The Viet Nam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) -VinaPhone was awarded the Labour Order, first class, during a recemony held in Ha Noi on Friday marking the 25th anniversary of the first Vietnamese mobile phone service provider.
Experts forecast despite being a relatively new paradigm in Viet Nam, network sharing efforts would accelerate as the Government seeks to streamline network deployments and slash capital spending.
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.
Three enterprises from Viet Nam have been announced among the winners of the sixth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards – an award founded to recognise innovation in business throughout the region.
Vietnamese telecommunications giants VinaPhone, Viettel and MobiFone will deploy mobile number portability (MNP) services starting this Friday (November 16).
National mobile network operator Vinaphone targets a pre-tax profit of VND1.4 trillion (US$61.4 million) in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 per cent.
Thee major telecom network providers Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone started testing mobile number portability (MNP) on Thursday, which allows subscribers to keep existing mobile number when switching networks.
The Ministry of Information and Communications said that it has fined Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone VND$85 million (US$3,728) for using fake identity cards to register pre-paid phone subscriptions.
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.