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===Afghanistan===
The country has 2.1 million subscribers in total, or a 6.76% penetration rate. [1] (December 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Roshan	GSM	2.203 [2] (June 2007)	Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) 51.0%, Monaco Telecom International (MTI) 36.75%, MCT 12.25%
2	Telsysint	GSM	0.700 [3] (August 2006)	Afghan Wireless Communication Company
3	Areeba		0.527 [4] (June 2007)	MTN (100%)

===Armenia===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VivaCell[5]	GSM	0.6 [6] (December 2006)	K Telecom CJSC
2	ArmenTel[7]	GSM	0.4 [8] (December 2006)	ArmenTel

===Australia===
The country has 19.8 million subscribers in total, or a 96.5% penetration rate. [] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telstra Mobile	GSM, UMTS, CDMA, HSDPA	8.49 [9] (June 2006)	Telstra
2	Optus Mobile	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	6.56 [10] (June 2006)	Singapore Telecommunications
3	Vodafone	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	3.144 [11] (June 2006)	Vodafone (100%)
4	3	UMTS, HSDPA	1.131 [12] (June 2006)	Hutchison Whampoa
5	Virgin Mobile	GSM, UMTS, HSDPA	0.521 [13] (August 2006)	Optus Mobile (100%) [14]

===Azerbaijan===
The country has 2 million subscribers in total, or a 25% penetration rate. [] (December 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	AzerCell	GSM	2.5 [15] (April 2007)	Fintur1, Turkcell and State-owned 35.6%
2	BakCell	GSM	0.27 (December 2005)	GTIB
3	Catel	CDMA	0.005	Caspian American Telecommunications, LLC
2	Azerphone	GSM	0.001 (June 2006)	Siemens, Aztelekom

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
===Bangladesh===
The country has 32.5 million subscribers in total, or a 23.23% penetration rate. [16] (July 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	GrameenPhone	GSM EDGE GPRS	15.73 [17] (July 2007)	Telenor and Grameen Telecom
4	CityCell	CDMA	1.31 [20] (July 2007)	Singapore Telecommunications, PBTL and Far East Telecom
6	TeleTalk	GSM	0.91 [21] (July 2007)	State-owned
5	Warid Telecom	GSM	1.14 [22] (July 2007)	Warid Telecom

===Brunei===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	B-Mobile	HSDPA, UMTS, W-CDMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM		Telekom Brunei Berhad and QAF Comserve
2	DSTCom	EDGE, GPRS, GSM		DST Group

===Cambodia===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CamGSM	GSM	1.314 [23] (June 2007)	MIC (58.4%), Brand "MobiTel", Brand "Cell Card"
2	CAMSHIN	GSM	0.25 (December 2005)	Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd Brand "CAMSHIN", "e-Card", "MFone"
3	TMIC	GSM	0.188 [24] (June 2006)	Telekom Malaysia International Cambodia, formerly Cambodia Samart Communication or Casa Com, Brand "Hello GSM"

===China, People's Republic of===
The country has 508.56 million subscribers in total, or a 38.47% penetration rate. [25] (July 2007)
:''See below for Hong Kong and Macau.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	China Mobile	GSM	337.9 [26] (July 2007)	State-owned
2	China Unicom	GSM, CDMA	153.1 [27] (July 2007)	State-owned

===Cook Islands===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telecom	GSM	''Not available yet''	Telecom New Zealand

===Fiji===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodafone	GSM	0.19 (December 2005)	Vodafone 49%

===French Polynesia===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	VINI[28]	GSM	''Not available yet''	Tikiphone SA

===Georgia===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Geocell	GSM	1.03 (December 2006)	Fintur1
2	MagtiGSM	GSM	''Not available yet''	Telcell Wireless, ITC
3	Megafon²	GSM	''Not available yet''	Megafon
3	Beeline	GSM	''Not available yet''	Vimpelcom & GMC Group

<sub>1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

2. Operating in Abkhasia</sub>

===Guam===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Hafatel [29]	GSM	''Not available yet''	NTT DoCoMo
2	GuamCell [30]	CDMA	''Not available yet''	NTT DoCoMo
3	IT&E [31]	GSM	''Not available yet''	IT&E Overseas, Inc
4	GTA [32]	GSM	''Not available yet''	Pulse Mobile LLC
5	i CAN	GSM	''Not available yet''	Wave Runner LLC

===Hong Kong===
The city has 8.43 million subscribers in total, or a 121.4% penetration rate. [] (July 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	CSL1 (CSL, 1O1O and One2Free)	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, EDGE		Telstra and New World Development
2	3²	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS, CDMA	2.139 [CDMA+GSM] [33] (March 2007)	Hutchison Telecommunication International Limited
3	SmarTone-Vodafone	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS	1.093 [34] (December 2006)	Sun Hung Kai and Vodafone
4	Sunday³	UMTS, GSM, GPRS		PCCW
5	PCCW³	UMTS		PCCW
6	Peoples	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		China Mobile
7	New World Mobility1	GSM, GPRS, EDGE		Telstra and New World Development

<sub>1. CSL and New World Mobility merged in April 2006 and became CSL New World Mobility Group, but the two networks are still operated separately.

2. Previously Orange Hong Kong, Xin Gan Xian, Everyday PCS.

3. July 2005: PCCW former owner of CSL has agreed in June to buy the 59.9% of shares held by the two biggest shareholders at HK$0.65 each share. The acquisition has received approval from Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority, and has progressed to a mandatory unconditional cash offer to buy the remaining stock at HK$0.65 per share. Total cost to PCCW will be approx HK$1.942bn, allowing its reentry into the wireless market and access to Sunday's 3G (UMTS) licence.</sub>

===India===
The country has 192.98 million subscribers in total, or a 16.08% penetration rate. [35] (July 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Airtel	GSM, EDGE	44.76 [36] (July 2007)	Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone (4.4%)
2	Hutch	GSM, EDGE	32.44 [37] (July 2007)	Vodafone (67%) & Essar Group (33%)
3	Reliance Mobile	GSM, CDMA	33.34 [38] (July 2007)	Reliance Communications Limited
4	BSNL	GSM	32.66 [39] (July 2007)	State-owned
5	Tata Indicom	GSM, CDMA	18.09 [40] (July 2007)	Tata Group
6	!DEA	GSM	17.00 [41] (July 2007)	Aditya Birla Group
7	Aircel	GSM	7.16 [42] (July 2007)	Maxis Telecom
8	Spice	GSM	3.29 [43] (July 2007)	Spicecorp and DISTACOM
9	MTNL	GSM	2.88 [44] (July 2007)	State-owned
10	BPL Mobile - Mumbai	GSM, GPRS	1.095 [45] (July 2007)	Essar Group
11	HFCL Infotel		0.161 [46] (July 2007)
12	Shyam Telelink		0.99 [47] (July 2007)

===Indonesia===
The country has 46.9 million subscribers in total, or a 19.1% penetration rate. [48] (January 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Telkomsel	GSM , UMTS	23.48 (September 2005)	State-owned Telkom and Singapore Telecommunications
2	Indosat	GSM, CDMA	12.90	Singapore Technologies Telemedia
3	XL	GSM , UMTS	8.4 [49] (September 2006)	Telekom Malaysia
4	Mobile8	CDMA	1.5 [50] (September 2006)	Mobile-8 Telecom/ Bimantara
5	Esia	CDMA	1.3 [51] (September 2006)	Bakrie Telecom
6	TelkomFlexi	CDMA		Telkom
7	3	GSM, UMTS		Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%)
8	LippoTel	GSM		Maxis Telecom

===Iran===
The country has 19 million subscribers in total, or a 28% penetration rate. [] (August 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
'National Operators'
1	Hamrahe Aval	GSM	15.158 [52] (August 2007)	Mobile Communications Company of Iran
2	IranCell	GSM, GPRS	3.000 [53] (August 2007)	IranCell Communications Services Company, MTN (49%)
3	Taliya	GSM	0.800	Rafsanjan Industrial Complex
'Regional Operators'
4	MTCE	GSM	0.036	Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan
5	KFZO	GSM	0.006	Kish Free Zone Organization

===Japan===
The country has 98.06 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate. [54] (June 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	NTT DoCoMo	HSDPA, FOMA, PDC, PHS	52.904 [55] (August 2007)	NTT (~50% State-owned)
2	au includes the TU-KA brand	CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (au), PDC (TU-KA)	29.059 [56] (August 2007)	KDDI
3	SoftBank Mobile	UMTS, PDC	16.854 [57] (August 2007)	SoftBank
4	Willcom	PHS	4.65 [58] (June 2007)	Carlyle Group (60%), Kyocera (30%), and KDDI (10%)
5	Astel	PHS

===Kazakhstan===
The country has 6.58 million subscribers in total, or a 43.20% penetration rate. [59] (January 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	K-Cell	GSM	3.4 [60] (December 2006)	Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49%
2	Kar-Tel	GSM	3.23 [61] (September 2006)	Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49.99%
3	Altel	CDMA, GSM	0.2 [62] (January 2007)	Kazahtelekom 50% [63]

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
===Kiribati===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] (September 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	TSKL	GSM	''Not available yet''	Telecom Services Kiribati Limited

===Korea, Democratic People's Republic of===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SUN NET	GSM	''Not available yet''	Korea Posts and Telecommunications Corporation

===Korea, Republic of===
The country has 40.19 million subscribers in total, or a 82.28% penetration rate. [64] (December 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SK Telecom	CDMA, UMTS	20.27 [65] (December 2006)	SK Corporation
2	KTF	CDMA, UMTS	12.91 [66] (December 2006)	KT
3	LG Telecom	CDMA	7.01 [67] (December 2006)	LG Corporation

===Kyrgyzstan===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	BITEL	GSM	0.60 (Sept. 2006)	Bitel Ltd
2	BiMoCom	GSM	''Not available yet''	BiMoCom Ltd

===Laos===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Millicom Lao Co Ltd	GSM	0.093 [68] (June 2007)	MIC (74.1%)
2	ETL MOBILE	GSM	''Not available yet''	Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (ETL)
3	LAOTEL	GSM	''Not available yet''	Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT)
4	Lao Telecommunications	GSM	''Not available yet''	Lao Telecommunications

===Macau===
The city has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Hutchison Telecom		2.065 (Includes Hong Kong) [69] (June 2006)
2	SmarTone
3	CTM		0.255 [70] (March 2007)	Cable & Wireless, Portugal Telecom, CITIC Pacific

===Malaysia===
The country has 21.853 million subscribers in total, or a 81.6% penetration rate. [] (3rd Quarter 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Maxis Berhad	HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM	8.47 [71] (June 2006)	Maxis Communications
2	Celcom	HSDPA, UMTS, GSM	7.6 [72] (June2006)	Telekom Malaysia
3	DiGi	EDGE, GSM	5.6 [73] (September 2006)	Telenor
4	TTdotcom	UMTS		Time dot com
5	Mi3G	UMTS		MiTV
6	B&E Wireless Mobile	HSDPA, UMTS, GCC	''Not available yet, still under testing in Kuala Lumpur and Penang area'' New type of service provider with new technology like at&t in United States	B & E Global Marketing

===Maldives===
The country has 0.14 million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dhiraagu	GSM	0.185 [74] (March 2007)	Dhiraagu First service provider
2	Wataniya Maldives	GSM	0.02 (September 2006)	Wataniya Telecom

===Mongolia===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobicom	GSM	0.47 [75] (October 2006)	KDDI, Sumitomo Corporation, Newcom Group
2	Unitel	GSM		BSB, Mongolian Consulting Service
3	Skytel	CDMA	0.1 [76]	SK Telecom, Taihan Electric, MCS Holdings, Altai Holdings, Unitelecom
3	G-Mobile	CDMA	0.1 [77]	Telecom, , , ,

===Myanmar===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	MPT	GSM	''0.18(2006)''	Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications

===New Zealand===
The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Vodafone	UMTS, GSM	2.100 [78] (June 2006)	Vodafone
2	Telecom	AMPS, TDMA, CDMA, GSM (announced)	1.77 [79] (September 2006)	''public company''
3	TelstraClear (using Vodafone)			Telstra
4	Boost Mobile (using Telecom)			Telecom

===Pakistan===
The country has 65.3 million subscribers in total, or a 41% penetration rate. [80] (July 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobilink	GSM, EDGE	27.15 [81] (July 2007)	Orascom Telecom
2	Ufone	GSM,GPRS	14.77 [82] (July 2007)	State owned, Etisalat
3	Telenor	GSM, EDGE	11.27 [83] (July 2007)	Telenor
4	Warid Telecom	GSM, GPRS	10.69 [84] (July 2007)	Wateen Telecom, SingTel
5	Paktel	GSM	1.02 [85] (July 2007)	China Mobile
6	Instaphone	TDMA, AMPS	0.33 [86] (July 2007)	Total Telecom Pakistan
7	WorldCall Wireless	CDMA	''not available''	WorldCall Pakistan
8	V Wireless	CDMA	''not available''	State owned & Etisalat
9	GO CDMA	CDMA	''not available''	TeleCard Pakistan

===Papua New Guinea===
The country has 0.059 million subscribers in total, or a 1% penetration rate. [87] (September 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Bee Mobile	GSM	?	Pacific Mobile Communications
2	Digicel	GSM	?	Digicel

===Philippines===
The country has 34.8 million subscribers in total, or a 41.1% penetration rate. [] (March 2005)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Smart Communications¹	GSM	21	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
2	Globe Telecom²	HSDPA, GSM	12.41 (September 2005)	Ayala Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
3	Sun Cellular	GSM	1.20	Digital Telecommunications Philippines
4	Next Mobile	iDEN	0.03
5	Extelcom	CDMA	0.01
6	CURE	UMTS	0.00	Connectivity Unlimited Resource Enterprise, Inc.
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
1	Talk 'N Text (using Smart)	GSM	4.61	Pilipino Telephone
2	Addict Mobile (using Smart)	GSM		Smart Communications
3	Touch Mobile (using Globe)	GSM	4.00	Innove Communications and Globe Telecom

<sub>1. UMTS service for Smart is in the trial launch stage.

2. UMTS service for Globe is in the trial launch stage and is planned for full launch by at least 2007.</sub>
===Singapore===
The country has 4.9878 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 111.2% penetration rate. [88] (June 2007)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	SingTel Mobile	GSM, UMTS	1.82 [89] (March 2007)	Singapore Telecommunications
2	StarHub Mobile	GSM, UMTS	1.59 [90] (March 2007)	StarHub
3	MobileOne	GSM, UMTS	1.378 [91] (March 2007)	MobileOne

===Sri Lanka===
The country has 4.133 million subscribers in total, or a 20.4% penetration rate. [92] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dialog	GSM	3.37 [93] (June 2006)	Telekom Malaysia
2	Tigo	GSM	1.044 [94] (June 2007)	MIC (100%)
3	Mobitel	GSM	0.491 (Sept. 2006)	Mobitel (Pvt) Limited
4	Hutch	GSM	''Not available yet''	Hutch

===Taiwan===
The area has 22.87 million subscribers in total, or a 100.2% penetration rate. [] (July 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Chunghwa Telecom	UMTS, GSM	7.86
2	Taiwan Mobile	UMTS, GSM	4.37
3	Far EasTone	UMTS, GSM	3.75
4	KG Telecom	GSM	1.97
5	FITEL	PHS	1.25
6	TransAsia	GSM	0.88
7	APBW	CDMA	0.85
8	MobiTai	GSM	0.40
9	VIBO	UMTS	0.1

===Thailand===
The country has 32.4 million subscribers in total, or a 51% penetration rate. [] (March 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Advanced Info Service (AIS)	GSM	16.72 (March 2006)	Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
2	DTAC	GSM	11.24 [95] (September 2006)	Telenor (70.6%)
3	True Move	GSM	4.9 (March 2006)	True Corporation
4	Hutch	CDMA	0.738 [96] (June 2006)	CAT Telecom and Hutchison Whampoa
5	Thai Mobile	UMTS, GSM		TOT

===Uzbekistan===
The country has 1.75 million subscribers in total, or a 6.4% penetration rate. [] (June 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Uzdunrobita	GSM	1.95 [97] (June 2007)	MTS (74%)
2	Unitel	GSM	0.44 (Sept. 2006)	VimpelCom
3	Coscom	GSM	0.33 (Sept. 2006)	MCT (86%)
4	Buztel to be combined with Unitel	GSM		VimpelCom

===Vietnam===
The country has 13 million subscribers in total, or a 15.4% penetration rate. [] (May 2006)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Viettel Mobile	GSM	10.0 [98] (June 2007)	Viettel Corporation
2	Vinaphone	GSM	5.22 [99] (December 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
3	Mobifone	GSM	4.65 [100] (December 2006)	Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
4	S-Fone	CDMA	0.5	Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT)
5	E-Mobile	CDMA	0.8 (Feb 2007)	EVN Telecommunications
6	Hanoi Telecom	CDMA		Hanoi Telecom

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