List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania

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Afghanistan

The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a 3.86% penetration rate. [1] (March 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Roshan GSM 1.0 [2] (October 2006) 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 0.06 [4] (June 2006)

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 (~50% State-owned)
2 Optus Mobile GSM, UMTS, CDMA 6.56 [10] (June 2006) Singapore Telecommunications
3 Vodafone GSM, UMTS, HSDPA 3.144 [11] (June 2006) Vodafone (100%)
4 3 UMTS 1.131 [12] (June 2006) Hutchison Whampoa
5 Virgin Mobile GSM 0.521 [13] 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 2.15 (September 2006) 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 22 million subscribers in total, or a 14.93% penetration rate. [15] (December 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 GrameenPhone GSM EDGE GPRS 10.76 [16] (December 2006) Telenor and Grameen Telecom
2 Aktel GSM GPRS 6.0 [17] (December 2006) AK Khan & Company and Telekom Malaysia
3 Banglalink GSM 3.64 [18] (December 2006) Orascom Telecom
4 CityCell CDMA 1.0 [19] (December 2006) Singapore Telecommunications, PBTL and Far East Telecom
5 TeleTalk GSM 0.4 [20] (December 2006) State-owned
6 Warid Telecom Planned Planned

Cambodia

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Mobitel GSM 0.989 [21] (September 2006) MIC (58.4%)
2 Hello GSM GSM Not available yet Telekom Malaysia 51%, Samart Corporation Public Company Limited 49%
3 CAMSHIN GSM 0.25 (December 2005) Cambodia Shinawatra Co. Ltd
4 Casacom GSM 0.188 [22] (June 2006) Telekom Malaysia

China, People's Republic of

The country has 443 million subscribers in total, or a 33.7% penetration rate. [23] (September 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 China Mobile GSM 310.23 [24] (December 2006) State-owned
2 China Unicom GSM, CDMA 142.0 [25] (December 2006) State-owned

See below for Hong Kong and Macau.

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[26] 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 0.93 (September 2006) Fintur1
2 MagtiGSM GSM Not available yet Telcell Wireless, ITC
3 Megafon2 GSM Not available yet Megafon

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%
2. Operating in Abkhasia

Guam

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Hafatel [27] GSM Not available yet NTT DoCoMo
2 GuamCell [28] CDMA Not available yet NTT DoCoMo
3 IT&E [29] GSM Not available yet IT&E Overseas, Inc
4 GTA [30] GSM Not available yet Pulse Mobile LLC
5 i CAN GSM Not available yet Wave Runner LLC

Hong Kong

The administrative region 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 2.065 (Includes Macau) [31] (June 2006) Hutchison Whampoa
3 SmarTone-Vodafone HSDPA, UMTS, GSM, GPRS Sun Hung Kai and BT
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

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.

India

The country has 127.83 million subscribers in total, or a 11.67% penetration rate. [32] (September 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Airtel GSM, EDGE 27.06 [33] (September 2006) Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone (10%)
2 RIM GSM, CDMA 22.52 [34] (September 2006) Reliance Communications Limited
3 BSNL GSM 20.94 [35] (September 2006) State-owned
4 Hutch GSM, EDGE 20.36 [36] (September 2006) Hutchison Whampoa & Essar Group
5 !DEA GSM 10 [37] (September 2006) Aditya Birla Group
6 BPL MOBILE - Mumbai GSM, GPRS 3.61 Essar Group
7 TATA MOBILE GSM, CDMA 3.61 Tata Group
8 Fascel GSM 3 Hutchison Whampoa & Essar Group, HFCLand Kotak Mahindra
9 Aircel GSM 2.4 Maxis Telecom
10 MTNL GSM 2.29 [38] (September 2006) State-owned
11 Spice GSM 1.52 Spicecorp and DISTACOM

Indonesia

The country has 46.9 million subscribers in total, or a 19.1% penetration rate. [39] (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 Excelcom GSM , UMTS 8.4 [40] (September 2006) Telekom Malaysia
4 Mobile8 CDMA 1.5 [41] (September 2006) Mobile-8 Telecom/ Bimantara
5 Esia CDMA 1.3 [42] (September 2006) Bakrie Telecom
6 TelkomFlexi CDMA Telkom
7 Hutchison CP Telecommunications GSM , GPRS , UMTS Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (60%) and CP Group Indonesia (40%)
8 LippoTel GSM Maxis Telecom

Iran

The country has 14.776 million subscribers in total, or a 21% penetration rate. [] (December 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
National Operators
1 MCCI GSM 12.64 Mobile Communications Company of Iran
2 Taliya GSM 0.500 Rafsanjan Industrial Complex
5 IranCell GSM 0.500 [43] (October 2006) IranCell Communications Services Company, MTN (49%)
Regional Operators
3 MTCE GSM 0.03 Mobile Telecommunications Company of Esfahan
4 KFZO GSM 0.006 Kish Free Zone Organization

Japan

The country has 98,820,000 million subscribers in total, or a 77.6% penetration rate. [44] (November 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 NTT DoCoMo HSDPA, FOMA, PDC, PHS 52.13 [45] (November 2006) NTT (~50% State-owned)
2 au includes the TU-KA brand CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, CDMA2000 1x, CDMA (au), PDC (TU-KA) 26.93 [46] (November 2006) KDDI
3 SoftBank Mobile UMTS, PDC 15.39 [47] (November 2006) SoftBank
4 Willcom PHS 4.32 [48] (November 2006) Carlyle Group (60%), Kyocera (30%), and KDDI (10%)
5 Astel PHS 0.05

Kazakhstan

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 K-Cell GSM 3.36 (September 2006) Fintur1 51%, Kazahtelekom 49%
2 Kar-Tel GSM 2.50 (March 2006) Cronwell Investment 50.01%, Vimpelcom 49,99%
3 Altel CDMA, GSM Not available yet

1. Fintur owners are TeliaSonera 58.55% and Turkcell 41.45%

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. [49] (December 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 SK Telecom CDMA, UMTS 20.27 [50] (December 2006) SK Corporation
2 KTF CDMA, UMTS 12.91 [51] (December 2006) KT
3 LG Telecom CDMA 7.01 [52] (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 0.083 [53] (September 2006) 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 country has ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Smartone
2 CTM
3 Hutchison Telecom 2.065 (Includes Hong Kong) [54] (June 2006)

Malaysia

The country has 17.55 million subscribers in total, or a 63.30% penetration rate. [] (June 2005)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Maxis Berhad HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GSM 8.47 [55] (June 2006) Maxis Communications
2 Celcom UMTS, GSM 7.6 [56] (June2006) Telekom Malaysia
3 Digi EDGE, GSM 5.6 [57] (September 2006) Telenor
4 TTdotcom UMTS Time dot com
5 Mi3G UMTS MiTV

Maldives

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Dhiraagu GSM Not available yet First service provider Dhiraagu
2 Wataniya Maldives GSM 0.01 (September 2005) 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 [58] (October 2006)
2 Unitel GSM

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 [59] (June 2006) Vodafone
2 Telecom AMPS, TDMA, CDMA 1.77 [60] (September 2006) public company
3 TelstraClear (using Vodafone) Telstra
4 Boost Mobile (using Telecom) Telecom

Pakistan

The country has 48.5 million subscribers in total, or a 29.25% penetration rate. [61] (December 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Mobilink GSM, EDGE 22.70 [62] (December 2006) Orascom Telecom (88.7%), SAIF group (--%)
2 Ufone GSM,GPRS 10.10 [63] (December 2006) State owned, Etisalat
3 Warid Telecom GSM, GPRS 7.6 [64] (December 2006) Warid Telecom
4 Telenor GSM, EDGE 6.6 [65] (December 2006) Telenor
5 Paktel GSM, TDMA, AMPS 1.3 [66] (December 2006) MIC (88.9%), Arfeen Group (10.1%)
6 Instaphone (corporate name: Pakcom Ltd. TDMA, AMPS 0.2 [67] (December 2006) 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. [68] (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
Mobile Virtual Network Operators
1 Talk 'N Text (using Smart) GSM 4.61 Smart Communications
2 Addict Mobile (using Smart) GSM Smart Communications
3 Touch Mobile (using Globe) GSM Globe Telecom

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.

Singapore

The country has 4.153 million subscribers in total, or a 101.5% penetration rate. [69] (November 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 SingTel Mobile GSM, UMTS 1.62 [70] (December 2005) Singapore Telecommunications
2 StarHub Mobile GSM, UMTS 1.287 [71] (June 2005) StarHub
3 MobileOne GSM, UMTS 1.246 [72] (September 2006) MobileOne

Sri Lanka

The country has 4.133 million subscribers in total, or a 20.4% penetration rate. [73] (June 2006)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Dialog GSM 2.562 [74] (June 2006) Telekom Malaysia
2 Celltel GSM 0.764 [75] (September 2006) MIC (100%)
3 Hutch GSM Not available yet Hutch
4 Mobitel GSM 0.491 (Sept. 2006) Mobitel (Pvt) Limited

Taiwan

The country 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 Advance Info Service (AIS) GSM 16.72 (March 2006) Shin Corporation and Singapore Telecommunications
2 DTAC GSM 11.24 [76] (September 2006) Telenor (70.6%)
3 true move GSM 4.9 (March 2006) True Corporation
4 Hutch CDMA 0.738 [77] (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 1.45 [78] (December 2006) 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 5.0 (Sep 2006) Viettel Corporation
2 Mobifone GSM 5.0 (May 2006) Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
3 Vinaphone GSM 4.2 (June 2006) Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT)
4 S-Fone CDMA 0.5 Saigon Posts and Telecommunications Service Corporation (SPT)
5 E-Mobile CDMA 0.55 (Nov 2006) EVN Telecommunications
6 Hanoi Telecom CDMA Hanoi Telecom
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