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.
France Telecom plans to bid for MobiFone stake – CEO (Vietnam)
France Telecom aims to acquire as large a stake as possible in Vietnamese mobile operator MobiFone, according the French operator’s CEO, Didier Lombard, writes Dau Tu newspaper. During his first trip to the country, Lombard added that Vietnam was a market with a strong growth potential and that when his company forms a partnership it builds a lasting relationship with a long-term vision. MobiFone, a subsidiary of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications, plans an IPO in early 2008 that will leave its current parent company with a one-third stake, writes Reuters. Vodafone and BT have already expressed interest in buying in. The Vietnamese mobile operator currently has around 8.5 million subscribers for an under 35 percent market share.
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