Vinaphone last week became the first mobile-phone service provider in the country to offer an in-flight cell-phone service for passengers on some international routes. The service allows subscribers who have registered to use the international roaming service to make phone calls or send messages in the air. On flights with international roaming service, passengers will be informed to use their cell-phones... 

The Ministry of Information and Communications has yet to give any formal comment on merging the two mobile networks VinaPhone and MobiFone as proposed by the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT). VNPT, which operates VinaPhone and MobiFone, proposed such a merger a few months ago, but the ministry as the State agency overseeing the industry is waiting for the Government’s norms in restructuring... 

Major mobile carriers MobiFone and Vinaphone may be merged under a restructuring scheme proposed by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) even though ministry officials have denied this. VNPT is finalizing its restructuring scheme and seeking approval from related agencies before coming to an official decision on the merger of the two mobile operators under its umbrella, said VNPT deputy... 

Two Vietnamese giant mobile service providers, MobiFone and VinaPhone, will merge to strengthen their operations, one official said. Phan Hoang Duc, Deputy General Director of the Vietnam Posts and Communications Group (VNPT), the holding entity of the providers, confirmed this on March 19. However, the Ministry of Information and Communication has not yet made any official announcement. VNPT has... 

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... 

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... 

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...