Viettel removes roaming charges for Vietnam-Lao-Cambodia calls
Hanoi (VNA) – The
military-run telecommunication group Viettelsaid it will remove roaming charges
for phone calls among its subscribers in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The move will allow subscribers of
Viettel in Vietnam, Unitel in Laos and Metfone in Cambodia to make phone calls
to each other at the same priceas domestic calls.Unitel and Metfone are
Viettel’s subsidiaries in Laos and Cambodia.
This policy makes Viettel the
first mobile service provider in the world removing roaming charges for
subscribers of its networks abroad.
General Director of Viettel
Nguyen Manh Hung said the policy aims to promote economic development and trade
between the three countries.
In 2013, the Ministers for
Information Technology and Communications of the ASEAN countries began
discussing the removal of roaming charges.
Through its affiliate, Viettel Global, the
telecom giant has so far invested in Laos, Cambodia, Timor Leste, Cameroon,
Haiti, Mozambique, Burundi, Peru and Tanzania-VNA