FPT Telecom - 20 years of improving the quality of life for millions via Interne

The company held its 20th anniversary at Melia Hotel, Hanoi. Established on January 31, 1997, FPT Telecom became the first private company to be licensed to provide telecommunication services in Vietnam. Over last 20 years, the firm has been promoting Internet development in Viet Nam and the economic and social development of the country, creating more material wealth and improving the quality of life for people. Vietnam’s telecommunications and Internet markets rank among top in the world in the region and in the world in terms of technology, service charge and Internet popularity.

"I have confidence in FPTers. This is a personal reason why I put full faith when getting involved in licensing FPT to provide telecommunications services, allowing this firm to participate from the outset, break up monopolies and open the door to the internet in Vietnam," said Dr. Mai Liem Truc, former Director General of the General Post Office.

Over the past 20 years, FPT Telecom has continuously applied new technologies and developed value-added services in order to offer millions of customers the best experiences via the internet such as FPT television, Fshare.vn etc.

FPT Telecom always follows the latest telecommunications technology trends from ADSL to FTTH, from NGN to MetroE, from WiFi to LTE trials (4G) to provide high-speed transmission and builds Tier III Data Center to ensure optimum performance from servers in its data centers.

FPT Telecom officially offered household users IPv6 services since July 1, 2016 and reached nearly 600,000 users.   Accordingly, after 3 months, FPT Telecom ranked 2nd in Vietnam and 47th globally in terms of IPv6 deployment.

In order to deliver the highest quality of service, FPT Telecom has attached special importance to infrastructure. This provider has covered 59 out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide and had 9,200km long north-south axis. Besides, the company ranked 1st in terms of providing services in Cambodia and became the first foreign firm to be licensed to provide telecommunications services in Myanmar. FPT Telecom is attempting to provide a full range of telecommunications services in this potential market.

In 2016, FPT Telecom earned over VND 6,150 billion in revenue, an increase of 20.4% yoy, VND 950 billion in profit before tax, an increase of 9% yoy. The next 10-year journey of FPT Telecom will be tied to technological turning points in the world and the country. CEO of FPT Telecom Nguyen Van Khoa gave 5 main directions for the development strategy of FPT Telecom. They include delivering the highest quality of internet service as its core sector nationwide; developing FPT television service; developing OTT services like FPT Play, Fshare, Star Talk; catching up with IoT trend and going global.

Chairman of FPT Telecom Chu Thanh Ha stated, "We believe that in the not-too-distant future, every Vietnamese citizen will use at least one service by FPT Telecom."