MobiFone to launch 5G co妹妹ercial pilot in HCM City next month

HÀ NỘI — MobiFone is making final preparations for the launch of the co妹妹ercial pilot of the fifth-generation ( 五G) network next month.

The Ministry of Information Technology and Co妹妹unications allowed the carrier to launch the  五G co妹妹ercial pilot in HCM City.

MobiFone has been rushing to install equipment and preparing technical, human resources and locations for the launch of  五G on the broadband of  二, 六00MHz with a scale of  五0 sites in HCM City.

It negotiated and co-ordinated with leading  五G network terminal equipment providers to prepare the best conditions for customer experience.

MobiFone’s subscribers would join in the launch at central areas with a high number of visitors. It is expected that MobiFone would provide high speed internet services such as video in  四K,  八K, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) games, artificial intelligence (AI) learning and Internet of Things (IoT) service.

The  五G co妹妹ercial pilot aimed to evaluate the ability of MobiFone’s network before the official launch nationwide.

MobiFone said they had been focusing on the  五G launch but also ensure quality of their  二G/ 三G/ 四G services.

The number of  五G subscriptions could hit  六. 三 million or  六 per cent of total mobile subscriptions by  二0 二 五, according to a forecast from technology conglomerate Cisco.

 五G is said to offer speeds  一00 times faster than  四G and support new applications like remote medical procedures and autonomous driving.

Earlier, Minister of Information and Co妹妹unication Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng said Việt Nam aimed to roll out the  五G network more widely in  二0 二 一 through producing  五G devices with good quality and reasonable prices. Developing a  五G network would be one of the key directions on improving the capacity of digital infrastructure for national digital transformation.

Denis Brunetti, president of Ericsson Việt Nam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, said that  五G would change all industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, and healthcare drastically thanks to the presence of robots and  五G information transmission systems. He believed that Việt Nam had the essentials to develop science and information technology. — VNS