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VinaPhone services provided at satellite lift-off site |
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Friday, 18 April 2008 |
Vietnamese visitors to the lift-off
site of the first Vietnamese telecoms satellite, Vinasat 1, in French
Guyana will have full access to VinaPhone mobile services from April 10.
According
to Vinaphone, a subsidiary of the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications
Group (VNPT), the roaming services will also be provided to its
subscribers in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Dominica through cooperation
with France ’s Orange Caraibe mobile phone network.
Since
1999, the State-owned Vinaphone has coordinated with 180 partners to
provide roaming services in nearly 80 countries worldwide.
The
VNPT’s Vinasat 1 managing board announced the first satellite of
Vietnam will be launched into the orbit at Kourou spaceport, French
Guyana, on April 19.
The 200 million USD satellite is capable
of handling more than 10,000 telephone, internet and data transmission
channels or about 120 television channels with coverage reaching
Vietnam , Laos , India , Australia and other countries in the
Asia-Pacific region. It has a lifespan of 15 years.
The
lift-off of Vinasat 1 will help improve the country’s telecom network
and save around 15 million USD per year from hiring satellites.
(Source: VNA)
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