GSM		Kall P/F

 Finland

(as of December 2005) The country had 5,400,000 subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Sonera	UMTS, GSM	2.49 [174] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera
2	Elisa (formerly Radiolinja)	UMTS, GSM	1.48 (December 2005)	Elisa
3	DNA Finland	UMTS, GSM	0.81 (December 2005)	Finnet
4	GSM Åland	GSM	Not available yet	Mariehamns Telefon and Ålands Telefonandelslag
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
1	Saunalahti	UMTS, GSM	0.48 (December 2005)	Elisa
2	Cubio	GSM	0.08

 France

(as of June 2006) (Metropolitan France only) The country had 49,070,000 subscribers in total, or a 81.3% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	UMTS, GSM	22.43 (December 2005)	France Télécom (99%)
2	SFR	UMTS, GSM	16.6 (end 2005)	Vivendi (56%) and Vodafone (44%)
3	Bouygues Telecom	UMTS, GSM	7.9 (end 2005)	Bouygues group

 Germany

(as of December 2005) The country had 79,182,000 subscribers in total, or a 96% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	UMTS, GSM	29.500	Deutsche Telekom
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	29.444 [175] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
3	E-Plus	UMTS, GSM	10.748	KPN
4	O2	UMTS, GSM	10.3 (June 2006)	Telefónica

 Gibraltar

(as of December 2005) The country had 21,600 subscribers in total, or an 89% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GIBTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Gibraltar Telecommunications Int. Ltd.

 Greenland

(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TELE Greenland	GSM	Not available yet	TELE Greenland A/S

 Guernsey

(as of December 2005) The country had 54,700 subscribers in total, or a 2% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable & Wireless	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	WAve [176]	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	Wave Telecom

 Hungary

(as of December 2005) The country had 9,102,933 subscribers in total, or a 90.30% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	GSM	4.2 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
2	Pannon GSM	GSM	2.93 (December 2005)	Telenor
3	Vodafone	GSM	2.024 [177] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)

 Iceland

(as of December 2005) The country had 273,600 subscribers in total, or a 99% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Viking wireless	GSM	Not available yet	IMC Island ehf
2	Og Vodafone	GSM	Not available yet	Dagsbrún hf.
3	Siminn	GSM	Not available yet	Siminn hf

 Ireland, Republic of

(as of December 2005) The country had 4,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers	Ownership
1	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	2.090 [178] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
2	O2	UMTS, GSM	1.5 (38%)	Telefónica
3	Meteor	GSM	13.4%	eircom
4	3	UMTS	Negligible	Hutchison Whampoa

 Isle of Man

(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers	Ownership
1	Manx Telecom [179]	GSM	Not available yet	O2 (Telefónica)

 Italy

(as of June 2006) The country had 75,346,000 subscribers in total, or a 121% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TIM	UMTS, GSM	30.4 (June 2006)	Telecom Italia
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	24.146 [180] (June 2006)	Vodafone (76.86%), Verizon (23.14%)
3	Wind	UMTS, GSM	14.3 (June 2006)	Orascom Telecom
4	3	UMTS	6.500 (March 2006)	Hutchison Whampoa

 Jersey

(as of December 2005) The country had 88,000 subscribers in total, or a 98% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	JT-Wave	GSM	Not available yet	Jersey Telecom

 Latvia

(as of December 2005) The country had 1,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 79% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers	Ownership
1	Latvijas Mobilais Telefons	UMTS, GSM	882,123 (June 2006)[181]	Lattelekom, Government of Latvia, TeliaSonera, Digital Latvian Radio and Television Centre
2	Tele2	UMTS, GSM	1,000,000 (21.07.2006)[182]	Tele2
3	BITE Latvija	UMTS, GSM	81,100[183]	TDC
4	Triatel	CDMA	Not available yet	Telekom Baltija

 Liechtenstein

(as of December 2005) The country had 31,700 subscribers in total, or an 87% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	mobilkom liechtenstein	GSM	0.005 [184] (June 2006)	Mobilkom Austria
2	Orange	GSM	Not available yet	France Telecom
3	swisscom-mobile	GSM	Not available yet	Swisscom Mobile Ltd
4	Tele 2	GSM	Not available yet	Tele 2

 Lithuania

(as of March 2006) The country had 4,810,000 subscribers in total, and a 140% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Omnitel	GSM	2.00 (June 2006)	TeliaSonera
2	Bite	GSM	1.85 [185]	TDC
3	Tele2	GSM	1.00 [186]	Tele2

 Luxembourg

(as of December 2005) The country had 759,300 subscribers in total, and a 164% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	LuxGSM	GSM	Not available yet	P & T Luxembourg
2	Tango	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	Tango SA
3	VOX Mobile	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	VOXmobile S.A.

 Republic of Macedonia

(as of March 2006) The country had 1,256,678 subscribers in total, or a 62.13% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	GSM	0.84 (March 2006)	Deutsche Telekom
2	Cosmofon	GSM	0.41 (March 2006)	OTE

 Malta

(as of December 2005) The country had 332,400 subscribers in total, and a 84% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GO MOBILE	GSM	Not available yet	Mobisle Communications Limited
2	Vodafone	GSM	0.177 [187] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)

 Moldova

(as of June 2006) The country had 1,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 26% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Voxtel	GSM	0.70 (June 2006)	France Telecom 61%, Moldovian Mobile Telephone 30%, IFC 5% and MobilRom 4%
2	Moldcell	GSM	0.41 (June 2006)	Fintur1

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

Note: For Transnistrian (the Dniester area of Moldova) mobile phone companies, see here

 Monaco

(as of December 2005) The country had 16,100 subscribers in total, and a 21% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Monaco-telecom	GSM	Not available yet	Monaco Telecom SAM

 Montenegro

(as of June 2006) The country had 609,000 subscribers in total, and a 94% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	ProMonte	GSM	0.35 [188]	Telenor
2	T-Mobile	GSM	0.23 [189]	T-Com Montenegro

 Netherlands

(as of December 2005) The country had 16,660,000 subscribers in total, or a 101% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	KPN	GSM	5.5	KPN
2	Vodafone	GSM	3,98 (December 2005)	Vodafone
3	Telfort	GSM	2.4	KPN
4	T-Mobile	GSM	2.3 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
5	Orange	GSM	1.91 (December 2005)	France Télécom (100%)
6	Simyo	GSM	-	KPN
7	LowCall	GSM	-	Telfort

 Norway

(as of December 2005) The country had in December 2004 4,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telenor	2.73 (December 2005)	Telenor
2	NetCom	1.64 [190] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera

 Poland

(as of August 2006) The country had 33,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 86.5% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	11.1 (June 2006)	100% TPSA owned partially by France Télécom
2	Era	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	11.0 (May 2006)	Deutsche Telekom
3	Plus GSM	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	10.9 [191] (August 2006)	Vodafone, TDC, KGHM, PKN Orlen, PSE
4	P4 (Netia Mobile)1	UMTS1	-	Novator (70%) and Netia (30%)

 Portugal

(as of December 2005) The country had 11,600,000 subscribers in total, or a 111% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TMN	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	5.22 (September 2006)	Portugal Telecom
2	Vodafone	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	4.36 [192] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
3	Optimus	GSM, GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA	2.02 (September 2006)	SonaeCom

 Romania

(as of June 2006) The country had 14,870,000 subscribers in total, or a 68.59% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	UMTS, GSM	7.2 [193]	France Télécom
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	6.74 [194]	Vodafone (100%)
3	Cosmote	GSM	0.53[195]	OTE
4	Zapp Mobile	CDMA	0.4	Oger Telecom

 Russian Federation

(as of December 2005) The country had 123,600,000 subscribers in total, or an 85% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobile TeleSystems - MTS	GSM	49.59 [196] (August 2006)	AFK Sistema
2	VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM	GSM	46.91 (June 2006)	Telenor and Alfa Group
3	MegaFon	EDGE, GSM	26.02 [197] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera 43.8%, Telecominvest and IPOC International Growth Fund
4	Tele2 Russia	GSM	4.64 (June 2006)	Tele2
5	Uralsvyazinform	GSM	4.05 (June 2006)
6	SMARTS	GSM	3.29 (June 2006)
7	Sibirtelecom	GSM	2.49 June 2006
8	Nizhni Novgorod Telecom	GSM	1.18 (June 2006)
9	Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV (Jekatrinburg)	GSM	0.95 (June 2006)
10	New Telephone Company	GSM	0.63 (June 2006)

 Serbia

(as of December 2005) The country had 6,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 81% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telekom Srbija	GSM, UMTS	3.6	Government of Serbia 80%, OTE 20%
2	Telenor	GSM, UMTS	2.5	Telenor

 Slovakia

(as of December 2005) The country had 4,300,000 mobile phone subscribers, and a 82% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	2.52 (December 2005) [198]	France Télécom
2	T-Mobile	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	2.0 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
-	O2	?	Operator coming soon	Telefónica

 Slovenia

(as of December 2005) The country had 2,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 104% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobitel	UMTS, GSM	1.37 [199]	Mobitel
2	SI.Mobil	GSM	0.393 [200] (June 2006)	Mobilkom Austria

 Spain

(as of December 2005) The country had 43,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 106% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	UMTS, GSM	20.7 (June 2006)	Telefónica
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	13.949 [201] (June 2006)	Vodafone
3	Orange	UMTS, GSM	10.30 (end 2005)	France Télécom
4	Xfera	UMTS	Not available yet	Teliasonera

 Sweden

(as of December 2005) The country had 10,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telia	UMTS, GSM	4.44 [202] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera
2	Tele2Comviq	UMTS, GSM	3.55 (December 2005)
3	Telenor	UMTS, GSM	1.52
4	3	UMTS
5	Spring Mobil	GSM

 Switzerland

(as of December 2005) The country had 6,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 92% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Swisscom	UMTS, GSM	4.469 (June 2006)	State-owned Swisscom and Vodafone
2	Sunrise	GSM	1.289 (June 2006)	TDC
3	Orange	GSM	1.285 (June 2006)	France Télécom
4	Tele2	GSM	not available yet	Tele2
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
5	Migros (using Swisscom Mobile)	GSM	not available yet	Migros
6	Coop (using Orange)	GSM	not available yet	Coop

 Transnistria

(as of December 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
2	Interdnestrcom	CDMA	Not available yet	Interdnestrcom

Note: Moldovan mobile phone companies can be used in Transnistria.

 Turkey

(as of December 2005) The country had 42,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 58% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Turkcell	GSM	28.74 [203] (June 2006)	TeliaSonera 37.09% Cukurova Group 27.05% and Alfa Group 13.22%
2	Telsim	GSM	12.046 [204] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
3	Avea	GSM	7.00	Turkish Telecom (80%) and Türkiye İş Bankası (20%)

 Ukraine

(as of August 2006) The country had over 38 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 81% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Kyivstar	GSM	17.2	Telenor (56.52%), Alfa Group (43.48%)
2	Ukrainian Mobile Communications	GSM, NMT	15.9	MTS (100%)
3	Astelit life:)	GSM	4.7	Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%)
4	WellCom	GSM	0.78	VimpelCom (100%)
5	DCC	TDMA	0.07	Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%)
6	Golden Telecom	GSM	0.05	Golden Telecom (GLDN)
-	CDMA operators	CDMA	0.135	ITC Ukraine, Velton, etc.

 United Kingdom

(as of December 2005) The country had 67,908,546 subscribers in total, or a 113.4% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership	MNC
1	T-Mobile	HSDPA, UMTS, GPRS, GSM	17.2	Deutsche Telekom	30
2	Vodafone	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS	16.185 [205] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)	15
3	O2	UMTS, GSM	16.814 (June 2006)	Telefónica	10
4	Orange	UMTS, GSM	14.86	France Télécom	33
5	Virgin Mobile	HSDPA, UMTS, GPRS, GSM	4.35 [206] (December 2006)	NTL Incorporated
6	3	UMTS	3.59 (estimate)	Hutchison Whampoa	20

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

 Middle East & Africa

 Algeria

(as of September 2005) The country had 11,067,000 subscribers in total, or a 33.95% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Djezzy	GSM	9.48 [207] (June 2006)	Orascom Telecom
2	Mobilis	GSM	4.8 [208] (December 2005)	State-owned Algérie Télécom
3	Nedjma	GSM	1.67 [209] (March 2006)	Wataniya Telecom

 Bahrain

The country has 0.850 million subscribers in total, or a 121.67% penetration rate. [210] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BATELCO	GSM	0.580 [211] (March 2006)	Bahrain Telecommunications Company
2	MTC Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	0.252 [212] (June 2006)	MTC 60%

 Benin

(as of December 2004) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 5.8% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BBcom	GSM	Not available yet	Bell Benin Communications
2	Benin telecoms	GSM	Not available yet	Office des Postes et Telecommunications du Benin
3	Areeba	GSM	0.267 [213] (December 2005)	Investcom 75%
4	TELECEL	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Benin Ltd

 Botswana

The country has 0.823 million subscribers in total, or a 50.2% penetration rate. [214] (March 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MASCOM	GSM	0.531 [215] (June 2006)	Mascom Wireless (Pty) Limited , MTN 44%
2	Orange	GSM	0.327 [216] (March 2006)	France Telecom 51.0%

 Burkina Faso

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.383 [217] (June 2006)	MTC 96%
2	TelMob	GSM	Not available yet	Onatel
3	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Faso SA

 Burundi

The country has 0.150 million subscribers in total, or a 1.9% penetration rate. [218] (December 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Safaris	GSM	Not available yet	Africell PLC Company
2	ONATEL	GSM	Not available yet	ONATEL
3	Spacetel	GSM	Not available yet	Spacetel - Burundi
4	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel-Burundi Company

 Cameroon

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN	GSM	1.53 [219] (June 2006)	MTN
2	Orange	GSM	0.97 [220] (December 2005)	France Telecom

 Cape Verde

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CVMOVEL	GSM	Not available yet	Cabo Verde Telecom

 Central African Republic

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Centrafrique Telecom Plus	GSM	Not available yet	Centrafrique Telecom Plus
2	TELECEL	GSM	Not available yet	TELECEL CENTRAFRIQUE

 Chad

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.278 [221] (June 2006)	MTC
2	Tigo	GSM	0.134 [222] (June 2006)	MIC (87.5%)

 Comoros

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	comorestelecom HURI[223]	GSM	Not available yet	Societe Nationale des Telecommunications (Comores Telecom)

 Congo

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.462 [224] (June 2006)	MTC
2	Libertis	GSM	0.229 [225] (June 2006)	MTN

 Congo, Democratic Republic of the

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.9% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodacom	GSM	1.8 [226] (June 2006)	Telkom
2	Celtel	GSM	1.444 [227] (June 2006)	MTC
3	SAIT Telecom	GSM	Not available yet	SAIT Telecom SPRL
4	Supercell	GSM	Not available yet	Supercell Sprl

 Côte d'Ivoire

(as of September 2005) The country had 1,900,000 subscribers in total, or a 11% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	GSM	1.27 (December 2005)	France Telecom
2	MTN	GSM	1.11 [228] (June 2006)	MTN

 Djibouti

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Evatis	GSM	Not available yet	Djibouti Telecom SA

 Egypt

(as of October 2005) The country had 13,064,821 subscribers in total, or a 18.50% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobinil	GSM	7.23 [229] (June 2006)	Orascom Telecom
2	Vodafone Egypt	GSM	7.1 [230] (June 2006)	Vodafone (50.1%), Telecom Egypt (25.5%), Free Float (16%), Alkan Group (5%), Banque du Caire (3.4%)

 Equatorial Guinea

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GETESA	GSM	Not available yet	GETESA

 Eritrea

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Eritel	GSM	Not available yet	Eritrea Telecommunications Services Corporation

 Ethiopia

(as of September 2005) The country had 970,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	ETHMTN	GSM	Not available yet	Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation

 Gabon

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.435 [231] (June 2006)	MTC 84%
2	Libertis	GSM	Not available yet	Libertis S.A. 84%

 Gambia

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Africell	GSM	0.08	Africell Gambia LTD
2	Gamtel	GSM	0.05	Gambia Telecommunications Cellular Company Ltd

 Ghana

(as of January 2006) The country had 3,035,245 subscribers in total, or a 20,00% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Areeba [232]	GSM	1.82 [233] (December 2005)	Investcom 97.7%
2	OneTouch [234]	GSM, AMPS	1.01	State-owned Ghana Telecom
3	Tigo [235]	GSM, ETACS, AMPS	0.738 [236] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)
3	Kasapa [237]	CDMA EV-DO, AMPS	0.03 (October 2003)	HWL (100%)

 Guinea

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Sotelgui Guinea	GSM	0.16	Telekom Malaysia
2	Spacetel	GSM	Not available yet	Spacetel Guinee
3	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Guinee SARL

 Guinea-Bissau

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 2.7% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Guinetel	GSM	Not available yet	Guinetel
2	Areeba	GSM	0.044 [238] (December 2005)	Investcom

 Iraq

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 10% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	IRAQNA	GSM	2.33 [239] (June 2006)	Orascom Telecom
2	MTC Atheer	GSM	2.082 [240] (June 2006)	MTC 30%
3	Asia Cell	GSM	1.11 (September 2005)	Wataniya Telecom
4	Korek	GSM	Not available yet	Korek Telecom Ltd.
5	SanaTel	GSM	Not available yet	SanaTel

 Israel

(as of September 2005) The country had 8,870,000 subscribers in total, or a 120% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange [241]	UMTS, GSM	2.48 (March 2005)	Partner Communications Company Ltd
2	Pelephone	CDMA	2.0	Israel Telecommunication Corporation Ltd
3	Cellcom	UMTS, GSM	2.5	Cellcom Israel Ltd
4	MiRS	iDEN	.33	Motorola Israel Ltd.

 Jordan

(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Fastlink	GSM	2.168 [242] (June 2006)	MTC
2	MobileCom	GSM	1.4	Jordan Telecom
3	XPress	iDEN	0.1	Private shareholders
4	Umniah	GSM	0.5	Batelco

 Kenya

As of June 2005 the country had 4,611,970 subscribers in total [243], or a 13.63% penetration rate.[244]

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership	Operator Code
1	Safaricom [245]	GSM	3.49 (December 2005)	State-owned Telkom Kenya and Vodafone	639-02
2	Celtel [246]	GSM	2.115 [247] (June 2006)	MTC 60%	639-03

 Kiribati

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TSKL	GSM	Not available yet	Telecom Services Kiribati Limited

 Kuwait

The country had a population of approx 2,418,393 (July 2005 estimate) with an approximated 83% mobile penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership	Operator Code
1	MTC Vodafone	GSM	1.515 [248] (June 2006)	MTC	419-02
2	Wataniya [249]	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM	0.93 (September 2005)	Wataniya Telecom

 Lebanon

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTCtouch	GSM	0.532 [250] (June 2006)	MTC
2	Alfa	GSM	Not available yet	Fal Dete Telecommunications1

1. Fal Dete Telecommunications owners are Detecon Int, GmbH 51%, FAL Holding Arabia Co. ltd 45%

 Lesotho

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11,2% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodacom	GSM	0.17 (September 2005)	Telkom
2	Econet Ezi-Cel	GSM	Not available yet	Econet Ezi Cel Lesotho (Pty)

 Liberia

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 3.1% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Lonesta	GSM	0.109 [251] (December 2005)	Investcom
2	LIBERCELL	GSM	Not available yet	Atlantic Wireless
3	Celcom	GSM	Not available yet	Celcom Telecommunications
4	Comium	GSM	Not available yet	Comium Services BVI

 Madagascar

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	GSM	0.31 (December 2005)	France Telecom 40,01%
2	Celtel	GSM	0.260 [252] (June 2006)	MTC

 Malawi

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TNL	GSM	0.14 (September 2005)	Malawi Telecommunications Limited, Telekom Malaysia
2	Celtel	GSM	0.285 [253] (June 2006)	MTC

 Mali

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Ikatel	GSM	0.58 (December 2005)	France Telecom 42.3%
2	MALITEL	GSM	Not available yet	Malitel SA

 Mauritania

(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MATTEL [254]	GSM	Not available yet	MATTEL
2	MAURITEL MOBILES[255]	GSM		MAURITEL MOBILES

 Mauritius

(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 622,565 subscribers in total, or a 51% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cellplus	GSM	0.43 (December 2005)	Mauritius Telecom group and France Télécom
2	Emtel	UMTS, GSM	0.237 [256] (June 2006)	MIC (50%)

 Morocco

(as of September 2005) The country had 11,977,000 subscribers in total, or a 40.06% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	IAM (Itissalat al-Maghrib) [257]	GSM	8.04	Maroc Telecom
2	Méditel [258]	GSM	4.18 (May 2006)	Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom

 Mozambique

(as of September 2005) The country had 1,292,900 subscribers in total, or a 7.00% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	mCel	GSM	Not available yet	Partially state-owned
2	Vodacom	GSM	0.34	Telkom, Vodafone and VenFin

 Niger

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.302 [259] (June 2006)	MTC 70%
2	Sonitel	GSM	Not available yet	Sahel-Com
3	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Niger

 Nigeria

The country has 25 million subscribers in total, or a 19% penetration rate. [260] (August 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN	GSM	9.64 [261] (June 2006)	MTN
2	Glo Mobile	GSM	9.0 [262] (September 2006)	Globacom
3	Celtel	GSM	5.535 [263] (June 2006)	MTC
4	Mtel	GSM	4.2	State-owned Nitel

 Qatar

The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Q-Tel	GSM	?	Q-Tel

 Rwanda

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN	GSM	0.311 [264] (June 2006)	MTN 40%

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Terracom (ex-rwandatel)	CDMA		terracom 99%

 Saudi Arabia

(as of February 2006)

Rank	Operator	technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Al Jawal	GSM	Not available yet	State-owned Saudi Telecom
2	Mobily	GSM	Not available yet	Etisalat
3	Bravo	iDEN	0.02	Nasco, Wataniya International, Ali A. Tamimi Co. & Mr. Sultan Najr Al Otaibi]

 Senegal

The country has 1.7 million subscribers in total, or a 14.4% penetration rate. [265] (December 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Sonatel(Alize)	GSM	1.05 (December 2005)	France Telecom 42,3%
2	Tigo	GSM	0.752 [266] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)

 Sierra Leone

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.195 [267] (June 2006)	MTC
2	Africell	GSM	Not available yet	Lintel Limited
3	Tigo	GSM	0.029 [268] (June 2006)	MIC (100%)

 South Africa

(as of 31 December 2005) The country had 27,444,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodacom [269]	UMTS, GSM	20.12 (December 2005)	Telkom and Vodafone
2	MTN	UMTS, GSM	10.44 [270] (June 2006)	MTN
3	Cell C [271]	GSM	not available at time (2.71 last recorded)	Oger Telecom

 Sudan

(as of December 2004) The country had 1,048,600 subscribers in total, or a 3.04% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobitel	GSM	2.2 [272] (June 2006)	MTC (100%)
2	Areeba	GSM	0.269 [273] (December 2005)	Investcom 55%
2	SudaTel	CDMA2000	Unknown	Unknown
2	Canar	CDMA450	Unknown	Unknown

 Swaziland

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN	GSM	0.236 [274] (June 2006)	MTN 30%

 Syria

(as of September 2005) The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 11.4% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Syriatel	GSM	1.40	SYRIATEL
2	Areeba	GSM	1.49 [275] (December 2005)	Investcom 75%

 Tanzania

The country has 3.88 million subscribers in total, or a 10.4% penetration rate. [276] (March 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodacom	GSM	2.08 [277] (March 2006)	Telkom
2	Celtel	GSM	1.164[278] (June 2006)	MTC 60%
3	Tigo	GSM	0.752 [279] (June 006)	MIC (100%)
4	ZANTEL	GSM	0.23 [280] (March 2006)	Zanzibar Telecom Ltd

 Tunisia

(as of June 2005) The country had in December 2004 3,575,700 subscribers in total, or a 37.59% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tuntel	GSM	Not available yet	State-owned Tunisie Télécom
2	Tunisiana	GSM	2.54 [281] (June 2006)	Wataniya Telecom and Orascom Telecom

 Uganda

(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN	GSM	1.236 [282] (June 2006)	MTN
2	Celtel	GSM	0.334 [283] (June 2006)	MTC
3	UT Mobile	GSM	Not available yet	Uganda Telecom Ltd

 United Arab Emirates

The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Etisalat		4.31		1	du

 Yemen

The country has 2.3 million subscribers in total, or a 10.7% penetration rate. [284] (May 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Spacetel Yemen	GSM	0.824 [285] (December 2005)	Investcom 45.3%
2	Sabafon	GSM	Not available yet	Yemen Mobile Phone Company

 Zambia

(as of January 2006) The country had in September 2005 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Celtel	GSM	0.965 [286] (June 2006)	MTC 88%
2	MTN	GSM	0.119 [287] (June 2006)	MTN
3	ZAMTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd

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