Viettel Group: From Vietnam to the World

Founded in 2004, Viettel has grown to become one of the world’s fastest growing telecom operators. It is currently ranked and named by GSMA’s Wireless Intelligence as one of the top 15 telecom enterprise in terms of cellular connections.

Viettel Group is a state-owned enterprise and as such, it is wholly owned and operated by Vietnam’s Ministry of Defence. It was initially set up as a GSM launcher, the fourth of its kind in Vietnam, following Mobifone, Vinaphone, and S-Fone. In 2010, the company started to offer 3G services, covering video call, mobile broadband, TV mobile, online music, and video-on-demand.

Currently, Viettel has operations in six different markets across Asia, Latin America, and Africa. This makes them able to reach a total population of about 170 million customers. In 2011, their revenue was reported to reach 6 billion US dollars, servicing 60 million subscribers globally.

Viettel is also the first group in the world to provide free Internet services and connections to public schools, benefiting 27 million teachers and students in the countries where they are operating in.