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,... 

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... 

The military-run telecom company Viettel has put into operation a production line of telecom devices, marking its business expansion from mobile  phone service to electronic device production. This production line worth over VND200 billion is operated by the electronic production center of Viettel and turns out such products as cell phones, smart phones, tablet computers, network infrastructure devices... 

Vietnam’s military-run mobile service operator Viettel on Thursday kick-started operations of its joint venture NATCOM in Haiti touted as the beginning of a revolution in the mobile service industry in the Latin American country. Huge investments allow the company to introduce state-of-the-art equipment and technology excelling over all other mobile service competitors in the country and igniting... 

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... 

Military-run telecom company Viettel on Tuesday launched a prepaid mobile service package for coastal residents named Sea+ designed according to peculiar features of coastal regions. The coastal and island areas of Vietnam have a crowded population of 29 million people. For the mobile package to reach these people, Viettel has established 1,400 transceiver stations along the coast and offshore to... 

The Canadian smart phone manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) entered the Vietnam phone market last month, following cooperative agreements with the country’s largest network operators including Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone. Under the deal, these network operators will provide Blackberry services for RIM’s mobile phone users in Vietnam at reasonable prices in the near future. Recently, Viettel,... 

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...