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1 World

These are the world's largest mobile phone companies, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

• China Mobile ( GSM) - 158.6 million
• Vodafone ( GSM) - 125.3 million
• T-Mobile ( GSM) - 87 million
• Cingular ( IS-136, GSM, UMTS) (Joint venture: 60% owned by SBC, 40% owned by BellSouth) - 46.9 million ***
• Orange ( GSM) - 40 million
• mmO2 ( GSM)
• TIM ( GSM)

2 Germany

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Germany. The present telecommunication standard in Germany is GSM, called "D-Netz" (900 MHz) and "E-Netz" (1800 MHz). It is the successor of the analogous "C-Netz".

• T-Mobile ( GSM) - 26.7 million subscribers (3/2004)
• Vodafone ( GSM) - 25 million subscribers (3/2004)
• E-Plus ( GSM) - 8.5 million subscribers (5/2004)
• O2 ( GSM) - 6 million subscribers (3/2004)

3 Greece

In September 2003 there were 10.88 million active lines, which makes 99% market penetration.

• Cosmote ( GSM) - 4.05 million active lines
• Vodafone ( GSM) - 3.78 million active lines
• TIM ( GSM) - 2.75 million active lines
  • Was Telestet until February 2004.
• Q-Telekom ( GSM) - 289 thousand active lines
  • The newest mobile telecom in Greece uses Vodafones infrastructure until it builds its own network.

4 Romania

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Romania. Romania has 9,025,915 subscribers in total ( September 2004), or 40.37% penetration rate.

• Orange Romania ( GSM) - 4,371,000 subscribers (48.43% market share)
• Connex GSM Romania ( GSM) - 4,369,745 subscribers (48.41% market share)
• Zapp Mobile ( IS-2000) - 200,000 subscribers (2.22% market share)
• Cosmorom, a division of Romtelecom ( GSM) - 85,170 subscribers (0.94% market share)

5 Russian Federation

These are the largest mobile phone companies in Russia, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

• Mobile TeleSystems - MTS ( GSM) - 26.6 million
• VimpelCom - Bee Line GSM ( GSM) - 18.25 million
• Megafon ( GSM) - 11.5 million

6 United States

These are the largest mobile phone companies in the United States, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

• Cingular ( IS-136, GSM, UMTS) (Joint venture: 60% owned by SBC, 40% owned by BellSouth) - 46.9 million ***
• Verizon Wireless ( IS-2000) (44% owned by Vodafone, 56% owned by Verizon Communications) - 40.4 million
• Sprint PCS ( IS-2000) - 19.3 million
• T-Mobile ( GSM) - 15.4 million (8/2004)
• Nextel ( iDEN) - 12.3 million
• ALLTEL ( IS-2000) - 8 million
• US Cellular ( IS-136, IS-2000) - 4.4 million

*** Includes AT&T Wireless customers. AT&T Wireless has been purchased by Cingular on October 26, 2004

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.

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