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Viettel lights up Mozambique with fibre and mobile

Viettel is seeking more African opportunities

Vietnamese carrier Viettel has expanded beyond Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, this week lighting up its first operation in Africa – a mobile network in Mozambique.

Mozambique grants third mobile license to Movitel

The Mozambican government has chosen Movitel as the recipient of the country’s third mobile license. Movitel, a unit of Vietnam’s Viettel, beat TMM of Portugal Telecom and the joint venture between Angola’s Unitel SA and Mozambique’s Energy Capital SA, with its $29m bid.

Opportunities and challenges

Opportunities and challenges

Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world. It is still emerging from the after-effects of almost two decades of civil war that devastated its infrastructure and economy.