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09/25/2015 |
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Cellular Statistics in the World
In this page: Statistics of celular subscribers in the world, ranking of countries and technologies.
Mobile Accesses in the World

Source: UIT, Wireless Intelligence, GSM/Informa and Teleco
Quarter results
Ranking | Operator | 1Q14 | 2Q14 | 3Q14 | 4Q14 | 1Q15 | 2Q15 | ∆Qter | ∆Year |
1st | China Mobile | 781 | 791 | 799 | 807 | 815 | 817 | 0.2% | 3.3% |
2nd | Singtel | 514 | 512 | 518 | 530 | 542 | 552 | 1.9% | 7.8% |
3rd | Vodafone | 431 | 436 | 439 | 444 | 446 | 449 | 0.8% | 3.0% |
4th | China Unicom | 290 | 295 | 297 | 299 | 295 | 289 | (1.8%) | (1.9%) |
5th | América Móvil | 272 | 267 | 267 | 269 | 270 | 269 | (0.3%) | 0.7% |
6th | Telefonica | 224 | 226 | 225 | 250 | 253 | 254 | 0.3% | 12.4% |
7th | France Telecom | 182 | 179 | 182 | 185 | 188 | 190 | 0.9% | 6.0% |
8th | Deutsche Telecom | 145 | 147 | 149 | 185 | 188 | 190 | 0.9% | 29.1% |
9th | Telecom Italia | 105 | 105 | 105 | 106 | 106 | 105 | (1.1%) | (0.3%) |
10th | Verizon | 120 | 121 | 123 | 125 | 125 | 126 | 0.8% | 4.2% |
11th | AT&T | 116 | 117 | 119 | 121 | 122 | 124 | 1.7% | 5.9% |
12th | MTS (Russia) | 96 | 97 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 0.8% | 2.8% |
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.
Ranking of Operators in the World (million mobile accesses)
Ranking |
Operator | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ∆Year |
1 | China Mobile | 457 | 522 | 584 | 650 | 710 | 767 | 807 | 5.2% |
2 | Singtel | - | - | 390 | 434 | 457 | 488 | 530 | 8.6% |
3 | Vodafone* | 289 | 333 | 359 | 398 | 403 | 419 | 444 | 5.9% |
4 | China Unicom | 133** | 145 | 167 | 200 | 239 | 281 | 299 | 6.4% |
5 | América Móvil | 183 | 201 | 225 | 242 | 261 | 270 | 269 | (0.2%) |
6 | Telefonica | 196 | 202 | 220 | 239 | 247 | 255 | 250 | (2.0%) |
7 | France Telecom | 122 | 123 | 150 | 167 | 172 | 178 | 185 | 4.1% |
8 | Deutsche Telecom | 146 | 152 | 129 | 129 | 132 | 143 | 185 | 29.6% |
9 | Telecom Italia | 86 | 89 | 100 | 114 | 121 | 125 | 106 | (15.1%) |
10 | Verizon | 72 | 91 | 102 | 109 | 115 | 119 | 125 | 4.9% |
11 | AT&T | 77 | 85 | 96 | 103 | 107 | 110 | 121 | 9.6% |
12 | MTS (Russia) | 91 | 98 | 103 | 101 | 101 | 103 | 99 | (4.2%) |
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.
Main Mobile Markets in the World
Ranking | Country | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ∆Year |
1 | China | 641 | 747 | 859 | 986 | 1.112 | 1.229 | 1.286 | 4.6% |
2 | India | 347* | 525 | 752 | 894 | 865 | 886 | 944 | 6.5% |
3 | US | 270 | 286 | 296 | 316 | 326 | 336 | 355 | 5.8% |
4 | Indonesia | 141 | 159 | 220 | 237 | 281 | 304 | 319 | 4.9% |
5 | Brazil | 152 | 174 | 203 | 242 | 262 | 271 | 281 | 3.6% |
6 | Russia | 188 | 208 | 215 | 228 | 231 | 243 | 221 | -9.1% |
7 | Japan | 110 | 115 | 121 | 130 | 138 | 146 | 153 | 4.6% |
* Includes WLL
** Teleco's estimation
Note: Values in Millions