Ha Noi (VNA) – Viettelis the only Vietnamese company attending the Mobile World Congress (MWC) currentlyunderway in Barcelona, Spain.
This is the second time the military-runtelecoms firm has attended the world’s biggest telecoms event.
Viettel brought to the MWC telecom-basedapps and gadgets for a smart society, which have been successfully implementedby the firm in Vietnam and abroad, like the V-Wallet, e-government and theDistribution Management System.
Viettel also introducedsolutions that provide protection for mobile users against malicious attacks,overcharges, junk messages, missing devices, or leaked information.
Viettel is currently serving 100 millioncustomers, including 35 million abroad in nine markets. It is among the world’stop 30 telecoms companies in terms of number of customers.-VNA
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