Viettel already deployed a complete of 6,500 base stations throughout Vietnam
Vietnamese telco Viettel’s 5G community reached 4 million subscribers after the corporate launched the service in October 2024.
“We gained 3 million 5G subscribers inside two weeks of the launch, and after two months, this quantity has grown to 4 million. These 4 million subscribers account for 70% of 5G-enabled units throughout the protection space of our 6,500 5G base stations,” stated Le Ba Tan, technical director of Viettel Group
Throughout this era, the common 5G consumer consumed roughly 21GB of knowledge monthly, a 1.7-fold improve from the preliminary utilization charge at launch. With 10 million Viettel prospects at the moment proudly owning 5G-capable units, the corporate stated it sees important potential for enlargement, estimating a further 6 million subscribers as the subsequent wave of adopters.
To serve company shoppers, Viettel is concentrating on sectors with excessive connectivity wants, corresponding to industrial zones, ports and airports.
Viettel has established two 5G laboratories in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh Metropolis. These amenities allow builders to check purposes and deal with challenges corresponding to sign interference or protocol mismatches, making certain that new IoT and 5G applied sciences are well-suited for Vietnam’s rising market.
In October, Viettel launched what it claimed to be Vietnam’s first business 5G service. On the time of the launch, Viettel stated it had deployed community infrastructure to supply 5G providers to all 63 localities in Vietnam, focusing particularly on tourism websites, seaports, airports, industrial parks, hospitals and colleges.
The telco famous that the brand new 5G service can supply connection speeds of as much as 1 Gbps, with practically zero ping. Viettel is deploying the 5G service utilizing each Standalone (SA) and Non-Standalone (NSA) architectures.
For enterprise prospects, Viettel stated its new 5G community will present a complete of 130 use case choices for industrial manufacturing, sensible metropolis, logistics-transport, agriculture, healthcare, schooling and power sectors, built-in with cloud, synthetic intelligence (AI) and Web of Issues (IoT) applied sciences.
Rival operator VNPT launched 5G providers in December 2024, whereas MobiFone is accelerating its preparations for 5G commercialization after securing a C3 spectrum license.
“We purpose to launch 5G business providers within the subsequent few months,” stated Nguyen Tuan Huy, Head of Digital Transformation at MobiFone.