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{{Short description|Vietnamese mobile network operator}}
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{{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 = [[Grundig]]
| industry = [[Mobile phone|Mobile]] [[Telecommunications]]
| products = Mobile networks, Telecom services
| revenue = 40.8 Trillion [[Vietnamese đồng|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|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| operating_income = 6.6 trillion VND (around $330m)
| num_employees = approx. 3000
| brands = MobiFone
| foundation = {{Start date and age|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 Hoa Nhan Chinh]], [[Hanoi]]. Founded on 16 April 1993, as a [[GSM|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=July 12, 2024}}</ref>
==History==
===2015===
* Become the corporation under the [[Ministry of Information and Communications (Vietnam)|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.
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official|https://www.mobifone.vn}}
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[[Category:Mobile phone companies of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Vietnamese brands]]
[[Category:Telecommunications companies established in 1993]]
[[Category:Vietnamese companies established in 1993]]
[[Category:Companies based in Hanoi]]
[[Category:Government-owned companies of Vietnam]]
[[Category:Government-owned telecommunications companies]]