Vietnamobile lowers price for international calls
Vietnamobile has cut its international call price down by two thirds.
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On October 5, 2016, Vietnamobile announced that is now offers international call rate same as local call: at only VND1,500 (6.72 US cent) per minute for calls to 11 countries including China, India, the US, Vietnam, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
The old price for call to these countries was at least VND4,400 (20 US cent), higher than the price offered by the three major networks namely Viettel, Vinaphone and MobiFone. The new rate is more competitive.
“Vietnamobile is committed to providing exclusive offers to let customers stay connected whenever, wherever and overseas. With this new service, our customers can have hassle-free calling to their family or friends within Vietnam and selected countries overseas,” said Elizabete Fong, CEO of Vietnamobile. “This is also a very best-value service for all foreign visitors to Vietnam, leisure or business so they call home at preferential rates.”
Vietnamese mobile network service providers are struggling with the falling popularity of overseas calling, as people mostly use Over-the-Top (OTT) services for this purpose.
At the conference to review government management in July and August, held last month by the Ministry of Information and Communication, deputy general director Bui Son Nam of MobiFone said MobiFone had seen a fast decrease in the number of calls from international destinations to Vietnam, with the August results 15% lower than in July.
Meanwhile, Tran Manh Hung, general director of VNPT, said that his company has seen a decrease in both to and fro international calls. The two companies asked the MIC to eliminate the currently effective price floor on international calls.
