Viettel will stop converting subscriptions from EVN Telecom to Viettel on Saturday after nearly one year doing the conversion for users since it took over the subsidiary from Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN). The military-run telecom company has had to perform procedures for EVN Telecom subscribers to shift to Viettel services as the latter was transferred after incurring losses. Apart from taking... 

Hanoi Telecom Corporation sticks to its effort to acquire the 3G frequency from EVN Telecom, saying it would go against the Competition Law if the deal was awarded to the military-run telecom firm Viettel. Hanoi Telecom and its foreign partner Hutchison Telecom have sought permission from the Government and related agencies to take over the 3G frequency and infrastructure from the loss-making EVN Telecom. However,... 

Hanoi Telecom Corporation is seeking Ministry of Information and Communications intervention so that it can acquire half of the third generation (3G) bandwidth held by EVN Telecom. The move came after Viettel announced its intention to acquire EVN Telecom. Earlier Hanoi Telecom sent the Government and related agencies its proposal to take over the struggling EVN Telecom. Hanoi Telecom asked the information... 

While the Prime Minister has yet to decide on whether to transfer EVN Telecom to Viettel, this military-run telecom company has fully prepared itself to take over the money-losing mobile service provider. Viettel’s management has issued an internal resolution on the date and plan of acquiring EVN Telecom, making Viettel’s takeover of EVN Telecom more likely. The resolution also states that the... 

Hanoi Telecom Corporation has just asked the Government and related agencies for approval to take over the money-losing EVN Telecom, which had earlier been planned for merging into the military run Viettel. Hanoi Telecom used to cooperate with EVN Telecom to jointly compete for the third generation (3G) network license. Since both telecom firms share the same 3G license and use the same frequency... 

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has issued licenses to some enterprises for providing 4G services on a small scale but it also wants the enterprises to advise on the timing of 4G network’s official launch. Nguyen Dang Nguyen, vice director of MobiFone, said MIC should issue licenses to those enterprises which have provided 2G and 3G networks for launching the 4G service. With... 

Mobile service providers in Vietnam said they are not prepared to offer 4G services as they are more concerned with 3G services. The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) recently collected opinions from mobile providers on the rolling out of 4G services in Vietnam. Mobile phone giants Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, and the EVN Telecom-Hanoi Telecom Joint Venture all said that they were... 

Third generation (3G) mobile service providers want to claim back over VND4 trillion in deposits from the Ministry of Information and Communications to cope with their capital shortfalls. The four licensed 3G providers of Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone and an alliance of EVN Telecom and Hanoi Telecom have pledged investment capital of VND42 trillion over three years to develop their networks. According... 

Four mobile providers want to withdraw the remaining 50 per cent of their deposits for 3G services to invest in infrastructure. Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, and EVN Telecom-Hanoi Telecom Joint Venture are seeking approval from the Ministry of Information and Communications for the withdrawal. They complained that they are facing difficulties in mobilising capital to fuel their projects. According... 

Although mobile internet usage has been slow to catch on in Vietnam, the popularity of digital media is set to surge in the next 12 months, according to a pre-release of data from Nielsen’s inaugural Southeast Asia Digital Consumer Report on Tuesday. The report, which will be available on 30 September this year, studies the behavior and attitudes of digital consumers in response to the way that...