| 1 |  China Mobile | | | 667.20[1]
(March 2012) | 667.20[1]
(March 2012) | Government of the PRC(74.25%)
Public (25.75%) |
| 2 |  Vodafone | | | | 439.601[2]
(December 2011) | |
| 3 |  Airtel | - India (Airtel)
 Bangladesh (Airtel Bangladesh) Burkina Faso (Airtel Burkina) Chad (Airtel Chad)- Republic of the Congo (Airtel Congo)
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (Airtel DRC) Gabon (Airtel Gabon) Ghana (Airtel Ghana) Guernsey (Airtel-Vodafone)- India (Airtel)
 Jersey (Airtel-Vodafone) Kenya (Airtel Kenya) Rwanda (Airtel Rwanda) Madagascar (Airtel Madagascar) Malawi (Airtel Malawi) Niger (Airtel Niger) Nigeria (Airtel Nigeria) Seychelles (Airtel Seychelles) Sierra Leone (Airtel Sierra Leone) Sri Lanka (Airtel Lanka) Tanzania (Airtel Tanzania) Uganda (Airtel Uganda) Zambia (Airtel Zambia)
| | 261.00[3]
(August 2012) | 261.00[3]
(August 2012) | Bharti (64.76%)
SingTel (30.5%)
Vodafone (4.4%) |
| 4 |  Telenor | | | 140 (December 2011) | 150[4]
(October 2011) | 54% Government of Norway |
| 5 |  América Móvil | | | 236[5]
(June 2011) | 236[5]
(June 2011) | |
| 6 |  Telefónica | - Spain
 Argentina Brazil (Vivo) Chile Colombia Costa Rica Czech Republic Ecuador El Salvador Germany Guatemala Ireland (O2) Isle of Man Italy Morocco Nicaragua Panama Peru Slovakia Sudan (Sudan Unicom) Uruguay Venezuela- United Kingdom
| | 231.87[6]
(September 2011) | 231.87[6]
(September 2011) | |
| 7 |  Orange | | | 226.3[7]
(September 2011) | 226.3[7]
(September 2011) | France Télécom |
| 8 |  VimpelCom Ltd. | - Russia (Beeline Russia, GT)
 Armenia (Beeline Armenia) Cambodia (Beeline Cambodia) Georgia (Beeline Georgia) Kazakhstan (Beeline Kazakhstan) Laos (Beeline Laos) Tajikistan (Beeline Tajikistan) Ukraine (Kiyvstar) Uzbekistan (Beeline Uzbekistan) Algeria (Djezzy)- Bangladesh (Banglalink)
 Burundi (Telecel) Canada (WIND) (less than 100%) Central African Republic (Telecel) Greece (WIND)- Italy (WIND)
 Pakistan (Mobilink) Zimbabwe (Telecel)
| | | 205[8]
(December 2011)209[9]
(March 2012) (the world’s sixth-largest wireless operator by subscribers[10]) | Telenor(39.51%)
Altimo(40.498%)
Weather Investments(3.476%)
Bertofan Investments(5.995%)
Public (10.521%) |
| 9 |  Axiata Group Berhad | | | | 159.7[11]
(December 2010) | Government of Malaysia (45.09%)
Public Stock (54.91%) |
| 10 | China Unicom | China | | | 202.89[12]
(January 2011) | China Unicom Limited (40.92%)
China Netcom Group (29.49%)
Telefonica(9.7%) |
| 11 |   TeliaSonera | - Sweden
- Finland(Sonera)
 Azerbaijan Denmark Estonia- Georgia (Geocell)
- Kazakhstan
 Latvia Lithuania- Russia (MegaFon)
 Moldova (Moldcell) Nepal- Norway
- Spain (Yoigo)
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
| | | 160[13]
(December 2010) | 37.3% Government of Sweden, 11.7% Government of Finland |
| 12 |  Saudi Telecom Company (STC) | - Saudi Arabia
- Malaysia
 Indonesia Turkey Kuwait (VIVA) Bahrain (VIVA) Jordan- India
 South Africa Lebanon
| | | 139[14]
(December 2010) | |
| 13 | MTN Group | - South Africa
 Afghanistan Benin Botswana Cameroon- Republic of the Congo
 Cote d'Ivoire Cyprus- Ghana
 Guinea Guinea-Bissau Iran Liberia- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sudan
 Swaziland Syria- Uganda
 Yemen- Zambia
| | | 137.47[15]
(September 2010) | |
| 14 |  Etisalat | - United Arab Emirates
- Afghanistan
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Central African Republic
 Egypt- Gabon
- India
- Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Saudi Arabia
- Sri Lanka (Etisalat Lanka)
- Sudan
- Tanzania
 Togo
| | | 135[16]
(February 2010) | |
| 15 | Reliance Communications | India | - CDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS,HSDPA, HSPA+, LTE, CDMA2000,CDMA2000 1x, EVDO
| | 144.78[17]
(July 2011) | Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
| 16 | Tele2 | - Sweden
- Norway
- Russia
 Croatia- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
 Netherlands- Germany
 Austria- Kazakhstan
| | | 134.76[18]
(March 2012) | Tele2 AB |
| 17 | T-Mobile | | | | 129.14[19]
(March 2012) | Deutsche Telekom |
| 18 |  Verizon Wireless | United States | | | 108.7[20]
(Aug 2011) | Verizon Communications(55%)
Vodafone (45%) |
| 19 | MTS | - Russia (MTS Russia)
- Armenia (VivaCell-MTS)
 Belarus (MTS Belarus)- India (MTS India)
 Turkmenistan (MTS Turkmenistan)- Ukraine (MTS Ukraine)
- Uzbekistan (MTS Uzbekistan)
| | | 106.07[21]
(December 2011) | Sistema (50.8%) |
| 20 | AT&T Mobility | | | | 100.7[22]
(September 2011) | AT&T Inc. |
| 21 | China Telecom | | | | 129.25[23]
(January 2011) | |
| 22 | Telkomsel | Indonesia | | | 100[24]
(April 2011) | Telkom Indonesia (65%)
SingTel (35%) |
| 23 | Idea Cellular | India | | | 96.11[17]
(July 2011) | Aditya Birla Group (49.05%)
Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%)
Providence Equity (10.6%) |
| 24 | BSNL | India | | | 95.14[17]
(July 2011) | Government of India |
| 25 | Tata Teleservices | India | | | 88.31[17]
(July 2011) | Tata Group(74%)
NTT DoCoMo(26%) |
| 26 | Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) | - Italy (TIM)
- Brazil
 San Marino (TIM) Vatican City (TIM)
| | | 71.50[25]
(September 2009) | Telefonica(22.39%) |
| 27 |  PLDT | | | | 66.1[26]
(March 2012) | |
| 28 | Maxis Communications | | | | 63.71[27][28]
(December 2010) | Ananda Krishnan(75%)
Saudi Telecom Company (25%) |
| 29 | Turkcell | | | | 63.3[29]
(Q3 2011) | TeliaSonera (38%)
Cukurova Group (27.08%)
M.V.Holding (1.18%)
Public Stock (33.74%) |
| 30 |  Qtel | - Qatar
- Algeria
- Indonesia
 Iraq- Kuwait
 Maldives Oman Tunisia
| | 33.60[30]
(December 2009) | 60.53[30]
(December 2009) | |
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