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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