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Vietnam - Mobile Communications, Mobile Operators, and Forecasts Product Image

Vietnam - Mobile Communications, Mobile Operators, and Forecasts

  • Published: December 2012
  • 36 pages
  • Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd

Vietnam’s mobile market has grown strongly over the last decade, evidence that the competition model the government has put in place, although with some limitations, has been working. In 2011 and into 2012, however, after mobile penetration had moved rapidly upwards the market started to stall. Demand had dropped and growth slowed significantly. The competitive nature of the mobile segment is due in no small part to it being opened up to new players, importantly including some with no involvement of the state-owned VNPT. With the operators very keen to remain competitive and at least maintain market share, the overcrowded market will inevitably rationalise; that process has begun with the takeover of EVN Telecom by Viettel. As with most other Asian mobile markets, growth in Vietnam was boosted by the early introduction of prepaid mobile services and prepaid remains a vital component of the business today. The view of the market is confused by the reporting of inconsistent subscriber figures, with the government appearing to adjust previously issued figures. The conflicting numbers have made it difficult to obtain a considered view of the market.

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1. Synopsis
2. Mobile communications
2.1 Vietnam’s mobile market
2.1.1 Overview
2.1.2 Background
2.1.3 Mobile statistics
2.1.4 Forecasts – mobile services – 2015; 2020
2.1.5 Tariffs and revenue
2.1.6 Market restructuring: Equitisation
2.1.7 Market restructuring: merging of Mobifone and Vinaphone
2.1.8 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
2.2 Mobile market developments
2.2.1 Mobile handset market – 2011 / 2012
2.2.2 SIM card fee
2.2.3 SIM registration
2.2.4 Controls on SIM cards
2.2.5 Viettel’s takeover of EVN Telecom
2.2.6 Handset manufacture
2.3 Regulatory issues
2.3.1 Sales promotion regulation
2.3.2 Prepaid subscriber registration
2.3.3 Handset importation
2.4 Mobile technologies
2.4.1 GSM and CDMA
2.4.2 Third Generation (3G) services
2.4.3 4G / Long Term Evolution (LTE)
2.5 Mobile voice services
2.5.1 Prepaid
2.5.2 Registration of prepaid services
2.6 Mobile data services
2.6.1 Short Message Service (SMS)
2.6.2 Multimedia Message Service (MMS)
2.6.3 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)
2.6.4 Enhanced Data for GSM Evolution (EDGE)
2.6.5 International remittances
2.7 Mobile applications
3. Major mobile operators
3.1 VNPT
3.1.1 Overview
3.1.2 Merger proposal
3.2 Mobifone
3.2.1 Overview
3.2.2 Corporate structure
3.2.3 Network development
3.3 Vinaphone
3.3.1 Overview
3.3.2 Corporate structure
3.3.3 Network development
3.4 S-Fone (S-Telecom)
3.4.1 S-Fone statistics
3.5 Viettel
3.5.1 Overview
3.5.2 Network development
3.5.3 Overseas ventures
3.6 EVN Telecom
3.6.1 Overview
3.6.2 Development of 3G
3.6.3 Fixed wireless service
3.6.4 Internet services
3.7 Vietnamobile (formerly Hutchison Vietnam/HT Mobile)
3.8 Gmobile (formerly Beeline)
4. Notes on scenario forecasts
5. Related reports
Table 1 – Mobile subscribers – 1995 - 2012
Table 2 – Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change – 2010
Table 3 – Mobile operators - subscribers – 2011
Table 4 – Mobile subscribers and market share by operator – 2011
Table 5 – Forecast mobile subscribers and penetration rates – 2015; 2020
Table 6 – Mobile services revenue – 1993 - 2011
Table 7 – Mobile services sector estimated ARPU – 1998 - 2011
Table 8 – 3G mobile subscribers by operator – May 2012
Table 9 –VNPT subscribers – 1998 – 2011
Table 10 – Mobifone subscribers – 1998 - 2012
Table 11 – Vinaphone subscribers – 1998 - 2012
Table 12 – S-Fone subscribers – 2003 - 2012
Table 13 – Viettel subscribers – 2004 - 2012
Table 14 – EVN Telecom subscribers – 2006 - 2011
Table 15 – HT Mobile (CDMA) subscribers – 2006 - 2009
Table 16 – Vietnamobile (GSM) subscribers – 2009 - 2012
Table 17 – Gmobile (Beeline) subscribers – 2009 - 2012
Chart 1 – Mobile subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2012
Chart 2 – Mobile subscribers and market share by operator – 2011
Chart 3 – Mobile services revenue – 2000 - 2011
Chart 4 – Mobile services sector estimated ARPU – 1998 - 2011
Chart 5 – VNPT subscribers – 2000 - 2011
Chart 6 – S-Fone and Viettel subscribers – 2004 - 2012

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