Revenues of the post and telecommunication sector in the first five months of 2010 were an estimated at 46.2 trillion dong ($2.44 billion), with the lion’s share, 31 trillion dong, going toVNPT Group, which operates the Vinaphone and Mobiphone digital services.

According to the General Statistics Office, Vietnam had 18.5 million new phone subscribers during this period, up 21.9 percent year on year. Of this number, there were 17.5 new million mobile subscribers, up by 26.2 percent.

By the end of May 2010, 149 million phone numbers were in operation — 20 million fixed and 128.9 mobile phones, or roughly two for every citizen over the age of six.

The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) had 75.1 million subscribers, up by 30.4 percent, including 11.6 million fixed subscribers (+ 6.4 percent) and 63.5 million mobile subscribers (+36 percent).

GSO also counted 3.5 million broadband Internet subscribers at the end of May, an increase of 41.2 percent, including 2.5 million who were served by VNPT. The total number of Internet users reached an estimated 24.6 million, up 14.6 percent year on year.

Vietnamnet