EVN, Vietnamobile rush to meet 3G launch deadline
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Network infrastructure has been rapidly deployed by Vietnamese mobile operators EVN Telecom and Hanoi Telecom (Vietnamobile) to meet the rollout deadline stipulated by the terms of their concession. The consortium has been asked to launch third-generation services by June 6 and if it fails to meet the deadline, it will have to lose its VND1 billion (USD51, 371) deposit.
VND2 trillion in the construction of around 2,500 3G base transceiver stations has been invested so far by EVN and it plans to install an additional 5,000 under the second phase of its rollout plan.
Vietnamobile on the other hand is negotiating with foreign partners to buy additional 3G equipment. According to EVN officials, the company is expected to launch 3G services in mid-June, with services restricted to the country’s largest cities, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.
Vinaphone to launch Vietnam’s first 3G Network.
VinaPhone, the Vietnamese mobile operator has announced that its 3G network will be launched on October 12th. Vinaphone will be first to go live on 3G in Vietnam.
VinaPhone’s deputy director Ho Duc Thang told a media house that Vinaphone has finalised the installation of thousands of 3G transceiver base stations will announce 3G tarriffs on the day of launch.
Vinaphone officially launched in June 2006 and currently has over 13 million subscribers. Vinaphone is among the top three mobile operators in Vietnam now.
Motorola has earlier announced that it had won the 3G upgrade contract from Vinaphone.
Three more operators in Vietnam have a 3G license – Viettel, EVN Telecom-Hanoi Telecom and Mobifone are testing their networks and will be launching shortly.
Vietnamese and Chinese enterprises ink telecom agreement
Within the framework of the APEC summit, Hanoi Telecom and China Unicom signed a memorandum of understanding on future business cooperation.
The two enterprises are to join hands in supplying wireless data cards, devices and spare parts using CDMA 1000 technology, developing and sharing value-added telecommunication services, among others.
China Unicom is a leading CDMA 1x operator in China and the second largest CDMA cellular operator in the world, with some 33 million CDMA subscribers to date.
Hanoi Telecom is set to start up HT Mobile in the local market, a new mobile service with the cell phone dial prefix 092, to begin by the end of this year.
Source- thanhniennews Wireless Mobile Telecom
