Despite making heavy investments in developing 4G services in the worldmarket, mobile network operators are still concentrating on 3Gdevelopment plans in Vietnam, the English language news websiteVietNamNet Bridge reported on May 7.
Qualcomm’s RegionalDirector, Thieu Phuong Nam, in charge of the Lao, Vietnamese andCambodian markets, noted that there are still great opportunities for 3Gdevelopment in Vietnam, therefore, no need to be in too much of a hurryto shift to 4G.
“The biggest goal now for Qualcomm in Vietnam is developing the number of 3G service users,” Nam was quoted as saying.
Thenumber of 3G users in Vietnam remains modest, which is far below theaverage proportion of 70-80 percent in developed countries. This meansthat the market is still far from the saturation point, and that thereis still “wild land” for enterprises to cultivate.
EricssonVietnam’s CEO, Jan Wassenius, also thinks that Vietnam still has notused up the 3G’s “power”. The current 3G network is many times morecapable of satisfying the real demand.
The senior executivethinks that if the data output to be transferred through the 3G networkincreases by two fold every year, Vietnam should start 4G in 2015.
WhileQualcomm and Ericsson think that the 3G market is “ripe”, and the 4Gmarket still “green”, Huawei’s newly appointed CEO Yuan Song remainsskeptical when asked about the time to begin utilizing 4G. He saidmarket demand will decide when to launch 4G services.
Vietnam isknown as the country where the 3G service fee is the lowest in theworld, while the service quality has been improving well. Mobile networkoperators are making hectic preparations for launching the 3.5G servicenationwide.
Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen BacSon, at the working session with Samsung recently, said Vietnam hasbeen providing 3G services since 2009, and has 20 million subscribers sofar.
According to Son, Vietnam is implementing the national TVdigitalisation programme, while planning to use the waveband to beredundant for 4G network. The ministry is now thinking carefully aboutwhen Vietnam should start 4G.
It took Vietnam 10 years to switch from 2G to 3G, but it is expected to take less time to make the jump from 3G to 4G.
Son said a reasonable transition time could be 2015. However, he has advised businesses to prepare for 4G right now.
Alsoaccording to Hoan, with the increasingly high market demand, the demandfor the broadband frequency in Vietnam would be very large. MIC hasdecided to reserve the 2.3GHz and 2.6GHz frequency bands for wirelessbroadband. The allocation of the wavebands will be granted throughbidding after 2015.-VNA
Qualcomm’s RegionalDirector, Thieu Phuong Nam, in charge of the Lao, Vietnamese andCambodian markets, noted that there are still great opportunities for 3Gdevelopment in Vietnam, therefore, no need to be in too much of a hurryto shift to 4G.
“The biggest goal now for Qualcomm in Vietnam is developing the number of 3G service users,” Nam was quoted as saying.
Thenumber of 3G users in Vietnam remains modest, which is far below theaverage proportion of 70-80 percent in developed countries. This meansthat the market is still far from the saturation point, and that thereis still “wild land” for enterprises to cultivate.
EricssonVietnam’s CEO, Jan Wassenius, also thinks that Vietnam still has notused up the 3G’s “power”. The current 3G network is many times morecapable of satisfying the real demand.
The senior executivethinks that if the data output to be transferred through the 3G networkincreases by two fold every year, Vietnam should start 4G in 2015.
WhileQualcomm and Ericsson think that the 3G market is “ripe”, and the 4Gmarket still “green”, Huawei’s newly appointed CEO Yuan Song remainsskeptical when asked about the time to begin utilizing 4G. He saidmarket demand will decide when to launch 4G services.
Vietnam isknown as the country where the 3G service fee is the lowest in theworld, while the service quality has been improving well. Mobile networkoperators are making hectic preparations for launching the 3.5G servicenationwide.
Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen BacSon, at the working session with Samsung recently, said Vietnam hasbeen providing 3G services since 2009, and has 20 million subscribers sofar.
According to Son, Vietnam is implementing the national TVdigitalisation programme, while planning to use the waveband to beredundant for 4G network. The ministry is now thinking carefully aboutwhen Vietnam should start 4G.
It took Vietnam 10 years to switch from 2G to 3G, but it is expected to take less time to make the jump from 3G to 4G.
Son said a reasonable transition time could be 2015. However, he has advised businesses to prepare for 4G right now.
Alsoaccording to Hoan, with the increasingly high market demand, the demandfor the broadband frequency in Vietnam would be very large. MIC hasdecided to reserve the 2.3GHz and 2.6GHz frequency bands for wirelessbroadband. The allocation of the wavebands will be granted throughbidding after 2015.-VNA
