Look at VZ's number of subscribers and revenue compared to China Mobile. VZ gets more [almost 5 times] revenue per subscriber than any other mobile operator in the world.
[TD="colspan: 6"] Top 15 operator groups by subscribers and revenues – worldwide [/TD]
Source Gartner
| Rank | Operator group (HQ location) | Proportionate subscribers (millions, 2013) | Rank | Operator group | Annual revenue from mobile (In US$ Billions, 2013) |
| 1 | China Mobile (China) | 726.3m | 1 | China Mobile | $90.4B |
| 2 | Vodafone Group (UK) | 381.8m | 2 | Verizon (US) | $65.1B |
| 3 | America Movil (Mexico) | 262.9m | 3 | AT&T | $59.7B |
| 4 | Bharti Airtel (India) | 259.8m | 4 | Vodafone Group | $54.5B |
| 5 | China Unicom (China) | 250.7m | 5 | Telefonica | $46.8B |
| 6 | Telefonica (Spain) | 247.3m | 6 | NTT DOCOMO (Japan) | $40.3B |
| 7 | VimpelCom Group (Netherlands) | 211.9m | 7 | America Movil | $34.5B |
| 8 | China Telecom (China) | 168.0m | 8 | Deutsche Telekom | $33.4B |
| 9 | MTN Group (South Africa) | 153.5m | 9 | Sprint Nextel | $29.2B |
| 10 | Telenor Group (Norway) | 145.3m | 10 | Orange Group | $26.2B |
| 11 | Orange Group (France) | 140.20m | 11 | China Unicom | $21.0B |
| 12 | Telkomsel (Indonesia) | 120.61m | 12 | Au/KDDI (Japan) | $19.7B |
| 13 | Verizon (US) | 114.5m | 13 | VimpelCom Group | $19.6B |
| 14 | Deutsche Telekom (Germany) | 111.1m | 14 | Telecom Italia Group (Italy) | $16.2 |
| 15 | AT&T (US) | 107.3m | 15 | China Telecom | $14.8B |
[TD="colspan: 6"] Top 15 operator groups by subscribers and revenues – worldwide [/TD]
Source Gartner