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African & Middle East Mobile Operator Statistics Mobile subscribers in the Middle East Gulf States by country: 2Q 2007 Mobile subscribers in the Middle East Gulf States by operator: 2Q 2007 Mobile Subscribers in East Mediterranean states by country: 2Q 2007 Mobile Subscribers in East Mediterranean states by operator: 2Q 2007 Top 25 African Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics: 2Q 2007 Gulf States Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics: 2Q 2007 Blycroft's Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics for the Gulf States cover 10 countries and 44,379,215 subscribers. Mobile subscribers in the Middle East Gulf States by country: 2Q 2007 Country Subscribers 2Q 07 Regional Share % Afghanistan Log-in to access data ?? Bahrain Log-in to access data ?? Iran Log-in to access data ?? Iraq Log-in to access data ?? Kuwait Log-in to access data ?? Oman Log-in to access data ?? Qatar Log-in to access data ?? Saudi Arabia Log-in to access data ?? UAE Log-in to access data ?? Yemen Log-in to access data ??       Regional Total 44,379,215 100% Source: Blycroft Ltd Copyright 2007 Blycroft Ltd Top of Page Mobile subscribers in the Middle East Gulf States by operator: 2Q 2007 Operator Network From # 2Q 07 National % Regional % Afghanistan           AWCC GSM900 Apr 2002 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Roshan GSM900 Jul 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Bahrain           Batelco GSM900/1800 May 1995 Log-in to access data ?? ?? MTC-Vodafone GSM900/1800 Dec 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? MTC-Vodafone WCDMA2100 Dec 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Iran           TCI (PTT) GSM900 Jun 1994 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Iraq           AsiaCell (Wataniya) GSM900 Dec 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Iraqna (Orsacom) GSM900 Dec 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? MTC –AtheerTel GSM900 Mar 2004 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Kuwait           MTC -Vodafone GSM900/1800 Nov 1994 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Wataniya GSM900/1800 Dec 1999 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Oman           Nawras Telecom GSM900 Mar 2005 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Oman Mobile GSM900 Nov 1996 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Qatar           Qtel GSM900 Feb 1994 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Saudi Arabia           Bravo iDEN Jul 2005 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Mobily(Etisalat) GSM900/1800 May 2005 Log-in to access data ?? ?? STC GSM900 Jan 1996 Log-in to access data ?? ?? UAE           Etisalat GSM900 Sep 1994 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Etisalat WCDMA2100 Dec 2003 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Yemen           Yemen Mobile CDMA800 Sep 2004 Log-in to access data ?? ?? Sabaa Fone GSM900 Feb 2001 Log-in to access data ??% ?? Spacetel Yemen GSM900 Feb 2001 Log-in to access data ??% ??%               Total   44,379,215     Top of Page 2 East Mediterranean states Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics: 2Q 2007East Mediterranean states Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics: 2Q 2007 Blycroft's Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics for the East Mediterranean states covers 6 countries and 61,025,471 subscribers. Mobile Subscribers in East Mediterranean states by country: 2Q 2007 Country Subscribers 2Q 2007 Region Share % Israel Log-in to access data ??% Jordan Log-in to access data ??% Lebanon Log-in to access data ?? Palestine Log-in to access data ??% Syria Log-in to access data ??% Turkey Log-in to access data ??%       Totals 61,025,471 100% Source: Blycroft Ltd, Copyright 2007 Blycroft Ltd Top of Page Mobile Subscribers in East Mediterranean states by operator: 2Q 2007 Operator Network From # 2Q07 National %  Regional % Israel           Cellcom Israel GSM1800 Jul 2002 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Cellcom Israel US TDMA800 Dec 1994 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Cellcom Israel WCDMA2100 Jun 2004 Log-in to access data ??% ??% MIRS Comms iDEN May 2001 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Orange GSM900 Jan 1999 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Orange WCDMA2100 Nov 2004 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Pelephone CDMA800 Jan 1999 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Pelephone AMPS Dec 1986 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Pelephone WCDMA2100   Log-in to access data ??% ??% Jordan           Fastlink GSM900 Aug 1995 Log-in to access data ??% ??% MobileCom GSM900 Sep 2000 Log-in to access data ??% ??% umniah GSM1800 Jun 2005 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Xpress iDEN Jun 2004 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Lebanon           Alfa Telecom GSM900 Mar 1995 Log-in to access data ??% ??% MTC Touch GSM900 Mar 1995 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Palestine           Palcel GSM900 Sep 1999 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Syria           Areeba GSM900 Apr 2001 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Syriatel GSM GSM900 Jan 2001 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Turkey           Avea GSM1800 Feb 2004 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Telsim GSM900 Mar 1994 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Turk Telecom NMT450 Oct 1986 Log-in to access data ??% ??% Turkcell GSM900 Feb 1994 Log-in to access data ?? ??%             Copyright Blycroft 2007 Totals 61,025,471 100% 100% Source: Blycroft Ltd., Copyright 2007 Blycroft Ltd Top of Page Top 25 African Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics: 2Q 2007 Blycroft's Top 25 African Mobile Network Subscriber Statistics features operators from 13 countries, with 121,426,699 subscribers. Mobile Subscribers by country Rank Country Operator Platform Launched Subscribers 2Q07 1 South Africa Vodacom GSM900 Jan 1994 Log-in to access data 2 South Africa MTN GSM900 June 1994 Log-in to access data 3 Nigeria MTN Nigera GSM900/1800 Aug 2001 Log-in to access data 4 Morocco Maroc Telecom GSM900 Apr 1994 Log-in to access data 5 Algeria Djezzy GSM GSM900 Feb 2002 Log-in to access data 6 Egypt MobiNil GSM900 Oct 1996 Log-in to access data 7 Nigeria Glo Mobile GSM900/1800 Jul 2003 Log-in to access data 8 Egypt Vodafone Egypt GSM900 Nov 1998 Log-in to access data 9 Algeria Algérie Telecom GSM900 Aug 2003 Log-in to access data 10 Nigeria Vmobile GSM900/1800 Aug 2001 Log-in to access data 11 South Africa Cell C GSM900/1800 Nov 2001 Log-in to access data 12 Morocco Méditel GSM900 Mar 2000 Log-in to access data 13 Tunisia Tunicell GSM900 Mar 1998 Log-in to access data 14 Kenya Safaricom GSM900 Apr 1996 Log-in to access data 15 Tunisia Tunisiana GSM900 Dec 2002 Log-in to access data 16 Tanzania Vodacom Tanzania GSM900/1800 Aug 2000 Log-in to access data 17 Kenya Celtel GSM900 Aug 2000 Log-in to access data 18 Sudan Mobitel GSM900 Jan 1997 Log-in to access data 19 Ghana Spacefon Areeba GSM900 Nov 1996 Log-in to access data 20 Algeria Wataniya Telecom GSM900 Aug 2004 Log-in to access data 21 DR Congo Vodacom Congo GSM900 Dec 2001 Log-in to access data 22 Cote d'Ivoire Orange GSM900/1800 Nov 1996 Log-in to access data 23 Cameroon Orange GSM900 Feb 2000 Log-in to access data 24 DR Congo Celtel Congo GSM900 Dec 2000 Log-in to access data 25 Tanzania Celtel Tanzania GSM900/1800/400 Nov 2001 Log-in to access data Source: Blycroft Ltd, Copyright 2008 Blycroft Ltd Top of Page Terms Copyright © 1998-2008 Africa & Middle East Telecom Week Click here for a full list of telecom research firms and here for African telecoms news.