Vietnam to commercialize 5G in October

According to the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC), Vietnam has made official plans to commercialize 5G Network in October using only domestically produced components.

On January 17, the first video call using a 5G connection on a gNobeB transceiver was successfully implemented, this means that Viet Nam has officially mastered 5G network technology.

Vietnam is among the few countries that have the capability to produce 5G equipment. The MIC is making arrangements to direct investment in research and production of 5G equipment this year. Together with that, Vietnam is also building a roadmap to remove 2G technology from 2022 to aid the establishment of 5G technology.

The ministry said telecom infrastructure has seen an important change in frequency infrastructure. Implementing 5G in Viet Nam has advantages as Vietnamese electronics and telecommunications businesses have produced lots of equipment and infrastructure, whereas before foreign manufacturers were relied upon.

This would be an important step for socio-economic development and ensuring national defense, he added. 

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According to the ministry’s Department of Information and Technology, the development of the 5G network has been one of the key orientations to upgrade digital infrastructure, serving national digital transformation. 

Deputy Minister Phan Tam said the Government has launched the 'Make in Viet Nam' strategy to help the country escape the middle-income trap. The country aims to produce chipsets for 5G networks and the internet of things (IoT) equipment. Government officials have offered preferential policies for the production as it is a high-tech area.

Source: Ministry of Information and Communications

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Vietnam 5G deployment to be boosted by state support: experts

The earliest 5G services are set to be commercialized in mid-2020 following trials conducted through 2019

Hanoi — Vietnam’s 5G network is forecast to have a bright future with Government and regulator support while domestic manufacturing of 5G handsets could lower device costs and lend tailwinds to adoption.

According to analysts from Fitch Solutions, 5G appears to be high on the Government’s priority list, with the earliest services set to be commercialized in mid-2020 following trials conducted through 2019.

“We believe the impact will be greatest in the enterprise segment, particularly in Vietnam’s rapidly growing manufacturing sector, with Government initiatives supporting industry uptake. At the consumer level, we expect early launches to centre on larger, higher-income cities, with operators likely to focus on both mobile and fixed-wireless services,” the analysts said.

While fibre-based broadband connections in Vietnam have grown significantly in recent quarters, Fitch believed that fixed-wireless 5G could still serve as a complement to existing fixed services and support the development and adoption of higher bandwidth services, such as virtual reality (VR) video streaming and cloud gaming applications.

The analysts said while these short term moves could put investments into 5G networks on the backburner, the Government could pressure the State-owned operators to focus on 5G deployment. Licences and spectrum are yet to be allocated, although the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) could convert 5G trial licences, allocated in 2019, into commercial licences.

Through Resolution 52, introduced in September 2019, the Government aims to actively involve itself in the wider adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies to drive the country’s economic growth.

“We expect the government to lend support to the wider 5G ecosystem through the creation of test beds, or through enterprise grants to adopt 5G technologies,” Fitch said.

The MIC is already looking at licensing certain frequencies to domestic manufacturers of 5G products, and has stated that it will support the development of 5G-capable chips, although further details have not been disclosed.

According to Fitch analysts, the wider availability of low-cost 5G devices in Vietnam will support uptake, primarily among cost-conscious consumers.

“In terms of industry applications, we expect to see strong use of 5G in the manufacturing sector. Adoption of 5G-enabled sensors across the production line is a certainty, although this will centre most largely on the use of private networks in the short run, such as those developed by private players. Operators have made no indication of their 5G plans for the enterprise and industrial sectors, although we expect them to look at developing 5G networks in key economic zones and industrial areas,” the analysts said. — VNS

Source: Vietnam News 
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IoT network covered fully Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam

All of HCM City’s 24 districts had Internet of Things (IoT) broadcasting stations installed in September 2019, made the city the first place in Viet Nam to be fully covered with an IoT network.

IoT is a system of interrelated computing devices and machines with the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human or human-to-computer interaction.

Connected devices, smart devices and others are embedded with electronic components, software, and sensors with computer network connection capability, making it possible for them to collect and transmit data.

According to domestic newspapers, a military telecom giant group in Vietnam is set to announce the completion of IoT and 5G infrastructure helping HCM City become a smart city.

Around 1,000 Narrow Band – Internet of Things (NB-IoT) broadcasting stations have been activated, covering the whole city, the media reported.

NB-IoT technology is capable of disconnecting a device when it is inactive. Thus, the contact time of the terminal is extended to five years without the need for changing the battery.

The group is also accelerating the process of developing a platform using NB-IoT technology-related services for its customers.

It will perform services like smart parking, air quality monitoring, location tracking, and metering devices.

IoT boom

With IoT technology developing strongly, other provinces and cities in the country will also have full NB-IoT coverage soon.

The group was quoted on Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) as saying that after HCM City it would cover Ha Noi. Nearly 500 NB-IoT broadcasting stations have been installed and activated in Cau Giay District and some suburban districts.

A deputy general director of the group, said the company planned to take IoTtechnology to every province and city in the country.

Talking about IoT trends, telecom experts say with industry 4.0, the concept of customers has been expanded from just people to things.

The number of customers would thus run into the billions and the demand for connecting is huge, they said.

There are various estimates, with one saying that by 2020, globally, around 20 billion devices will be fitted with sensors and controllers via NB-IoT technology, accounting for 74 per cent of all devices.

By 2025 about 40 billion smart devices will be used in the world with a total of around 100 billion connections in sectors like transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and finance.

   

In a press release on Thursday, the military-owned telecom giant said it had set up 5G base stations in Ward 12 in the city’s District 10.

The trial is meant to be a comprehensive evaluation of the band, coverage and application of 5G before commercialization in 2020.

The official broadcast of 5G in HCM City is an important milestone in to make Viet Nam one of the first countries in the world to commercialize 5G services. With 5G, Viet Nam will go along with the world.

Source: https://english.mic.gov.vn/Pages/TinTuc/139695/HCM-City-to-be-first-city-in-VN-to-be-fully-covered-by-IoT-network.html

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The number of 5G subscriptions in Vietnam could hit 6.3 million by 2025

Vietnam 5G subscriptions predicted to top 6.3 million by 2025 or 6 percent of its total’s mobile subscriptions, a US technology conglomerate said.

The total number of 5G subscriptions in Southeast Asia is expected to reach 227 million by then, the U.S firm said at an event in Hanoi Thursday. The firm was citing figures from a report prepared by American global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney.

According to the report, Indonesia will take the lead in 5G subscriptions by 2025 with over 100 million subscribers, followed by Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia, Laos and Brunei.

By 2025, Vietnam will be placed sixth in Southeast Asia for the number of 5G subscriptions. 

Graphics by A.T. Kearney

A President of the US firm in Southeast Asia, said Vietnamese telecommunication firms could raise their revenue by up to $300 million each year starting 2025, thanks to the 5G service. However, the country would have to invest $1.5-2.5 billion in infrastructure in the 2020-2025 period for launching and operating the 5G service.

According to A.T. Kearney, 5G "is expected to be a step change from earlier generations."

With high throughput, ultra-low latency and low power connectivity, 5G promises speeds up to 50 times faster, 10 times more responsiveness, and much lower power connectivity than 4G, it said, adding that the time is right for developing 5G service as it arrives at a time when "consumers are using immense amounts of cellular data."

A General Director of the US firm in Vietnam, said: "Vietnam so far has been attractive for low-cost labor, especially in key sectors like manufacturing and processing. But this will no longer a strong point in the age of Industry 4.0 and Vietnamese firms should be aware of this and make good use of new technologies, including applying the 5G service."

In Vietnam, a telecom giant broadcast its first 5G network in September from its network of 5G base stations in the nation's economic hub Ho Chi Minh City.

The 10 stations will be used by the telecom corporation, to comprehensively check and assess its 5G service before launching it commercially next year.

The corpration installed the first 5G station in Hanoi early this year and made the first 5G phone call in May. It was the first firm in the country to receive permission to trial 5G services in January.

Last November, the Information and Communication Minister in Vietnam said at a conference that Vietnam should test 5G in 2019 and ensure nationwide coverage by 2020.

"Vietnam should be one of the first countries to launch the network, at least in Hanoi and HCMC," he said. The country had been one of the last in Southeast Asia to roll out 4G services.

5G is said to offer speeds 100 times faster than 4G, primarily used for smartphones and other similar devices. 5G is also expected to support new applications like remote medical procedures and autonomous driving.

Source: https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/vietnam-5g-subscriptions-predicted-to-top-6-3-million-by-2025-3999086.html

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