List of mobile network operators in the world

Contents

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• 1 Terrestrial
• 2 Satellite based
• 3 By region
• 4 See also
• 5 Notes
• 6 References

Satellite based[edit source | editbeta]

This is a list of the world's five largest satellite phone network operators measured by number of subscribers.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Iridium	Proprietary TDMA	0.500 (September 2011)[34]
2	Globalstar	Proprietary CDMA	0.439 (January 2011)[35]
3	Thuraya	Proprietary FDMA/GSM	0.260 (December 2007)[36]	Etisalat(28%)
4	Inmarsat	Proprietary GSM	0.254 (September 2009)[37]
5	ACeS	Dual-mode Satellite/GSM	0.020 (December 2007)

By region[edit source | editbeta]

• List of mobile network operators of Europe
• List of mobile network operators of the Americas
• List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
• List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa
• List of whole mobile network operators

See also[edit source | editbeta]

• Comparison of mobile phone standards
• List of telephone operating companies

• References[edit source | editbeta]

  • International Telecommunications Union's cellular statistics