Number of mobile subscribers nearly double Vietnam’s population

Vietnam had 157.8 million subscribers, including more than 140 million mobile subscribers, by the end of July 2010, up 46.3 percent from the previous year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), with two mobile networks named VinaPhone and MobiFone, accounted for 82.8 million subscribers, an increase of 40.7 percent, including 11.6 million fixed and 71.2 million mobile subscribers.

Viettel, S-Fone, EVN Telecom, Beeline and Vietnamobile had over 61 million subscribers.

According to the General Statistics Office, the number of new subscribers in the last seven months reached 29.6 million, growing by 11.8 percent from last year.

Experts anticipated that the mobile market would be saturated this year but the number of new subscribers still rose dramatically.

According to statistics, the number of mobile subscribers in Vietnam is nearly double the country’s population. However, the number of subscribers who really use mobile services is not set. Mobile operators said that only 50 percent of the population uses mobile services. – VNN

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