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Articles tagged with: Viettel
Russia's Altimo to open representative office in Vietnam
MOSCOW, Nov 13 (Prime-Tass) -- Altimo, the telecommunications arm of Russian financial and industrial holding Alfa Group, plans to open a representative office in Vietnam and is looking into investing in the Vietnamese telecom sector, Altimo's Vice President Kirill Babayev said, Kommersant business daily reported Monday. more
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Confusion Over Vietnams Subscriber Numbers
Vietnam's Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) is designing common criteria to calculate the real numbers of subscribers across the five mobile phone networks says Vietnam Posts And Telecommunications Corp (VNPT). Three mobile phone service subscribers - VinaPhone, MobiFone and viettel - have been reporting increased numbers of subscribers every month, and viettel recently announced the signing of their four millionth subscriber. more
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Vietnam's Communications Ministry has officially delayed VNPT Group and viettel Corporation - Vietnam's two largest mobile providers - licences to develop 3G networks, explaining that there is yet no granting process addressing conditions, duration and licence recall. more
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Ericsson to Expand Viettel's GSM Network in Vietnam
Ericsson has signed a GSM network expansion contract with Vietnam's viettel to extend its coverage in rural areas of Vietnam and increase its capacity in large metropolitan areas of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Danang. Under the contract, Ericsson will provide viettel with new core network nodes, radio base stations, and microwave transmission equipment. It also includes upgrades and expansions of functionality in the service layer such as charging and voicemail, as well as project management, integration and implementation services. more
Related Tags: voicemail, core-network, microwave
Competition in Vietnam Intensifying
Despite happiness with market share for 2005, competition in 2006 forecast to be fiercer than last year with two new mobile networks, EVN Telecom and Hanoi Telecom joining the fray. At a press conference in Ha Long City, Quang Ninh Province in late March 2006, Nguyen Huy Phuc, Deputy Head of the Telecommunications Department under the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) announced that VNPT, VinaPhone and MobiFone mobile networks have signed up more than 7.2 million subscribers between them. If they maintain these new subscriber-signing rates, the two networks could reach 10 million subscribers by the year's end. more
Related Tags: telematics, mobifone, vinaphone
Vietnamese Operators Plan Stock Floatation
Vietnam's VinaPhone and MobiFone plan to equitise and issue shares on the stock market before year's end, according to parent firm Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT). VinaPhone assets, in terms of user subscriptions, reached US$1.6 billion by the end of 2005, while those of MobiFone stood at about $1 billion, said VNPT. MobiFone will complete formalities to put an end to ten years of cooperation with its foreign partner in 2006 to prepare for equitisation in 2007, said Le Ngoc Minh, Director of VMS MobiFone. "MobiFone's equitisation has attracted the attention of many investors, both local and international," Minh said. more
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The Fight For Mobile Customers At Border Areas
Five years ago, residents in Vietnam's remote and border areas didn't even know what a mobile phone was. Now, cell phone networks cover almost all of these areas. The area around the Ban Thi Railway Station in the Van Thuy Commune in Chi Lang District in the northern province of Lang Son is thinly populated, but it is a hotbed of smuggled goods. Moreover, the national highway that runs through the village has numerous sharp twists and bends that often cause traffic accidents. "Therefore," according to Son, the head of the railway station, "mobile phones have become essential for local security staff." more
Related Tags: sharp, sk-telecom, mobifone, vinaphone, railway, son
Ericsson Signs GSM Network Expansion Deal In Vietnam
STOCKHOLM -(Dow Jones)- Telefon AB LM Ericsson (ERICY) Wednesday said it has signed a multiyear frame agreement with the mobile operator viettel for the expansion of viettel's Global System for Mobile Communication/General Package Radio Service network in Vietnam. more
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