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Electronics retailer FPT Retail has unveiled its own mobile virtual network, marking it as the country’s fifth such network. Known for operating the FPT Shop chain and being a subsidiary of the tech giant FPT, FPT Retail does not have its own network…
With over one million subscribers, the country’s three mobile virtual network operators, who piggyback on large telecom companies, have a market share of 1%. iTel, Reddi and Local do not have their own infrastructure or radio frequencies and instead pay to…
The mobile money service, which allows users to deposit, withdraw, pay or transfer money on mobile devices, has signed up nearly 2.2 million subscribers in eight months. Of the customers, 69% are from rural and mountainous areas, according to the Ministry of…
Indochina Telecom has become the first MVNO in Vietnam, operating on the VinaPhone network. The operator is initially introducing services for workers in industrial parks in nine provinces and cities. Indochina Telecom has been attempting for over a decade to…
Vietnam’s Vinaphone has become the fourth and last of the nation’s four major mobile operators to launch carrier billing over Google Play using the Fortumo payments platform. The operator’s 20 million subscribers will be able to use the Fortumo platform to…
Vietnam’s VinaPhone has become the market’s first operator to launch 4G services, commencing with a deployment providing full coverage of Phu Quoc Island. The VNPT mobile subsidiary has deployed 100 4G base stations to provide total coverage of the island.…
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…
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