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... 

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’s military-run telecom firm Viettel has reported the first profit made in foreign markets, which proves its overseas investment strategy is on the right track. According to Le Dang Dung, deputy general director of Viettel, the company’s operations in Cambodia have been successful over the past three years. Viettel has so far invested US$40 million into Cambodia but it remitted home US$35... 

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... 

Viettel has been ranked in the top 10 mobile operators with the most new subscribers in the first quarter this year, according to a report by GSMA Wireless Intelligence. Viettel surpassed Singapore’s SingTel and Axiata of Malaysia and ranked only after network operators in India and China. As a leading provider of telecommunications services in Vietnam, Viettel has invested both domestically... 

Military-run Viettel Group on May 15 officially opened its Movitel mobile phone network in Mozambique, its major investment in Africa. With the $400 million investment, Viettel now has a presence in Asia, Africa and America. This network, according to company’s statement, represents 70 per cent of Mozambique’s fiber optic cable network and 50 per cent of the country’s mobile stations. The system... 

Viettel, one of the very few local firms to be involved heavily in research and development (R&D) activity, has set the target of obtaining the area’s revenue of up to US$1 billion by 2015, said the Viettel R&D Institute. The military-run mobile operator aims to increase the current number of staff to 10,000-15,000 by 2015 as cited by Nguyen Dinh Chien, head of the institute. It plans to... 

Electronic Equipment Production Center, a subsidiary of the military-run telecom group (Viettel), will produce a tablet computer costing under US$200 as a trial in the second quarter this year. Director of the centre Nguyen Vu Luu revealed the news on the sidelines of a seminar on scientific research held in Hanoi on February 23. The “Made by Viettel” tablet will target a niche market of specific... 

The military-run mobile operator Viettel on Wednesday officially launched its telephone information service, thus entering into competition with the popular 1080 service provided by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Groups (VNPT). Viettel will operate this service on four different switchboards. Particularly, users can dial 1060 for social, cultural and entertainment information, 1066 for labor... 

Local telcos are ramping up outbound investments with big targets. In 2012, military-run telecom group Viettel will strive to achieve over 50 per cent revenue growth in foreign markets parallel to setting footholds in four highly populated new countries. This would mean by the end of 2012, the total population in Viettel’s overseas markets could double Vietnam’s population. In 2011, it raked in...