List of mobile network operators of the Americas
Anguilla
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE 700 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM-1900 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
3 | Weblinks | GSM-850 | Not Yet Available | Weblinks |
Antigua and Barbuda
The country has a 127% penetration rate = 116.000 mobile subscribersRank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900 MHz 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | 0.062 | Digicel |
2 | FLOW | GSM-850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE Band 4 | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
3 | APUA | GSM-850 MHz | Not Yet Available | Antigua Public Utilities Authority |
Argentina
The country has a 147% penetration rate = 61.2m mobile subscribersAruba
The country's telecom regulator is the DTZRank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | CdmaOne GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
2 | MIO | CDMA 2000, EV-DO | Not Yet Available | DTH Television and telecommunications N.V. |
3 | SetarNV | GSM-900 850/2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Setar N.V. |
Bahamas
The country has 0.318 million subscribers in total, or an 84% penetration rate.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | BTC | GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | 0.31 | Liberty Global, |
2 | Aliv | 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700/1900/2100 MHz LTE | 0.15 | Cable Bahamas Government of the Bahamas |
Barbados
The country's telecom regulator is the Telecom Unit, under the Division of Energy and Telecommunications within the Prime Minister's Office.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-1900 UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | 0.13 | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | CdmaOne GSM 900/1800 MHz 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel % |
3 | Sunbeach | CdmaOne | Not Yet Available | Telecom Holdings Ltd. |
4 | Ozone Wireless | LTE - 700 MHz | Not Yet Available | Ozone Wireless Ltd. |
Belize
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicell | GSM-850, 1900 850 , 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE- Band 2, 17 | 0.120 | Belize Telemedia Limited |
2 | Smart | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO, LTE | 0.025 | Speednet |
Bermuda
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Cell One | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO GSM-1900 UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Bermuda Digital Communications Ltd |
2 | Digicel | GSM-1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1900 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Bolivia
The country has 10.2 million subscribers in total for a population of 10.56 million, or a 96.3% penetration rate.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Entel | GSM-1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | 5.0 | Entel SA |
2 | Tigo | D-AMPS GSM-850 850 MHz UMTS, HSDPA LTE | 3.371 | Millicom |
3 | Viva | GSM-1900 850 MHz UMTS | 2.2 | Trilogy International Partners, Cooperativa Mixta de Telecomunicaciones Cochabamba |
Bonaire
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
2 | CHIPPIE | GSM UMTS, HSDPA 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | United Telecommunications Services |
Brazil
has 231.8 million subscribers in total, or a 110,55% penetration rate.Anatel regulates the country's telecommunications.
Technologies like AMPS, TDMA, iDEN and CDMA 1x/EV-DO were used in the past by some of those networks and have been phased out in favor of newer systems.
British Virgin Islands
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | CCT | GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS LTE | Not Yet Available | CCT Global Communications |
2 | FLOW | GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700/1900 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
3 | Digicel | GSM-1900 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Canada
The country's telecom regulator is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 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 Innovation, Science and Economic Development 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.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Rogers includes Fido and Chatr | GSM-850/1900 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ 700/1700/2600 MHz LTE, LTE-A | 10.708 | Rogers Communications |
2 | Bell includes MTS and Virgin Mobile | UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ 700/850/1900/1700/2600 MHz LTE, LTE-A | 9.610 | Bell Canada |
3 | Telus Includes Koodo and Public Mobile | UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ 700/850/1900/1700/2600 MHz LTE, LTE-A | 9.700 | Telus |
4 | Freedom Mobile | 1700/2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+, LTE 1700/2100 MHz, 1900/2100 MHz, 2500 MHz LTE, | 1.300 | Shaw Communications |
5 | Vidéotron | 1700 MHz UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ 700/1700 MHz LTE | 1.05 | Quebecor |
6 | SaskTel | 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, DC-HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 0.618 | SaskTel |
7 | TNW Wireless | 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ 850 MHz | N/A |
Cayman Islands
The British overseas territory has ? million subscribers in total, or a 5% penetration rate.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW Cayman | GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | CdmaOne GSM-900 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Chile
The country's telecom regulator is Subsecretaría de Telecomunicaciones, and as of March 2019 has 25.73 million subscribers in total, including prepaid and postpaid customers, and a 135.30% of penetration rate.Colombia
The country has 66.3 million subscribers in total.The country's telecom regulator is the CRC.
Costa Rica
The country has 7.1 million subscribers in total; with 4.76 million people there are about 149 mobile lines for every 100 citizens.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.
The country's telecom regulator is SUTEL
Cuba
The country has over 6 million subscribers in total, or a 45% penetration rate as of December 2019.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Cubacel | GSM-850/900 MHz GPRS, EDGE 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | ETECSA |
Curaçao
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800/1900 UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
2 | CHIPPIE | GSM-900 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | United Telecommunications Services |
Dominica
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900 MHz 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
2 | FLOW | GSM-900 MHz 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
Dominican Republic
The country has 8.8 million subscribers as of December 2019.The country's telecom regulator is Indotel.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Claro | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1700 MHz LTE | 4.9 | América Móvil |
2 | Altice GSM | CdmaOne GSM-1800/1900 CDMA2000 1x CDMA2000 EV-DO 900 MHz UMTS, DC-HSPA+ 1800-1900 MHz LTE | 3.3 | Altice Hispaniola |
3 | Viva | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM-1900 | 0.6 | Trilogy International Partners |
Ecuador
The country has 113% penetration rate = 17.5m mobile subscribersThe country's telecom regulator is Suptel.
El Salvador
The country has 8.8 million subscribers in total for a population of 6.1 million, or a 144% penetration rate.The country's telecom regulator is SIGET.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Tigo | D-AMPS GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 850 MHz LTE | 2.4 | Millicom |
2 | Claro | GSM-850 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | 1.426 | América Móvil |
3 | Movistar | CdmaOne GSM-850 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1900 MHz LTE | 0.847 | Telefónica, Corporación Multi Inversiones |
4 | Digicel | 900 MHz GSM 900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ | 1.0 | Digicel |
5 | RED | iDEN | Not Yet Available | Intelfon |
Falkland Islands
The telecom regulator is Falkland Islands Communications Regulator.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Sure | GSM-900 | Not Yet Available | Batelco |
Greenland
has 0.053 million subscribers in total, or a 93.32% penetration rate.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership | MCC / MNC |
1 | TELE Greenland | GSM-900 900 MHz UMTS 800 MHz LTE | 0.01355 | TELE Greenland | 29001 |
Grenada
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850 850/1900 MHz UMTS HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM 900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana (Guyane)
As of September 2012, the penetration rate was 153% for Guadeloupe, 148% for Martinique and 127% for French Guiana.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers markets share | Ownership |
1 | Orange Caraïbe | GSM-900 UMTS, HSPA+ 1800/2600 MHz LTE | Not Yet available | Orange S.A. |
2 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA | Not Yet available | Digicel |
3 | SFR Caraïbe | GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA LTE | 15%, 25%, 27% | Numericable |
Guatemala
The country has 19,113,800 subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate.The country's telecom regulator is SIT.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Tigo | GSM-850 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 850 MHz LTE | 10.6 | Millicom |
2 | Claro | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM-900/1900 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | 5.1 | América Móvil |
3 | Movistar | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM-1900 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1900 MHz LTE | 4.2 | Telefónica, Corporación Multi Inversiones |
Guyana
The country has a 66.4% penetration rate. The country's telecom regulator is the Ministry of Public Telecommunications.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900 EDGE UMTS HSPA+ LTE | 0.305 | Digicel |
2 | Cellink Plus | GSM-900 HSPA+ | 0.203 | Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company |
Haiti
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | 4.7 | Digicel |
2 | Comcel/Voila | GSM-850 | 1.2 | Trilogy International Partners |
3 | NATCOM | GSM-900 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA 2100 MHz LTE | 0.5 | 60% owned by Viettel Mobile and 40% by the Haitian State |
Honduras
The country has 7.45 million subscribers in total, or a 93.5% penetration rate.The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Tigo | CdmaOne GSM-850 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 4.3 | Millicom |
2 | Claro | GSM-1900 1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1700 MHz LTE | 2.9 | América Móvil |
3 | HONDUTEL | GSM-1900 | 0.07 | HONDUTEL |
Jamaica
The country has 3.5 million subscribers in total, or a 129% penetration rateRank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO GSM-900/1800 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ DC-HSDPA LTE Band 17 | 2.2 | Digicel |
2 | FLOW Jamaica | GSM-850/1900 850 & 1900 MHz UMTS & HSPA+ LTE Band 4 | 0.93 | Liberty Global |
3 | Caricel | LTE | Not Yet Available | Symbiote Investments Limited |
Mexico
The country has 112 million subscribers in total, or a 91.6% penetration rate.The country's current telecom regulator is IFETEL.
Montserrat
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850 EDGE UMTS HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM EDGE UMTS HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel Group |
Nicaragua
The country has 6.8 million subscribers in total, or a 115% penetration rate.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Claro | GSM-1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 3.67 | América Móvil |
2 | Movistar | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x GSM-850 | Telefónica, Corporación Multi Inversiones |
Panama
The country has 4.96 Million subscribers in total, or 123 active mobile phones per 100 inhabitants according to :es:Autoridad de los Servicios Públicos de la República de Panamá|ASEP.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Cable & Wireless | GSM-850 850 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | 1.78 | Cable & Wireless |
2 | Movistar | GSM-850 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | 0.939 | Telefónica, Corporación Multi Inversiones |
3 | Claro | GSM-1900 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 700/1900 MHz LTE | Available | América Móvil |
4 | Digicel | GSM-1900 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | Available | Digicel |
Paraguay
The country has 7.34 Million subscribers in total, or a 109% penetration rate. The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Tigo | GSM-850/1900 850 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1700 MHz LTE | 3.4 | Millicom |
2 | Personal | GSM-850 850/1900 MHz UMTS, DC-HSPA+ 1900 MHz LTE | 2.4 | ABC Color and Telecom Argentina |
3 | Claro | GSM-1900 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 0.8 | América Móvil |
4 | :es:Vox |VOX | GSM-850/1900 900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 0.36 | COPACO S.A. |
Peru
The country has 37.3 million subscribers in total for a population of 30.4 million, or a 123% penetration rate.The country's telecom regulator is OSIPTEL.
Puerto Rico & United States Virgin Islands
These U.S. territories have 3 million subscribers in total, or an 84% penetration rate..The telecom regulator for Puerto Rico and the U.S.V.I. at federal level is the United States' Federal Communications Commission.
The local telecom regulator for Puerto Rico is the Junta Reglamentadora de Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico
- Currently unable to determine T-Mobile, and TracFone subscriber numbers without the United States' subscribers.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850/1900 UMTS & HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM 900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Saint Lucia
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850 UMTS, HSPA+ 700 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM 900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | FLOW | GSM-850 UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
2 | Digicel | GSM 900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Suriname
The country has 0.81 million subscribers in total, or a 146% penetration rate.. The regulator is the Telecommunicatie Authoriteit Suriname.Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Telesur | GSM-900/1800 MHz 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 700/1800 MHz LTE | Not Yet Available | Telesur |
2 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800 MHz 850 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
Trinidad and Tobago
At the end of 2018, the country has 1.95 million subscribers in total, or a 145% penetration rate. The regulator is Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and TobagoRank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM, GPRS, EDGE-850, UMTS, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+- 850/1900, LTE, LTE-A-1700/1900 | 1.35 | Digicel |
2 | bmobile | GSM, GPRS, EDGE-850, UMTS, HSPA+, DC-HSPA+-850/1900, LTE, LTE-A-1900/, NR-2500 | 1.2 | Cable & Wireless, Government of Trinidad and Tobago |
Turks and Caicos Islands
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Digicel | GSM-900/1800 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Digicel |
2 | FLOW | GSM-850 UMTS HSPA+ LTE | Not Yet Available | Liberty Global |
United States
Mobile virtual network operators in the United States lease wireless telephone and data service from major carriers such as AT&T Mobility, Sprint Corporation, T-Mobile US, and Verizon Wireless, as well as regional carrier United States Cellular Corporation for resale. The largest operator of MVNOs is TracFone Wireless with over 25 million subscribers.The country's telecom regulator is the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | AT&T Mobility •Includes Cricket Wireless and Consumer Cellular | 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA, HSPA+ 850/700/1700/1900/2300 MHz LTE, LTE-A 850/28000/39000 MHz 5G NR 2G was discontinued as of 31 December 2016. | 159.7 | AT&T Inc. |
2 | Verizon Wireless | CDMA2000 1xRTT EV-DO Rev A 700/850/1700/1900 MHz LTE 28000/39000 MHz 5G NR | 155.7 | Verizon Communications Inc. |
3 | T-Mobile •Includes the previous Sprint network •Includes Metro by T-Mobile | CDMA2000 1xRTT, 1x Advanced, EV-DO Rev A GSM-1900 1700/1900/700/850/1700/1900 MHz LTE, LTE-A 600/2500/24000/28000/39000 MHz 5G NR | T-Mobile: 86.046 Sprint: 54.5 | Deutsche Telekom AG SoftBank Group Corporation free float |
4 | DISH •Includes Boost Mobile | 600/700/850/1700 MHz 5G NR | N/A | DISH Network Corporation |
5 | U.S. Cellular | CdmaOne CDMA2000 1xRTT, EV-DO Rev 0, Rev A 700/850/1700/1900 MHz LTE 600 MHz NR | 4.957 | Telephone and Data Systems Inc. |
- AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile US numbers include Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands subscribers.
Uruguay
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Antel | 1800 MHz GSM 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 2.84 | State-owned |
2 | Movistar | 850/1900 MHz GSM 850/1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1900 MHz LTE | 1.66 | Telefónica |
3 | Claro | 1900 MHz GSM 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ 1700 MHz LTE | 0.83 | América Móvil |
Venezuela
The country has 20.7 million subscribers in December 2018, a 33% drop versus December 2013.The country's telecom regulator is CONATEL.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers | Ownership |
1 | Movilnet | D-AMPS CdmaOne CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. 0 GSM-850 1900 MHz UMTS, HSDPA 1700/2100 MHz LTE | 8.85 | CANTV |
2 | Movistar | GSM-850 1900 MHz UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+ 1700/2100 MHz LTE | 8.84 | Telefónica |
3 | Digitel GSM | GSM-900 900 MHz UMTS HSDPA HSUPA HSPA+, 1800 MHz LTE | 3.04 | Telvenco |