Top 10 GSM Networks  by Subscribers (11/2000)

1	TIM (Italy)	19,483,000
2	Mannesmann Mobilfunk (Germany)	13,500,000
3	Omnitel (Italy)	12,800,000
4	France Telecom Itineris (France)	12,645,300
5	DeTeMobil D1 (Germany)	12,600,000
6	Telefónica MoviStar (Spain)	11,150,000
7	Cegetel SFR (France)	9,151,800
8	Vodafone (UK)	8,953,600
9	BT Cellnet (UK)	7,744,800
10	Airtel (Spain)	6,850,000

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• 347 GSM MoU Association members from 128 countries

• 339 GSM networks on-air in 133 countries.

• GSM now accounts for 60% of the world's total cellular market.

• 260 million GSM customers around the world.

• 8 billion ‘G-Mail’ (GSM text messages) were over the airwaves by global GSM mobile phone operators in August 2000

• Option International is the largest GSM data vendor (DataQuest)

• Italy has the largest number of GSM users

• 5 GSM 1900 users In North America (12/2000)

• Nokia has the largest share of the GSM handset market followed by Ericsson, then Motorola

• See stats of the cellular industry in South Africa

• 7m GSM 900 customers in South Africa (60% PrePaid)
  

  To Dec 2000	Members	Countries & Areas	Networks on Air	Countries & Areas on Air	Customers
  92	54	31	13	7	0.25m
  93	78	48	34	19	1.4m
  94	102	60	65	41	4.5m
  95	156	86	113	67	12.5m
  96	208	105	189	97	30m
  97	256	110	233	105	70.3m
  98	328	122	296	119	120m
  99	347	129	339	133	165m
  00	424	134	450	134	260

  Predicted GSM Customer Growth Year Customers/millions Dec 2000 235 Dec 2001 300 Dec 2002 500