Viettel aims to become third 3G W-CDMA provider of Vietnem

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Viettel, the military-owned telecoms company of Vietnam has expressed its plan to become the third 3G W-CDMA provider of the country by March, 2009. According to the director of Viettel’s HCMC branch, Tran Minh Huy, next generation services will be launched commercially once trials in more than 20 provinces have been concluded.

100,000 3G base stations during 2010 will be established by the firm in this regard.

Earlier, CDMA-based services in October and December 2009 had been launched by rival mobile operators Vinaphone and Mobifone respectively.