Hanoi (VNA) – The International Data Group in Vietnam (IDG) and theRadio and Electronics Association of Vietnam jointly held a teleconferencenamed “World Mobile Broadband & ISP 2020” on March 27 aiming to seektechnology solutions to boost digital economic development in the country.
Under the theme of “5G & Mobile Broadband PromotingDigital Economy: Visions and Technology Solutions,” the teleconference focusedon introducing the roadmap, deployment experience, and new technology proposalsto promote the development of mobile and fixed telecommunicationsinfrastructure as well as the trend of developing digital content services onthat platform.
Delegates exchanged views on the roadmap for 5G planning anddevelopment in Vietnam, and studied experience in commercialising 5G indeveloped countries, digital economy model on the basis of high-speedconnection, and building ecosystems on the connection platform.
Currently, in parallel with the development of new-generationmobile networks, Vietnam is also paying special attention to the development ofother telecom connection infrastructure, as the country considers the development of telecominfrastructure a decisive factor in making the best use of opportunities to integrateinto the fourth Industrial Revolution.
In fact, Vietnam holds enormous potential in connecting anddeveloping telecommunication services, both mobile and fixed. According to statistics of the Department of Telecommunications, as of the end of October 2019, the totalnumber of fixed broadband subscribers exceeded 14.4 million, whilethe number of mobile broadband subscribers generating traffic reached over 61million. The total capacity of domestic internet connections is more than 2.7million Mbps and the total capacity of international connections is more than7.5 million Mbps.
As businesses and organisations are actively engaging in digital transformation towards a comprehensive digital and digital economy by 2030 accordingto the national digital transformation project, Vietnam telecom markethas a lot of potential to invest in, from connecting infrastructure to digitalcontent services or investment, applying hi-tech solutions to increaseefficiency and comprehensive change of production, trade and service activities./.