Articles tagged with: Vinaphone and Mobifone
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: viettel, Vietnam
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
Related Tags: ministry-of-information-and-communications, 3g-license, viettel, nokia-siemens, 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, ev-do, s-fone, Vietnam
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, ev-do, s-fone, 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, 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
Vietnam Rings in Changes for Mobile Networks
The network infrastructure of Vietnam's largest mobile operators, MobiFone and vinaphone, is set to be expanded this year under an ambitious plan by the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group in preparation for an expected increase in competition. more
Vietnam Plans Investments to Cut Network Congestion
Vietnam's mobile service market has become hotter and hotter with the presence of six service providers. In order to lure customers, the service providers have been trying to cut telecom fees, and as a result, the quality of services has degraded. They now have to improve the situation by spending money on increasing their capacities. more
Related Tags: telematics, bts, s-fone
Nghiem Phu Hoan, deputy head of the Vietnam's Telecommunications Division has said the division is gathering proposals from vinaphone and MobiFone which will be submitted to the Ministry of Posts and Telematics (MPT) next month for possible deployment of 3G services later this year. more
Related Tags: telematics
Alfa wants to take part in sale of Vietnam's cell cos
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Prime-Tass) -- The Vietnamese government plans to sell stakes in three mobile operators and Russian financial and industrial holding Alfa Group plans to participate in the privatization, Alfa Bank President Pyotr Aven said, Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday. more
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