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/ December 6, 2020

Vietnamese telcos begin testing 5G services in earnest

State-owned Vinaphone last week became the first to conduct 5G commercial tests in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. In Hanoi, VnExpress reporters using 5G devices were able to reach download speeds of 721 megabit per second (Mbps), or 10 times higher than 4G speeds. In HCMC, it reached 1,000 Mbps, with downloading a 1.16 gigabyte (GB) app taking around 34 seconds. Vinaphone also unveiled its 5G routers developed in partnership with Finland’s Nokia. The device collects 5G waves and broadcasts it as wifi signals, enabling Internet use in households without the need for fiber-optic cables. Military-run Viettel commercially tested its 5G broadcast in Hanoi on November 30, achieving 10 times the download speeds of 4G when the user is in one place and five times when travelling in a vehicle. Viettel has put up 100 base stations in the city’s three downtown districts, and users with 5G devices can start experiencing the technology without the need to change their sim cards. Of the 100 stations, it produced 15 in-house and bought the rest from Sweden’s Ericsson. The company plans to expand to Da Nang and HCMC soon. Le Dang Dung, the chairman of the company, said when 5G transmission is stable it could help doctors perform surgeries through the Internet and factories could be completely automated. Another state-owned telecom firm, MobiFone, began commercially testing 5G services in HCMC on November 27, achieving average speeds of 600-800 Mbps, going up to 1,500 Mbps. The company plans to install 50 stations in the city this month. But it will take time for smartphone makers and networks to perfect 5G operations. Some Huawei, Xiaomi, Asus, Nokia, and Oppo devices can use 5G, but Samsung devices have to wait until the end of the year at least, and it is unclear when iPhone devices will be able to connect in Vietnam. The subscription rate is a concern among users. Currently operators are providing free data to promote the new technology, but it is …

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/ March 14, 2021

Vietnam beats Asian neighbors in Internet accessibility ranking

With an overall score of 81.57 points out of 100, the country ranked above South Korea (66th), Malaysia (76th), the Philippines (83rd), and China (114th), according to a report released by British broadband, TV, and mobile comparison service provider Broadbandchoices. But Indonesia (40th) and Thailand (55th) were ahead of it. The ranking measured 169 countries and territories, using 10 different factors like average Internet speeds, the cost and affordability of home broadband packages, cost of a gigabyte (GB) of mobile data, percentage of the population with access to the Internet, mobile Internet coverage, and the number of public WiFi hotspots. Vietnam ranked ninth in terms of cheapest Internet. The average monthly cost of broadband Internet in Vietnam was $12.4, much cheaper than in Thailand ($25.9), Indonesia ($32.5), Malaysia ($34.9), and the Philippines ($51.1). Vietnam was one of the world’s least expensive countries to buy mobile data with 1GB of mobile data costing $1.1. But its average Internet speed of 9.87 Mbps was far behind several Asian economies like Thailand (14.09), South Korea (13.48) and Japan (32.27). Denmark was the world’s most connected nation, followed by Liechtenstein and the U.S. while Burundi was the least connected. Around 64 million Vietnamese, or over half the country's population, are online. …

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