Movitel, a joint-venture between Vietnam’s military-run telecom providerViettel and Mozambique’s SPI Invespar company has launched mobileservices with the first nine base transceiver stations (BTSs) inMozambique, a Viettel representative said on Oct. 7.
On Nov. 5 last year, Viettel won a bidding to become the third mobileservice operator in Mozambique and pledged to reach a mobile coverage of80 percent of the African country’s population.
By theend of this year, Movitel plans to put nearly 1,000 BTSs for both 2Gand 3G networks into use in 11 cities and provinces nationwide.
Mozambique is the fourth foreign country in which Viettel has invested,after Cambodia, Laos and Haiti. By the first quarter of this year, thecountry had around 7.7 million mobile phone subscribers, equivalent toalmost 30 percent of its population./.
On Nov. 5 last year, Viettel won a bidding to become the third mobileservice operator in Mozambique and pledged to reach a mobile coverage of80 percent of the African country’s population.
By theend of this year, Movitel plans to put nearly 1,000 BTSs for both 2Gand 3G networks into use in 11 cities and provinces nationwide.
Mozambique is the fourth foreign country in which Viettel has invested,after Cambodia, Laos and Haiti. By the first quarter of this year, thecountry had around 7.7 million mobile phone subscribers, equivalent toalmost 30 percent of its population./.
