Articles tagged with: Vinaphone
MobiFone, VinaPhone, Viettel apply for new number range
With new subscribers of up to 100,000 per day, Vietnam's three largest mobile network operators, vinaphone, MobiFone, Viettel are facing with the difficulty in running out of numbers. more
Related Tags: mobifone, viettel, Vietnam
VinaPhone to Launch 3G Services on Oct 12th
Vietnam's vinaphone has announced that it will launch its 3G network on October 12th, making it the first operator to launch 3G phone services in the country. more
Related Tags: 3g, three, base, testing, Vietnam
Motorola Wins 3G Contract in Vietnam
Motorola says that it has won a 3G network deployment contract from Vietnam based mobile network operator, vinaphone, a subsidiary of Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) Group. The contract covers northern Vietnam including key areas of the capital city, Hanoi and is for a duration of one year. more
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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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Vietnamese Network Signs Network Upgrade Contract
Vietnam's vinaphone has contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its GSM network in 16 northern provinces with EDGE data services. The contract was signed through Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese subsidiary, Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. The deployment is currently underway and the expanded network will begin providing commercial services in April 2009. more
Related Tags: base-station, ict, rural, edge, alcatel-lucent, ovi, iden, shanghai, gsm, Vietnam
Russia's VimpelCom to Build GSM Network in Vietnam
Russia's VimpelCom has announced that it has signed a Joint Venture and Shareholders Agreement to establish a mobile telecommunications joint venture in Vietnam under the name of GTEL-Mobile Joint Stock Company. The other participants in the Joint Venture Company will be Global Telecommunications Corporation ("GTEL"), a Vietnamese state-owned enterprise and GTEL TSC, a subsidiary of GTEL. more
Related Tags: gsm-license, vimpelcom, viettel, gtel, mobifone, ev-do, Vietnam
Vietnamese Operator to Optimise its GSM Network
Aircom International says that it has won a contract with Vietnamese mobile network operator, vinaphone, to provide RF network planning, design support and surveying activities for the expansion of its GSM network. Aircom will provide network planning and design services for 1212 macrosites in 27 provinceÃ's capitals and along VietnamÃ's national highway. 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, ministry-of-information-and-communications, mobifone, ev-do, 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, ministry-of-information-and-communications, mobifone, Vietnam
Vietnam Needs More Mobile Phone Numbers
Vietnam's three mobile phone networks, vinaphone, MobiFone and Viettel, have asked the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) for more network codes. vinaphone is now using two network codes, 091 and 094, MobiFone with two codes, 090 and 093, and Viettel with 097 and 098. As the numbers of mobile subscribers are increasing, those networks have asked the MPT for two more network codes each. more
Related Tags: telematics, viettel, mobifone
