Leading telecom service providers Viettel, MobiFone and VinaPhone are scrambling to put up base transceiver stations and pilot 4G services to be ready to officially offer them this quarter.
Viet Nam has "too much" free wireless internet
service (Wi-Fi) and it is also one of the countries with the lowest 3G
tariff in the world, said Nguyen Thanh Hung, deputy minister of
Information and Communications, on August 11.
Viet Nam''s small mobile carriers have sought a postponement of the
implementation of a policy allowing mobile phone users to change network
providers without having to change their phone numbers.
Three mobile service providers, Viettel, MobiFone, and VinaPhone, have
been cleared of suspicions that they violated regulations on tariff
increases with their 3G fee hike.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has urged Viet Nam
Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) to complete its restructuring
plan by the end of June.