Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services One Member Limited Liability Company (with the brand MobiFone vi, Tổng công ty Viễn Thông MobiFone) is a major Vietnamese

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headquartered in Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh,

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. Founded on 16 April 1993, as a

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launcher, MobiFone is the first and currently third largest telecommunications provider in Vietnam.

Market share and competitors

MobiFone had a market share (estimated based on revenues) of 17.9% in 2012. Its main competitors are

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with 40.67% market share and

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with 30%, which is also owned by

VNPT Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT, ), is a telecommunications company, owned by the Vietnamese Government, and the national post office of Vietnam. According to a list of UNDP in 2007, it is the second-largest company in Vietna ...

. Together, the big three control almost 90% of the market, with the rest controlled by

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with 8%,

Gmobile Gmobile is a Vietnamese mobile network operator. The brand Gmobile is owned by GTel Mobile and is the successor of Beeline Vietnam. GTel in turn is owned by Global Telecommunications Corporation, a state-owned joint-stock company under the Mini ...

(formerly Beeline) with 3.2% and

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with 0.1%.

History

2015

* Become the corporation under the Ministry of Information and communication called MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation.

2011

* Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre VI.0AA

2008

* Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre V. * The Value Added Services Centre was founded. * MobiFone ranked as the first position in the Vietnam’s mobile telephony subscription market share.

2006

* Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre IV.

2005

* Liquidated the business cooperation contract with Kinnevik/Comvik (Sweden). * The State of Vietnam and Ministry of Posts and Telematics (now is Ministry of Information and Communications) decided to sell equity. * Mr. Le Ngoc Minh became director after the retirement of Mr. Dinh Van Phuoc.

1995

* Committed a business cooperation contract with Kinnevik/Comvik (Sweden). * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre III.

1994

* Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre I & II.

1993

* Foundation of Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company. * Director is Mr Dinh Van Phuoc.

References

External links

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Mobifone thử nghiệm 4G tại Đà Nẵng, Hà Nội và Hồ Chí Minh

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