Wholesale telecommunication services must be provided at fair, reasonable prices and under non-discriminatory conditions.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) is drafting a circular naming a list of telecom service providers with the dominant market position for State-managed telecommunications services.

5G mobile connections will constitute nearly 99 percent of total mobile connections in Vietnam by 2030, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Vietnam will begin blocking signals for non-compliant 2G mobile phones as part of its broader plan to fully phase out the 2G service this year, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VTA).

Some of the top Vietnamese telecoms firms are seeking new territories for development in the face of diminishing market share.

While fulfilling the annual targets for 2023, the future remains thorny for Vietnamese telecoms giants in a new digital space.

If the ‘junk card’ problem can be solved, long term benefits will occur, helping telecom carriers increase revenue and reduce operation costs.

After March 31, the owners of nearly two million mobile phone numbers cannot make calls or send text messages as their user data stored by telecom providers does not match the national population database.

 VNPT - VinaPhone Corporation has inaugurated two data centres at the Nam Thang Long Industrial Park in Hanoi and Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in Ho Chi Minh City. 

 Mobile network provider MobiFone has introduced two new roaming services, called Roam Saver and Data Roam Saver, to help customers reduce the cost of voice, SMS and data services.