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Vietnam’s Viettel has launched 4G services across Vietnam after completing a nationwide rollout in just six months. The operator has now achieved 95% coverage with its 4G network, and officially launched services on Tuesday. The network consists of 36,000 4G…
Vietnam’s Viettel aims to be complete with its nationwide 4G rollout by April 10 after a frenzy of base station installations over the past six months. The military-run operator has deployed 36,000 4G base stations since commencing the rollout in November…
The three telecommunication groups under direct management of the Information and Communications Ministry (MIC) will have to develop their equitisation plans in 2017, according to the Minister of Information and Communications, Trương Minh Tuấn. The three…
Myanmar has formally awarded its fourth and final nationwide telecoms license to a joint venture consisting of Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel and local ICT companies. The consortium has been awarded a 15-year license to offer nationwide services in…
The company expects to lose $1 million a month but hopes to boost connections in Indochina. Vietnam’s biggest telecom firm Viettel has announced it will abolish roaming charges between Vietnam and neighboring Cambodia and Laos, where it has also developed…
Viettel Telecom will provide free 4G SIM cards to its users ahead of the launch of its 4G network in the first quarter of 2017. From January 1 to March 1, customers can visit Viettel’s shops, supermarkets and postal offices nationwide to swap their current…
Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel has provided details of its plans for entering the Myanmar mobile market, including a goal of connecting 95% of the country’s population within three years. Viettel was recently selected as the international partner…
The Myanmar government has selected Vietnamese military-run operator Viettel as the international partner for the consortium likely to be granted the nation’s fourth telecom license. Viettel has been selected from a pool of seven contestants and been granted…
Viettel has become Vietnam’s first operator to offer to offer direct carrier billing for the Google Play store. The operator has teamed up with carrier billing company Fortumo to offer carrier billing to its 55 million subscribers. Both postpaid and prepaid…
Vietnam telco MobiFone says it will focus on expanding its retail presence in the coming year as it competes for market share. MobiFone Vietnam is one of three key mobile phone networks fiercely competing for a share of the nation’s burgeoning…
