[Vnbiz] Vietnam's Mobile Subscription Growth Tops ASEAN

[Tai Phan]

Vietnam's Mobile Subscription Growth Tops ASEAN

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 12:00 CDT

Vietnam's mobile subscription growth tops ASEAN

HANOI, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Mobile phone subscription growth in Vietnam has so
far this year topped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),
local newspaper Vietnam Investment Review on Monday quoted the Vietnamese
Ministry of Information and Communications as reporting.

Vietnam had 48 million mobile phone subscribers by early June. Subscription
grew 100 percent against the same period last year, much higher than the
growth rates in other ASEAN countries, including Thailand, the Philippines
and Indonesia.

Viettel led Vietnamese mobile phone operators with over 19.4 million
subscribers, followed by MobiFone with 13.4 million, VinaPhone 12.1 million
and S-Fone more than 3.1 million.

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Source: Xinhua News Agency - CEIS
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