With tightened management over pre-activated SIM cards, the number of mobile phone subscriptions was 125.8 million last year, a year-on-year decrease of 3.5 per cent.
The Ministry of Information and Communications will grant a 4G LTE
licence in the second half of this year, Deputy Minister Phan Tam said
at a meeting on Wednesday.
Viet Nam''s oldest mobile network operator, MobiFone, will recall nearly
200,000 SIM cards that were issued and allocated to dealers, but were
not activated for the past two years.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is expected to
formally restructure the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group
(VNPT) this month, according to Minister Nguyen Bac Son.