Vietnam had the highest rate of new digital service consumers in the Southeast Asia region last year, it was reported at the recent World Mobile Broadband & ICT 2021 conference in Hanoi.
After telecoms carriers conducted commercial 5G trials in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, many provinces have sent recommendations to the Ministry of Information and Communications to allow the carriers to deploy 5G in their urban areas, industrial zones and key areas.
Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam urged mobile network operators to further simplify procedures for mobile number portability (MNP) services to create convenience for users to switch networks.
The Ministry of Information and Communications requested telecom service providers to increase internet bandwidth and improve service quality to facilitate e-learning and working-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic at a virtual meeting on April 1.
The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) under the Ministry of Information and Communications asked network operators to ensure the quality of telecommunications services.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung has urged the Authority of Radio Frequency Management to auction off space on the 2.6 Ghz spectrum.
Nearly 107,000 out of 164,871 or 70.7 percent of mobile service subscribers that registered to change their networks performed the procedures successfully and retained their numbers from July 1-28, according to statistics from major service suppliers.
The number of Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) has surpassed those with ADSL technology-based internet access after three years, according to the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA).
The Ministry of Information and Communications will grant a 4G LTE licence in the second half of this year, Deputy Minister Phan Tam said at a meeting on April 27.
Le Nam Thang, former Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, has advised network providers to make a careful calculation on the demand for 4G (fourth-generation network) implementation.