Viettel launches mobile network in Peru

Hanoi, October 17 (VNA) - Viettel, the Vietnamese military-run telecom group, officially commenced its operations in Peru as mobile network provider Bitel on October 15. When Bitel was first introduced to the Peruvian market, it was the only mobile service provider offering 3G services with a network that reached 80 percent of Peru’s population. Even before the official launch, Bitel had more than 200,000 local customers. At the recent International Business Awards, part of the Stevie Awards, two international subsidiaries of Viettel, namely Movitel in Mozambique and Telemor in East Timor, won prizes for “Fastest-Growing Company of the Year in the Middle East and Africa” and “Startup of the Year”, respectively. Viettel expanded its operations to Laos, Cambodia, Haiti, Mozambique, East Timor, Peru and Cameroon. Soon, the group will launch its services in Tanzania and Burundi.-VNA