Vinaphone

Vinaphone
	File:Vinaphone logo.png
Type	Subsidiary of VNPT
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Mobile telecommunications
Founded 📆	26 June 1996
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️	Hanoi, Vietnam
Area served 🗺️
Key people	Nguyen Truong Giang
Products 📟	Mobile networks, Telecom services
Members
Number of employees	15000+
Parent	VNPT
🌐 Website	www.vinaphone.com.vn
📇 Address
📞 telephone
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Vinaphone is a Vietnamese major mobile network operator headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded on June 26, 1996, as a GSM launcher, Vinaphone is the second network (after MobiFone) and currently the second largest provider in Vietnam.

Partnership

On 17 November 2009, VinaPhone joined Conexus Mobile Alliance ^[1] At the beginning of September 2014 Vinaphone signed a strategic co-operation agreement with Vodafone.^[2]

Market share and competitors

Vinaphone had a market share (estimated based on revenues) of 30% in 2012.^[3] Its main competitors are Viettel with 40.67% market share and MobiFone with 17.9%, which is also owned by VNPT.^[3] They control almost 90% of the market, with the rest controlled by Vietnamobile with 8%, Gmobile (formerly Beeline) with 3.2% and S-Fone with 0.1%.^[3]

History

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Vinaphone office at DaLat Post office

1996: Establishment of VinaPhone network.

1997: Establishment of Vietnam Telecom Services Company (VinaPhone). Establishment of Regional Telecom Services Centres 1, 2, 3.

2006: Changing Logo (from GPC to VinaPhone) as Vietnam officially became a member of the WTO.

2009: VinaPhone was the first operator to launch 3G services.

2015: VinaPhone was the first operator to launch 4G services

2020: VinaPhone was the first operator to prelaunch 5G services

Popularity

Vinaphone is considered Operator of State Servants as most of its subscribers are civil service employees.^[4]

Sponsorship

The company has been the official jersey sponsor of the Vietnamese national basketball team.

References

↑ https://www.conexusmobile.com/news_page.php?id=15/ | CONEXUS Mobile Alliance Welcomes Vietnam’s VinaPhone |Conexus | 17 November 2009| access-date = 21 Oct 2021
↑ "Vinaphone, Vodafone ink cooperation deal". TeleGeography. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Năm 2012 khó khăn của các mạng di động nhỏ". Gafin.vn. 3 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Mạng di động của những người giàu" (in Tiếng Việt). VnExpress. 18 April 2008.