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VNPT, Viettel to deploy 5G in An Giang

Telecom providers VNPT and Viettel have registered to pilot 5G services in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang this year, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Information and Communications Nguyen Thanh Hai has said.
VNPT, Viettel to deploy 5G in An Giang ảnh 1At the event (Photo: VNA)
An Giang (VNA) - Telecom providers VNPTand Viettel have registered to pilot 5G services in the Mekong Delta provinceof An Giang this year, Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Informationand Communications Nguyen Thanh Hai has said.
Hai made the announcement during a conference tolaunch tasks in 2021, hosted by the An Giang Provincial People’s Committee onJanuary 20.

All localities in the province are covered by 3G, 4Gand mobile broadband, he said, and internet subscribers account for 65 percentof the population.

The province ranked seventh out of 63 cities and provinceslast year in information technology (IT) application and third regarding administrationmodernisation in the Public Administrative Reform Index, according to theMinistry of Information and Communications (MIC).

An Giang will this year bolster the application oftourism management and promotions, digital transformation programme and infrastructureinvestment in the postal sector and logistics at large, and e-commerce. It willalso strive to set up a concentrated IT zone.

After telecoms providers conducted commercial 5Gtrials in cities such as Hanoi and HCM City, many provinces sentrecommendations to MIC to allow carriers to deploy 5G in their urban areas,industrial zones, and key areas.

Responding to the requests, the VietnamTelecommunications Authority under MIC said that based on testing results andproposals from businesses, the ministry would study and license mobilebusinesses to deploy 5G, prioritising industrial parks, high-tech parks, and ITto focus on implementing innovative digital technologies./.

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