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Telecom groups latch on to new financial service offerings

09:29 | 23/07/2021

Vietnamese telecom operators are betting on financial activities to make gains from the new trends emerging and being pushed forward by current events.

  • Mobile data revenue in Vietnam to grow at 5.9% CAGR over 2019-2024, says GlobalData

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Mobile data services revenue in Vietnam is poised to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% between 2019 and 2024, driven by steady rise in mobile Internet subscriptions, growing consumption of mobile data services and the subsequent increase in average revenue per user (ARPU) from data, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

  • Phones and components lead in January-September export turnover

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Phones and components lead in Viet Nam’s export turnover in the first nine months of this year, with a value of US$38.6 billion, marking a year-on-year increase of 5.1 per cent and accounting for 19.9 per cent of total exports.

  • Vsmart phones to officially sell in Myanmar

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    On May 29, VinSmart of Vingroup officially launched the Vsmart brand and products in Myanmar, continuing its way to conquer the international market as well as to swing for its ambition to boost the Vietnamese brand throughout the globe.

  • ITelecom launches mobile service

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Indochina Telecom Joint Stock Company (ITelecom) launched mobile service ITelecom with the prefix 087 on April 25.

  • MobiFone licensed to pilot 5G

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Mobile carrier MobiFone has been licensed to pilot a fifth-generation (5G) mobile service, making it the second telecom carrier in the country to secure permission by the Ministry of Information and Communications to launch the service on a trial basis, after Viettel, the carrier said in a statement issued on April 25.

  • Nokia sees Vietnam as key market

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    A representative of HMD Global, the maker of Nokia-branded mobile phones, has confirmed that Vietnam is a key market for Nokia owing to its robust growth for both basic phones and smartphones.

  • Phone subscriber regulation under fire from telecomms firms

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    A new regulation that stipulates telecommunication firms may only provide discounts for prepaid subscribers of up to 20 per cent has major problems and fails to uphold market economic principles, said Trần Mạnh Hùng, chairman of VNPT’s director board.

  • ​Vietnamese mobile carriers urge subscribers to submit portraits to complete registration

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Mobile accounts registered without users’ accurate personal information and their portraits will be deemed invalid from April 24

  • Telcos prepare plans to prevent network congestion at Tet

    09:29 | 23/07/2021

    Local mobile carriers have unveiled plans to cope with possible network glitches during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, or Tet, which falls next Friday.