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01/12/2012 |
Cellular Statistics in the World
Content of this page: Statistics of celular subscribers in the world, ranking of countries and technologies.
Mobile Accesses in the World

Source: UIT and Wireless Intelligence and GSM/Informa
Main Mobile Markets in the World
| Ranking | Country | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
| 1 | China | 777 |
805 |
833 |
859 |
890 |
921 |
952 |
3.5% |
14.3% |
| 2 | India | 584 |
636 |
688 |
752 |
812 |
852 |
874 |
2.6% |
27.0% |
| 3 | US | 288 |
291 |
298 |
303 |
308 |
314 |
328* |
4.3% |
10.1% |
4 |
Indonesia |
- | - | - | 220** | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Brazil | 179 |
185 |
192 |
203 |
211 |
217 |
227 |
4.6% |
18.7% |
| 6 | Russia | 211 |
214 |
217 |
215 |
220 |
223 |
225 |
1.1% |
4.0% |
| 7 | Japan | 116 |
118 |
119 |
121 |
123 |
125 |
127 |
1.4% |
6.3% |
* Teleco's estimation
Note: Values in Millions
| Ranking | Country | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| 1 | China | 461 | 547 | 641 | 747 | 859 |
15.0% |
| 2 | India | 149* | 234* | 347* | 525 | 752 |
43.2% |
| 3 | US | 233 | 255 | 270** | 286 | 302 |
5.6% |
| 4 | Russia | 152 | 173 | 188 | 208 | 215 |
3.4% |
5 |
Indonesia |
- | - | 141 | 159 | 220*** |
38.4% |
| 6 | Brazil | 100 | 121 | 152 | 174 | 203 |
16.6% |
| 7 | Japan | 101 | 105 | 110 | 115 | 121 |
5.0% |
* Includes WLL
** Teleco's estimation
Note: Values in Millions
Ranking of Mobile Operators (millions of mobile accesses)
Quarter results
| Ranking | Operator | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 | 4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
| 1st | China Mobile | 539 |
554 |
570 |
584 |
601 |
617 |
634 |
2.8% |
11.2% |
| 2nd | Singtel | 281 |
339 |
356 |
390 |
404 |
416 |
424 |
1.9% |
19.1% |
| 3rd | Vodafone | 341 |
347 |
332 |
359 |
371 |
382 |
391 |
2.5% |
17.9% |
| 4th | América Móvil | 206 |
211 |
217 |
225 |
231 |
236 |
242 |
2.3% |
11.3% |
| 5th | Telefonica | 207 |
211 |
215 |
220 |
223 |
227 |
232 |
2.0% |
7.9% |
| 6th | China Unicom | 147 |
149 |
159 |
167 |
175 |
182 |
182 |
0.0% |
14.2% |
| 7th | France Telecom | 138 |
140 |
145 |
150 |
157 |
158 |
162 |
2.3% |
12.2% |
| 8th | Deutsche Telecom | 133 |
131 |
129 |
129 |
128 |
128 |
129 |
0.4% |
(0.4%) |
| 9th | Telecom Italia | 90 |
92 |
95 |
100 |
101 |
104 |
109 |
4.3% |
13.9% |
| 10th | Verizon | 100 |
100 |
101 |
102 |
104 |
106 |
108 |
1.3% |
6.5% |
| 11th | MTS (Russia) | 98 |
99 |
101 |
103 |
102 |
102 |
102 |
0.1% |
1.2% |
| 12th | AT&T | 87 |
90 |
93 |
96 |
98 |
99 |
101 |
2.2% |
8.6% |
Note: cellulars managed according to operators reports
* proportional to the participation of the operator. Note:adjusted to incorporate acquisitions.
** In October 2008, China Unicom transferred its CDMA clients to China Telecom.
Annual results
Ranking |
Operator | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| 1 | China Mobile | 301 | 369 | 457 | 522 | 584 | 11.9% |
| 2 | Vodafone* | 199 | 252 | 289 | 333 | 343 | 3.0% |
| 3 | América Móvil | 125 | 153 | 183 | 201 | 220 | 8.9% |
| 4 | Telefonica | 145 | 168 | 196 | 202 | 231 | 14.8% |
| 5 | China Unicom | 142 | 160 | 133** | 145 | 167 | 15.2% |
| 6 | Deutsche Telecom | 106 | 120 | 146 | 152 | 150 | (1.3%) |
| 7 | France Telecom | 98 | 110 | 122 | 123 | 128 | 4.1% |
| 8 | MTS (Russia) | 73 | 82 | 91 | 98 | 103 | 5.1% |
| 9 | Telecom Italia | - | 80 | 86 | 89 | 100 | 13.9% |
| 10 | AT&T | 61 | 70 | 77 | 85 | 96 | 12.4% |
Note: cellulars managed according to operators reports
* proportional to the participation of the operator. Note:adjusted to incorporate acquisitions.
** In October 2008, China Unicom transferred its CDMA clients to China Telecom.
SMS in the world
| SMS per cellular/month | 1Q10 | 2Q10 | 3Q10 |
4Q10 | 1Q11 | 2Q11 | 3Q11 |
| U.S. | - | 591.4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 197.0 |
223.0 |
256.0 |
257.0 |
258.0 |
272.0 |
280.0 |
| France | 120.6 |
130.0 |
134.0 |
159.6 |
172.4 |
179.2 |
179.3 |
| Portugal | 131.2 | 136.7 | 137.6 | 140.3 |
134.4 |
137.3 |
139.4 |
| Argentina | 111.0 | 109.0 | 112.0 | 131.0 | 129.0 |
126.0 |
141.0 |
| China | 87.5 |
85.6 |
87.5 |
96.8 |
79.3 |
79.4 |
82.3 |
| French Guiana | 56.1 | 58.8 | 62.7 | 73.0 | 76.1 | 78.6 | 80.5 |
| Mexico | 60.5 | 58.9 | 57.8 | 65.0 | 71.2 | 73.4 | 74.8 |
| Colombia | 14.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peru | 13.2 |
12.9 |
12.5 |
14.2 |
15.0 |
- | - |
| Spain | 12.1 |
12.4 |
12.4 |
12.6 |
11.6 |
11.0 |
- |
| Chile | 11.0 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.7 |
8.7 |
8.1 | 8.0 |
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