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Retail Asia12/01/2024

Electronics retailer FPT Retail has unveiled its own mobile virtual network, marking it as the country’s fifth such network. Known for operating the FPT Shop chain and being a subsidiary of the tech giant FPT, FPT Retail does not have its own network infrastructure but leases network services from MobiFone and offers subscriptions to consumers […]

Retail Asia24/10/2022

With over one million subscribers, the country’s three mobile virtual network operators, who piggyback on large telecom companies, have a market share of 1%. iTel, Reddi and Local do not have their own infrastructure or radio frequencies and instead pay to use VinaPhone, Viettel, MobiFone, Vietnamobile, or Gtel’s. iTel, which depends on VinaPhone’s infrastructure and […]

Retail Asia18/10/2022

The mobile money service, which allows users to deposit, withdraw, pay or transfer money on mobile devices, has signed up nearly 2.2 million subscribers in eight months. Of the customers, 69% are from rural and mountainous areas, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications. The service are jointly offered on a trial basis by […]

Retail Asia14/05/2019

Indochina Telecom has become the first MVNO in Vietnam, operating on the VinaPhone network. The operator is initially introducing services for workers in industrial parks in nine provinces and cities. Indochina Telecom has been attempting for over a decade to launch MVNO services in Vietnam, the report states. The company had initially failed to negotiate an MVNE […]

Retail Asia18/08/2017

Vietnam’s Vinaphone has become the fourth and last of the nation’s four major mobile operators to launch carrier billing over Google Play using the Fortumo payments platform. The operator’s 20 million subscribers will be able to use the Fortumo platform to pay for apps and in-app content using their airtime balance. With the launch, 95% […]

Retail Asia08/11/2016

Vietnam’s VinaPhone has become the market’s first operator to launch 4G services, commencing with a deployment providing full coverage of Phu Quoc Island. The VNPT mobile subsidiary has deployed 100 4G base stations to provide total coverage of the island. The operator plans to rapidly deploy 4G services in 2017, installing 21,000 base stations nationwide. […]

Retail Asia10/08/2015

Vietnam telco MobiFone says it will focus on expanding its retail presence in the coming year as it competes for market share. MobiFone Vietnam is one of three key mobile phone networks fiercely competing for a share of the nation’s burgeoning telecommunications business. In recent years rivals Viettel and VinaPhone have all stepped up their […]

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FPT Retail debuts mobile virtual network in Vietnam

Mobile virtual network operators hold 1% market share

Mobile money service attracts 2.2 mln users

Vietnam gets its first MVNO Provider

Vinaphone debuts carrier billing on Google Play

VinaPhone launches Vietnam’s first 4G services

MobiFone Vietnam moves into retail