Info on Mobile Subscribers in Indo-Pak-Bangla Subcontinent

Bangladesh has 56.36 million subscribers in total, or a 34% penetration rate. [19] (April 2010)India has 584.32 million subscribers in total, or a 49.60% penetration rate. [58] (April 2010)
The country's telcom regulator is TRAI.
Pakistan has 59.60% penetration rate and 97.58 Million Cellular Users. [125] (January 2010) The country's telecom regulator is PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) [126].
Nepal has 4.238 million subscribers in total, or a 15.72% penetration rate. [120] (December 2008)
Sri Lanka has 16.27 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 81.35% penetration rate. [145] (4Q 2009)
Maldives has 0.14 million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate.^{[citation needed]} ()

Bangladesh

Bangladesh has 56.36 million subscribers in total, or a 34% penetration rate. [19] (April 2010)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Grameenphone	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	24.55 [20] (April 2010)	Telenor (62%) and Grameen Telecom (38%)
2	Banglalink	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	14.94 [21] (April 2010)	Orascom Telecom (100%)
3	Robi	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	10.82 [22] (April 2010)	Axiata Group Berhad (70%) and NTT DoCoMo(30%)
4	Warid Telecom(Airtel)	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	3.03 [23] (April 2010)	Warid Telecom (30%) and Bharti Airtel(70%)
5	Citycell	CDMA2000 1x, CDMA2000 1xEvDO Rev.A]	1.89 [24] (April 2010)	Pacific Group, Far East Telecom Limited, SingTel (45%)
6	TeleTalk	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	1.13 [25] (April 2010)	State-owned

India

India has 584.32 million subscribers in total, or a 49.60% penetration rate. [58] (April 2010)
The country's telcom regulator is TRAI.

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Bharti Airtel	GPRS, EDGE	127.61 [59] (March 2010)	Bharti Enterprises (64.76%) Singapore Telecommunications (32%) Vodafone (4.4%)
2	Reliance Communications	CdmaOne, EVDO GSM WiMAX	102.42 [60] (March 2010)	Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
3	Vodafone Essar	GSM, EDGE	100.85 [61] (March 2010)	Vodafone (67%) & Essar Group (33%)
4	BSNL	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSPDA CdmaOne, EVDO WiMAX	69.45 [62] (March 2010)	State-owned
5	Tata Teleservices	CDMA, EVDO WiMAX	65.94 [63] (March 2010)	Tata Group
6	Idea Cellular	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	63.82 [64] (March 2010)	Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%)
7	Aircel	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	36.86 [65] (March 2010)	Maxis Communications (74%) Apollo Hospital (26%)
8	MTNL	GSM HSDPA	5.09 [66] (March 2010)	State-owned
9	Uninor	GSM, GPRS	4.26 [67] (March 2010)	Telenor (67.25%) Unitech Group (32.75%)
10	MTS India	CDMA	3.78 [68] (March 2010)	Sistema (73.71%) & Shyam Group (23.79%)
11	LOOP Mobile (Formerly BPL)	GSM, GPRS	2.84 [69] (March 2010)	Essar Group (8.0%) Santa Trading Pvt Ltd (85.75%)
12	S Tel	GSM, GPRS	1.01 [70] (March 2010)	Siva Group (51%) Batelco (49%)
13	Ping Mobile	GSM CDMA	0.33 [71] (March 2010)	HFCL Infotel Limited
14	Videocon (using Videocon mobileservices)	GSM, GPRS	0.03 [72] (March 2010)	Videocon
15	Etisalat DB Telecom	GSM, GPRS		Etisalat Dynamix Balwas Group
16	Virgin Mobile India(using Tata Teleservices)	CDMA GSM, GPRS		Virgin Mobile (50%) Tata Teleservices (50%)
17	Tata Docomo(using Tata Teleservices)	GSM, GPRS		Tata (74%) Docomo (26%)

Nepal

Nepal has 4.238 million subscribers in total, or a 15.72% penetration rate. [120] (December 2008)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Nepal Telecom	CdmaOne GSM UMTS	2.512 [121] (December 2008)	Nepal Telecom
2	Mero Mobile	GSM	1.725 [122] (December 2008)	Spice Nepal

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Maldives

Maldives has 0.14 million subscribers in total, or a 46% penetration rate.^{[citation needed]} ()

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dhiraagu	GSM	0.185 [110] (March 2007)	Dhiraagu First service provider
2	Wataniya Maldives	GSM, EDGE, HSDPA	0.102 [111] (Q1 2010)	Wataniya Telecom

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has 16.27 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 81.35% penetration rate. [145] (4Q 2009)

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Dialog Telekom	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA	7.0 [146] (1Q 2010)	Axiata Group Berhad[147]
2	Mobitel (Sri Lanka)	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+	3.4 [148] (4Q 2009)	Sri Lanka Telecom(100%)
3	Airtel Lanka	GSM, GPRS UMTS, HSDPA	2.59 (Feb 2010)	Bharti Airtel
4	Etisalat	GSM, GPRS, EDGE UMTS, HSDPA (Planned)	2.5 [149] (Dec 2009)	MIC (100%) - sold to Etisalat in oct 2009
5	Hutch	GSM, GPRS	0.779 [150] (4Q 2009)	Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited(100%)
6	Reliance	GSM, GPRS	Launching operations in 2010	Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
7	Sky Network	Mobile WiMAX	Launching operations in 2Q 2010	Sky Network - A Subsidiary of Sri Lanka Telecom

Pakistan

Pakistan has 59.60% penetration rate and 97.58 Million Cellular Users. [125] (January 2010) The country's telecom regulator is PTA (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority) [126].

Rank	Operator	Technology	Subscribers (in millions)	Ownership
1	Mobilink	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	31.06 [127] (January 2010)	Orascom Telecom
2	Telenor	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	22.64 [128] (January 2010)	Telenor
3	Ufone	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	18.57 [129] (January 2010)	Etisalat
4	Warid	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	16.19 [130] (January 2010)	Warid Telecom(70%) and SingTel(30%)
5	Zong	GSM, GPRS, EDGE	6.93 [131] (January 2010)	China Mobile
6	Vfone	CdmaOne	1.19 (January 2010)	Etisalat
7	GO	CdmaOne	0.656 (January 2010)	TeleCard
8	WorldCall Wireless	CdmaOne	0.575 (January 2010)	WorldCall Pakistan
9	SCOM	GSM GPRS	0.285 (January 2010)	SCO
10	Wateen	WiMAX	0.14 (January 2010)	Wateen Telecom
11	Instaphone	AMPS D-AMPS	0 [132] (January 2010)	Pakcom Limited (Not operational anymore)
12	wi-tribe	WiMAX	0.0554 (Q4 2009)	Qtel(78%)