In the first nine months of 2019, the number of 4G subscribers reached 21 million, doubling the amount in 2018 and accounting for 65 per cent of total Viettel subscribers. — Photo daidoanket.vn

Viettel Telecom Corporation was named Viet Nam’s Mobile Data Service Provider of the Year at the 2019 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards recently held in Singapore.

The company was honoured thanks to its strong growth of data subscribers, service diversity and investment in infrastructure and telecommunication eco-system.

In the first nine months of 2019, the number of 4G subscribers reached 21 million, double the amount in 2018 and accounting for 65 per cent of total Viettel subscribers.

Nidhi Jalali, an analyst at the Frost & Sullivan, said Viettel has an impressive growth of data subscribers thanks to its rational data packages for both urban and rural customers.

With its heavy ICT investment, Viettel has become an excellent data service provider, and improved its prestige in the telecommunications sector, she added. — VNS