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Mobile / 3G Subscriber Trends by Country / Carrier…
CQ3:09 Mobile Share CQ3:09 3G Share
Country Wireless Carrier Subscribers (MM) Share Trend Subscribers (MM) Share Trend
China 698 5
China Mobile 508 73% ↓ 1.7 37% ↓
China Unicom 143 21% ↓ 0.5 10% ↓
China Telecom 47 7% ↑ 2.4 53% ↑
India 452
Bharti 111 24% ↓ -- -- --
Reliance 84 19% ↓ -- -- --
Vodafone Essar 83 18% ↓ -- -- --
BSNL 53 12% ↓ -- -- --
Idea Cellular 51 11% ↓ -- -- --
Tata Teleservices 35 8% ↑ -- -- --
Aircel 26 6% ↑ -- -- --
USA 279 112
Verizon 89 32% ↑ 55 49% ↓
AT&T 82 29% ↑ 41 36% ↑
Sprint / Nextel 47 17% ↓ 13 11% ↓
T-Mobile USA 33 12% ↓ 3 2% ↑
Russia 205 7
Mobile TeleSystems 69 33% ↓ 2.8 39% ↑
VimpelCom 51 25% ↓ 2.7 39% ↑
MegaFon 48 24% ↑ 0.7 10% ↓
Tele2 13 6% ↑ -- -- --
Brazil 168 7
Vivo 49 29% ↓ 2 35% ↓
Claro 42 25% ↓ 3 42% ↓
TIM Brasil 40 24% -- 1 13% ↓
Telemar PCS 28 17% ↓ 1 8% ↑
Indonesia 148 14
Telkomsel 72 49% ↓ 8 57% ↓
Indosat 29 19% ↓ 3 21% ↑
Excelcomindo 27 18% ↑ 1 6% ↓
3 Indonesia 7 5% ↑ 1 6% ↑
Note: Includes 30 countries with 30MM+ mobile subscribers, ranked in order of total subscribers; share trend is 558
up if CQ3 market share is greater than CQ2 share. Source: Informa WCIS+.