This is a list of all mobile phone carriers in the Asia Pacific Region and their respective number of subscribers.

Afghanistan

The country's telecom regulator is the Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA).

American Samoa

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internatio ...

has 32,000 subscribers in total,American Samoa
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. or an 85% penetration rate.

Australia

, the number of mobile phone subscriptions in Australia was recorded to be 29.28 million which corresponds to a penetration rate of 129.482% over an estimated population of around 21.8 million. The country's telecom regulator is the

Australian Communications and Media Authority The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is an Australian government statutory authority within the Communications portfolio. ACMA was formed on 1 July 2005 with the merger of the Australian Broadcasting Authority and the Aus ...

Bangladesh

The total number of Mobile Phone subscriptions in

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...

has reached 181.67 million at the end of october 2022. The country's telecom regulator is the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Bhutan

Bougainville

Brunei Darussalam

, the penetration rate in

Brunei Darussalam Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely surrounded by t ...

was 114%, over a population estimate of over 400,000. The country's telecom regulator is the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry (AITI).

Cambodia

, the penetration rate in

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...

was estimated at 69.318% over a population estimate of over 14.7 million.

China (mainland)

The country's telecom regulator is the

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the Chinese government, established in March 2008, is the state agency of the People's Republic of China responsible for regulation and development of the postal service, Internet, wireles ...

Cook Islands

Cook Islands ) , image_map = Cook Islands on the globe (small islands magnified) (Polynesia centered).svg , capital = Avarua , coordinates = , largest_city = Avarua , official_languages = , lan ...

has 6,000 subscribers in total.

Fiji

, the penetration rate in

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...

was estimated at 79.957% over a population estimate of around 0.9 million.

French Polynesia

, the penetration rate in

French Polynesia )Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze") , anthem = , song_type = Regional anthem , song = "Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui" , image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg , map_alt = Location of French ...

was estimated at 98.7% over a population estimate of around 268.000.

Guam

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...

has 185,000 subscribers in total.

Hong Kong

, the penetration rate in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

was estimated at 275% over a population estimate of over 7.521 million, with 23.21 million public mobile subscriptions. Hong Kong's telecom regulator is the

Office of the Communications Authority The Office of the Communications Authority (OFCA) is an executive arm of the Communications Authority in Hong Kong. It is the body responsible for telecommunications regulation (through the Regulatory Affairs Branch), antitrust enforcement (thro ...

(OFCA). , there were 24 registered

Mobile Virtual Network Operator A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a wireless communications services provider that does not own the wireless network infrastructure over which it provides services to its customers. An MVNO enters into a business agreement with a mobil ...

s, apart from the 4 major mobile network operators in

India

Indonesia

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...

has 254.792 million subscribers in total (April 2018), or a 142.00% penetration rate (January 2017). The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Indonesia is the Ministry of Communication and Informatics, having taking over the roles from the (Indonesia Telecommunication Regulation Body), which was dissolved in November 2021.

Japan

, Japan has 182.15 million subscribers in total, or a 144.61% penetration rate.

Kazakhstan

, the penetration rate in

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

was estimated at 131.09% over a population estimate of around 19.08 million, with 25.012 million mobile subscriptions.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

has 6.6 million subscribers in total, a 120% penetration rate.

Laos

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist s ...

mobile penetration was 70.86% with 4.841 millions subscriptions.

Macau

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

had about 1.969 million subscribers in total. Macau's telecom regulator is Direcção dos Serviços de Correios e Telecomunicações (DSRT).

Malaysia

, the penetration rate in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

was estimated at 144.2%. The country's telecom regulator is the

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Abbreviation: MCMC; ms, Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia) is a regulatory body whose key role is the regulation of the communications and multimedia industry based on the po ...

Maldives

, the penetration rate in

Maldives Maldives (, ; dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ, translit=Dhivehi Raajje, ), officially the Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, translit=Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa, label=none, ), is an archipelag ...

was estimated at 116.456% over a population estimate of around 0.4 million.

Marshall Islands

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Inte ...

has 1000 subscribers in total.Marshall Islands
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Micronesia, Federated States of

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states compr ...

has 34,000 subscribers in total.Micronesia, Federated States of
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Mongolia

, the penetration rate in

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million ...

was estimated at 80.120% over a population estimate of around 3.1 million.

Myanmar

, the penetration rate in

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

was estimated at 105% over a population estimate of around 54 million.

Nauru

, the penetration rate in

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in ...

was estimated at 42.909% over a population estimate of around 9,000 people. The World Factbook shows 6,700 subscribers in 2011.

Nepal

, the penetration rate in

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...

was estimated at 130.24% over a population estimate of around 26.5 million.

New Caledonia

New Zealand

, the penetration rate in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...

was estimated at 124.326% over a population estimate of around 4.3 million.

Niue

As of 2008,

Niue Niue (, ; niu, Niuē) is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand. Niue's land area is about and its population, predominantly Polynesian, was about 1,600 in 2016. Niue is located in a triangle between T ...

has about 385 subscribers in total, a 25% penetration rate.

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together wit ...

has 131 subscribers in total, a 6.5% penetration rate.Norfolk Island phone book – Mobile Numbers

North Korea

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

has over a million subscribers in total.

Northern Mariana Islands

, the

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

have 20,500 subscribers in total.

Pakistan

As of November 2022,

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

has 193.55 million subscribers in total with a mobile density of 86.7%. The country's telecom regulator is the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority).

Palau

Palau Palau,, officially the Republic of Palau and historically ''Belau'', ''Palaos'' or ''Pelew'', is an island country and microstate in the western Pacific. The nation has approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the ...

has 17,150 subscribers in total.

Papua New Guinea

, the penetration rate in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

was estimated at 47.595% over a population estimate of around 6.2 million.

Philippines

, the number of subscribers in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

was estimated at approximately 167.9 million, a 148.39% penetration rate. The country's telecom regulator is the

National Telecommunications Commission The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC; fil, Pambansang Komisyon sa Telekomunikasyon) is an attached agency of the Department of Information and Communications Technology responsible for the supervision, adjudication and control over a ...

(NTC).

Samoa

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands ( Manono and Apolima); ...

had 146,300 subscribers in total, a 73.4% penetration rate.

Singapore

, the penetration rate in

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

was estimated at 149.5% over a population estimate of around 5.7 million.

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

has 30,000 subscribers in total.Solomon Islands
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South Korea

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

has 63.7 million subscribers in total or a 122.9% penetration rate.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

has 31.4 million subscribers in total, or a 135% penetration rate. (March 2022) The country's telecom regulator is Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL). Note: * Hutch has acquired

Etisalat Etisalat by e& is an UAE, Emirati-based multinational telecommunications services provider, currently operating in 16 countries across Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It is the 18th largest mobile network operator in the world by number of sub ...

on ''30 November 2018''. * Airtel Lanka Discontinued its 3G Service. * Dialog Axiatabr>Shut Down its 3G Network
in 2023

Taiwan

, the penetration rate in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

was estimated at 105.354% over a population estimate of around 23 million.

Tajikistan

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

has an estimated 4.5 million subscribers in total, a 42% penetration rate. The Telecom Regulator is the Communications Regulatory Agency (CRA).

Thailand

, the mobile penetration rate in

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

was 135% over a population of around 69.71 million.
The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Thailand is the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

Timor-Leste

Mobile subscribers reach 1.54m at End-2017

Tonga

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

has 0.03 million subscribers in total.

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

has 4.44 million subscribers in total or 88.8% penetration rate.

Tuvalu

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northea ...

has 2,000 subscribers in total.Tuvalu
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Uzbekistan

, the penetration rate in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

was estimated at 81.205% over a population estimate of around 28.1 million. The country's telecom regulator is the Uzbekistan Communications and Information Agency's Board (CIAUz).

Vanuatu

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (french: link=no, République de Vanuatu; bi, Ripablik blong Vanuatu), is an island country located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of ...

has 327,000 subscribers in total.

Vietnam

, the penetration rate in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making ...

was estimated at 120% over a population estimate of around 91 million.

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Afghanistan

American Samoa

Australia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Bougainville

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

China (mainland)

Cook Islands

Fiji

French Polynesia

Guam

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Macau

Malaysia

Maldives

Marshall Islands

Micronesia, Federated States of

Mongolia

Myanmar

Nauru

Nepal

New Caledonia

New Zealand

Niue

Norfolk Island

North Korea

Northern Mariana Islands

Pakistan

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

Samoa

Singapore

Solomon Islands

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Tonga

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Vietnam

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