Vietnam army's telecom to provide mobile phone services in Cambodia
Vietnam's military-run telecom company Viettel has received a license to offer mobile telephone services in neighbouring Cambodia, the company has said.
Under the licence signed by the Cambodian Posts and Telecommunications ministry late last month, Viettel will also provide services using GSM technology in all of Cambodia's territory, a company statement said Monday.
"With a 30-year licence, Viettel is allowed to provide voice, fax, data transfer, internet, international phone and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services," it said.
Viettel became Vietnam's first telecom operator to start services abroad in August offering domestic and international calls in Cambodia using Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
Viettel Mobile, a subsidiary of the military company, is now the third-largest mobile phone provider in the communist nation of 84 million.
The company said earlier that it would partially privatise its mobile phone activities with the military maintaining a 51 percent controlling stake.
Agence France Presse - December 6, 2006.
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