Many provinces have requested the Ministry of Information and Communications to direct corporations to urgently assess the demand, feasibility, and investment efficiency to deploy 5G coverage in their provinces.
MobiFone's staff install 5G equipment. — Photo courtesy of MobiFone
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Many provinces have requested the Ministry of Informationand Communications to direct corporations to urgently assess the demand,feasibility, and investment efficiency to deploy 5G coverage in their provinces.
TheVietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) said enterprises including Viettel,VNPT, MobiFone had officially tested commercial 5G services from November lastyear.
However,based on the needs of the market, telecom businesses are focusing on coveragein big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City which have dense populationsand the highest percentage of people having 5G terminals nationwide and somelocalities with industrial parks such as Bắc Ninh and Bắc Giang.
The5G trial plan depended on the strategy and production and business plan of eachenterprise, said VNTA.
Thisis not the first time that provinces and cities have petitioned for 5Gcoverage. The department of information and communications of many provincessuch as Phu Tho, Dak Lak and Binh Phuoc last year also asked the ministry todirect telecom corporations to urgently approve and direct provincialdepartments to develop 5G networks in industrial parks and residential areas.
VNTAsaid that on the basis of test results and proposals of enterprises, theMinistry of Information and Communications would study and grant licences toenterprises to deploy 5G mobile network.
Itis expected that priority will be given to deployment in industrial parks,high-tech parks, and concentrated information technology parks to deploybreakthrough innovative digital technologies.
Theauthority also suggested that the departments of information and communicationsactively co-ordinate with mobile businesses in the area and the authority toidentify areas that need to be prioritised for infrastructure investment todevelop 5G to develop plans for telecommunications infrastructure developmentin the area to ensure feasibility.
Thiswould direct and guide mobile businesses to prioritise infrastructureinvestment to provide mobile services using 5G technology./.
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MobiFone's staff install 5G equipment. — Photo courtesy of MobiFone 
