Major mobile network operators in Vietnam have prepared technicalsolutions, staff and equipment to ensure smooth communication during theLunar New Year holiday, especially 3G (third-generation network)services.
Statistics from the information and communicationsministry (MIC) showed that the country has about 130 million mobilephone subscribers and 28 million 3G network subscribers, mostly in largecities.
Pham Hong Hai, head of the ministry's department oftelecommunications, said that the network congestion during the festivalwas due to a surge of telecom services and messages.
Telecom service providers should take preventive measures to avoid congestion, Hai pointed out.
Doan Xuan Hop, deputy head of VinaPhone's sales office, said thatcongestion was always a problem and mobile network operators had givendue attention to it during holidays, especially Tet.
In 2014, VinaPhone developed its network and network optimisation toensure quality services. The service provider upgraded 2G and 3Gstations nationwide, especially in locations that have several festivalsin provinces and cities, to ensure that 3G communications are as smoothand fast as 2G services.
Additionally, VinaPhone hasalso prepared 24x7 human resources, equipment and mobile BTSs (basetransmission stations) to solve problems in transmission and meet thedemand for mobile phone services since October 2014, he said.
Before Tet this year, VinaPhone increased the capacity of its networkby setting up more mobile switching centres (MSC), signalling systemsand BTSs, he added.
VinaPhone has 24 MSCs, 33,000BTSs and short message service (SMS) centres that can handle a maximumof 42 million SMSs per hour.
Hop said that VinaPhone's3G service had operated at 70 percent of its capacity, and so thenetwork could meet a sudden increase in demand during the Tet festival.
Meanwhile, MobiFone had also completed the upgrading of its mobile phone network and services.
According to MobiFone's statistics, in recent years, users have notused text and voice services much, and have started using 3G services tosend images and greetings, share videos and watch television programmeson mobile devices.
Therefore, MobiFone has increasedthe number of 3G BTSs, upgraded existing 3G BTSs and has 10 more mobileBTSs for festivals and days when fireworks are used. It has alsoincreased its SMS service capacity for customers who still use olderservices.
Last year, MobiFone increased by 40 percentits 3G BTS systems network nationwide, including a 35 percent increasein the north, 10 percent in the northeastern region, 45 percent in thecentral region and 25 percent in HCM City, as well as 46 percent in thesouthern provinces and 67 percent in the southwestern region.
Dinh Viet Hung, head of MobiFone's marketing and tariffs department,said that the firm could handle the demand of 40 million subscribersusing call services and 15 million subscribers using data services,while the server system can handle 40 million SMSs per hour and also theincrease in SMS traffic during Tet.
Hoang Son, deputygeneral director of Viettel, said the group had focused on preparingtechnical infrastructure for the holiday. They had upgraded software andbase transmission stations (BTS) in locations where more crowds areexpected.
In addition, Viettel had upgraded itsnetwork to handle 300 million phone calls per hour, 2.4 times higherthan the expected demand on New Year Eve.
Viettel hadprepared 80 mobile transmission cars to avoid congestion in areas wherefestivals and major events are expected to be held and where there arebuildings with a large number of people.
Son added that they have strengthened investment to improve the 3G service quality since the fourth quarter of 2014.
It has installed 3,000 more BTSs, bringing the total to 30,000 nationwide.
It has also upgraded about 1,000 2G network BTSs to ensure servicesfor users in border gates and islands during the major festival.
However, experts have said it will be difficult to avoid congestion in3G services during the festival in places where there will be thousandsof people at a time.-VNA
Statistics from the information and communicationsministry (MIC) showed that the country has about 130 million mobilephone subscribers and 28 million 3G network subscribers, mostly in largecities.
Pham Hong Hai, head of the ministry's department oftelecommunications, said that the network congestion during the festivalwas due to a surge of telecom services and messages.
Telecom service providers should take preventive measures to avoid congestion, Hai pointed out.
Doan Xuan Hop, deputy head of VinaPhone's sales office, said thatcongestion was always a problem and mobile network operators had givendue attention to it during holidays, especially Tet.
In 2014, VinaPhone developed its network and network optimisation toensure quality services. The service provider upgraded 2G and 3Gstations nationwide, especially in locations that have several festivalsin provinces and cities, to ensure that 3G communications are as smoothand fast as 2G services.
Additionally, VinaPhone hasalso prepared 24x7 human resources, equipment and mobile BTSs (basetransmission stations) to solve problems in transmission and meet thedemand for mobile phone services since October 2014, he said.
Before Tet this year, VinaPhone increased the capacity of its networkby setting up more mobile switching centres (MSC), signalling systemsand BTSs, he added.
VinaPhone has 24 MSCs, 33,000BTSs and short message service (SMS) centres that can handle a maximumof 42 million SMSs per hour.
Hop said that VinaPhone's3G service had operated at 70 percent of its capacity, and so thenetwork could meet a sudden increase in demand during the Tet festival.
Meanwhile, MobiFone had also completed the upgrading of its mobile phone network and services.
According to MobiFone's statistics, in recent years, users have notused text and voice services much, and have started using 3G services tosend images and greetings, share videos and watch television programmeson mobile devices.
Therefore, MobiFone has increasedthe number of 3G BTSs, upgraded existing 3G BTSs and has 10 more mobileBTSs for festivals and days when fireworks are used. It has alsoincreased its SMS service capacity for customers who still use olderservices.
Last year, MobiFone increased by 40 percentits 3G BTS systems network nationwide, including a 35 percent increasein the north, 10 percent in the northeastern region, 45 percent in thecentral region and 25 percent in HCM City, as well as 46 percent in thesouthern provinces and 67 percent in the southwestern region.
Dinh Viet Hung, head of MobiFone's marketing and tariffs department,said that the firm could handle the demand of 40 million subscribersusing call services and 15 million subscribers using data services,while the server system can handle 40 million SMSs per hour and also theincrease in SMS traffic during Tet.
Hoang Son, deputygeneral director of Viettel, said the group had focused on preparingtechnical infrastructure for the holiday. They had upgraded software andbase transmission stations (BTS) in locations where more crowds areexpected.
In addition, Viettel had upgraded itsnetwork to handle 300 million phone calls per hour, 2.4 times higherthan the expected demand on New Year Eve.
Viettel hadprepared 80 mobile transmission cars to avoid congestion in areas wherefestivals and major events are expected to be held and where there arebuildings with a large number of people.
Son added that they have strengthened investment to improve the 3G service quality since the fourth quarter of 2014.
It has installed 3,000 more BTSs, bringing the total to 30,000 nationwide.
It has also upgraded about 1,000 2G network BTSs to ensure servicesfor users in border gates and islands during the major festival.
However, experts have said it will be difficult to avoid congestion in3G services during the festival in places where there will be thousandsof people at a time.-VNA
