Ministry of Posts and

Telecommunications
Laos Information Update
Somphone Syhalath
Director of Frequency Management Division
Department of Telecommunications
Telephone: 856 21 222991; Fax: 856 21 285259
Email: ssihalath2000@yahoo.com

Current information on Service Availability

Telecom Operators/ISPs

Ownership

Enterprise Telecommunication Lao (ETL)

Public Company

- 100% Government of Lao PDR

Lao Telecom Company (LTC)

- 51% Government of Lao PDR

- 49 % Foreign ownership

Star Telecom (STA)

- 51% Government of Lao PDR

- 49% Viettel Global

Vimpelcom

- 22% Government of Lao PDR

- 78% Millicom Intl Cellular

Planet Online

- Leading private ISP, Broadband Wireless Access

Lane Xang Internet

-Broadband Wireless Access

Current information on Service Availability

(Cont.)
Telecom Operators/ISPs

Technology/Services

Enterprise Telecommunication Lao (ETL)

- PSTN (Fixed line), GSM900/1800, GPRS, ISP

- 3G (WCDMA)
- Dial up, ADSL, HIL, VPN

Lao Telecommunication Company (LTC)

- PSTN (Fixed Line), GSM900/1800, CDMA (WLL),ISP

- 3G (WCDMA)
- Dial up, ADSL, IP Star

Star Telecom

- PSTN (Fixed Line)

- GSM 900/1800, 3G (WCDMA)

Vimpelcom

- GSM 900/1800, EDGE, WiMAX , 3G (WCDMA)

Planet Online

- Broadband Wireless Internet at 700 MHz,

-WiMAX 2500 MHz, ISP

Lane Xang Internet

- Broadband Wireless Internet at WiMAX

Spectrum planning and assignments

GSM:
GSM 900 MHz and GSM 1800 MHz
Current assignment of spectrum 2x6 MHz/operator in GSM900 and
2x15 MHz/operator in 1800 MHz to facilitate their development
CDMA 450 MHz (453 457 / 463 467 MHz)
WCDMA (3G)

WCDMA 2100 MHz (1920-1980 / 2110-2170 MHz)

WiMax

2.3, 2.5, 3.5 and 5.8 GHz

2G Spectrum planning and assignments

824 827.34

831.03

849

869

CDMA800
3.69 MHz

872.34

880

890

915

P-GSM
4 x 6 MHz

E-GSM
VLL

ETL

ETL

STT

LTC

GSM 1800
4x15MHz + LTC (LTE) 5MHz
ETL

LTC

935

LTC (LTE)

960 MHz

P-GSM
4 x 6 MHz

E-GSM
LTC

1785

VLL

925

FS
MS

BL

1710

STT

894 MHz

CDMA800
3.69 MHz

FS
MS

LTC

876.03

VLL ETL

ETL

STT

VLL

1805

FS
MS

LTC
1880 MHz

GSM 1800
4x15MHz + LTC (LTE) 5MHz
STT

BL

ETL

LTC

LTC (LTE)

LTC= Lao Telecom Company, ETL= Enterprise Telecom Lao, STT= Star Telecom, VLL = Vimpelcom,
G = Government, RS = reserved, FS=Fix Service, MS = Mobile Service

3G Planning and Assignments

UMTS System: 2100 MHz band or 1920 1980/2110 - 2170
1920

1930

1935

1950

1960

1970

1980

60 MHz
VLL STL LTC STL ETL SKY .
10
5
15
10
10
10
MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz

2110

2120

2125

2140

2150

2160

2170 MHz

60 MHz
VLL STL LTC STL ETL SKY
10
5
15
10
10
10
MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz MHz

WiMax Planning and Assignments

2.3 GHz band: 2300 2400 MHz
2.5 GHz band: 2500 2690 MHz
3.5 GHz band: 3400 3600 MHz
5.8 GHz band: 5725 5825 MHz
Frequency band

Assigned Freq

Bandwidth

Licensee

Remark

2.3 GHz
(2300-2400 MHz)

2300-2330 MHz

30 MHz

E-GOVT_STEA

2.5 GHz
(25002690 MHz)

2500 2518 MHz

18 MHz

Lanexang Internet

Paired Frequency

2672 2690 MHz

18 MHz

Lanexang Internet

Paired Frequency

2520 2530 MHz

10 MHz

Vimpelcom

TDD

2530 2550 MHz

20 MHz

Vimpelcom

Paired Frequency

2650 2670 MHz

20 MHz

Vimpelcom

Paired Frequency

2550 2580 MHz

30 MHz

Planet

2620 2645 MHz

25 MHz

Nine NetWork

3.5 GHz
(34003600 MHz)

3455 3485 MHz

30 MHz

NAST

5.8 GHz
(5725 5825 MHz)

5735- 5755 MHz

20 MHz

LTC

5755-5775 MHz

20MHz

AEK IT Computer Center

E- Govt. project

Thank you