Company type | Joint venture |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Predecessor | HT Mobile |
Founded | April 2009 |
Area served | Vietnam |
Services | Mobile telephone company |
Owners |
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Website | vietnamobile |
Vietnamobile is a Vietnamese mobile network operator. It is a joint-venture of Hanoi Telecom and Hutchison Asia Telecom Group[1] and the fourth largest provider as of 2012.[2]
HT Mobile was set up in 2007 as a joint-venture of Hanoi Telecom and Hutchison Asia Telecom Group.[3] It was renamed to Vietnamobile in 2009, accompanied by the adoption of GSM technology to replace the less popular CDMA.[3]
It started offering 3G services in late 2011, long after its major competitors.[1]