Viettel is rapidly expanding its telecom presence across the globe

Viettel who has successfully developed and popularized telecom services in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Haiti, Mozambique, and Peru, now announced official launch of Movitel - the group’s first mobile network in Africa. Now Viettel has presence in Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Viettel has built 12,600 kilometres of fiber optic cable and 1,800 mobile stations in Mozambique, since being licensed on January 10, 2011. This network represents 70% of the total Mozambique’s fiber optic cable network and 50% of the country’s mobile stations. The system has helped triple the density of Mozambique’s telecom infrastructure (increasing the length of fiber optic cable network and number of mobile stations per one million inhabitants in Mozambique by 2-3 times).

Viettel also officially announced its project of connecting and providing free internet for 4,200 schools as part of the group’s pledge to the Mozambican Government, at the launch ceremony. At present, more than 500 schools have been connected due to this project.

“Mozambique is Viettel’s first market in Africa. Viettel is seeking for new opportunities to expand its investment in other African countries.” a Viettel representative stressed.