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| 3G to set off boom in mobile market |
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| May 9, 2009 |
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Viet Nam will become one of the largest mobile markets in Asia, with an estimated 120 million subscribers by the end of 2014 ? a total on a par with Japan's current subscriber base ? according to Seeking Alpha, a web-based analyst.
Telecoms firms in Viet Nam were expected to add 53 million subscriptions over the next five years, making it a potential boom market for 3G equipment vendors, said Seeking Alpha.
Assuming 3G were available by the end of 2009 as expected, the country would likely have about 43 million 3G subscribers by 2014, or 36 per cent of total users.
This month alone, the Ministry of Information and Communications awarded four licences to five operators (one was awarded to joint bidders).
Three of the licences went to Viettel, VinaPhone and MobiFone, the largest operators in Viet Nam which together commanded approximately 85 per cent of the mobile-phone market as of late 2008. The last licence was given to EVN Telecom and Ha Noi Telecom, which jointly applied for 3G spectrum.
GSMA, the organisation that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, congratulated the Vietnamese Government on opening the door to a mobile broadband future.
"This is a very important step for Viet Nam ? technologically, economically and socially. It heralds a new era of high-speed internet access in a country where 66 per cent of the population uses a mobile phone, but only 3 per cent can use broadband at home," said Ricardo Tavares, public policy officer of the GSMA.
(VNA/VNS) |
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