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The world's top 10 largest operators in the first quarter

July 1, 2009 — 8:36am ET | By Mike Dano
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The following list comprises the top 10 largest mobile operators in the world, according to Wireless Intelligence. Starting at No. 10 and counting up to the world's biggest carrier, the list tabulates the world's carriers by total number of connections and number of markets.

Numbers included herein are consolidated at 100 percent of all connections within a group that holds a 50 percent or greater economic interest in its operation, according to Wireless Intelligence.

Wireless Intelligence covers all cellular technologies and includes 2,215,000 individual data points spanning 800 mobile network operators in over 200 countries.

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Posted by Anonymous | July 1, 2009 - 10:50am

This format is a lame way to drive Page Views guys. Why not just publish the list so its usable.

Posted by Anonymous | July 1, 2009 - 3:06pm

Couldn't agree more. It is quite frustrating.

Posted by Mike Dano | July 1, 2009 - 3:26pm

Howdy! Thanks for your comments. We'll definitely take that into consideration in future efforts. Thanks again. --Mike Dano, managing editor.

Posted by anonymous | July 1, 2009 - 3:57pm

it's ironically frustrating, since this newsletter is about mobile and I'm having a terrible time dealing with this on my device. One more of these needless top tens, and you loose a 5+ year subscriber.

Posted by Anonymous | July 1, 2009 - 5:09pm

Thanks for the list, much appreciated. Agree that it would be nice just to view the list and not go page by page, maybe the list should go first and the details can follow, unless you guys are looking to increase your number of clicks per user to up your ad stats??

Posted by Varun Singla | July 1, 2009 - 6:02pm

The data is old one... Airtel has already crossed 100million connections mark about a month back.

Posted by Anonymous | July 1, 2009 - 9:40pm

Sprint continues to lose over a million subs every quarter and the wireless industry is laughing.....

Sprint is the but of all jokes in Kansas City(their HQ)

Posted by Anonymous | July 2, 2009 - 11:56am

Sprint only lost 182,000 last quarter and I bet they will be positive this quarter.

Posted by Anonymous | July 2, 2009 - 12:53pm

The Telenor numbers look very, very low. When confronted, they claim the total line are above 180 000 000. How do you compile your list?

Posted by Mike Dano | July 2, 2009 - 1:15pm

Howdy! Thanks for the comment. The numbers come from Wireless Intelligence, which collects information from a variety of sources. --Mike Dano, managing editor.

Posted by Brad Bloomer | July 7, 2009 - 1:39pm

The presentation of the top 10 list in this fashion is terrible. Please provide this as one list, not 10 web pages.

Posted by Anonymous | July 8, 2009 - 8:40am

Where is Etisalat?

Posted by Fred Stein | July 8, 2009 - 5:09pm

We hear about India adding 10+ Million subs per month, greater even than China. I would think we would see India's Mobile SPs higher in the list. Mike, are there inner numbers to parse here?

Posted by Mike Dano | July 9, 2009 - 8:07am

Sadly, we don't have any more numbers for the Indian market. Thanks for the comments. --Mike Dano, managing editor.

Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 - 9:22am

why not list the markets too

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