A mobile network operator or MNO (also known as a wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, or mobile network carrier) is a provider of

wireless communications Wireless communication (or just wireless, when the context allows) is the transfer of information between two or more points without the use of an electrical conductor, optical fiber or other continuous guided medium for the transfer. The most ...

services. The main MNOs in Europe are listed below.

Albania

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

as per Q1 2021 has 3.66 million subscribers, out of which there are 2.49 million active users (101% penetration rate). An active user is the number of users that communicated in the last three months. The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Albania is the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority.

Andorra

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

has 88,109 mobile subscribers or about 113.63% mobile penetration.

Armenia

As of 2017,

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

has 3.5 million subscribers in total, and a 120% penetration rate.

Austria

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

has 13,0 million assigned numbers (i.e. 2,0 2G, 10,8 3G and 0,1 4G SIM cards), or a 151.0% penetration rate (Q4 2014). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Austria is the Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR).

Azerbaijan

In December 2005,

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

had 2 million subscribers in total, a 25% penetration rate. In 2014,

has over 10 million subscribers in total and 130% penetration rate.

Belarus

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

has 12.0 million subscribers in total, or a 126% penetration rate. (Q4 2020) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Belarus is the Ministry of Communications and Informatization.

Belgium

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

has 13.89 million subscribers in total, or a 124% penetration rate (Q4 2014). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Belgium is the Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications (BIPT).

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In December 2016,

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

had 3.404 million subscribers in total, or a penetration rate (compared to the World Bank population estimate of 2016). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the Communications Regulatory Agency (Regulatorna agencija za komunikacije, RAK).

Bulgaria

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

has 7 902 756 subscribers in total, or a 121,2% penetration rate according to the CRC annual report for 2021. The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunication in Bulgaria is the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC).

Croatia

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has 4,404,652 subscribers in total, or a 102,8% penetration rate. (4Q 2019) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Croatia is the Hrvatska agencija za poštu i elektronicke komunikacije (website available in Croatian and English language).

Cyprus

Czech Republic

The

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

has 16.121 million subscribers in total, or a 151% penetration rate (December 2019). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in the Czech Republic is the Český telekomunikační úřad.

Denmark

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has 8.208 million subscribers in total, or a 146% penetration rate (June 2014). The regulator is the Danish Business Authority.

Estonia

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

has 2.524 million subscribers in total, or a 188% penetration rate. (December 2008)

Faroe Islands

The

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

have 0.059 million subscribers in total (exact number 61,388), or a 126% penetration rate (population 48,652). (2020) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in the Faroe Islands is Fjarskiftiseftirlitið.

Finland

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

has 7.700 million subscribers in total, or a 144.59% penetration rate. (December 2009).

France

France has 75.5 million subscribers in total, or a 115.2% penetration rate (September 2015). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in France is ARCEP.

Georgia

As of June 2022,

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

has 5,252,927 subscribers in total. The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Georgia is the Georgian National Communications Commission.

Germany

Germany has 114.1 million subscribers in total, or a 140% penetration rate (December 2011). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Germany is the Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA).

Gibraltar

Gibraltar ) , anthem = " God Save the King" , song = " Gibraltar Anthem" , image_map = Gibraltar location in Europe.svg , map_alt = Location of Gibraltar in Europe , map_caption = United Kingdom shown in pale green , mapsize = , image_map2 = Gib ...

, the British overseas territory has 0.028 million subscribers in total, or a 92.12% penetration rate. (December 2009)

Greece

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

has 12,070,571 (2019) million subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate (2019). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunications in Greece is EETT. *The 3G frequency is in process to be shut down and it will be used for 4G services. It has already been converted in some parts of Athens. Cosmote has announced that by the end of 2021 the 3G network won't be available anymore and will be replaced with 4G while for Vodafone and Wind, it will be by the end of 2022. This is a plan to give more space for 4G and 5G to be developed.

Guernsey

The British Crown dependency Guernsey has 0.055 million subscribers in total, or a 95% penetration rate. (December 2005)

Hungary

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

has 11.8 million subscribers in total. (December 2017) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Hungary is NMHH – Nemzeti Média-, és Hírközlési Hatóság. *900MHz 3G closed in 07.2022, in process of shutting down 2100MHz, complete shutdown expected in 2023

Iceland

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

has 0.470 million subscribers in total, or a 129.19% penetration rate. (July 2019) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Iceland is Póst- og fjarskiptastofnun.

Ireland

At the end of March 2022 Ireland had 8.117 million mobile subscribers in total, representing a 158.4% penetration rate. If mobile broadband and M2M subscriptions are excluded, the total number of mobile subscribers was 5.414 million, representing a 105.6% penetration rate. The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Ireland is the

Commission for Communications Regulation The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) ( ga, An Coimisiún um Rialáil Cumarsáide) is the general communications regulator for Ireland, covering almost all possible types of communications. Founded on 1 December 2002, ComReg too ...

(ComReg).

Isle of Man

The British Crown dependency

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has an unknown number of subscribers in total and an unknown percentage penetration rate.

Italy

As of March 2022, Italy has 106.5 million active lines in total, of whose 78 million are human ones, or a 174% penetration rate. The country's telecom regulator is AGCOM. In 2016

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and

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have agreed to complete a merger that has been approved by European and national authorities and, since March 2020, all consumer and business offers are sold under the new brand

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. A new operator,

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, entered the Italian market in May 2018 as a consequence of this merger.

Jersey

Kosovo

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

has 1.88 million subscribers in total, or a 103.47% penetration rate. (June 2018)

Latvia

Latvia has 2.243 million subscribers in total, or a 99.72% penetration rate. (December 2009)

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarch ...

has 0.039 million subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate. (April 2015) The Liechtenstein mobile phone system is attached to Switzerland, customers of these three providers can roam on Swiss networks without additional fees.

Lithuania

Lithuania has 4.941 million subscribers in total, or a 167% penetration rate (25 October 2013). The regulator is Ryšių Reguliavimo Tarnyba (RRT).

Luxembourg

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

has 719,000 subscribers in total, or a 148% penetration rate. (December 2009)

Malta

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

has 0.581 million subscribers in total, or a 137.18% penetration rate (December 2013)

Moldova

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistr ...

has 4.263 million subscribers in total, or a 120% penetration rate (2012). The country's telecommunications regulator is ANRCETI.

Monaco

Monaco Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...

has 0.023 million subscribers on the

Monaco Telecom Monaco Telecom is the main telecommunications provider in the Principality of Monaco. The company was founded in 1997 following a decision by the government of Monaco to privatize the state-owned Office Monégasque des Téléphones. Intern ...

network, or a 70.1% penetration rate (December 2009). The French networks are also widely available in Monaco, but they don't disclose subscriber figures for Monaco.

Montenegro

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has 1.097.574 subscribers in total, or a 177.02% penetration rate (October 2013). The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Montenegro is Agencija za elektronske komunikacije i poštansku djelatnost.

Netherlands

The

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

has 21.182 million subscribers in total, or a 128% penetration rate (December 2009).

North Macedonia

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Yugoslavia. It ...

has 2.299 million subscribers in total, or a 105% penetration rate. The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in North Macedonia is AEK.

Norway

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

has 5.730 million subscribers in total, or a 108.97% penetration rate (December 2016). The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Norway is the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority.

Poland

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

has 54.1 million subscribers in total (Q4 2020). The country's telecom regulator is UKE (Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej).

Portugal

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

has 17.6 million subscribers in total, or a 170.5% penetration rate (13.1 million active subscribers or 127.4% penetration rate). (Q3 2017) The country's telecom regulator is ANACOM.

Romania

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

has 22.6 million active subscribers in total, or a 112% penetration rate. (2020) The country's telcom regulator is ANCOM. *reframing of the network to LTE began in 2022, complete shutdown in 2023 (already inavtive in some areas)

Russia

The country's telecom regulator is

Roskomnadzor The Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media, abbreviated as ''Roskomnadzor'' (RKN) (russian: Роскомнадзор �КН, is the Russian federal executive agency responsible for monitoring, co ...

San Marino

San Marino San Marino (, ), officially the Republic of San Marino ( it, Repubblica di San Marino; ), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino ( it, Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino, links=no), is the fifth-smallest country in the world an ...

has 0.037 million subscribers in total, or a 116.95% penetration rate. (December 2013)

Serbia

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

has 9.1987 million subscribers based on the 3-month customer activity, or a 128.09% penetration rate. (December 2013) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Serbia is RATEL (Regulatorna agencija za elektronske komunikacije i poštanske usluge).

Slovakia

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

has 7,68 million subscribers in total, or a 132.79% penetration rate. All facts are based on the 3-month customer activity base. (November 2019) The Regulatory Authority for electronic communications "telecommunication" in Slovakia is Úrad pre reguláciu elektronických komunikácií a poštových služieb (RÚ).

Slovenia

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

has 2.661.731 subscribers in total, or a 126% penetration rate. (3Q 2022) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Slovenia is AKOS (Agencija za komunikacijska omrežja in storitve).

Spain

Spain has 57.111 million subscribers in total, or a 120.4% penetration rate. (Aug 2022) The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Spain is CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia).

Sweden

Sweden has 14.244 million subscribers in total, or a 148.4% penetration rate (2013) The country's telcom regulator is

Swedish Post and Telecom Authority The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority ( sv, Post- och telestyrelsen, abbreviated PTS) is a government authority under the Ministry of Infrastructure (Sweden) and is managed by a board of directors appointed by the Swedish government. The Director- ...

Switzerland

Switzerland has 11.365 million mobile subscribers and a 138% penetration rate. (December 2014)
The country's telecom regulator is BAKOM.

Turkey

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...

has 86.3 million subscribers in total, or a 101.9% penetration rate. (2021) The telecom regulator in Turkey is Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK : Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Iletisim Kurumu).

Ukraine

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

has 55.860 million subscribers in total, or a 129.8% penetration rate. (October, 2018) The country's telecom regulator is NKRZI. *Due to the Ukrainian war the national roaming among other operators is free and it includes: voice calls, SMS and mobile 2G / 3G Internet at speeds up to 512 kbit/s.

United Kingdom

The

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

has 92.0 million subscribers in total, or an approximate 139% penetration rate (31 December 2017). The country's telecom regulator is Ofcom.

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