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What Are the Largest Phone Companies?

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What Are the Largest Phone Companies?

When selecting the largest phone companies, an important distinction must be made regarding the type of phone company, whether it provides mobile service, land-line service or both. Also you need to decide whether a company the largest because it has the most subscribers or because it has the largest market capitalization.

  1. Largest Mobile Phone Companies in the World by Subscribers

    • Here is a list of the five largest mobile phone companies in the world by total subscribers based on late 2008, early 2009 numbers:
      1. China Mobil: 482.9 million subscribers
      2. Vodafone: 264.1 million subscribers
      3. Telefónica/Movistar/02: 195.5 million subscribers
      4. América Móvil: 186.6 million subscribers
      5. Telenor: 159 million subscribers

    Largest Mobile Phone Companies in the U.S. by Subscribers

    • Here is a list of the five largest mobile phone companies in the U.S. by total subscribers based on March 2009 numbers:
      1. Verizon Wireless: 86.6 million subscribers
      2. AT&T Mobility: 78.2 million subscribers
      3. Sprint Nextel: 49.083 million subscribers
      4. T-Mobile: 33.173 million subscribers
      5. TracFone Wireless: 11.759 million subscribers
      Verizon ranks 15th in the world for total subscribers

    Largest Publicly Held Phone Companies (Mobile or Other) in the U.S. Based on May 2009 Market Capitalization

    • Here is list of the largest publicly held phone companies, mobile or land-line, in the U.S. based on their market capitalization:
      1. AT&T: $139.7 billion
      2. Verizon: $81.8 billion
      3. Comcast: $41 billion
      4. BCE: $16.6 billion
      5. Sprint: $14.8 billion
      T-Mobile is a privately held company, and as such does not have a market capitalization.

    Largest Mobile Phone Companies in the Europe by Subscribers

    • Here is a list of the mobile phone companies with the largest subscriber base in the United Kingdom based on 2008 and 2009 numbers:
      1. Vodafone: 21.72 million subscribers
      2. 02: 20.42 million subscribers
      3. T-Mobile: 16.8 million subscribers
      4. Orange: 15.82 million subscribers
      5. 3: 4.4. million subscribers
      (Figures are rounded up)

    Notable Country Specific Companies

    • Here is a list of large mobile phone companies with a country or region specific market:
      Airtel (India) 96.61 million subscribers
      MTS (Russia): 65.68 million subscribers
      NTT docomo (Japan) 54.69 million subscribers
      Vivo (Brazil): 45 million subscribers
      Turkcell (Turkey): 35.5 million subscribers
      TIM (Italy): 34.77 million subscribers
      Kyivstar (Ukraine): 23.05 million subscribers
      Telstra Mobile (Australia) 9.34 million subscribers
      (Figures are rounded up)

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