List of mobile network operators of the Americas

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Anguilla

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
3 Weblinks GSM - Weblinks

Antigua and Barbuda

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 APUA GSM Not Yet Available Antigua Public Utilities Authority
2 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
3 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel

Argentina

The country has 38.7 million subscribers in total, or a 96.03% penetration rate. [1] (November 2007)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 movistar GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA

16.4[1] (Sept 2010)

Telefónica
2 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 14.64 [2] (September 2008) América Móvil (100%)
3 Personal GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA

15.988[1] (Sept 2010)

Telecom Argentina
4 NEXTEL iDEN

1.1[1] (Sept 2010)

NII Holdings

Aruba

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel CdmaOne
GSM		 Not Yet Available Digicel
2 SETAR GSM
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available Setar N.V.

Bahamas

The country has 0.260 million subscribers in total, or a 122.6% penetration rate. [3] (November 2007)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 BTC GSM 0.260 [4] (November 2007) The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd

Barbados

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM 0.159 [5] (March 2007) Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel CdmaOne
GSM		 Not Yet Available Digicel
3 Sunbeach CdmaOne Not Yet Available Telecom Holdings Ltd.

Belize

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicell GSM 0.120 [6] (June 2007) Belize Telemedia Limited
2 Smart[disambiguation needed] CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO		 0.025 [7] (December 2005) Speednet[disambiguation needed]

Bermuda

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 M3[disambiguation needed] GSM Not Yet Available M3 Wireless Ltd
2 Digicel CdmaOne
GSM		 Not Yet Available Digicel

Bolivia

The country has 3.33 million subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate. [8] (May 2008)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Entel GSM, GPRS, EDGE 2 [9] (December 2008) Entel SA
2 Tigo D-AMPS
GSM, GPRS, EDGE		 2,580,129 [10] (September 2011) MIC (100%)
3 NuevaTel PCS GSM, GPRS, EDGE 1.63 [11] (September 2009) Trilogy International Partners

Bonaire

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
2 CHIPPIE GSM Not Yet Available United Telecommunications Services

Brazil

The country has 220,400,000 subscribers in total[2]. (August 2011)

Anatel regulates the country's telecommunications.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Vivo CDMA2000 1xRTT In phaseout, GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+		 65.02 [12] (August 2011) Telefónica (100%)
2 TIM GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+		 56.86 [13] (August 2011) Telecom Italia (100%)
3 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 56.20 [14] (August 2011) América Móvil (100%)
4 Oi
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 36.05 [15] (December 2009) Oi (60%), PT Telecom (20%), BNDES (20%)
5 NEXTEL iDEN, UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ Deploying 1.9389 [16] (March 2009) NII Holdings
6 CTBC [17] GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.54 [18] (December 2009) Algar
7 Sercomtel Celular [19] GSM
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.09 [20] (December 2009) Londrina city (Paraná) State-owned Sercomtel

British Virgin Islands

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 CCT GSM Not Yet Available CCT Global Communications
2 LIME Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
3 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel

Canada

Main article: List of Canadian mobile phone companies

The country has 24.04 million subscribers in total, or a 71.78% penetration rate.[21] (September 2010)

The country's telecom regulator is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). However, it does not regulate most aspects of mobile phone service; prices and service quality are not regulated at all, while spectrum allocation is handled by Industry Canada.

There are numerous mobile virtual network operators, such as Virgin Mobile Canada. These are not presently listed due to difficulty retrieving data for all such operators, and uncertainty as to whether the figures below include MVNOs operating on the applicable networks.[3]

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Rogers Wireless
includes Fido and Chatr		 GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+
LTE		 9.29 [22] (September 2011) Rogers Communications
2 Bell Mobility
includes Solo and Virgin Mobile		 CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+
LTE		 7.37 [23] (September 2011) Bell Canada
3 Telus Mobility
Includes Mike, Clearnet and Koodo		 Telus Network
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+
LTE (Planned)
Mike Network
iDEN, WiDEN		 7.20 [24] (September 2011) Telus
4 SaskTel Mobility CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+		 0.57 [25] (December 2010) SaskTel
5 MTS Mobility CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+		 0.49 [26] (June 2011) MTS
6 Wind Mobile UMTS, HSPA 0.36 [27] (September 2011) Globalive
7 Videotron Cellulaire UMTS, HSPA 0.26 [28] (September 2011) Videotron
8 Mobilicity UMTS, HSPA 0.053 [29] (August 2010) Mobilicity
9 Public Mobile CDMA2000 1xRTT 0.003 [30] (August 2010) Public Mobile

Cayman Islands

The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.[citation needed] ()

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel CdmaOne
GSM		 Not Yet Available Digicel

Chile

The country has 19,3 million subscribers in total, or a 113% penetration rate.[4]

The country's telcom regulator is SUBTEL.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Movistar D-AMPS
GSM, GPRS, EDGE		 6.9 [31] (January 2010) Telefónica
2 Entel GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+		 6.5 [32] (March 2008) Almendral Group
3 Claro CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS
UMTS, HSDPA		 3.3 [33] (December 2008) América Móvil (100%)
4 Nextel iDEN --- NII Holdings

Colombia

The country has 46.1 million subscribers in total, and a mobile service penetration of 100.2 lines per 100 inhabitants. [34] (June 2011)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Comcel D-AMPS
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS		 30.65 [35] (June 2011) América Móvil (99.4%)
2 movistar D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x
GSM, GPRS		 9.94 [36] (June 2011) Telefónica
3 Tigo GSM, GPRS, EDGE
HSDPA		 5.51 [37] (June 2011) MIC (50% + 1 Share), Empresas Públicas de Medellín and ETB
4 UFF! [---] It was launch in November 2010 (News) Organización Ardila Lülle
5 UNE [---] It was launch in August 2011 (News) Empresas Públicas de Medellín
6 Avantel iDEN --- Avantel

Costa Rica

The country has 1.7 million 2G subscribers in total of [38] (February 2009) and 950,000 3.5G (HDSPA 850 MHz) subscribers [39] (November 2009) and (with 4.5 million people) there are 2.6 mobile lines for every 4.5 citizens. ( possible 64% penetration rate)

Until 2011, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad had a monopoly on wireless communications. In november, 2011, after the market was open as required by DR-CAFTA, Claro and Movistar started service. [40] [41]

The country's telcom regulator is SUTEL

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Kölbi [42] GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.7 [43] [citation needed] Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad
movistar[44] GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available Telefónica
Claro[45] GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available América Móvil
Tuyo Móvil [46]
•MVNO using Kölbi		 GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available Televisora de Costa Rica S.A.
Fullmóvil [47]
•MVNO using Kölbi		 GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available Virtualis [48]

Cuba

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Cubacel[49] D-AMPS
GSM		 Not Yet Available Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA
2 C-COM GSM Not Yet Available Empresa de Telecommunicaciones de Cuba, SA

Curaçao

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
2 CHIPPIE GSM Not Yet Available United Telecommunications Services

Dominica

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
2 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless

Dominican Republic

The country has 8.836 million subscribers in total, or a 90.69% penetration rate. [50] (July 2010)

The country's telcom regulator is Indotel.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Claro CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 4.5 es:Claro#República Dominicana (July 2009) América Móvil (100%)
2 Orange GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 2.845 [51] (September 2010) France Télécom (100%)
3 Viva CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE		 0.500[citation needed] (December 2006) Trilogy International Partners (100%)
4 Tricom CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO		 Not Yet Available Tricom (100%)

Ecuador

The country has 11.5 million subscribers in total, or a 82.57% penetration rate. [52] (December 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is Suptel.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA 8.304 [53] (December 2008) América Móvil (100%)
2 movistar GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA 4.043 [54] (September 2008) Telefónica
3 Alegro CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM		 0.303 [55] (December 2008) Telecsa

El Salvador

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 57% penetration rate. [56] (September 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is SIGET.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Tigo D-AMPS
GSM, GPRS, EDGE		 2.593 [57] (March 2009) MIC (100%)
2 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.426 [58] (June 2007) América Móvil (95.8%)
3 movistar CdmaOne
GSM, GPRS, EDGE (planned)		 0.847 [59] (December 2006) Telefónica
4 Digicel GSM, GPRS, EDGE 0.2 [60] (March 2006) Digicel
5 RED[disambiguation needed] iDEN Not Yet Available Intelfon

Falkland Islands

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Touch GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless

Grenada

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM, EDGE Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel GSM, EDGE Not Yet Available Digicel

Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Guyane)

The French oversees departments have ? million subscribers in total, or a ?% penetration rate. [] ()

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Orange Caraïbe GSM Not Yet Available Orange
2 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
3 Only GSM Not Yet Available Outremer télécom

Guatemala

The country has 18,528,667 subscribers in total, or a 139.56% penetration rate. [61] (August 2011)

The country's telcom regulator is SIT.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Tigo GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 7.967 [62] (August 2011) MIC (55%)
2 Claro CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 6.299 [63] (August 2011) América Móvil (99.2%)
3 movistar CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 4.280 [64] (August 2011) Telefónica (100%)
4 Digicel GSM, GPRS, EDGE (Planned) Not Yet Available Digicel
5 Infonet iDEN Not Yet Available Intelfon

Guyana

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 CelStar GSM Not Yet Available Cel* Star Guyana Inc
2 Cellink Plus[65] GSM 0.305 [66] (June 2007) Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company
3 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel

Haiti

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel GSM 2.5 [67] (February 2011) Digicel
2 Comcel/Voila GSM 1.2 [68] (February 2011) Trilogy International Partners
3 Haitel CDMA2000 1x 0.07 [69] (February 2011)
4 My Haiti Mobile CDMA2000 1x 0.1 [70] (January 2011) My Country Mobile Pvt Ltd

Honduras

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 35% penetration rate. [71] (September 2007)

The country's telcom regulator is CONATEL.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Tigo CdmaOne
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA		 4.263 [72] (March 2009) MIC (66.7%)
2 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.927 [73] (June 2007) América Móvil (100%)
3 Tegucel Sulacel Ceibacel GSM Not Yet Available HONDUTEL (100%)
4 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel

Jamaica

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate. [74] (2009)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM		 1.8 [75] (September 2007) Digicel
2 LIME D-AMPS
GSM		 1.2 [76] (September 2007) Cable & Wireless
3 Claro CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.162 [77] (September 2007) América Móvil (100%)

Mexico

The country has 86.5 million subscribers in total, or a 79% penetration rate. [78] (March 2010)

The country's telcom regulator is COFETEL.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Telcel D-AMPS
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 61.239 [79] (July 2010) América Móvil (100%)
2 Movistar CdmaOne
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 18.257 [80] (July 2010) Telefónica
3 Iusacell CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+		 3.789 [81] (July 2010) Grupo Salinas (76%), Publicly Traded (23%)
4 NEXTEL iDEN 3.185 [82] (July 2010) NII Holdings

Montserrat

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless

Nicaragua

The country has 4.2 million subscribers in total, or a 71% penetration rate. [83] (2010)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 2.52 [84] (Dec 2010) América Móvil (99.3%)
2 movistar D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x
GSM, GPRS, EDGE (planned)		 1.68 [85] (Dec 2010) Telefónica

Panama

The country has 2.414 million subscribers in total, or a 71% penetration rate. [86] (November 2008)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Móvil GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.091 [87] (March 2007) Cable & Wireless
2 movistar GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.939 [88] (December 2006) Telefónica
3 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 Not Yet Available América Móvil
4 Digicel GSM, GPRS, EDGE
 Not Yet Available Digicel

Paraguay

The country has 5.954.388 subscribers in total, or a 96% penetration rate. [89] (May 2009)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Tigo D-AMPS
GSM		 2.801 [90] (March 2009) MIC (100%)
2 Personal D-AMPS
GSM
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.75 [91](June 2008) Telecom Italia and Telecom Argentina|-|align=right|3 Claro GSM
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.450 [92](September 2007) América Móvil(100%)|-|align=right|4 VOX GSM 0.3[citation needed] () KDDI Corporation

Peru

The country has 29.26 million subscribers in total, or approximately 99% penetration rate. [93] (2010)

The country's telcom regulator is OSIPTEL [94].

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 movistar D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE		 12.9 [95] (June 2011) Telefónica
2 Claro (Formerly TIM) GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 7.178 [96] (December 2008) América Móvil (100%)
3 NEXTEL iDEN 0.7039 [97] (March 2009) NII Holdings

Puerto Rico & United States Virgin Islands

The United States unincorporated territories have 3 million subscribers in total, or a 81.5% penetration rate.[98] (September 2011).

The telecom regulator for the territories is the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 AT&T Mobility [99]
•Includes Centennial Communications		 GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+
LTE		 1.1 [100] (March 2010) AT&T
2 Claro [101] CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+, LTE (Planned)		 1.8 [102] América Móvil (100%)
4 T-Mobile USA UMA
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+		 33.6201 [103] (June 2010) Deutsche Telekom
4 Sprint Nextel CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A		 --1 Sprint Nextel
5 Open Mobile [104] CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A, LTE (Planned)		 0.265 [105] (December 2009) M/C Venture Partners and Columbia Capital
6 TracFone [106]
•Includes Net10		 CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT
GSM, GPRS		 --1 América Móvil (98.2%)
7 Clearwire WiMAX --1 Sprint Nextel Corporation (51%)
8 Proxtel iDEN
 -- North Sight Communications, Inc.

  1. Currently unable to determine Sprint, Tracfone, and Clearwire subscriber numbers without the United States.

St. Kitts & Nevis

The country has approximately 25,000 subscribers in total. [] ()

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
3 Chippie GSM Not Yet Available UTS

St. Lucia

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel GSM, EDGE Not Yet Available Digicel

St. Vincent & Grenadines

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless
2 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel

Suriname

The country has ? million subscribers in total, or a 40% penetration rate. [107] (April 2007)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Telesur GSM Not Yet Available Telesur
2 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
3 UNIQA GSM Not Yet Available Intelsur/UTS

Trinidad and Tobago

Main article: List of Trinidad and Tobago mobile phone companies

The country has 1.2 million subscribers in total, or a 95% penetration rate.[citation needed] ()

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 bMobile GSM, EDGE 1.005 [108] (March 2007) TSTT, Cable & Wireless (49%), Government of Trinidad and Tobago (51%)
2 Digicel GSM, EDGE 0.5 [109] (March 2007) Digicel

Turks & Caicos

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

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Digicel GSM Not Yet Available Digicel
2 LIME GSM Not Yet Available Cable & Wireless

United States

Main article: List of United States mobile phone companies

The country has 322.9 million subscribers in total, or a 103% penetration rate. [110] (June 2011)

The country's telecom regulator is the FCC.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Verizon Wireless CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE		 107.7[5] (September 2011)
 Verizon Communications (55%)
Vodafone Group plc (45%)
2 AT&T Mobility
•Trying to acquire T-Mobile USA		 GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+
LTE		 100.71[6] (September 2011)
 AT&T
3 Sprint Nextel
•Includes Sprint Network, Nextel Network, Boost Mobile,
Virgin Mobile USA, and Assurance Wireless.		 Sprint Network
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
WiMAX
LTE (Planned)
Nextel Network
iDEN, WiDEN		 51.11[7] (February 2011) Sprint Nextel Corporation
4 T-Mobile USA
•Trying to be acquired by AT&T Mobility		 UMA
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+		 33.731[8] (June 2010) Deutsche Telekom
5 TracFone Wireless
•Includes NET10, Straight Talk, SafeLink Wireless		 CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT
GSM, GPRS		 17.751[9] (March 2011) América Móvil (98.2%)
6 Clearwire
•Includes CLEAR.		 WiMAX
LTE (Trials)		 9.5411 [111] (September 2011) Sprint Nextel Corporation (51%)
Comcast (9%)
7 MetroPCS CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE		 9.149[10] (September 2011) MetroPCS, Inc.
8 U.S. Cellular CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE (Planned)		 5.932[11](September 2011) Telephone and Data Systems (82%)
9 Cricket CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE (Planned)		 5.755 [112] (September 2011) Leap Wireless
10 Qwest Wireless CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A		 0.982 [113] (June 2010) Qwest Communications
11 C Spire Wireless CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE (Planned)		 0.800 [114] (January 2010) Cellular South
12 Alltel CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A		 0.592 [115] (September 2011) Atlantic Tele-Network
13 Cincinnati Bell Wireless GSM, GPRS, EDGE 0.572 [116] (September 2011) Cincinnati Bell, Inc. (100%)
14 nTelos
•Includes Frawg		 CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A		 0.4393 [117] (June 2010) nTelos Holdings Corp.
15 SouthernLINC iDEN, WiDEN 0.275 [118] (April 2008) Southern Company
16 Movida Wireless CdmaOne 0.217 [119] (March 2008) Movida Communications, Inc.
17 GCI Wireless
•Includes GCI Network, and Alaska DigiTel Network		 GCI Network
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+
Alaska DigiTel Network
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A		 0.1312 [120] (June 2010) General Communication
18 Bluegrass Cellular CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE (Planned)		 0.130 [121] (May 2005) Bluegrass Cellular, Inc,
19 Alaska Communications Systems CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A
LTE (Planned)		 0.1268 [122] (June 2010) Alaska Communications Systems

  1. AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, Tracfone, and Clearwire numbers include Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands subscribers.
  2. Number of retail customers (postpaid and prepaid) + reseller customers.

Uruguay

The country has 3.2 million subscribers in total, or a 92.47% penetration rate. [123] (November 2007)

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 movistar CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.361 [124] (September 2008) Telefónica
2 Ancel D-AMPS (Being shutdown Dec. 2009)
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 1.5 [125] (May 2009) Antel
3 Claro GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 0.650 [126] (September 2007) América Móvil (100%)

Venezuela

The country has 26.673 million subscribers in total, or a 96.0% penetration rate. [127] (September 2008)

The country's telcom regulator is CONATEL.

Rank Operator Technology Subscribers
(in millions)		 Ownership
1 Movilnet D-AMPS
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 13.047 [128] (March 2008) CANTV
2 movistar CdmaOne
CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO
GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA HSUPA HSPA+(Planned)		 11.562 [129] (September 2008) Telefónica
3 Digitel GSM, DIGITEL GSM, GPRS, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA		 5.0 [130] (December 2007) Telvenco

See also

References

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  2. ^ "America Movil Cedes Second Place to Tim in Brazil Wireless". Bloomberg. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  3. ^ The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association only lists these five providers in its subscriber statistics.
  4. ^ http://www.google.com/hostednews/epa/article/ALeqM5iqF3baKZW6Y_qBhOPKs6L7S-sgHw?docId=1425602
  5. ^ http://www22.verizon.com/investor/news_verizon_generates_strong_wireless_results_increased_cash_flow_and_fios_and_strategic_services_growth.htm
  6. ^ http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=21794&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=33126&mapcode=financial
  7. ^ http://www.sprint.com/about/
  8. ^ http://www.tmonews.com/2011/02/t-mobile-reports-fourth-quarter-2010-results/
  9. ^ http://www.americamovil.com/amx/en/cm/reports/Q/2010_4.pdf
  10. ^ http://investor.metropcs.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=177745&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1624001&highlight=
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