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Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel has installed Vietnam’s first 5G base stations in Hanoi ahead of planned 5G trials. The operator has deployed three test 5G base stations at various offices, and expects to switch them on for trials in early May.…
Vietnamese military-owned operator Viettel has announced that its subsidiary in Laos Unitel has become the first mobile operator in the market to launch eSIM technology. The Unitel eSIM service was introduced at the beginning of March, and Unitel is aiming to…
Military-run telecom giant Viettel is the only Vietnamese firm in the list of 500 most valuable brands in the world. Valued at $4.32 billion, Viettel’s brand was ranked 478th on the list of 500 most valuable brands in the world for 2019, Brand Finance, a…
Vietnam’s largest telecommunications company Viettel has received a license to trial its 5G services. The trial is licensed for a period of one year until January 21 next year. Viettel is the first company in Vietnam to receive this license. The…
Vietnam’s five most valuable brands were worth a combined $8.1 billion in 2018, up $2.3 billion or 39 percent against 2017, Brand Finance estimated. The most valuable brand was military-owned mobile network Viettel at $2.8 billion last year, up 9 percent from…
Vietnam’s largest telecommunication company, Viettel, is seeking to double its five million subscribers in Myanmar by the end of the year. Viettel, whose $1.22 billion unit Viettel Global Investment is trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market, has also…
Vietnamese telecom firms are seeking a head start in the 5G race as the country becomes an early adopter of the technology. State-owned Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) recently signed a deal with Finnish telecom firm Nokia to develop 5G…
Viettel earned gross profits of $57.25 million from overseas markets in Q3, a year-on-year increase of 8 percent. Its overseas investment arm, Viettel Global, reaped net revenues of nearly VND4.43 billion ($188.71) in the third quarter, up 5 percent over the…
Nokia has completed a demonstration of its smart city management solution IOC for Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel in support of the government’s smart city ambitions. Nokia demonstrated its Integrated Operations Center to the operator during a trial…
More than 2.24 billion Viettel Global shares will make their debut on Hanoi’s unlisted public company market, UPCoM, on Tuesday. The shares of Viettel Global Investment Joint Stock Company, with the sticker VGI, will be traded on the UPCoM at a floor price of…
Vietnamese telecommunication company Viettel has set its sights on the Philippines as the next destination in its overseas expansion drive. The company said on Thursday, as the archipelago’s economy clears the way for the entry of a third operator. Fixing the…
A list of the 1,000 businesses that paid the most tax last year in Vietnam has been released, and includes three foreign firms in the top 10. Military-run telco giant Viettel topped the list after earning a pre-tax profit of nearly VND40 trillion ($1.76…
Vietnam’s Viettel has launched 4G services in East Timor through its subsidiary in the market Telemor. The launch in East Timor marks the Viettel group’s sixth 4G launch outside Vietnam, and follows launches in Burundi, Cambodia, Haiti, Laos, and Peru.…
Strong international markets, favorable exchange rates and new services have led to record revenues. Vietnam’s military-run telecoms group Viettel said its pre-tax profit from the nine overseas market it currently has a foothold in rose 156 percent on-year to…
Military-run telecom group Viettel, one of Vietnam’s three largest mobile service providers, recorded a pre-tax profit of VND1 trillion (US$41.2 million) from its overseas investments in the first half of 2017, a 156 percent year-on-year increase, according…
Vietnam’s Viettel is reportedly eyeing a foray into Indonesia and Nigeria as part of its international expansion drive. The military-run operator’s Viettel Global subsidiary is planning to enter the two markets due to their large populations. As of June last…
