The military-run mobile service operator Viettel has reportedly been licensed to provide cable television services and plans to start the business in the last quarter of this year, a source told the Daily. Viettel will be allowed provide digital and analog cable TV services nationwide, except in major cities including Hanoi, HCMC, Haiphong, Danang, Can Tho, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong and Daklak where it is... 

Vietnam Pay Television Association (VNPayTV) has submitted a petition to the State President, the Government Office and the National Assembly in an attempt to prevent Viettel from receiving a license to provide cable TV service. The association has earlier proposed the Ministry of Information and Communications not grant cable TV service licenses to telecom firms. Its latest move is aimed at keeping... 

Viettel has asked the Ministry of Information and Communications for a license to provide cable TV service, said Nguyen Manh Hung, deputy general director of the military-run telecom firm. He was speaking at a review conference held by the information ministry in Hanoi this Monday. This is the first time Viettel has voiced its proposal for the cable TV service license since it applied in February. Deputy... 

Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Vietnam Pay Television Association (VNPayTV) have petitioned relevant authorities not to grant business licenses to telecom firms to join the local cable television industry. The move came after Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Viettel and FPT Corporation announced plans to join the cable television sector. VTV and VNPayTV said in the petition that...