Từ khóa: #5G

As revenues from traditional telecoms services like calls, SMS, and Internet provision are significantly affected due to price competitions, giant telecoms enterprises in Vietnam such as VNPT, Viettel, and MobiFone have decided to turn to digital technologies for more profits.

 

The Prime Minister has approved the national strategy regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) until 2030, including developing a digital government and digital economy in Vietnam.

Telecom providers Viettel and Mobifone have received licences from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) to commercially test fifth-generation (5G) broadcast in Hanoi and HCM City.

Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group reported that its launch of Narrow Band – Internet of Things (NB-IoT) as well as 5G technology for digital society development in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has reaped positive results, making almost all smart devices even smarter.

The pilot of 5G technology is planned to be carried out in 2019 in Vietnam as instructed by the Ministry of Information and Communications so that in 2020, the country will become one of the first in the world to formally offer this service. This is one important task to boost the digital economy growth in Vietnam.

Vietnam aims to become the first country in Southeast Asia to put 5G into commercial operation in 2020, according to Japanese daily Nikkei.