Vietnam ready for 4G

The Ministry of Information and Communications is collecting telecom firms’ opinions to design a 4G (fourth generation) frequency band plan.

Minister of Information and Communications Le Doan Hop assigned this task to the Department of Wireless Frequency and Telecommunications and asked them to finish in 2010.

However, the ministry will only work out the 4G frequency band plan and let telecom firms choose between Wimax or LTE technologies themselves.

According to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the following generation of mobile technology, also called 4G, can provide connections at speeds of up to 100Mb/s, dozens of time faster than the current 3G network.

Five companies in Vietnam have tested 4G Wimax, including Vietnam Data Communications Company (VDC), EVN Telecom, FPT Telecom, Viettel and VTC. VDC tested on 2.5GHz band in Hanoi, HCM City and Da Nang while EVN Telecom tried the technology on 2.3-2.4 GHz in Hanoi and Dong Nai. Viettel tested with 2.3-2.4 GHz in Hanoi and Thai Nguyen and FPT Telecom on 2.3-24. GHz in Hanoi and Hai Phong.

None have asked requested MoIC’s permission to implement 4G services yet.

Vietnamnet

Tags: 4G in Vietnam, Vietnam Telecom

Posted by VBN on Apr 6 2010. Filed under Telecommunication. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry