Largest mobile phone companies

These are the world's largest mobile phone companies, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

• China Mobile[?] (GSM) - 117.7 million
• Vodafone (GSM) - 107.5 million
• T-Mobile (GSM) - 69 million

United States

These are the largest mobile phone companies in the United States, by number of subscribers. The primary cellular technology used by each carrier is shown in parentheses.

• Verizon Wireless[?] (IS-95) - 31.5 million
• Cingular[?] (IS-136[?], GSM) - 22 million
• AT&T Wireless[?] (IS-136[?], GSM) - 20.2 million
• Sprint PCS[?] (IS-95) - 17.8 million
• Nextel[?] (iDEN) - 10 million
• T-Mobile (GSM) - 8.9 million

In North America, IS-95 is commonly known as CDMA. IS-136 is known as TDMA. However, CDMA and TDMA are general terms that can refer to several different technologies.

Sources of information

• China Mobile subscriber numbers (http://www.chinamobilehk.com/investor_relations/op_data/2002/index.php)
• Vodafone company data (http://www.vodafone.com/article/0,2049,CATEGORY_ID%253D20701%2526LANGUAGE_ID%253D0%2526CONTENT_ID%253D10148,00)
• T-Mobile company data (http://www.t-mobile.net/CDA/about_t-mobile,2,0,,en?w=1088&h=733)
• Verizon company data (http://verizonwireless.com/jsp/aboutus/index.jsp)
• Cingular company data (http://cingular.com/about/company_overview)
• AT&T Wireless company data (http://www.attws.com/our_company/)
• Sprint PCS company data (http://www2.sprintpcs.com/aboutsprintpcs/facts)
• Nextel company data (http://nextel.com/about/corporateinfo/profile.shtml)
• T-Mobile USA company data (http://www.t-mobile.com/company/about/quickfacts.asp)