2G,3G,4G Subscriptions, Deployments and Infrastructure Contracts Database Q1’2012

With over 49 fully commercial network launches and 200 LTE-enabled devices available in the market as of January 2012, LTE adoption has considerably gained momentum throughout the globe. Unique market and operator requirements have driven several early LTE launches. Driven by these early launches global LTE subscriptions reached 6.4 Million at the end of  Q4’2011. From an operator viewpoint Verizon Wireless (U.S) is leading the market with a 64 % market share thanks to its tremendous coverage footprint that currently spans across 178 regional markets in the United States. Verizon’s market share is followed by NTT DoCoMo, which represents 23 % of all LTE subscriptions. Going forward, the LTE market is set to grow with a CAGR of 150 % over the next 5 years and will eventually represent more than 8 % of all mobile connections by 2016. From an infrastructure manufacturer perspective, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks and Alcatel-Lucent are leading the market and account for a combined market share of 65 % of all LTE contracts. Ericsson is also leading the market from a technology neutral perspective with a 25 % stake in all global 2G/3G/4G contracts.
Covering over 810 operators, 53 infrastructure vendors and 222 countries worldwide the “2G/3G/4G Subscriptions, Deployments and Infrastructure Contracts Database Q1’2012” tracks global cellular network deployments, infrastructure vendor contracts, and subscriptions by technology, data protocol, category (pre-paid, post paid), region, country, and operator. The report includes:
• Infrastructure contracts by technology, data protocol, region, country, vendor and operator
• Infrastructure market share by equipment type, region, country and vendor
• Network deployments by technology, data protocol, region, country and operator.
• Number of cellular network subscriptions (as of Q4’2011) by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator
• Five-year subscriptions forecasts by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator
• Subscriptions market share data by air interface technology, data protocol, region, country and operator.
• Penetration data by region and country
• Population data by region and country

Companies Mentioned
AirNet
Alcatel
Alcatel Shanghai Bell
Alcatel-Lucent
Alvarion
Andrew Corporation
Apertio
Argent Networks USA
BSNL
COMSAT RSI Plexsys Systems
Datacraft
DMC Stratex Networks
Ericsson
Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Fujitsu
Harris
Hitachi
Huawei
Huawei; Huawei
Hyundai Syscomm
interWAVE
ip.access
Kyocera
LG
LogicStar
Lucent
Motorola
NEC
Nera
Nokia
Nokia Siemens
Nortel
Panasonic
Plexsys
Samsung
Siemens
Siemens/NEC
SK Teletech
Starent Networks
Stratex Networks
Tecnomen
Tecore
Tellus Radio
Timor Telecom
UTStarcom
WiderThan.com
ZTE
""3 Australia
3 Indonesia
3G Telecommunications
Access Communications limited
Aero 2
Afghan Wireless
Africell Burundi
Africell Gambia
Africell Sierra Leone
Aircel
AIS
AkTel
Albanian Mobile Communications
Alfa Telecom
Algérie Télécom
Almadar Aljadeed
Altel
AM Wireless Uruguay
Ambitel
America Movil Costa Rica
America Movil Dominican Republic
America Movil Jamaica
America Movil Peru
America Movil Puerto Rico
A-Mobile
AMX Argentina
AMX Paraguay
ANCEL
Applifone
APUA
Aquafon
Armentel
Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications
Asiacell
ASTCA
Astelit
AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico
AT&T Mobility US Virgin Islands
AT&T Mobility USA
Atlantic Wireless Liberia
Atlantique Cellulaire RCA
Atlantique Telecom Cote d'Ivoire
AVEA
Azercell
Azerfon
Babilon Mobile
Bakcell
BakrieTel
Batelco Bahamas
Batelco Bahrain
BayanTel
Belau Cellular
Belcel
Belgacom Mobile
Bell Benin Communications
Bell Wireless Affiliates
BellTell
Benin Telecom
Benson Informatics
Bermuda Digital Communications
BeST
Bharti
Bharti Airtel Burkina Faso B.V.
Bharti Airtel Chad
Bharti Airtel Congo B.V.
Bharti Airtel Gabon B.V.
Bharti Airtel Ghana
Bharti Airtel Kenya B.V.
Bharti Airtel Madagascar B.V
Bharti Airtel Malawi
Bharti Airtel Niger
Bharti Airtel Nigeria
Bharti Airtel RDC
Bharti Airtel Sri Lanka
Bharti Airtel Tanzania B.V
Bharti Airtel Uganda B.V.
Bharti Airtel Zambia
Bhutan Telecom
Bité Latvia
Bité Lithuania
Blue Sky Communications Samoa (American)
B-Mobile Brunei
B-Mobile Papua New Guinea
Botswana Telecom
Bouygues Telecom
BSNL
BTL
Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless (St Lucia)
Cable & Wireless Anguilla
Cable & Wireless Antigua & Barbuda
Cable & Wireless British Virgin Islands
Cable & Wireless Cayman Islands
Cable & Wireless Dominica
Cable & Wireless Grenada
Cable & Wireless Guernsey
Cable & Wireless Isle of Man
Cable & Wireless Jamaica
Cable & Wireless Jersey
Cable & Wireless Montserrat
Cable & Wireless Panama
Cable & Wireless Seychelles
Cable & Wireless St Kitts & Nevis
Cable & Wireless St Vincent & The Grenadines
Cable & Wireless Turks & Caicos Islands
Cabo Verde Telecom
Cadcomms
CamGSM
CAMTEL
Canartel
Caribbean Cellular Telephone
CariGlobe
CAT
Catel
CCT
CDMA Ukraine
Celcom Côte d'Ivoire
Celcom Malaysia
Cell C
Cell One
Cellcom Guinée
Cellcom Israel
Cellcom Liberia
Celtel
Centernet
CHEO
China Mobile
China Mobile Pakistan
China Telecom
China Telecom (Macau)
China Unicom
Chinguitel
Chunghwa Telecom
CI Telecom
Claro Brazil
Claro Chile
Claro Panama
CMHK
Coastal Communications
Colombia Movil
Comcel Haiti
Comium Côte d'Ivoire
Comium Gambia
Comium Liberia
Comium Sierra Leone
Comores Telecom
Comunicaciones Celulares Colombia
Comunicaciones Celulares Guatemala
Conecel
Corporacion Digitel Venezuela
Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile
Cosmofon
Cosmote
Cosmote Romania
CSL New World
CST Mobicel
CTBC Telecom
CTE Telecom Personal
CTM
CYTA
Dauphin Telecom
Dawamiba
Dhiraagu
Dialog Axiata
DiGi
Digicel (Bonaire)
Digicel (Curaçao)
Digicel Anguilla
Digicel Antigua
Digicel Aruba
Digicel Barbados
Digicel Bermuda
Digicel British Virgin Islands
Digicel Cayman Islands
Digicel Dominica
Digicel El Salvador
Digicel Fiji
Digicel French Guiana
Digicel French West Indies
Digicel Guatemala
Digicel Haiti
Digicel Honduras
Digicel Pacific Vanuatu
Digicel Panama
Digicel Papua New Guinea
Digicel Samoa
Digicel St Kitts & Nevis
Digicel St Vincent & The Grenadines
Digicel St. Lucia
Digicel Suriname
Digicel Tonga
Digicel Trinidad & Tobago
Digicel Turks & Caicos Islands
Digitel Mobile
Digitel Philippines
Djibouti Telecom
DNA Comms
DNA Finland
DoCoMo Pacific Guam
DoCoMo Pacific Northern Marianas
Dovetel
DSTCom
DTAC
eAccess
Eagle Mobile
East Caribbean Cellular
ECMS
Econet Burundi
Econet Telecom Lesotho
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe
Elisa Estonia
Elisa Finland
Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company
EMT Estonia
Emtel Mauritius
EMTS
eNIC
enitel movil
Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones
E-Plus
Equateur Telecom Congo
Eritrea Telecom
Essar Telecom Kenya
Ethiopian Telecom
Etihad Etisalat
Etisalat Afghanistan
Etisalat DB Telecom
Etisalat Misr
Etisalat Sri Lanka
Etisalat UAE
ETL
Everything Everywhere
EVN Telecom
ExcellentCom
Extelcom
AirNet
Alcatel
Alcatel Shanghai Bell
Alcatel-Lucent
Alvarion
Andrew Corporation
Apertio
Argent Networks USA
BSNL
COMSAT RSI Plexsys Systems
Datacraft
DMC Stratex Networks
Ericsson
Ericsson Nikola Tesla
Fujitsu
Harris
Hitachi
Huawei
Huawei; Huawei
Hyundai Syscomm
interWAVE
ip.access
Kyocera
LG
LogicStar
Lucent
Motorola
NEC
Nera
Nokia
Nokia Siemens
Nortel
Panasonic
Plexsys
Samsung
Siemens
Siemens/NEC
SK Teletech
Starent Networks
Stratex Networks
Tecnomen
Tecore
Tellus Radio
Timor Telecom
UTStarcom
WiderThan.com
ZTE
FarEasTone
Faroese Telecom
FITEL
Free Mobile
FSM Telecommunications Corporation
Gabon Telecom
GAIN
Gamcel
Gamtel
Gemtel
Geocell
GETESA
Gibraltar Telecom
Globacom Benin
Globacom Nigeria
Globe Telecom
G-Mobile
Golis
GrameenPhone
GSM BiH
GSM Kazakhstan
GTA
GTEL Mobile
GT-TELL
Guernsey Airtel
Guinetel
Guyana Telephone & Telegraph
H3G
Haitel
Hello Axiata Cambodia
HFCL Infotel
HI3G
Hi3G Access Norway
HI3G Denmark
HiTs Telecom Burundi
HiTs Telecom Equatorial Guinea
Hola Paraguay
Hondutel
Hormuud Telecom
HPT Mostar
Hutchison 3G Austria
Hutchison 3G Ireland
Hutchison 3G UK
Hutchison Hong Kong
Hutchison Sri Lanka
Hutchison Telecom
Hutchison Vietnam
Hutchison-CAT
ICE
Ice.Net Denmark
Ice.net Norway
Ice.net Sweden
IceCell
Iceland Telecom
iConnect Guam
iConnect Northern Marianas
Idea Cellular
IMC
Indigo-Somoncom
Indosat
Infotel Broadband
Innovative Wireless
Intelfon El Salvador
Intelfon Guatemala
Intelsur
Intercel Holdings Guinea Republic
InterDnestrCom
Intergroup Telecom
Investcom Guinée
Ipko Net
Islandcom Wireless
ITE Guam
i-Tel
Itisaluna
Ittissalat Al-Maghrib
Iusacell Celular
Jersey Telecoms
Jersey Telenet
Kalimat
Kar-Tel
Kasapa
Katel
KDDI
Kibris Telsim
KKTCell
Korek Telecom
KPN Group Belgium
KPN Mobile
KT Corp
KT Powertel
K-Telecom
Kuwait Telecom Company
Kyivstar
Lacell
Lao Telecom
Latelz
LG U+
Libyana
LMT
Lonestar Communications Corporation
Loop Mobile
M.Teko
Magticom
Mahanagar Telephone Mauritius
Manx Telecom
Mara Telecom
Mascom Wireless
Mattel
Mauritel
Maxis Communications
Médi Télécom
Megacom
MegaFon
Meteor Communications
Metro PCS
Mfone
Millicom
Millicom Ghana
Milmex
MIRS Communications Israel
Mobicom
Mobiel 4
MobiFone
Mobile Norway
Mobile Telecom Service
Mobile TeleSystems
Mobile TeleSystems Belarus
Mobile-8
MobileOne
Mobilicity
mobilkom Austria
Mobilkom Czech Republic
mobilkom Liechtenstein
Mobilna Srpska
MobilTel
MobIsle Communications
Mobistar
Mobitel Georgia
Mobitel Slovenia
Mobitel Sri Lanka
Mobyland
Mocambique Celular
Moldcell
MoldTelecom
Monaco Telecom
Moov Gabon
Mossel Grenada
Mossel Jamaica
Movicel
Movil de Entel
Movilnet
Movistar (Venezuela)
MTC Namibia
MTC Touch
MTCE
MTEL
MTL
MTN
MTN Afghanistan
MTN Cameroon
MTN Congo
MTN Cote d'Ivoire
MTN Cyprus
MTN Ghana
MTN Irancell
MTN Nigeria
MTN Rwanda
MTN Sudan
MTN Swaziland
MTN Syria
MTN Uganda
MTN Yemen
MTN Zambia
MTNL
MTS Mobility
MTS-Turkmenistan
MTS-Ukraine
MTS-Uzbekistan
Multi-Links
MundoStartel
Myanmar P&T
Natcom
National Telecommunications Authority
Nationlink
Nationlink Somalia
Natrindo Telepon Seluler
Nawras
Ncell
NEAT&T
Neotel South Africa
Nepal Telecom
Net* One
Netcom
Network Norway
Nexi
Next Mobile
Nextel Argentina
Nextel Chile
Nextel Mexico
Nextel Peru
Nextel Telecomunicacoes
Nizhegorodskaya Cellular Communications
Nova
NTT DoCoMo
Núcleo
NuevaTel
Nur Telecom
O2 (UK)
O2 Germany
O2 Ireland
Oasis Telecom
Omantel
Omnitel
Onatel Burkina Faso
Onatel Burundi
Open Mobile
OPT New Caledonia
Optus
Orange (Poland)
Orange Armenia
Orange Austria
Orange Bissau
Orange Botswana
Orange Cameroon
Orange Caraibe French Guiana
Orange Caraibe French West Indies
Orange Central African Republic
Orange Côte d'Ivoire
Orange Dominicana
Orange France
Orange Guinee
Orange Jordan
Orange Kenya
Orange Liechtenstein
Orange Luxembourg
Orange Madagascar
Orange Mali
Orange Mauritius
Orange Mayotte
Orange Moldova
Orange Niger
Orange Réunion
Orange Romania
Orange Senegal
Orange Slovak Republic
Orange Spain
Orange Switzerland
Orange Tunisie
Orange Uganda
Orascom Bangladesh
Orascom Telecom Algeria
Orascom Telecom Tunisia
Oricel
Otecel
Other
Others
Outremer Telecom French Guiana
Outremer Telecom French West Indies
Outremer Telecom Mauritius
Outremer Telecom Mayotte
Outremer Telecom Reunion
P&T Luxembourg
P4
Pacific Telecom Northern Marianas
Palestine Cellular Communications
Partner Communications
PBTL
PCCW Mobile
Pelephone
PMCL
PNCC
Polkomtel
Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa
ProGroup Holding Estonia
Proxtel Wireless
PTC Saudi Arabia
PTML
Public Mobile
Q-TEL
QuantumNet
Radiomóvil Dipsa
RCS&RDS
Reliance Communications
Reliance Communications Uganda
Reliance Telecom Nigeria
Robi Axiata
Rogers Wireless Communications
Romtelecom
Roshan
Rubicon Wireless Communications
RwandaTel
S Tel
Safaricom
Sahelcom
SamoaTel
Sampoerna (STI)
Sanatel
SaskTel Mobility
Saudi Telecom Company
SCO
Sentel
Sercom de Honduras
Sercom Guatemala
Sercomtel Celular
SETAR
Setel Netherlands Antilles
Sferia
S-Fone
SFR
SFR Mayotte
SFR Reunion
Shaw Inc
Shyam
Si.mobil
Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company
SingTel Mobile
SK Telecom
Sky Mobile
Skytel
Smart Communications
Smart Telecom Indonesia
Smart Telecom Nepal
SmarTone
SmarTone-Vodafone
SMARTS
Smile Telecom
SMTC Saudi Arabia
Softbank Mobile
Solomon Telekom
Somafone
Sonaecom Servicos Comunicacoes
Sonatel
SONITEL
Sotel
Sotelco
Sotelgui
SOTELMA
Spacetel
Spacetel Benin
Speednet
Sprint Nextel Puerto Rico
Sprint Nextel US Virgin Islands
Sprint Nextel USA
SPTC
STA
Standard Telecom Democratic Rep of Congo
Star Telecom
Starcomms
StarHub
Sudatel Senegal
Sudatel Sudan
Sunbeach Communications
Sunrise
Supercell
Swisscom Mobile
Swisscom Mobile Liechtenstein
Syriatel
T-2
Tacom
Taiwan Mobile Company
Taliya
Tamin Telecom
Tango Liechtenstein
Tango Luxembourg
Tashi Infocomm
Tata Teleservices
TCI
TDC Mobil
TelCell
Telcom
Tele2
Tele2 Croatia
Tele2 Estonia
Tele2 Latvia
Tele2 Lithuania
Tele2 Sweden
Telecel Benin
Telecel Bolivia
Telecel Burkina Faso
Telecel Burundi
Telecel CAR
Telecel Niger
Telecel Paraguay
Telecel Togo
Telecel Zimbabwe
Telecom Cook Islands
Telecom Italia
Telecom Malagasy
Telecom Namibia
Telecom New Zealand
Telecom Niue
Telecom Personal
Telecom Seychelles
Telecom Vanuatu
Telecommunicacoes de Mocambique
Telecomunicaciones Celulares del Caribe
Telecsa
Telefonía Celular de Nicaragua
Telefonica Móviles
Telefónica Móviles
Telefónica Móviles Argentina
Telefónica Móviles Chile
Telefonica Moviles Colombia
Telefónica Móviles Costa Rica
Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay
Telefonica Moviles El Salvador
Telefónica Móviles Guatemala
Telefónica Móviles Mexico
Telefónica Móviles Panamá
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic
Telefonica O2 Slovak Republic
Teléfonos Celulares de Cuba
TeleGreenland
Telekom Baltija
Telekom Networks Malawi
Telekom Srbija
Telemar PCS (Oi)
Telemobil
Telemóvil
Telenet NV
Telenor Denmark
Telenor Hungary
Telenor Mobil
Telenor Montenegro
Telenor Pakistan
Telenor Serbia
Telenor Sweden
Telesur
Telesystems Ukraine
Teletalk
Televorgu
TeleYemen
Telia Denmark
TeliaSonera Finland
TeliaSonera Sweden
Telkom Indonesia
Telkom South Africa
Telkomsel
TelOne
Telsom Mobile
Telstra
Telus Mobility
The Bermuda Telephone Company
Tibet Telecom
Tigo Laos
Tigo Rwanda
Tigo Tanzania
Tikiphone
TIM Brasil
Timor Telecom
TK Mobile
TM Cell
T-Mais
TMN
T-Mobile Austria
T-Mobile Croatia
T-Mobile Czech Republic
T-Mobile Germany
T-Mobile Hungary
T-Mobile Macedonia
T-Mobile Montenegro
T-Mobile Netherlands
T-Mobile Puerto Rico
T-Mobile Slovak Republic
T-Mobile USA
TMP Uganda
TogoCel
Tonga Communications
TOT
TRICOM Dominican Republic
Trilogy Dominicana
True Corp
True Move
TSKL
TSTT Trinidad & Tobago
TT Mobile
TTCL
Tunisie Télécom
Turkcell
Tus Mobil
Two Degrees Mobile
TWT Guyana
U Mobile Malaysia
UCell
Uganda Telecom
Ukrtelecom
Umniah
UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones
Unicel
Unitech Wireless
Unitel Angola
Unitel Mongolia
Unitel Uzbekistan
Unitel Yemen
Uralsvyazinform
USAN-Gabon
UTL Nepal
UzMobile
Vala
Velcom
Verizon Wireless
VIBO
Videocon
Videotron
Viettel Cambodia
Viettel Vietnam
VimpelCom
VinaPhone
VIP
Vip Mobile
VIPnet
Visafone Communications
Viva Bahrain
Vivacell Sudan
Vivacom
Vivo
Vodacom Congo
Vodacom Lesotho
Vodacom Mozambique
Vodacom South Africa
Vodacom Tanzania
Vodafone Albania
Vodafone Australia
Vodafone Czech Republic
Vodafone D2
Vodafone Egypt
Vodafone Espana
Vodafone Essar
Vodafone Faroe Islands
Vodafone Fiji
Vodafone Ghana
Vodafone Greece
Vodafone Hungary
Vodafone Iceland
Vodafone Ireland
Vodafone Italia
Vodafone Libertel
Vodafone Malta
Vodafone New Zealand
Vodafone Portugal
Vodafone Qatar
Vodafone Romania
Vodafone Turkey
Vodafone UK
VTR Cellular
Wana
Warid Bangladesh
Warid Congo
Warid Pakistan
Warid Telecom Uganda
Wasel Telecom
Wataniya Maldives
Wataniya Palestine Mobile Telecommunications Company
Wataniya Telecom
Wataniya Telecom Algerie
Wave Telecom
Willcom
Wind
WIND Hellas
Wind Mobile
XL Axiata
XPress
XPress Palestine
Yemen Mobile Phone Company
Yoigo
Zain Bahrain
Zain Iraq
Zain Jordan
Zain Kuwait
Zain Sierra Leone
Zain Sudan
Zamtel
Zanzibar Telecom

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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
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Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Cocos Islands
Colombia
Comoros Islands
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic Rep of Congo (ex-Zaire)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
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Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
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Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia (ex-Tahiti)
French West Indies
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guinea Republic
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
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Iran
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Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kirghizstan
Kiribati
Korea
Kosovo
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
Northern Marianas
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Réunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Samoa
Samoa (American)
Sao Tomé & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St Lucia
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
UAE
Uganda
UK
Ukraine
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands
USA
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe