List of telephone operating companies

This list identifies the fixed line operators and the mobile operators for the top 200 most populous countries in the world.

The list of countries and their populations is from List of countries by population. The CIA World Factbook is cited as the standard reference for the number of main lines for each of the listed countries.

List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions is cited as the standard reference for the number of fixed broadband subscribers for each of the listed countries. The country naming convention follows the ISO 3166-1 standard as published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

World's largest telecom companies by total revenue

The world's largest telecommunications companies measured by total revenues
Rank Company Total revenue
(US$ billion)
Country
1 China Mobile $140.5 China China
2 Verizon Communications $136.8 United States United States
3 Comcast $121.4 United States United States
4 AT&T $120.7 United States United States
5 Deutsche Telekom $120.7 Germany Germany
6 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone $97.4 Japan Japan
7 China Telecom $70.3 China China
8 SoftBank $55.2 Japan Japan
9 Charter Communications $54.0 United States United States
10 China Unicom $52.8 China China
11 Vodafone $49.7 United Kingdom United Kingdom
12 Orange $45.7 France France
13 América Móvil $43.6 Mexico Mexico
14 KDDI $42.7 Japan Japan
15 Telefónica $42.0 Spain Spain
16 BT Group $26.7 United Kingdom United Kingdom
17 China Communications Services $20.9 China China
18 KT Corporation $19.9 South Korea South Korea
19 BCE $18.4 Canada Canada
20 Saudi Telecom $18.0 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia
21 Lumen $17.5 United States United States
22 Gruppo TIM $17.2 Italy Italy
23 Bharti Airtel $17.1 India India
24 Telstra $15.4 Australia Australia
25 SFR $14.6 France France
26 Telus $14.3 Canada Canada
27 Etisalat $14.2 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
28 Jio $14.0 India India
29 SK Telecom $13.4 South Korea South Korea
30 Virgin Media O2 $12.8 United Kingdom United Kingdom
31 MTN Group $12.6 South Africa South Africa
32 Rogers Communications $11.8 Canada Canada
33 Swisscom $11.6 Switzerland Switzerland
34 Viettel $11.5 Vietnam Vietnam
35 Cox Communications $11.0 United States United States
36 Singtel $10.9 Singapore Singapore
37 LG Uplus $10.8 South Korea South Korea
38 Vivendi $10.1 France France
39 Telenor $10.1 Norway Norway
40 Telkom Indonesia $9.8 Indonesia Indonesia
41 Telia Company $8.9 Sweden Sweden
42 VEON $8.1 Netherlands Netherlands
43 Vodacom $7.5 South Africa South Africa
44 Chunghwa Telecom $7.2 Taiwan Taiwan
45 Bouygues Telecom $7.0 France France
46 Crown Castle International $7.0 United States United States
47 Proximus $6.5 Belgium Belgium
48 Ooredoo $6.3 Qatar Qatar
49 Iliad S.A. $6.2 France France
50 United Internet $6.2 Germany Germany
51 Zain $6.0 Kuwait Kuwait
52 Taiwan Mobile $5.9 Taiwan Taiwan
53 Frontier Communications $5.8 United States United States
54 Windstream Holdings $5.7 United States United States
55 KPN $5.6 Netherlands Netherlands
56 Optus $5.6 Australia Australia
57 Millicom $5.6 Luxembourg Luxembourg
58 Mobile TeleSystems $5.6 Russia Russia
59 Telephone and Data Systems $5.4 United States United States
60 Advanced Info Service $5.3 Thailand Thailand
61 Vi $5.2 India India
62 A1 Telekom Austria Group $5.2 Austria Austria
63 PLDT $3.7 Philippines Philippines
64 MegaFon $3.7 Russia Russia
65 OTE $3.7 Greece Greece
66 Du (company) $3.6 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
67 Telecom Argentina $3.4 Argentina Argentina
68 Turkcell $3.4 Turkey Turkey
69 Globe Telecom $3.3 Philippines Philippines
70 Türk Telekom $3.0 Turkey Turkey
71 Zayo Group $2.6 United States United States
72 Tata Communications $2.4 India India
73 Telkom (South Africa) $2.3 South Africa South Africa
74 Maxis Communications $2.1 Malaysia Malaysia
75 Oi $2.0 Brazil Brazil
76 Altafiber $1.8 United States United States
77 StarHub $1.7 Singapore Singapore
78 Digi Communications $1.7 Romania Romania
79 Granite Telecommunications $1.5 United States United States
80 GTT Communications $1.5 United States United States
81 IDT Corporation $1.4 United States United States
82 Eir $1.3 Republic of Ireland Ireland
83 Vocus Group $1.3 Australia Australia
84 Consolidated Communications $1.2 United States United States
85 Algar Telecom $1.1 Brazil Brazil
86 Cable One $1.7 United States United States
87 Mediacom $1.1 United States United States
88 Vonage $1.0 United States United States
89 Cell C $1.0 South Africa South Africa

Note: Numbers of total revenues of most telephone operating companies are sourced from Forbes or MarketScreener. When $USD revenues unavailable from reliable sites, currency conversions for 2019-2022 revenues are based on the closing currency exchange rate on the last day of 2019-2022 (December 31).

Afghanistan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Albania

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Algeria

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mobile satellite operators

Angola

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Argentina

Armenia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Aruba (Netherlands)

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Australia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Austria

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Azerbaijan

Fixed line operators

  • AzEuroTel
  • Aztelekom
  • Baktelecom
  • Katel
  • Ultel

Mobile operators

Bahamas

Fixed line operators

  • Liberty Latin America as BTC

Mobile operators

Bahrain

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

WiMAX operators

Bangladesh

Fixed line operators

WiMAX operators

Mobile phone Operator

Barbados

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Belarus

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Belgium

Fixed line operators

Cable operators

Mobile operators

Belize

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Benin

Fixed line operators

  • Benin Telecoms

Mobile operators

  • BBCOM (Bell Bénin Communication)
  • GLOBACOM
  • LIBERCOM
  • MOOV Bénin
  • MTN (MTN Group)

Bhutan

Fixed line operators

  • Bhutan Telecom Ltd.

Mobile operators

Bolivia

Fixed line operators

National operators

Regional cooperatives

Mobile operators

  • Entel (ENTEL S.A.)
  • Viva (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A.) (Balesia and COMTECO)
  • Tigo Bolivia (TELECEL S.A.) (Millicom)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Botswana

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Brazil

Brunei

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Bulgaria

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Burkina Faso

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Burundi

Fixed line operators

  • LEO Burundi
  • ONATEL Burundi

Mobile operators

Cambodia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Cameroon

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Canada

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Chad

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Chile

Fixed line operators

Cable operators

Mobile operators

China

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Colombia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Comoros

Fixed line operators

  • Comores Telecom

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fixed line operators

  • OCPT

Mobile operators

Republic of the Congo

Mobile operators

  • Congo Telecom

Mobile operators

Costa Rica

Fixed line operators

  • Grupo ICE
  • RACSA-ICE (Grupo ICE)
  • VoCex (R&H Telecom)
  • Tigo (Millicom)
  • Liberty (Liberty Latin America)
  • Telecable
  • CoopeGuanacaste

Mobile operators

Croatia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Curaçao (Netherlands)

Fixed line operators

  • UTS Curaçao

Mobile operators

Cuba

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • CUBACEL

Cyprus

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • CYTA
  • Epic
  • PrimeTel

Czech Republic

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Other operators

  • Call Systems CZ s.r.o.
  • XOTel Czech s.r.o.

Denmark

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Dominican Republic

Fixed operators

Mobile operators

Ecuador

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Egypt

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Data Service Providers

  • NOOR Data Network

El Salvador

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Equatorial Guinea

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Eritrea

Fixed line operators

  • Telesonra

Mobile operators

Estonia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Ethiopia

Fixed line operators

Fixed line operators

$ safaricom Ethiopia

Mobile operators

Fiji

Fixed line operators

  • Telecom Fiji

Mobile operators

  • Digicel Fiji (Digicel)
  • INKK Mobile (Boost Mobile)
  • Vodafone Fiji (Vodafone)

International operator

  • Fintel

Finland

Mobile operators

France

French Guiana

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

French Polynesia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Vini, a subsidiary of OPT Polynesia [fr] for mobile telephony, internet and television subscription services
  • Vodafone Polynésie (PMT)
  • Ora de Viti

Gabon

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Gambia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Georgia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Germany

Fixed line operators

Major operators

Mobile operators

Major operators

Ghana

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Greece

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

WiMAX operators

Grenada

Fixed line operators

  • Liberty Latin America as LIME

Mobile operators

Guadeloupe

This country had 0.159 million main lines in use in 1995.

Fixed line operators

  • Outremer Telecom

Mobile operators

Guam (United States)

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Guatemala

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Guinea

Fixed line operators

  • Sotelgui

Mobile operators

Guyana

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Haiti

Fixed line operators

  • Natcom S.A (formerly Teleco S.A)

Mobile operators

Honduras

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Hong Kong

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Hungary

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Discontinued operators

Iceland

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

India

Fixed line operators

According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, in October 2022, the top 5 operators accounted for 98.4% of market share.

These operators are as follows:

Other notable operators include:

Mobile operators

The following operators have been classified as Wireless Service Providers by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India:

Indonesia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Iran

Fixed line operators

  • TCI
  • Zoha Kish Telecom Iran
  • HiWEB

Mobile operators

TD-LTE operators

Iraq

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Ireland

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Israel

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

see also the Palestinian Territories

Italy

Ivory Coast

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Jamaica

Fixed line operators

Wireless broadband operators

Mobile operators

Japan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Jersey (UK)

Fixed line operators

  • Jersey Telecom

Mobile operators

Jordan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Kazakhstan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Kenya

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

North Korea

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

South Korea

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

WiMAX operators

Kuwait

Fixed line operators

  • Ministry of Communications – Kuwait (MOCK)

Mobile operators

  • VIVA - Kuwait Telecom Company (STC)
  • Ooreedoo Kuwait (Ooreedoo Group)
  • Zain Kuwait (Zain Group)

Kyrgyzstan

Fixed line operators

  • Kyrgyztelecom

Mobile operators

Laos

Fixed line operators

  • Lao Telecom

Latvia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Bite (TDC)
  • LMT
  • Tele2
  • Triatel (Telekom Baltija)

Lebanon

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Lesotho

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Libya

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Lithuania

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Luxembourg

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Macau (China)

Fixed line operators

  • Companhia de Telecomunicações de Macau S.A.R.L. (CTM)

Mobile operators

Madagascar

Fixed line operators

  • Telma

Mobile operators

  • Airtel
  • orange
  • Telma

Malawi

Mobile operators

Malaysia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

WiMAX operators

Maldives

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mali

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Malta

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Epic (Monaco Telecom)
  • GO mobile (Dubai Holding)
  • Melita Mobile

MVNO operators

Martinique

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mauritania

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mauritius

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Airtel
  • MyT
  • Emtel
  • Chilli (MTML)

Mayotte (France)

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mexico

Moldova

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Mongolia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Montenegro

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

WiMAX operators

Morocco

Fixed line operators

  • INWI
  • Maroc Telecom (Government of Morocco and Etisalat)
  • Méditel (Finance com and Orange SA)

Mobile operators

Mozambique

Fixed line operators

  • Telecommunicacoes De Mozambique (TDM)

Mobile network operators

Myanmar

Fixed line operators

Namibia

Fixed line operators

  • Telecom Namibia

Mobile operators

  • MTC Namibia

Nepal

Nepal is the first country to provide 3G general service in South Asia, followed by Sri Lanka, via Nepal Telecom. 3G service is available throughout the country, including Everest Base Camp. 4G LTE WIMAX service has been recently provided at minimum cost at spots in major cities including government offices, public places, malls, shopping centres, hospitals, restaurant, and public parks. It is also freely available in places of religious worship. Climbers of Mount Everest can use video call and other 3G services at the top of the mountain at no cost. LTE services have been installed in many base camps.

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Netherlands

Mobile operators

New Caledonia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

New Zealand

Fixed line operators

National network owners

Regulated UFB fibre companies (Crown Fibre Holdings suppliers)

Resellers

Mobile operators

Nicaragua

Mobile operators

TIGO

Niger

Airtel Niger

Nigeria

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Macedonia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Telekom (Magyar Telekom)
  • A1.mk (Telekom Austria)
    • Lycamobile.mk full (MVNO) use of A1 network
    • Telekabel.mk (Mvno) use Telekom network
    • Greenmobile.mk (Mvno) use A1 network
  • MTEL Macedonia

Norway

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Oman

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Pakistan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Wireless Local Loop Operators

Palestine

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Panama

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Papua New Guinea

Fixed line operators

  • Telikom PNG

Mobile operators

Paraguay

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Peru

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Philippines

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Poland

Portugal

Puerto Rico

Fixed line operators

  • Puerto Rico Telephone (PRT-Claro) (América Movil)
  • Centennial Puerto Rico Residential (AT&T – before: Centennial Corp.)
  • San Juan Cable/Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico (Liberty Cablevision of Puerto Rico – before: OneLink Communications, Inc.) (uses VOIP)
  • Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico (uses VOIP)
  • Choice Cable TV (uses VOIP)

Mobile operators

Qatar

Fixed line operators

Vodafone Qatar

Mobile operators

Réunion (France)

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

SFR Réunion

Orange Réunion

Only Réunion

Romania

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators


Russia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Rwanda

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Saint Lucia

Fixed line operators

  • Cable&Wireless/LIME
  • Karib Cable

Mobile operators

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Samoa

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

São Tomé

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Saudi Arabia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Senegal

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

  • Expresso – Senegal (CDMA)
  • Orange (GSM)
  • Tigo (GSM)

Serbia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Sierra Leone

Fixed line operators

  • Sierratel

Mobile operators

Singapore

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Slovakia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Slovenia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Solomon Islands

Fixed line operators

  • Solomon Telekom Co Ltd (Our Telecom)

Mobile operators

  • Bemobile/Vodafone
  • Our Telekom

Somalia

Fixed line operators

Hormuud Telecom [AmteL]

Mobile Operators

Somtel

Mobile operators

Heersare telecom [AmteL]

South Africa

Fixed line operators

Mobile

Duopoly

Quadopoly

Other

Spain

Sri Lanka

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Public pay phone operators

  • Tritel

Dialog, Lanka Bell, and SLTMobitel are entitled to provide pay phone services according to their licences.

Sudan

Fixed line operators

  • Thabit (Sudatel)
  • Canar (Etisalat)

Mobile operators

Suriname

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Sweden

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

MVNO operators

  • Halebop (Telia)
  • Lyca Mobile
  • Vectone mobile
  • GT Mobile
  • Glocalnet (Telenor)
  • Tango (Tele2)
  • NewPhone (Telenor)
  • Swedfone

Other operators

  • Spring Mobil

VoIP operators

Switzerland

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Swaziland

Fixed line operators

  • Swaziland Post and Telecommunication Corporation (SPTC)

Mobile operators

  • Swazi Mobile
  • Swazi MTN

Syria

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Taiwan

Fixed line operators

  • Chunghwa Telecom
  • Taiwan Fixed Network
  • Sparq Telecommunications
  • Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom

Mobile operators

Tajikistan

Fixed line operators

  • Tajiktelecom

Mobile operators

Tanzania

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Thailand

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Togo

Fixed line operators

TOGOCOM

Mobile operators

Tonga

The country had 0.030 million main lines in use in 2012.

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Trinidad and Tobago

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Tunisia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Uganda

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Ukraine

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

VoIP operators

  • TELECOMAX

United Arab Emirates

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

United Kingdom

United States

Fixed line operators (over $10 billion annual revenues)

Fixed line operators ($1 to $10 billion annual revenues)

Fixed line operators ($100 million to $1 billion annual revenues)

Fixed line operators (less than $100 million annual revenues)

Mobile operators

United States Virgin Islands

Mobile operators

Uruguay

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Uzbekistan

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Venezuela

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Vietnam

Fixed line operators

  • Telecom
  • SPT[citation needed]
  • Viettel
  • VNPT[citation needed]
  • VTC[citation needed]
  • CMC[citation needed]

Mobile operators

  • Airtel
  • Gtel[citation needed]
  • Hanoi Telecom[citation needed]
  • Mobifone[citation needed]
  • Viettel
  • Vinaphone[citation needed]

Yemen

Mobile operators

Zambia

Fixed line operators

Mobile operators

Zimbabwe

Fixed line operators

  • TelOne

Mobile operators

See also


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