Viettel staff check a BTS installation. Viettel is the provider with the biggest 3G and 4G infrastructure in Vietnam, with more than 67,000 base transceiver stations (BTSs) providing mobile network to rural and mountainous areas. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Military-run telecomgroup Viettel has been honoured as the fastest mobile network in Vietnam in thefirst half of this year.
The award was based on speedtest.net, with statistics from 1.61 million internetusers in Vietnam in the first six months of the year.
SpeedTest said Viettel is the first and onlyVietnamese mobile network provider to win the award. The evaluation and resultsynthesis were implemented independently and objectively by SpeedTest and therewas no pre-announcement to internet providers.
SpeedTest also revealed that the Viettel networktook the leading position in terms of data speed over the past three years.
Statistics showed that Viettel’s networkachieved a speed score of 26.21, with average download speeds of 28.22 Mbps andaverage upload speeds of 13.56 Mbps.
Latency when accessing the Viettel network wasthe lowest at 28ms among other local networks.
Viettel’s mobile network speed had higherquality than other countries such as Thailand (14.65), the Philippines (14.98),Cambodia (22.91), India (10.14) and Russia (21.79).
Viettel is the network provider with the biggest3G and 4G infrastructure in Vietnam, with more than 67,000 base transceiverstations (BTS) providing mobile coverage to rural and mountainous areas.
Of which, its 4G network which was launched inApril 2017, covers 95 per cent of the country’s population with all of its basetransciever stations (BTSs) nationwide using the mostmodern 4-transmit-4-receiver (4T4R) technology in the world.
Viettel now has more than 33 millionsubscribers. Vietnamese people have been quick to adopt new technologies and 4Ghas become a popular service for people even in remote areas.
4G technology is also a foundation for theimplementation of many important Industry 4.0 projects by the Government.
In addition to improving its services, Viettelhas launched promotional programmes to help customers access its services.
SpeedTest is the most-used speed test app forcomputers and mobile phones, with 21 billion tests since 2006.-VNA
The award was based on speedtest.net, with statistics from 1.61 million internetusers in Vietnam in the first six months of the year.
SpeedTest said Viettel is the first and onlyVietnamese mobile network provider to win the award. The evaluation and resultsynthesis were implemented independently and objectively by SpeedTest and therewas no pre-announcement to internet providers.
SpeedTest also revealed that the Viettel networktook the leading position in terms of data speed over the past three years.
Statistics showed that Viettel’s networkachieved a speed score of 26.21, with average download speeds of 28.22 Mbps andaverage upload speeds of 13.56 Mbps.
Latency when accessing the Viettel network wasthe lowest at 28ms among other local networks.
Viettel’s mobile network speed had higherquality than other countries such as Thailand (14.65), the Philippines (14.98),Cambodia (22.91), India (10.14) and Russia (21.79).
Viettel is the network provider with the biggest3G and 4G infrastructure in Vietnam, with more than 67,000 base transceiverstations (BTS) providing mobile coverage to rural and mountainous areas.
Of which, its 4G network which was launched inApril 2017, covers 95 per cent of the country’s population with all of its basetransciever stations (BTSs) nationwide using the mostmodern 4-transmit-4-receiver (4T4R) technology in the world.
Viettel now has more than 33 millionsubscribers. Vietnamese people have been quick to adopt new technologies and 4Ghas become a popular service for people even in remote areas.
4G technology is also a foundation for theimplementation of many important Industry 4.0 projects by the Government.
In addition to improving its services, Viettelhas launched promotional programmes to help customers access its services.
SpeedTest is the most-used speed test app forcomputers and mobile phones, with 21 billion tests since 2006.-VNA
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