S-Fone


S-Fone is a mobile communication operator in Vietnam that uses the CDMA technology. Founded on 1 July 2003 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, S-fone became the third network of Vietnam, breaking the duopoly of the two VNPT operators. It is the trademark of S-Telecom . SK Telecom decided to leave the partnership in 2010. SPT has since then found it difficult to find a new partner, after a co-operation with Saigon Tel failed.
As of the start of 2005, breaking the old rule of the calls fee from 10 second to 1 second 7, S-Fone has 1,500,000 to 1,800,000 subscribers, contributing 3% to the total market fell to 0.1% by 2012 after suffering from a lack of capital, a small number of subscribers and low network quality.
S-Fone has become highly indebted and has been unable to pay salaries for several months in its Hanoi branch in late 2012. S-Fone ceased its operation, closed its stores and website, and released its staff from their contracts in July 2012. Its operating license expired in 2016.

Achievements

S-Fone is the first and biggest national cellular mobile phone network using CDMA in Vietnam. On 9 October 2006, S-Fone officially launched CDMA 2000 1x EV-DO value added services for the first time in Vietnam: VOD/MOD and mobile Internet beginning in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Hai Phong and Can Tho.