Jan-July telecom subscription growth slows down

Vietnamese network providers got 5.7 million new phone subscribers in the first seven months of this year, down 30.9 percent against the same period last year, said the general Statistical Office (GSO).

The new data, the slowest growth in the last several years, may due to stricter management of new pre-paid mobile phone subscriptions to reduce the number of unused SIM cards and unreal subscribers.

The total number of landline and mobile phone subscriptions was 36,400 and 5.7 million, down 76.2 percent and 30.1 percent year-on-year respectively.

But as of July 2011, the country has had about 128.1 million phone subscribers, rising 4.3 percent from the same period last year, including 15.5 million landline users and 112.6 million mobile phone subscribers, up 0.4 percent and 4.8 percent on year respectively.

Regarding internet subscription, the total number of broadband Internet users in Jan-July was estimated to reach four million subscribers, rising 19 percent from the same period last year and the total Internet users by the end of July reached 31.1 million, up 24 percent year-on-year, said GSO.

Total net revenue of post and telecommunications industry in Jan-July was estimated to reach 84.1 trillion dong, a year-on-year rise of 18.9 percent. – Tuoitre

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