List of mobile network operators

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This is a list of mobile phone network operating companies.

Contents 1 World 2 Americas 2.1 Anguilla 2.2 Antigua and Barbuda 2.3 Argentina 2.4 Aruba 2.5 Bahamas 2.6 Barbados 2.7 Belize 2.8 Bermuda 2.9 Bolivia 2.10 Brazil 2.11 British Virgin Islands 2.12 Canada 2.13 Cayman Islands 2.14 Chile 2.15 Colombia 2.16 Costa Rica 2.17 Cuba 2.18 Dominican Republic 2.19 Ecuador 2.20 El Salvador 2.21 Falkland Islands 2.22 Grenada 2.23 Guatemala 2.24 Guyana 2.25 Haiti 2.26 Honduras 2.27 Mexico 2.28 Nicaragua 2.29 Panama 2.30 Paraguay 2.31 Peru 2.32 Trinidad and Tobago 2.33 United States 2.34 Uruguay 2.35 Venezuela 3 Asia Pacific 3.1 Afghanistan 3.2 Armenia 3.3 Australia 3.4 Azerbaijan 3.5 Bangladesh 3.6 Brunei 3.7 Cambodia 3.8 China, People's Republic of 3.9 Cook Islands 3.10 Fiji 3.11 French Polynesia 3.12 Georgia 3.13 Guam 3.14 Hong Kong 3.15 India 3.16 Indonesia 3.17 Iran 3.18 Japan 3.19 Kazakhstan 3.20 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 3.21 Korea, Republic of 3.22 Kyrgyzstan 3.23 Laos 3.24 Macau 3.25 Malaysia 3.26 Maldives 3.27 Myanmar 3.28 New Zealand 3.29 Pakistan 3.30 Philippines 3.31 Singapore 3.32 Sri Lanka 3.33 Taiwan 3.34 Thailand 3.35 Vietnam 4 Europe 4.1 Albania 4.2 Andorra 4.3 Austria 4.4 Belarus 4.5 Belgium 4.6 Bosnia & Herzegovina 4.7 Bulgaria 4.8 Croatia 4.9 Czech Republic 4.10 Cyprus 4.11 Denmark 4.12 Estonia 4.13 Faroe Islands 4.14 Finland 4.15 France 4.16 Germany 4.17 Gibraltar 4.18 Greece 4.19 Greenland 4.20 Guernsey 4.21 Hungary 4.22 Iceland 4.23 Ireland, Republic of 4.24 Italy 4.25 Jersey 4.26 Latvia 4.27 Liechtenstein 4.28 Lithuania 4.29 Luxembourg 4.30 Malta 4.31 Isle of Man 4.32 Moldova 4.33 Monaco 4.34 Netherlands 4.35 Norway 4.36 Poland 4.37 Portugal 4.38 Romania 4.39 Russian Federation 4.40 Serbia & Montenegro 4.41 Slovenia 4.42 Slovakia 4.43 Spain 4.44 Sweden 4.45 Switzerland 4.46 Turkey 4.47 Ukraine 4.48 United Kingdom 5 Middle East & Africa 5.1 Algeria 5.2 Bahrain 5.3 Benin 5.4 Botswana 5.5 Burkina Faso 5.6 Burundi 5.7 Cameroon 5.8 Cape Verde 5.9 Central African Republic 5.10 Chad 5.11 Comoros 5.12 Congo 5.13 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.14 Côte d'Ivoire 5.15 Djibouti 5.16 Egypt 5.17 Equatorial Guinea 5.18 Eritrea 5.19 Ethiopia 5.20 Gabon 5.21 Gambia 5.22 Ghana 5.23 Guinea 5.24 Guinea-Bissau 5.25 Iraq 5.26 Israel 5.27 Jordan 5.28 Kenya 5.29 Kiribati 5.30 Kuwait 5.31 Lebanon 5.32 Lesotho 5.33 Liberia 5.34 Madagascar 5.35 Malawi 5.36 Mali 5.37 Mauritania 5.38 Mauritius 5.39 Morocco 5.40 Mozambique 5.41 Niger 5.42 Nigeria 5.43 Rwanda 5.44 Saudi Arabia 5.45 Senegal 5.46 Sierra Leone 5.47 South Africa 5.48 Sudan 5.49 Swaziland 5.50 Syria 5.51 Tanzania 5.52 Tunisia 5.53 Uganda 5.54 Yemen 5.55 Zambia 6 Sources of information

World

These are the world's largest mobile network operators excluding Israel, by number of subscribers (and by proportionate subscribers, if the company has holdings in other operators). The largest in the world by turnover is Vodafone.

Rank	Company	Technology	Subscribers (proportionate, in millions)	Subscribers (total / unspecified, in millions)
1	Vodafone (United Kingdom)	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	179.32 (as of December 2005)	471.50 (as of September 2005)
2	China Mobile (China)	GSM		234.88 (as of September 2005)
3	T-Mobile (Germany)	UMTS, GSM	86.6 (as of December 2005)	144.79 (as of December 2005)
4	China Unicom (China)	GSM, CDMA		124.15 (as of September 2005)
5	Telefónica Móviles (Spain)	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	? (as of December 2005)	94.40 (as of December 2005)
6	América Móvil (Mexico)	GSM, TDMA	92.74 (as of December 2005)	93.33 (as of December 2005)
7	France Telecom /Orange (France)	UMTS, GSM	71.50 (as of December 2005)	89.99 (as of December 2005)
8	Telenor (Norway)	UMTS, GSM	41.02 (as of December 2005)	84.61 (as of December 2005)
9	Singapore Telecommunications (Singapore)	UMTS, GSM	30.58 (as of December 2005)	77.79 (as of December 2005)
10	TeliaSonera (Sweden)	UMTS, GSM	37.81 (as of December 2005)	72.34 (as of December 2005)
11	Cingular (United States)	UMTS, GSM, TDMA		55.80 (as of March 2006)

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Americas

Anguilla

(as of September 2005)

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

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

Antigua and Barbuda

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 ? 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	Cable & Wireless	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless Caribbean Cellular (Antigua) Limited

Argentina

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 20,371,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	GSM, CDMA	8.34 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
2	CTI Movil	GSM, CDMA	6.63 (December 2005)	América Móvil
3	Personal	GSM	5.31	Telecom Argentina
4	NEXTEL	iDEN	Not available yet	NII Holdings

Aruba

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 ? 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

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 ? 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

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable & Wireless	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless Barbados Ltd
3	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel
4	Sunbeach	GSM	Not available yet	Sunbeach Communications Inc

Belize

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Belize Telecommunications Ltd
2	Smart	CDMA	Not available yet	Smart

Bermuda

(as of September 2005)

The country had ? 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[1]	GSM, CDMA	Not available yet	Telecommunications Ltd

Bolivia

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Entel	GSM	Not available yet	Entel SA
2	Nuevatel	GSM	Not available yet	Nuevatel PCS De Bolivia SA
3	TeleCel	GSM	Not available yet	Telefonica

Brazil

(as of October 2005)

The country had 85,239,730 subscribers in total, or a 44.00% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
National operators
1	Vivo [2]	CDMA, TDMA	29.81 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom
2	TIM [3]	GSM, TDMA	18.74	Telecom Italia
3	Claro [4]	GSM, TDMA	18.66 (December 2005)	América Móvil
Regional operators
4	Oi [5]	GSM	9.31	Telemar
5	Telemig Celular/Amazônia Celular [6]	GSM, TDMA	4.29	Telpart
6	Brasil Telecom GSM [7]	GSM	1.81	Brasil Telecom
7	CTBC [8]	GSM, TDMA	0.36	Algar
8	Sercomtel Celular [9]	GSM, TDMA	0.09	Londrina city (Paraná)State-owned Sercomtel
Specialized Mobile Radio
1	NEXTEL [10]	iDEN	Not available yet	NII Holdings

British Virgin Islands

(as of September 2005)

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

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

Canada

(as of September 2005)

Template:Main The country had 16,095,550 subscribers in total, or a 56.26% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Rogers Wireless	GSM	5.95	Rogers Communications
2	Bell Mobility	CDMA	4.55	Bell Canada
3	TELUS Mobility	CDMA, iDEN	4.29	TELUS
4	Aliant Mobility	CDMA	0.69	Aliant
5	SaskTel Mobility	CDMA	0.32	SaskTel
6	MTS Mobility	CDMA	0.31	MTS

Cayman Islands

(as of September 2005)

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

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

Chile

(as of September 2005)

The country had 10,910,000 subscribers in total, or a 70.00% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	5,28 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
2	Entel PCS	GSM	3.87	Hurtado Vicuña
3	Smartcom	CDMA	1.88 (December 2005)	América Móvil

Colombia

(as of September 2005)

The country had 18,331,450 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Comcel	GSM, TDMA	13.76 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	6.03 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
3	Ola	GSM	1.83	Empresas Públicas de Medellín and Empresa de Teléfonos de Bogotá

Costa Rica

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Grupo Ice[11]	GSM	11.33	I.C.E.

Cuba

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	ETECSA	GSM	Not available yet	Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA

Dominican Republic

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange	GSM	1.01 (December 2005) 2005)	France Telecom

Ecuador

(as of October 2005)

The country had 5,538,014 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Porta	GSM, TDMA	4.10 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	1.86 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
3	Alegro PCS	CDMA	0.20	TELECSA

El Salvador

(as of June 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Personal	GSM	0.86 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	TIGO	GSM	0.61 (June 2005)	MIC
3	DIGICEL	GSM	Not available yet	CTI Holdings
4	movistar	GSM	0.54 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles

Falkland Islands

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable and Wireless[12]	GSM	Not available yet	Cable and Wireless Plc

Grenada

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cable & Wireless[13]	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	Digicel	GSM	Not available yet	Digicel

Guatemala

(as of September 2005)

The country had in September 2005 more than 3,950,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	PCS Digital	GSM, CDMA	1.91 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	movistar	GSM, CDMA	1.04 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
3	Comcel	GSM, TDMA	0.82 (June 2005)	MIC 55%

Guyana

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 ? 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[14]	GSM	Not available yet	Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Co

Haiti

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Comcel[15]	GSM	Not available yet	Communication Cellulaire d'Haiti SA

Honduras

(as of June 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Tigo	GSM	0.63 (June 2005)	MIC 66.67%
2	ALO	GSM	0.43 (December 2005)	América Móvil
3	HONDUTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Empresa Hondurena de Telecomunicaciones HONDUTEL

Mexico

(as of September 2005)

The country had in July 2005 43,132,700 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telcel	GSM, TDMA	35.91 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	movistar	GSM	6.37 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
3	Iusacell	CDMA	3	Grupo Salinas
4	Unefon	CDMA	Not available yet	Moisés Saba and TV Azteca

Nicaragua

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	ENITEL	GSM	0.75 (December 2005)	América Móvil
2	TEM	GSM	0.37 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles

Panama

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 ? 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	0.85 (December 2005)	TELEFONICA MOVILES

Paraguay

(as of January 2006)

The country had 1,600,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecel SA	GSM, TDMA	0.6	Millicom
2	Personal (Núcleo SA)	GSM, TDMA	0.6	Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina
3	VOX	GSM	0.3	KDDI Corporation
4	CTI Móvil	GSM	0.17 (December 2005)	América Móvil

Peru

(as of September 2005)

The country had 4,952,484 subscribers in total, or a 17.47% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	CDMA, TDMA	3.46 (December 2005)	Teltefónica Móviles
2	Claro	GSM	1.95 (December 2005)	América Móvil
3	NEXTEL	iDEN	0.23	NII Holdings

Trinidad and Tobago

(as of April 2006)

The country has approximately 1,200,000 subscribers in total.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	bmobile	TDMA, GSM	not avalible yet	TSTT
2	Digicel	GSM	not avalible yet	Digicel

United States

(as of September 2005)

The country had in June 2005 194,479,364 subscribers in total, or a 69.22% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cingular	HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, GSM, TDMA	55.80 (March 2006)	AT&T
2	Verizon Wireless	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	51.3 (December 2005)	Verizon Communications (55%) and Vodafone (45%)
3	Sprint	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (Sprint PCS), WiDEN, iDEN (Nextel)	49.6 (47.6 Sprint PCS, 2.0 Nextel) (December 2005)	Sprint Nextel Corporation
4	T-Mobile	UMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM	21.7 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
5	Alltel	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA, AMPS	10.7	Alltel Corporation
6	TracFone	GSM, CDMA, TDMA	6.14 (December 2005)	América Móvil
7	U.S. Cellular	CDMA2000 1x, CDMA, TDMA	5.30	Telephone and Data Systems
8	Virgin Mobile	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA	3.0 (February 2005)	Virgin Mobile USA
9	Dobson Cellular/Cellular One	GSM, TDMA	1.66	Dobson Communications Corporation
10	Cricket	CDMA	1.62	Leap Wireless
11	MetroPCS	CDMA	1.50	MetroPCS, Inc.

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.

Uruguay

(as of September 2005)

The country had in October 2005 930,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Ancel	GSM	0.57	Antel
2	movistar	GSM	0.42 (December 2005)	Telefónica
3	CTI Movil	GSM	0.17 (December 2005)	América Móvil

Venezuela

(as of December 2005)

The country had 12.495.721 subscribers in total, or a 46,6% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers	Ownership
National operators
movistar	CDMA	5.4	Telefónica Móviles
Movilnet	CDMA, TDMA	5.2	Cantv and Verizon
Regional operators
Digitel TIM	GSM	1.7	Telecom Italia
Infonet	GSM	0.12
Digicel	GSM	0.11

Asia Pacific

Afghanistan

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telsysint	GSM	Not available yet	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	ArmenTel	GSM	Not available yet	ArmenTel
2	VivaCell[16]	GSM	Not available yet	K Telecom CJSC

Australia

(as of June 2005)

The country had 18,094,000 subscribers in total, or a 88.7% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers	Ownership
Telstra Mobile	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	8.23	Telstra (~50% State-owned)
Optus Mobile	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	6.09 (September 2005)	Singapore Telecommunications
Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	3,13 (December 2005)	Vodafone
3	UMTS, CDMA	2.26	Hutchison Whampoa

Azerbaijan

(as of December 2005)

The country had in December 2005 2.0 milj. subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AzerCell	GSM	1.74 (December 2005)	Fintur1, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6%
2	BakCell	GSM	0.27 (December 2005)	GTIB
1	Catel	CDMA	About 5000 subscribers	Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC

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

Bangladesh

(as of June 2005)

The country had in December 2005 9,762,000 subscribers in total, or a 7.07% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
GrameenPhone	GSM	5.54 (December 2005)	Telenor and Grameen Bank
Aktel	GSM	2.07 (September 2005)	AK Khan & Company and Telekom Malaysia
Banglalink	GSM	1.60 (February 2006)	Orascom Telecom
Teletalk	GSM	0.26	State-owned
CityCell	CDMA	0.32 (September 2005)	Singapore Telecommunications, Pacific Motors and Far East Telecom

Brunei

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	B-Mobile[17]	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	B-Mobile Communications Sdn Bhd
2	DTS GROUP[18]	GSM	Not available yet	DataStream Technology

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	0.68 (June 2005)	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	0.14 (September 2005)	Telekom Malaysia

China, People's Republic of

(as of October 2005)

The country had 383,000,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
China Mobile	GSM	Not available yet	State-owned
China Unicom	GSM, CDMA	Not available yet	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 Cook Islands

Fiji

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

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
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[19]	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	0.72 (December 2005)	Fintur1
2	MagtiGSM	GSM	Not available yet	Telcell Wireless, ITC
2	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 [20]	GSM	Not available yet	GUAM WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMPANY, L.L.C
2	IT&E [21]	GSM	Not available yet	IT&E Overseas, Inc
3	GTA [22]	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.

Operator	Technology	Ownership
CSL (1+1, 1O1O and One2Free)	UMTS, GSM, TDMA	Telstra
31	UMTS, GSM, CDMA	Hutchison Whampoa
Smartone and eXtra	UMTS, GSM	Sun Hung Kai and BT
Sunday2	UMTS, GSM
Peoples	GSM	Chinese Resources Company3
New World Mobility	GSM	New World Development

<sub>1. Previously Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS.
2. 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. 3. October 6 2005: It was announced Peoples will be acquired by China Mobile</sub>

India

(as of Janunary 2006)

The country had 130 Mn subscribers in total, or a 12% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Airtel	GSM	16.33 (December 2005)	Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications and Vodafone
BSNL	GSM	12.51	State-owned
RIM	GSM, CDMA	11.81	Reliance Industries Limited
Hutch	GSM	10.16	Hutchison Whampoa
!DEA	GSM	6.06	Birla (Tata Group)
Spice	GSM	1.52	Spicecorp and DISTACOM
Fascel	GSM	1.51	HFCL, Shinawatra, Bezeq and Kotak Mahindra
MTNL	GSM	1.37	State-owned
BPL MOBILE	GSM	3.61	Tata group
TATA MOBILE	GSM	3.61	Tata group
Aircel	GSM	2.4	Maxis Telecom

Indonesia

(as of June 2005)

The country had in December 2004 30,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 13.48% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Telkomsel	GSM	23.48 (September 2005)	State-owned PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia and Singapore Telecommunications
Indosat	GSM, CDMA	12.90	Technologies Telemedia
Excelcomindo	GSM	5.86 (September 2005)	Telekom Malaysia
Mobile8	CDMA		Mobile8 Telecom
Esia	CDMA		Bakrie Telecom
TelkomFlexi	CDMA		PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia
LippoTel	GSM		Maxis Telecom

Iran

(as of December 2004)

The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 6.2% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	KFZO	GSM	Not available yet	Telecommunication Kish co.
2	Irantelecom	GSM	7.2 (October 2005)	Irantelecom
3	MTCE	GSM	Not available yet	Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan
4	Taliya	GSM	Not available yet	Rafsanjan Industrial Complex (Coop)

Japan

(as of October 2005) (Mobile and Personal Handy-phone System included)

The country had 93,864,500 subscribers in total, or a 75% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
NTT DoCoMo	PDC, FOMA, PHS	50.94	NTT (~50% State-owned)
au	CDMA	20.94	KDDI
Vodafone Japan	UMTS, PDC	15.11 (December 2005)	Vodafone
Willcom	PHS	3.50	Carlyle Group, Kyocera and KDDI
TU-KA	PDC	3.44	KDDI
Astel	PHS	0.05

Kazakhstan

(as of September 2005)

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

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
K-Cell	GSM	3.32 (December 2005)	Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49%
Kar-Tel	GSM	1.80 (17.11.2005)	Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49,99%
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.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
SK Telecom	UMTS, CDMA	19.48	SK Corporation
KTF	UMTS, CDMA	12.33	KT
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	0.06	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.

• Smartone
• CTM
• Hutchison Telecom

Malaysia

(as of June 2005)

The country had 17,551,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Maxis Berhad	UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, EDGE	7.90	Maxis Communications
Celcom	UMTS, GSM	6.34	Telekom Malaysia
Digi	GSM, EDGE	4.80 (December 2005)	Telenor
TTdotcom	UMTS		Time dot com
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	WMOBILE	GSM	0.01 (September 2005)	Wataniya Telecom
2	Touch	GSM	Not available yet	Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Private Ltd

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.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	2,02 (December 2005)	Vodafone
Telecom	AMPS, TDMA, CDMA	1.52	public company
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
TelstraClear (using Vodafone)			Telstra
Boost Mobile (using Telecom)			Telecom

Pakistan

(as of March 2006)

The country had 27,344,939 mobile subscribers in March 2006, or a 16.8% penetration rate. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority updates subscriber figures on their website monthly.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Mobilink	GSM	14.1	Orascom Telecom
Ufone GSM	GSM, CDMA	6.23	State-owned
Warid Telecom	GSM	3.02	Abu Dhabi Group
Telenor	GSM	2.63	Telenor
Paktel	GSM, TDMA, AMPS	1.00	MIC 89.9%
Instaphone	TDMA, AMPS	0.39	MIC 61.3%

Philippines

(as of December 2004)

The country had in March 2005 34,800,000 subscribers in total, or a 41.10% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Smart Communications¹	GSM	14.59	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
Globe Telecom²	GSM	12.41 (September 2005)	Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
Sun Cellular	GSM	1.20	Digital Telecommunications Philippines
Next Mobile	iDEN	0.03
Extelcom	CDMA	0.01
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
Talk 'N Text (using Smart)	GSM	4.61	Smart Communications
Addict Mobile (using Smart)	GSM		Smart Communications
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 testing stage and is planned for launch by at least 2007.</sub>

Singapore

(as of December 2005)

The country has currently 4,257,000 subscribers in total, or a 98% penetration rate.[23]

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
SingTel Mobile	UMTS, GSM	1.62 [24]	Singapore Telecommunications
StarHub Mobile	UMTS, GSM	1.29 (Sept 2005)[25]	StarHub
MobileOne	UMTS, GSM	1.25 [26]	MobileOne

Sri Lanka

(as of June 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	DIALOG	GSM	1.93 (September 2005)	Telekom Malaysia
2	Celltel	GSM	0.54 (June 2005)	MIC 99.9%
3	Hutchison	GSM	Not available yet	Hutchison
4	Mobitel	GSM	Not available yet	Mobitel (Pvt) Limited

Taiwan

(as of February 2006)

The country had 21,792,987 subscribers in total, or a 95.64% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Chunghwa Telecom	UMTS, GSM	7.88
Taiwan Mobile	UMTS, GSM	4.43
Far EasTone	UMTS, GSM	3.93
KG Telecom	GSM	2.07
FITEL	PHS	1.10
TransAsia	GSM	0.95
APBW	CDMA	0.85
MobiTai	GSM	0.44
VIBO	UMTS	0.10

Thailand

(as of June 2005)

The country had in December 2004 28,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 44.12% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Advance Info Service (AIS)	GSM	16.09 (September 2005)	Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
DTAC	GSM	8.68 (December 2005)	Telenor
Orange	GSM	1.3	True Corporation
Hutch	CDMA	0.68	Hutchison Whampoa
Thai Mobile	UMTS, GSM		State-owned

Vietnam

The country had in December 2004 4,960,000 subscribers in total, or a 7.01% penetration rate. List of operators not available yet. To come soon

Europe

Albania

(as of September 2005)

The country had 1,500,000 subscribers in total, or a 48% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	A M C MOBIL	GSM	Not available yet	Albanian Mobile Communications
2	vodafone	GSM	Not available yet	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	4.21	mobilkom austria
2	T-Mobile	GSM	2.1 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
3	One	UMTS, GSM	1.46 (December 2005)	E.ON, Telenor
4	tele.ring	GSM	1.00	T-Mobile
5	3	UMTS	0.27	Hutchison Whampoa
6	YESSS!	GSM	0.18	One

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	2.13 (December 2005)	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 and Vodafone
2	Mobistar	UMTS, GSM	2.91 (December 2005)	France Télécom
3	Base	GSM	1.85	KPN

Bosnia & Herzegovina

(as of December 2005)

The country had 1,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 41% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BH Telecom	GSM	0.9	BH Telecom
2	Eronet	GSM	0.2	Eronet
3	Mobi's	GSM	0.6	Telecom Srpske

Bulgaria

(as of December 2005)

The country had 5,700,000 subscribers in total, or a 77% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	M-Tel	UMTS, HSDPA, GSM	3.2	Telekom Austria
2	GloBul	GSM	2.2	OTE
3	Vivatel	GSM		Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC)

GloBul and Vivatel have acquired UMTS licenses and are currently setting up UMTS networks.

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	1.9 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
2	VIPnet	GSM	1.33	Telekom Austria
3	Tele21	GSM	0.15 (Feb. 2006)	Tele2

¹ Company is planned for launch in Autumn 2005 for 2G operations and Spring 2006 for 3G operations as said in the Tele2 article. In GSM World, it's said that it will launch in January 2006.

Czech Republic

(as of December 2005)

The country had 11,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 111% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Eurotel1	UMTS, GSM	4.68[27] (December 2005)	Telefónica
2	T-Mobile2	GSM	4.6 (December 2005) [28]	Deutsche Telekom
3	Vodafone	GSM	2,14 (December 2005) [29]	Vodafone

¹ To be rebranded O₂ Czech Republic by mid-2006

² UMTS service for T-Mobile CZ is currently being planned for launch on March 2006.

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	0.02	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	1.15 (December 2005)	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	0.68 (December 2005)	TeliaSonera(50,01%)
2	Radiolinja	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[30]	GSM		Faroese Telecom
2	KALL[31]	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	2.51 (December 2005)	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	GSM	0.48 (December 2005)	Elisa
2	Cubio	GSM	0.08

France

(as of December 2005) (Metropolitan France only)

The country had 45,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 77% penetration rate.

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

Germany

(as of December 2005)

The country had 77,600,000 subscribers in total, or a 94% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	UMTS, GSM	29.5 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	29.17 (December 2005)	Vodafone
3	E-Plus	UMTS, GSM	10.12	KPN
4	O2	UMTS, GSM	8.95	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.

Greece

(as of December 2005)

The country had 12,500,000 subscribers in total, or a 117% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Cosmote	UMTS, GSM	4.51 (September 2005)	OTE
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	4.43 (December 2005)	Vodafone
3	TIM1	UMTS, GSM	2.26
4	Q-Telecom2	GSM	0.85	Info-Quest

<sub>1. Was Telestet until February 2004 but the name is still used coloquially.
2. The newest mobile telecom in Greece uses Vodafone's infrastructure until it builds its own network.</sub>

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[32]	GSM	Not available yet	Cable & Wireless
2	WAve [33]	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	2,04 (December 2005)	Vodafone

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	Og fjarskipti 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	48.6%	Vodafone
2	O2	GSM	38%	Telefónica
3	Meteor	GSM	13.4%	eircom
4	3	UMTS	Negligible	Hutchison Whampoa

Italy

(as of December 2005)

The country had 70,600,000 subscribers in total, or a 121% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TIM	UMTS, GSM	28.576	Telecom Italia
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	26.68 (December 2005)	Vodafone, Verizon 23.1%
3	Wind	GSM	7.7	Orascom Telecom
4	3	UMTS	6.005	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 (in millions)	Ownership
1	Latvijas Mobilais Telefons	UMTS, GSM	0.87 (December 2005)[34]	Lattelekom, Government of Latvia, TeliaSonera, Digital Latvian Radio and Television Centre
2	Tele2	GSM	Not available yet	Tele2
3	BITE Latvija	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	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	Not available yet	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 December 2005)

The country had 4,700,000 subscribers in total, and a 132% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Omnitel	GSM	1.89 [35](December 2005)	TeliaSonera
2	Bite	GSM	1.70 [36]	TDC
3	Tele2	GSM	1.00 [37]	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	EPT	GSM	Not available yet	P & T Luxembourg
2	Tango	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	Tango SA
3	VOX	UMTS, GSM	Not available yet	VOXmobile S.A.

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	Not available yet	Vodafone

Isle of Man

(as of December 2005)

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

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1

Manx [38]

GSM

Not available yet

Manx Telecom

Moldova

(as of December 2005)

The country had 1,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VoxTel	GSM	0.66 (December 2005)	France Telecom 60.1%, Moldovian Mobile Telephone 33.3% and Orange Romania 6.6%
2	Moldcell	GSM	0.37 (December 2005)	Fintur1
3	Interdnestrcom	CDMA	Not available yet	Interdnestrcom

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

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

Netherlands

(as of December 2005)

The country had 16,660,000 subscribers in total, or a ?% 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

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	1.65 (December 2005)	TeliaSonera

Poland

(as of December 2005)

The country had 29,250,000 subscribers in total, or a 75.7% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscri bers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Era	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	10.20 (2005 EOP)	Elektrim and Deutsche Telekom
2	Orange	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	10.00 (February 2006)	TPSA and France Télécom
3	Plus GSM	UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE	9.05 (December 2005)	Vodafone, TDC, KGHM, PKN Orlen, PSE
4	Netia Mobile1	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.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
TMN	UMTS, GSM, GPRS	5.22 (September 2005)	Portugal Telecom
Vodafone	UMTS, GSM, GPRS	4,12 (December 2005)	Vodafone
Optimus	UMTS, GSM, GPRS	1.58 (December 2005)	Sonae and France Télécom

Romania

(as of December 2005)

The country had 13,730,000 subscribers in total, or a 63.28% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange România	GSM	7.00 (December 2005)[39]	France Télécom
2	Connex-Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	6.13[40]	Vodafone
3	Zapp Mobile	CDMA	0.3	Oger Telecom
4	Cosmote România	GSM	0.3	OTE

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	44.22 (December 2005)	AFK Sistema
2	VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM	GSM	40.40 (17.11 2005)	Telenor and Alfa Group
3	MegaFon	GSM	24.23 (March 2005)	TeliaSonera 43.8%, Telecominvest and IPOC International Growth Fund
4	Uralsvyazinform	GSM	3.46 (November 2005)
5	Tele2	GSM	2.83 (November 2005)
6	SMARTS	GSM	2.69 (November 2005)
7	Sibirtelecom	GSM	1.48
8	Nizhni Novgorod Telecom	GSM	1.02 (November 2005)
9	Sotovaja Svjaz MOTIV (Jekatrinburg)	GSM	0.81 (November 2005)
10	New Telephone Company	GSM	0.48 (November 2005)

Serbia & Montenegro

(as of December 2005)

The country had 5,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 47% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
MOBTEL	GSM
ProMonte	GSM	0.31 (December 2005)	Telenor
MONET	GSM		Telecom Montenegro
Mobilna Telefonija Srbija	GSM		Telecom Serbia

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 [41]	Mobitel
2	SI.Mobil	GSM	0.37 [42]	Telekom Austria
3	VEGA	GSM		Alltel

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	2.52 (December 2005) [43]	France Télécom
2	T-Mobile	GSM	2.0 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom

Spain

(as of December 2005)

The country had 43,100,000 subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	movistar	UMTS, GSM	19.90 (December 2005)	Telefónica Móviles
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	12,92 (end 2005)	Vodafone
3	Amena1	UMTS, GSM	10.30 (end 2005)	France Télécom

_{1. to be rebranded Orange Spain}

Sweden

(as of December 2005)

The country had 10,000,000 subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)
Telia	UMTS, GSM	4.39 (December 2005)
Tele2Comviq	UMTS, GSM	3.55 (December 2005)
Telenor	UMTS, GSM	1.52
3	UMTS
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 Mobile	UMTS, GSM	4.04	State-owned Swisscom and Vodafone
2	Sunrise	GSM	1.27 (December 2005)	TDC Group
3	Orange	GSM	1.25 (December 2005)	France Télécom
4	Tele2	GSM	not available yet	Tele2	Mobile Virtual Companies
5	Migros (using Swisscom Mobile)	GSM	not available yet	Migros
6	Coop (using Orange)	GSM	not available yet	Coop

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 (March 2006)	TeliaSonera 37.09% Cukurova Group 27.05% and Alfa Group 13.22%
2	Telsim	GSM	9.10	Purchased by Vodafone, sale to be confirmed in early 2006.
3	Avea	GSM	7.00	Turkish Telecom (40%), Telecom Italia (40%) and Türkiye İş Bankası (20%)

Ukraine

(as of March 2006)

The country had over 32 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 67% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Kyivstar	GSM	14.51	Telenor (56.52%), Alfa Group (43.48%)
2	Ukrainian Mobile Communications	GSM, NMT	14.17	MTS (100%)
3	Astelit life:)	GSM	2.88	Turkcell (54.2%), SCM Holdings (45.8%)
4	WellCom	GSM	0.27	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	0.116	ITC Ukraine, Velton, etc.

United Kingdom

(as of December 2005)

The country had 67,908,546 subscriptions in total, or a 113.4% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	T-Mobile	UMTS, GSM	17.2 (December 2005)	Deutsche Telekom
2	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	16.33 (December 2005)	Vodafone
3	O2	UMTS, GSM	15.98 (December 2005)	Telefónica 2
4	Orange	UMTS, GSM	14.86 (December 2005)	France Télécom
5	3	UMTS	3.59 1	Hutchison Whampoa

¹ Estimate for December 2005.

² O2 plc was taken over by Telefónica in January 2006.

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	6.16	Orascom Telecom
2	Mobilis	GSM	3.73	State-owned Algérie Télécom
3	Nedjma	GSM	1.17	Wataniya Telecom

Bahrain

(as of September 2005)

The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 90% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTC Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	0.19 (September 2005)	MTC 60%
2	BATELCO	GSM	Not available yet	Bahrain Telecommunications Company

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	0.17	Investcom 75%
4	TELECEL	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Benin Ltd

Botswana

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MASCOM	GSM	0.45 (September 2005)	Mascom Wireless (Pty) Limited , MTN 44%
2	Orange	GSM	0.30 (December 2005)	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	Not available yet	MTC 96%
2	TelMob	GSM	Not available yet	Onatel
3	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Faso SA

Burundi

(as of September 2005)

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

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	Orange	GSM	0.97 (December 2005)	France Telecom
2	MTN	GSM	1.13 (September 2005)	MTN

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	Not available yet	MTC
2	MILLICOM TCHAD	GSM	Not available yet	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[44]	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	Not available yet	MTC
2	Libertis	GSM	Not available yet	Libertis Telecom

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	1.24 (September 2005)	Telkom
2	CelTel	GSM	Not available yet	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 1.9 million 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	0.93 (September 2005)	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 [45]	GSM	6.96 (December 2005)	Orascom Telecom
2	Vodafone Egypt [46]	GSM	6.13 (December 2005)	Vodafone

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 ? subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Ethionet	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	Not available yet	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	Not available yet	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	Operator Code
1	Areeba	GSM	1.55	Investcom 97.7%	620-01
2	OneTouch [47]	GSM, AMPS	1.01	State-owned Ghana Telecom	620-02
3	Mobitel [48]	GSM, ETACS, AMPS	0.58 (As of Dec 2005)	MIC	620-03

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	0.01	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	1.42 (September 2005)	Orascom Telecom
2	Asia Cell	GSM	1.11 (September 2005)	Wataniya Telecom
3	MTC Atheer	GSM	0.93 (September 2005)	MTC 30%
4	Korek	GSM	Not available yet	Korek Telecom Ltd.
5	SanaTel	GSM	Not available yet	SanaTel

Israel

(as of September 2005)

The country had 8,87 M subscribers in total, or a 120% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Orange [49]	UMTS, GSM	2.48 (March 2005)	Partner Communications Company Ltd
2	Pelephone	GSM, 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.

Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
Fastlink	GSM	2.0	MTC
MobileCom	GSM	0.5	Jordan Telecom
XPress	iDEN	0.1	Private shareholders
Umniah	GSM	0.3	Private shareholders

Kenya

As of June 2005 the country had 4,611,970 subscribers in total [50], or a 13.63% penetration rate.[51]

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership	Operator Code
1	Safaricom [52]	GSM	3.49 (December 2005)	State-owned Telkom Kenya and Vodafone	639-02
2	Celtel [53]	GSM	1.6 (December 2005) [54]	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

(as of June 2005)

The country had 4,611,070 subscribers in total, or a 14,40% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership	Operator Code
1	MTC Vodafone	GSM	1.39 (September 2005)	MTC
2	Wataniya [55]	UMTS, HSDPA, 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	0.50 (September 2005)	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	0.08	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	Madacom	GSM	Not available yet	Madacom SA

Malawi

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
2	TNL	GSM	0.14 (September 2005)	Malawi Telecommunications Limited, Telekom Malaysia
1	CelTel	GSM	Not available yet	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 [56]	GSM	Not available yet	MATTEL
2	MAURITEL MOBILES[57]	GSM		MAURITEL MOBILES

Mauritius

(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	Cellplus	GSM	0.43 (December 2005)	Mauritius Telecom group and France Télécom
2	Emtel	GSM	0.18	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) [58]	GSM	8.04	Maroc Télécom
2	Méditel [59]	GSM	3.94	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	Not available yet	MTC70%
2	Sonitel	GSM	Not available yet	Sahel-Com
3	Telecel	GSM	Not available yet	Telecel Niger

Nigeria

(as of June 2005)

The country had 13,316,597 subscribers in total, or a 10.56% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Operator Code	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
3	Glo Mobile [60]	621 50	GSM	5.0	Michael Adenuga
1	MTN Nigeria [61]	621 30	GSM	8.8 (February 2006--217.14.82.36 08:53, 22 March 2006 (UTC)--217.14.82.36 08:53, 22 March 2006 (UTC))	MTN
4	Mtel [62]	621 40	GSM	4.2	State-owned Nitel
2	Vmobile [63]	621 20	GSM	5.2	First Bank of Nigeria and AKIIPOC

Rwanda

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MTN Rwandacell SARL	GSM	0.26 (September 2005)	MTN 40%

Saudi Arabia

(as of December 2004)

The country had 9,175,800 subscribers in total, or a 36.82% penetration rate.

Senegal

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Al Jawal	GSM	Not available yet	State-owned Saudi Telecom

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Sonatel(Alize)	GSM	1.05 (December 2005)	France Telecom 42,3%
2	SENTELgsm	GSM	0.53	MIC 75%

Sierra Leone

(as of September 2005)

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

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CelTell	GSM	Not available yet	MTC
2	Africell	GSM	Not available yet	Lintel Limited
3	Millicom Sierra Leone Ltd	GSM	0.03	MIC 70%

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 [64]	UMTS, GSM	20.12 (December 2005)	Telkom and Vodafone
2	MTN [65]	UMTS, GSM	8.96 (September 2005)	Mobile Telephone Networks
3	Cell C [66]	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	Not available yet	Sudatel, MSI Cellular Holdings, MTC 39%
2	Areeba	GSM	Not available yet	Investcom 55%

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	0.19 (September 2005)	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	0.87	Investcom 75%

Tanzania

(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	Vodacom	GSM	1.61 ()September 2005)	Telkom
2	CelTel	GSM	Not available yet	MTC 60%
3	MOBITEL	GSM	0.36	MIC 84.4%
3	ZANTEL	GSM	Not available yet	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	1.99 (September 2005)	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 Uganda	GSM	0.86	MTN
2	CelTel	GSM	Not available yet	MTC
3	UT Mobile	GSM	Not available yet	Uganda Telecom Ltd

Yemen

(as of Desember 2004)

The country had ? subscribers in total, or a 5.6% penetration rate.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Spacetel Yemen	GSM	0.44	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	MTN Zambia	GSM	0.09 (September 2005)	MTN
2	CelTel	GSM	Not available yet	MTC 88%
3	ZAMTEL	GSM	Not available yet	Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd

Sources of information

• International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics
• Cellular News web site
• GSM Association web site
• Wireless Intelligence web site
• CDMA Development Group web site
• Austrian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Brazilian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Canadian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Colombian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Ecuadorian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Filipino Mobile Telecoms' data
• French Mobile Telecoms' data
• Greek Mobile Telecoms' data
• Japanese Mobile Telecoms' data
• Peruvian Mobile Telecoms' data
• Ukrainian mobile operators info
• National Telecommunications Commission of Venezuela
• América Móvil subsidiaries' subscriber numbers
• Unefon subscriber numbers
• Iusacell subscriber numbers
• China Mobile subscriber numbers
• T-Mobile company data
• Verizon company data
• Cingular company data
• Telefonica company data
• Sprint PCS company data
• Sprint Nextel Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2005 Results
• T-Mobile USA company data
• T-Mobile USA Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2005 Results
• Orange Statistics
• O2 Data
• Vodafone company data
• Turkcell company data
• TIM company data