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Owners of the 3G networks

See Links to operators' web sites
Big 3G operators' shareholdings change all the time. For update, see 3, mmO2, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Telefónica, and Vodafone pages.

  Country   Operator Owners
Australia Telstra 51% Australian Government, 49% publicly owned
Optus SingTel: publicly owned
Vodafone 100% Vodafone
Hutchison 80.1% Hutchison Telecom, 19.9% Telecom New Zealand
3G Investments Qualcomm
CKW Wireless Arraycom

Austria

Mobilkom

100 % Telekom Austria AG (Telekom Austria bought back Telecom Italia's 25% share in June 2002; reported 07/06/02)
Connect 50.1% German E.ON, 17.45% Norwegian Telenor, 17.45 % British Orange, 15% Danish Tele Danmark
Max.mobile 100% T-Mobile International AG
Tele.ring 100% Western Wireless International
3G Mobile 100% Telefónica Móviles   Sold to Mobilkom
Hutchison 3G 100% Hutchison Whampoa

Belgia

Proximus

75% Belgacom, 25% Vodafone
KPN Mobile 3G 100% KPN
Mobistar NV
50.58% WSB (France Telecom), 21.44% Publicly owned, 10 other shareholders

Czech Republic

RadioMobil

39,2 %, Ceské radiokomunikace, 60,8 % CMobil (92,136 % T-Mobile, 7,164% STET and 0,7 % PVT)
Eurotel 100% CESKÝ Telecom; 49% from Atlantic West (Verizon & AT&T Wireless) reported 05/06/02

Denmark

HI3G Denmark

60% Hutchison Whampoa, 40% Investor AB
TDC Mobile Int Danish National Telecom Agency, formerly Tele Danmark, 41,6% SBC Communication Inc.
Telia Mobile Telia Sweden (70.6% State owned)
Orange 54% France Telecom, 14% Banestyrelsen, 32%, 5 other institutions

Finland

TeliaSonera

52.8% Finnish State, publicly owned
Radiolinja 100 % Elisa Communications Oyj
Telia Finnet Oy
Suomen 3G Tele2 Ab (NetCom Ab)
Finland, Åland Ålands Mobiltelefon
Song Networks

France

SFR

Cegetel: 44% Vivendi, 26% BT Group, 15% SBC Communications, 15% Vodafone
France Telecom 56.45% France State, 32.25% publicly owned, 8.26% Treasure shares, 3.04% Employees
Bouygues 15.2% SCDM, 53.9% publicly owned, 10.1% Artémis, employees and institutions

Germany

T-Mobil

Deutsche Telecom: 30.92% German State, 12.13% KfW, 56.95% publicly owned
Vodafone D2
(ex Mannesmann)
65,23 % Vodafone AG, 34,77 % Vodafone Europe GmbH & Co. KG
E-Plus 100% KPN
O2
(ex-Viag Interkom)
100% mmO2 plc (publicly listed, demerged from BT)
Mobilcom 40% Gerhard Schmid, 28.5% France Telecom, 31.5% publicly owned
Group 3G 57.4% Telefonica, 42.6% Sonera.

Greece

CosmOTE

58.98% OTE Telecoms, 18% Telenor, 7.27% WR Com Enterprises, 15,75 publicly owned
STET Hellas 62.804% TIM, 17.453% NYNEX, 5.051 Others, 14.692% publicly owned
Panafon 80.8% Vodafone Group, Intracom, publicly owned

Hong Kong

Hong Kong CSL

100% Telstra Corporation Limited
Hutchison 3G 71% Hutchison Whampoa Limited, 24% NTT DoCoMo, 5% NEC
SmarTone 3G SmarTone: 29.36% Sun Hung Kai Properties,
20.75% BT , publicly owned
SUNDAY 3G SUNDAY Communications: 46.2% Distacom Communications Limited, 11.5% USI Holdings Limited, publicly owned

Ireland

Hutchison 3G

100% Hutchison Whampoa
O2 100% mmO2 plc (publicly listed, demerged from BT)
Vodafone 100% Vodafone

Israel

Cellcom

BellSouth Corp, Brazil's Safra group and Israel's Discount Investment Corp
Partner Communications 42.8% Hutchison Whampoa, 7.5% Matav Investments, 12.4% Elbit, 10% Eurocom Communications, 2.9% Polar Communications and 24.4% publicly owned
Pele-phone Bezeq Israel Telecom and Shamrock Holdings of Roy Disney

Italy

Wind

100% Enel
Omnitel 76,86% Vodafone, 23.14% Verizon
TIM 56.1% Telecom Italia, publicly owned
IPSE 45.59% Telefonica, 12.55% Sonera, 12% Atlanet, 10% Banca di Roma, 5% Xfera, 5% Edison-Flack, 4.8% Goldenegg, 5% others
H3G (ex Andala) 88.2% Hutchison, 1.8% Cir, San Paolo IMI 5.6%, BMI 2.3%, Hdp 1.1%, Gemina 0.6% & Tiscali 0.4%

Japan

NTT DoCoMo

64.1% Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, publicly owned
DDI KDDI: publicly owned
J-Phone 69.7% Vodafone, Japan Telecom
(Vodafone: 39.67% Japan Telecom: 45.08%. Vodafone is the major shareholder of Japan Telecom, with 66.7% of outstanding shares)

Latvia



Latvian Mobile Telephone


23% Digitalais Latvijas radio un televizijas centrs a/s, 23% Lattelekom SIA, 5% Ministry of Transport of the Republic Latvia, 24.5% Sonera Holding, 24.5% Telia
Tele2 Tele2 AB Sweden

Liechtenstein

VIAG

Orange
Tele2 Tele2 AB Sweden

Luxembourg

EPT

publicly owned
Orange France Telecom
Tango S.A. 100% Tele2 AB Sweden
LuXcommunications 37,5% Audiolux 37,5% BGL Investment Partners 25% La Direction

Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia

State owned
UMTS (Malaysia) Maxis Communications

Monaco

Monaco Telecom

55% Vivendi, 45% Monaco State

The
Netherlands


Libertel


77.6% Vodafone, 7.5% ING Bank, the rest: publicly owned
KPN 85% Koninklijke KPN, 15% NTT DoCoMo
Dutchtone 100% Orange SA (France Telecom)
O2 (ex-Telfort) 100% Greenfield Capital Partners (from mmO2 4/2003)
3G Blue 50% Deutsche Telecom, Ben 50% (Ben: 70.6% Belgacom, 29,4% Tele Danmark)

New Zealand

Telstra Clear

62% Telstra Corporation, 38% Austar United Communications
Telecom NZ 100% Telecom New Zealand (Publicly owned), Hutchison Whampoa ha 19.9% option to subscribe
Vodafone NZ 100% Vodafone
Econet Wireless Te Huarahi Tika Trust

Norway

Telenor

77.66% Norvegian Government, 1.79% Folketrygdfondet. Publicly owned
Netcom Telia AB Sweden
Broadband Mobile JV between Finland's Sonera and Norwegian Enitel
Tele 2 NetCom AB Sweden

Poland

Centretel

66%, Telekomunikacja Polska S.A., 34% France Telecom
PTC 100% T-Mobil, 26% Vivendi, Ymer, Elektrim reported 17/09/03
Polkomtel 19.6% Vodafone, 19.6% TeleDanmark, 61.5% seven Polish firms

Portugal

TMN

Portugal Telecom
Telecel 61.37% Vodafone, the rest: publicly owned
Optimus: 45% Sonae, 20% France Telecom, 25.49% Thorn Finance
Oni Way 55 % Oni SGPS, 20 % Norway's Telenor, Iberdrola, Media Capital, Efacec

Singapore

MobileOne

35% Keppel Group, 35% Singapore Press Holdings, 30% Great Eastern Telecommunications (GET: 51% C&W, 49% PCCW)
Starhub Mobile 50.47% Singapore Technologies Telemedia, 14.51% NTT, 14.07% Media Corporation of Singapore, 11.87% BT, 9.08% Singapore Press Holdings
STM Singapore Telecom (78% state, publicly owned)

Slovakia

Eurotel

Deutsche Telekom controlled fixedline operator Slovenske Telekomunikacie and Atlantic West, a joint venture between subsidiaries of Verizon and AT&T Wireless
Orange 64% Orange SA (France Telecom)
Profinet.sk

Slovenia

Mobitel

100% Telecom Slovenia

South Korea

Korea Telecom

KTICOM: KT group, 500 shareholder companies
SK Telecom SK Telecom 3G: 48.5% SK Telecom, 12% Pohang Iron & Steel, Publicly owned
LG Telecom 35.6% LG Electronics, 16.6% BT, Publicly owned

Spain

Telefónica Móviles

Telefónica, publicly listed
Xfera 31% Vivendi & FCC, 34% ACS & Sonera, 6% Acesa, 7% Mercapital, 7% CF Alba 3% JP Morgan, 5% Cajas De Ahorro
Airtel Movil 100% Vodafone
Amena 97.9% Auna, 2.1% Caixa de Catalunya (Auna "brings together 8 companies: Retevisión, Amena, eresMas, Madritel, Menta, Able, Supercable Andalucia and Telecom Canarias")

Sweden

Europolitan

74.6% Vodafone, the rest: Publicly owned
HI3G 60% Hutchison Whampoa, 40% Investor AB
Orange 85% Orange SA (France Telecom),10% Skanska AB, 3% NTL Inc, 2% Schibsted ASA
Tele 2 Telia and Tele2 (Netcom AB) in a 50/50 joint venture Svenska UMTS

Switzerland

Swisscom

25% Vodafone, Publicly listed
Sunrise (Diax) 78.72% Tele Danmark, 16.99% d holding, 2.34% SBB, 1.95% UBS
Orange 99.9% Orange UK (France Telecom), 0.1% Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
Team 3G 100% Telefónica
Taiwan Taiwan PCS Network
Taiwan Paging Network, the China Development Industrial Bank, auto manufacturer Yue Loong Motor Co and US-based monitor firm ViewSonic Corp
Taiwan Cellular Corp Pacific Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd., Fubon Group, Evergreen Group, Acer Group, Continental Engineering Corp., Yageo Co., Verizon Communications
Chunghwa Telecom 65.99% Ministry of Transportation and Communications, publicly listed
Yuan-Ze Telecom Yuan-Ze Telecommunications is a subsidiary of Far EasTone
APBW Main Share holder is China Rebar Co. Ltd

UK

Hutchison
(ex TIW license)

80% Hutchison Whampoa, NTT DoCoMo is selling it's stake to Hutchison. reported 27/05/04
Vodafone 100% Vodafone (publicly listed)
02
(ex BT)
100% mmO2 plc (publicly listed, demerged from BT)
T-Mobile
(ex One2One)
100% Deutsche Telecom (publicly listed)
Orange France Telecom, publicly listed
UK,
Isle of Man

Manx Telecom


100% mmO2 plc (publicly listed, demerged from BT)


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