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Articles tagged with: Ministry Of Information and Communications
Vietnam Says Half of Official Subscribers May be Inactive
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has said that around half of the SIM cards recorded as customers by the operators are actually in use. more
Vietnam Awards 3G Licenses - Viettel Warns of Rollout Costs
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has formally granted four 3G licences, which will take effect on 15th September to Viettel, MobiFone, VinaPhone and a joint venture between Hanoi Telecom and Electricity Vietnam (EVN) Telecoms. more
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Vietnam Plans to Award 3G Licenses in Q2 2009
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has published the details of its planned 3G license tender - and announced that four licenses will be awarded in Q2 2009. The country currently has seven active mobile networks however, so three companies face a future without the ability to offer 3G services. more
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Vietnam Formally Grants GSM License to HT Telecom
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has formally granted a GSM operating license to HT Telecom - even though the operator has started a long planned migration of its subscriber base to a GSM network it is already constructing. HT Mobile was established in 2003 as a CDMA2000 joint venture between Hutchison Telecom and Hanoi Telecom. more
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Vietnam to Clamp Down on Subscriber Base Misreporting
Following confusion and disputes in Vietnam over mobile subscriber numbers, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) has announced that it is to conduct an audit of the operators this month and publish a definitive list of how many subscribers each operator has. more
Related Tags: sim-card, viettel, mobifone, vinaphone, ev-do, Vietnam
Vietnamese Operator Confirms CDMA to GSM Migration
Vietnamese CDMA operator, HT Mobile says that it has been granted permission from the Ministry of Information and Communications to migrate its network over to the GSM platform. The company expects to retain use of its existing 800Mhz spectrum and reuse up to 80% of its old equipment. more
Related Tags: 800mhz, hutchison-telecom, hutchison, Vietnam
Vietnamese Operators Face Problems in Network Expansion
Vietnam's mobile service operators say that they have finished the majority of their basement stations, but cannot install antenna towers due to complicated procedures to obtain construction licences. However, once the station is ready for broadcasting, mobile operators face strong objections from local residents fearful of possible health problems. more
Related Tags: mic, mobifone, vinaphone, Vietnam
Study into Jordan's wireless market
Jordan's Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MoICT) has awarded a contract to prepare a report for the liberalisation of the local cellular phone market, to the US based management consulting firm, decision/analysis partners. more
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South Korea delays 3G auction - again
At the request of several local and foreign companies, the South Korean government has announced that it is to delay the issuing of its third and final 3G license. The Ministry of Information and Communications minister, Ahn Byung-yub said that the delay will allow more companies to bid for the cdma2000 based license, although he did not say when the license would now be awarded. Hanaro Telecom is still trying to put together a consortium to bid for the license, and currently it is the only company that has registered an interest. Speculation that the delay was to allow it more time to bid, was ended when Hanaro Telecom announced that it will still be ready by the original deadline of Feb 28th. " more
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South Korea moves to offer cdma2000 incentives
The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that companies that belong to the consortium lead by SK Telecom and Korea Telecom, which won a W-CDMA license will be allowed to also bid for a cdma2000 license next month. SK Telecom and Korea Telecom themselves will not be allowed to bid for the third 3G license. The Ministry said it will allow all content providers, telecommunications equipment makers and other companies which belong to the Korea Telecom and SK Telecom consortia to re-bid for the coming auction by forming grand consortia. The ministry added that it will also offer financial incentives to the winning consortium to use cdma2000. more
Related Tags: sk-telecom, korea-telecom