Gmobile is a Vietnamese

mobile network operator A mobile network operator (MNO), also known as a wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, or mobile network carrier, is a provider of wireless communications services that owns or controls all the elements necessary to sell ...

. The brand Gmobile is owned by GTel Mobile and is the successor of

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Vietnam. GTel in turn is owned by Global Telecommunications Corporation, a state-owned joint-stock company under the Ministry of Public Security.

Market share and competitors

Gmobile had a market share (estimated based on revenues) of 3.2% in 2012, making it the fifth largest operator. Its main competitors are

Viettel The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (), less formally recognized as Viettel Group () or simply Viettel, is a Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Viettel is the largest telecommuni ...

with 40.67% market share,

Vinaphone Vinaphone is a Vietnamese major mobile network operator headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded June 26, 1996, as a GSM launcher, Vinaphone is the second network (after MobiFone) and currently the second largest provider in Vietnam. Partnersh ...

with 30%, and

MobiFone Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services One Member Limited Liability Company (with the brand MobiFone vi, Tổng công ty Viễn Thông MobiFone) is a major Vietnamese mobile network operator headquartered in Trung Hoa Nhan Chinh, Hanoi. Founded on 16 ...

with 17.9%, the latter two of which are owned by

VNPT Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT, ), is a telecommunications company, owned by the Vietnamese Government, and the national post office of Vietnam. According to a list of UNDP in 2007, it is the second-largest company in Vietnam ...

. Together, the big three control almost 90% of the market. The only other significant competitor is

Vietnamobile Vietnamobile is a Vietnamese mobile network operator. It is a joint-venture of Hanoi Telecom and Hutchison Asia Telecom Group and the fourth largest provider as of 2012. History HT Mobile was set up in 2007 as a joint-venture of Hanoi Telecom ...

with 8%. It had 3.2 million subscribers in 2012.

History

Gmobile was set up in September 2012 as successor of

Vietnam. The

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n investor

OJSC VimpelCom PJSC VimpelCom (russian: ПАО «ВымпелКом» or full name russian: ПАО «Вымпел-Коммуникации», ''PAO «Vympel-Kommunikatsii»'') is a Russian telecommunications company started in 1992 when its co-founders, Dr. Dmi ...

had previously left the joint-venture. VimpelCom sold its stakes that were once worth $500m for $45m.

References

{{Reflist Mobile phone companies of Vietnam