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Jun 25, 2010 / 10:41

Ninth mobile phone service provider gets licence

The Hanoitimes -  The Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) has been granted a licence to become Vietnam’s ninth mobile phone service provider. Accordingly, VTC is permitted to set up network and supply 3G mobile service sharing wireless frequency bands with EVN Telecom, provide domestic roaming service applied to GSM network for subscribers in Vietnam and have its own prefix. According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam currently has eight mobile phone operators besides VTC, namely MobiFone, VinaPhone, Viettel, S-Fone, Vietnamobile, EVN Telecom, Gtel Mobil and Indochina Telecom. At end of May 2010, Vietnam had had nearly 129 million mobile phone subscribers, 40% of whom use services supplied by Viettel 

The Hanoitimes -  The Vietnam Multimedia Corporation (VTC) has been granted a licence to become Vietnam’s ninth mobile phone service provider.

Accordingly, VTC is permitted to set up network and supply 3G mobile service sharing wireless frequency bands with EVN Telecom, provide domestic roaming service applied to GSM network for subscribers in Vietnam and have its own prefix.


According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, Vietnam currently has eight mobile phone operators besides VTC, namely MobiFone, VinaPhone, Viettel, S-Fone, Vietnamobile, EVN Telecom, Gtel Mobil and Indochina Telecom.

At end of May 2010, Vietnam had had nearly 129 million mobile phone subscribers, 40% of whom use services supplied by Viettel