Vietnam

Vietnam's smallest mobile operator, HT Mobile, is set to switch off its CDMA network within two months, after it acquired a licence to operate GSM-based mobile services in March.... 2008-04-25

South Korea-based Samsung has settled on Vietnam as the location of its fifth Asian handset production facility. The world's second largest handset provider after Nokia has... 2008-03-25

Saigon Postel Corporation (SPT) has become the sixth operator to be awarded a WiMAX licence by Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communication. SPT is affiliated with the... 2008-03-14

Vietnam Post and Telecoms Group (VNPT), the incumbent operator, plans to invest US$1bn in 2008. This will solely be put into the development of its broadband network, used to... 2008-02-27

The Ministry of Information and Communication has awarded a licence to CMC Telecom to provide internet services in Vietnam. The operator, an affiliate of CMC Corporation, will... 2008-02-22

The Vietnam Posts and Telecoms Group (VNPT) has entered a partnership with US-based telecoms equipment vendor Motorola to expand and enhance the GSM network of one of its two... 2007-12-19

Global telecoms operator AT&T has commercially launched its services in Vietnam. The announcement follows an earlier agreement with Viettel, the Vietnamese mobile operator,... 2007-11-27

Vietnamese incumbent operator Vietnam Post & Telecoms (VNPT) and its mobile unit MobiFone has awarded a series of contracts to Alcatel-Lucent worth US$28mn. Enhancing the... 2007-10-26

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), the country's fixed-line incumbent, is to launch a trial WiMAX service across Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city (HCM) from November... 2007-10-15

Vietnam is fast becoming a high-tech technology hub in the Asia Pacific region. Last year, US powerhouse Intel announced a US$1bn investment, which will the construction of a semiconductor... 2007-08-31