Viettel reduces roaming costs

Sep 06, 2010

HA NOI — Viettel's subscribers who use Unitel in Laos and Metfone in Cambodia will be offered a 60 per cent discount to US$0.10 per minute when using roaming services, in an effort to improve the preferential roaming charge policy in Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia.

With this promotion, Viettel's roaming subscribers in Laos and Cambodia will save 70 per cent compared to using roaming services of other network providers.

The roaming service allows Viettel's subscribers to use their own mobile phone number with services such as SMS, GPRS, EDGE and EG Data in foreign countries. After nine months of operation, Viettel's subscribers have so far roamed to 305 mobile networks of 118 countries and territories worldwide.

In addition to phone and SMS service, Viettel's roaming subscribers can use GPRS to 160 networks of 83 countries and 3G service to 87 networks of 59 countries. Roaming users also receive incoming SMS free of charge.

Viettel is Viet Nam's only service provider to allow prepaid roaming subscribers to make phone calls and send SMS and vice versa to 33 networks of 29 countries and territories.

Director of Viettel Telecom Hoang Son said that Viettel's plans to expand this services to Haiti, Myanmar, Mozambique and other African countries would help its clients enjoy more benefits. — VNS