The Vietnamese post and telecom sector posted revenues of VN11.1 trillion (USD528.6 million) in January, up 23% on-year, according to the General Statistic Office of Vietnam (GSO).
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| January post & telecom sector’s revenues jump 23% |
In January, Vietnam licensed 832,000 new mobile phone subscribers, up 15.4% against the same period from last year. At the same time, only new 2,200 fixed phone subscribers were licensed during the month, down 88% from last year.
The GSO reported that, by the end of January, Vietnam had 134 million fixed phone subscribers, and 118.5 million mobile phone users. This figure is up 3.9% and 4.5%, respectively, since the same period last year.
By this time, the country had 4.3 million internet subscribers, up 18.7% from the year before, raising the total number of internet users to 33.4 million.
Last year, the domestic post and telecom industry obtained total revenues of VND167.1 trillion (USD7.95 billion), up 19.3% against the figures of 2010.
