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January post & telecom sector’s revenues jump 23 pct
The Vietnamese post and telecom sector posted revenues of VN11.1 trillion ($528.6 million) in January, up 23 pct on-year, according to the General Statistic Office of Vietnam (GSO).
In January, Vietnam licensed 832,000 new mobile phone subscribers, up 15.4 pct 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 pct 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 pct and 4.5 pct, respectively, since the same period last year.
By this time, the country had 4.3 million internet subscribers, up 18.7 pct 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 ($7.95 billion), up 19.3 pct against the figures of 2010.
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