Laos
As of 2009, Laos mobile penetration in Laos is about 49.9% with 3.235 millions subscribers. However, there is no official report from the authorities that can validate this number and it is not clear how a subscriber is defined in this calculation.
Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership | Website |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | LaoTelecom | GSM-900 2100 MHz UMTS (14.4 Mbit/s) |
1.5 | Government of Lao P.D.R. (51%), Shennington Investments (Thaicom) (49%) | laotel |
2 | Unitel | GSM-900/1800 UMTS (7 Mbit/s) |
1.2 | Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (LAT) (51%), Viettel Global (49%) | unitel |
3 | Beeline | GSM UMTS, HSPA+ (21 Mbit/s) 4G WiMAX |
0.6 | VimpelCom (78%), Government of Lao P.D.R. (22%) | Beeline |
4 | ETL Mobile | GSM-900 UMTS (7 Mbit/s) |
0.4 | Enterprise of Telecommunications Lao (Public, 100%) | ETL |
5 | Sky Telecom |
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