Vietnam’s largest telecommunication company, Viettel, is seeking to double its five million subscribers in Myanmar by the end of the year, its president and chief executive officer Le Dang Dung told Reuters an in interview on Friday. Viettel, whose $1.22 billion unit Viettel Global Investment is trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market, has also […]
Mytel: Standardized Local Calling Rates to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
August 21, 2018 by
Fulfilling its commitment to make a positive impact on customer satisfaction, Mytel has worked on special rate for roaming with leading telecommunication companies in Vietnam (Viettel), Laos (Unitel) and Cambodia (Metfone). Mytel roaming charges the same for local Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia calls and roaming calls to and from Myanmar. This will allow Mytel to charge the same […]
Viettel signs up 1m subscribers in Myanmar in first 10 days
June 28, 2018 by
Mytel, the Viettel-owned mobile operator in Myanmar, has signed up more than a million subscribers in just 10 days since it officially began operations. There are several reasons for this achievement, including the fact the company had set up the most extensive telecom infrastructure in Myanmar even before starting operations. It has laid 30,000km of […]
Launch of satellite mobile backhaul network based on Newtec Dialog® platform
June 27, 2018 by
Newtec – a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications – today announced it is enabling Communication & Commerce (Com & Com) to launch a mobile backhaul network for Telecom International Myanmar Company Limited’s brand Mytel, Myanmar’s fourth and most-recent mobile operator, a joint venture by government-owned Star High Public […]
Telecoms battle to unlock demand in emerging Asia
October 10, 2017 by
TOKYO/YANGON — In a tiny village in central Myanmar, about a two-hour drive from the nation’s second largest city Mandalay, electricity does not arrive through power lines. It comes from home generators or solar panels. But that does not stop the locals from charging their smartphones. “How many of you have a mobile phone?” the […]
Myanmar’s New Struggle: Keeping Foreign Investors Happy
March 21, 2017 by
A pariah state for decades, Myanmar’s recent emergence from economic isolation has attracted foreign companies and investors intrigued by the Southeast Asian nation’s untapped potential, abundant natural resources and low wage workforce. The first U.S. fast food restaurant, KFC, opened in 2015 and other assorted Western and Asian brands have popped up across the nation’s […]
New Myanmar telecom plans 5,000 base stations by 2018 debut
February 23, 2017 by
Myanmar’s new cellphone carrier will install a network of 5,000 base stations before it commences service in early 2018, the company’s chief external relations officer has told The Nikkei. Zaw Min Oo said Myanmar National Tele & Communications will introduce fourth-generation service as it pursues established carriers such as state-owned Myanma Posts and Telecommunications, or […]
Mytel to Target Rural Areas and Compete on Price
January 17, 2017 by
Myanmar’s fourth and final telecoms firm – operating under the brand name Mytel – will make use of the AAE-1 submarine cable, infrastructure belonging to state-owned MECtel and try to beat its rivals on services charges, its external relations officer said at press conference last weekend. Mytel is made up of Vietnam defence ministry […]
Myanmar awards fourth telecoms license as mobile market heats up
January 16, 2017 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Myanmar on Thursday awarded its fourth – and final – telecoms license to a joint venture between Vietnam’s telecom company Viettel and two local firms, heating up competition in a rapidly growing market by adding a second majority-Myanmar operator. Military-run Viettel will have a 49 percent stake in […]
