February 9, 2010
Axiata Bangladesh finalizes IPO plans
January 18, 2010
Viettel hopes to offer iPhone from March; posts 80% increase in 2009 revenue
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an 80% year-on-year increase, Viettel’s 2009 full-year revenue reached VND60 trillion (USD3.2 billion). 60% increase in the turnover is eyed by the Vietnamese military-owned telecoms company in 2010. [Content protected for Silver members only]
January 16, 2010
Teletalk receives USD211 million loan from China
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: USD211 million in loans will be provided to Bangladeshi state-run mobile operator Teletalk , by the China’s government to develop its future 3G network.
January 15, 2010
Viettel to sell iPhone in Vietnam
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A deal has been signed between Apple Inc. and Military Telecom Corp, Viettel to sell the iPhone in Vietnam. Viettel is the country’s top operator telecommunication and mobile operations with a revenue [Content protected for Silver members only]
SingTel plans to float Optus share as Australian IPO
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With an aim to raise about A$4 billion, 25% stake of Australian unit Optus is planned to be sold by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd through an initial public offering in Australia. Southeast Asia’s la[Content protected for Silver members only]
January 6, 2010
Viettel eyes 60% stake in Teletalk (Bangladesh)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vietnamese telecom operator Viettel has shown interest in a tie up with Teletalk, a Bangladeshi state-owned mobile firm. According to Bangladeshi Telecommunications Minister Rajiuddin Ahmed Raju, Teletalk has received a proposal from Viettel for a partnership; however, the talk of the deal has not yet started.
Viettel is eyeing 60% stake in Teletalk for USD300 [...]
January 5, 2010
Further investments in Vietnam cancelled by SK Telecom
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Low profit and low subscriber growth made ¬South Korea’s SK Telecom to cease investing in its Vietnamese subsidiary. However, the company’s S-Fone partnership with Saigon Post andTelecommunication Corporation (SPT) will remain intact but S-Fone’s plans to deploy a 3G network will be endangered by the move.
An agreement to convert the cooperation into a formal [...]
December 16, 2009
Vinaphone to start 3G roaming service by 2010
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vietnam leading mobile operator, Vinaphone will start international roaming service by 2010. The decision came after the company joined Conexus, an alliance of international mobile phone providers. Through
this agreement, subscribers to one of the alliance’s members and VinaPhone’s users will be permitted to use the services provided by all the other members of the [...]
December 7, 2009
Mobile search service launched by Mobifone(Vietnam)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vietnam based mobile operator MobileFone launched its mobile-search service in partnership with Nam Digital Corp Area 1 (VDC1). The msearch service is based on socbay technology of Naiscorp.
The service will operate on GPRS base and high speed 3G. Using a client support of nearly 300 mobile lines in Vietnam, the service will provide relevant [...]
October 2, 2009
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 [...]
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