HANOI, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Lao Telecom will introduce a third generation (3G) mobile phone network in Vietntiane in October after long delays due to technical difficulties, the Vientiane Times reported on Wednesday.
The service will allow people to access high-speed Internet and receive video calls via their mobile phones, the newspaper quoted Lao Telecom Director General Thansamay Kommasith as saying.
The network was originally scheduled to be launched in August 2006, but was delayed due to a lack of technical expertise.
The third generation mobile network system provides multimedia services and links to the Internet at speeds of up to 2 megabytes per second, according to Thansamay.
Customers can download video clips to their handsets, including sports updates, music files, news headlines, weather forecasts and movie trailers.
"This year, our 3G services will only be available in Vientiane. We hope to have about 30,000 customers by the end of the year," Thansamay said.
He said the network will be expanded to Luang Prabang, Savannakhet and Champassak provinces next year, adding an expected 100,000 more customers.
3G users can call to any network, but can only make video calls to other 3G users.
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Is this the first 3G mobile network to be launch in Laos? I wonder how big is the market for this type of service. How many people will be walking with their blackberry surfing the net or checking their stocks in the city of VTE?
The prices of phones are so ridiculous expensive. I heard that the new 3G iPhone 16 Gig is selling for $1200 in VTE.
Is this the first 3G mobile network to be launch in Laos? I wonder how big is the market for this type of service. How many people will be walking with their blackberry surfing the net or checking their stocks in the city of VTE?
The prices of phones are so ridiculous expensive. I heard that the new 3G iPhone 16 Gig is selling for $1200 in VTE.
The majority of user should be Fa lang ...but it 's so cool to have 3G mobile network ,so I can buy a blackberry for my mom, she can use it anytime durring her Dam na
so far, 3 G mobile network service , estimating that the user will be reaching 30,000 in vientiane and 100,000 in the end of 2009, is that a lot of the user in your opinion?
Do they really need 3G phone and sky train??? These are fancy items and expensive for the third world countries.
You are about showing your unintelligence here, aren't third world human like those developed countries?
I think you may need to look for Maslow otivation theory and study the needs of human that explain in a pyramid shape.
Every one needs to be developed from lowest up to the top!
Of course we need 3G because not only 3G is being used in other countries but they already have 3GS now and soon they will have 4G, if we don't get move the ass when will we catch others?
You don't want it?, get out of the way that people are thinking of developing the country.
Do they really need 3G phone and sky train??? These are fancy items and expensive for the third world countries.
You are about showing your unintelligence here, aren't third world human like those developed countries?
I think you may need to look for Maslow otivation theory and study the needs of human that explain in a pyramid shape.
Every one needs to be developed from lowest up to the top!
Of course we need 3G because not only 3G is being used in other countries but they already have 3GS now and soon they will have 4G, if we don't get move the ass when will we catch others?
You don't want it?, get out of the way that people are thinking of developing the country.
MAYBE ONLY YOUR CORRUPTION WEALTHY FAMILY CAN ABLE TO USE 3G AS NORMAL LAOS WONT BE ABLE TO USE IT AS IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. HOW MANY % OF LAOS POPULATION CAN USE 3G AND HOW MANY % OF WHOLE COUNTRY THAT HAVE MOBILE PHONE TO USE?
ANSWER MY QUESTION, IDIOT! DON'T SHOW YOUR BRAIN OF WHAT YOUR MOTHER TEACHING YOU