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Mobile phone subscriptions shoot up in January

The number of new mobile phone subscribers reached 4.3 million in the first month of this year, up 169 percent against the same period last year, according to the National Statistics Office.
The number of new mobile phonesubscribers reached 4.3 million in the first month of this year, up 169percent against the same period last year, according to the NationalStatistics Office.

To date, Vietnam has around 135.3 million telephone subscribers, a 62percent rise from last year. Of the figure, nearly 15 percent are fixedphone subscribers and the remaining 85 percent are mobile phone owners.

The number of broad-band Internet subscribers rose sharply to 3.1million, marking a 46 percent rise over the same period last year.

Experts in telecommunications reckon that the steep rises resulted frompromotion programmes that service providers have vehemently launched inrecent time, including fee cuts or remissions.

The country is forecast to see a sharper rise in the number of mobilephone subscribers as several network operators are planning feereductions and attractive service packages in an attempt to grab alarger market share.

Vietnam now has eight mobile phone service providers. The MilitaryTelecom Corporation (Viettel) now holds the largest market share,followed by the first two giants, MobiFone and VinaPhone./.
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