Viettel Global Investment JSC, a subsidiary of military-run telecom giant Viettel Group, reported sales of VND4.43 trillion and profit of VND1.34 trillion in the third quarter, increases of 5 and 8 per cent year-on-year.
Military-run Viettel Group reported profits in eight of its 10 overseas markets including Peru, Cambodia, Laos, Haiti, Burundi, East Timor, Mozambique and Cameroon in the first half of the year.
Viettel’s subsidiary in Burundi, Lumitel, won the “Best operator in an emerging market” and “Best brand” awards at the 2016 World Communication Awards (WCA) held in Britain last month.
Lumitel – a brand of the military-run telecommunication group Viettel in
Burundi – has become the first 4G LTE service provider in the African
country.
Lumitel, Viettel Group''s mobile operator in Burundi, has signed up
1 million subscribers, or 10 per cent of the African country''s
population, in the four months since it began operations.