{{Short description|Vietnamese mobile network operator}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{multiple issues| {{more footnotes needed|date=December 2012}} {{primary sources|date=December 2012}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2012}} }} {{Infobox company | name = MobiFone Corporation | logo = MobiFone logo.svg | logo_size = | image = | trading_name = MobiFone | native_name = Tổng công ty Viễn Thông MobiFone | native_name_lang = vi | former_name = Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company | type = State-owned enterprise | area_served = Nationwide | key_people = Tô Mạnh Cường | parent = Ministry of Public Security (from 2 February 2025) | industry = Mobile Telecommunications | products = Mobile networks, Telecom services | revenue = 40.8 Trillion VND (around $2bn)<ref name=12res>{{cite news|title=77,6% lợi nhuận VNPT đến từ MobiFone|url=http://gafin.vn/20130104035410671p0c36/776-loi-nhuan-vnpt-den-tu-mobifone.htm|accessdate=4 January 2013|newspaper=Gafin.vn|date=4 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107014900/http://gafin.vn/20130104035410671p0c36/776-loi-nhuan-vnpt-den-tu-mobifone.htm|archivedate=7 January 2013}}</ref> | operating_income = 6.6 trillion VND (around $330m) | num_employees = approx. 3000 | brands = MobiFone | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1993|04|16}} | location = Hanoi, Vietnam | homepage = {{URL|http://www.mobifone.vn}} }}
'''MobiFone Corporation''' (less formally '''MobiFone'''; {{langx|vi|Tổng công ty Viễn Thông MobiFone|lit=MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation}}) is a major Vietnamese mobile network operator headquartered in Trung Hoà–Nhân Chính, Hanoi. Founded on 16 April 1993, as a Global System for Mobile Communications launcher, MobiFone is the second largest telecommunications provider in Vietnam (2023).<ref name=MIC/>
==Market share and competitors== MobiFone held a market share of 22.52% in 2023. Its main competitors included Viettel with 57.6%, VinaPhone with 17.49%, and Vietnamobile with 1.75%. MobiFone, along with VinaPhone and Viettel, the three large state-owned providers, held a combined market share of almost 98%.<ref name=MIC>{{cite web |url=https://mic.gov.vn/sach-trang-cong-nghe-thong-tin-va-truyen-thong-19724042616014143.htm |title=Sách Trắng Công nghệ thông tin và Truyền thông |publisher=Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam)|language=vi |access-date=12 July 2024}}</ref>
==History==
===2015=== * Become the corporation under the Ministry of Information and Communications called MobiFone Telecommunications Corporation.
===2011=== * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre VI.0AA
===2008=== * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre V. * The Value Added Services Centre was founded. * MobiFone ranked as the first position in the Vietnam's mobile telephony subscription market share.
===2006=== * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre IV.
===2005=== * Liquidated the business cooperation contract with Kinnevik/Comvik (Sweden). * The State of Vietnam and Ministry of Posts and Telematics (now is Ministry of Information and Communications) decided to sell equity. * Mr. Le Ngoc Minh became director after the retirement of Mr. Dinh Van Phuoc.
===1995=== * Committed a business cooperation contract with Kinnevik/Comvik (Sweden). * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre III.
===1994=== * Foundation of the Mobile Telecom Services Centre I & II.
===1993=== * Foundation of Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Company. * Director is Mr Dinh Van Phuoc.
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.mobifone.vn}}
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