At the seminar "Commercializing 5G, applying it to smart industry" organized by the Vietnam IT Journalists Club on the morning of December 26, network operators shared a lot of important information about the speed of 5G commercialization in Vietnam.

According to Mr. Le Ba Tan, Head of Technical Department of Viettel Group, this network operator launched the 5G mobile network in October 2024.

“ We reached 3 million 5G subscribers after 2 weeks and now after 2 months, Viettel's 5G subscribers are 4 million. These 4 million subscribers correspond to 70% of 5G terminals in the coverage area of ​​6,500 5G BTS stations ,” Mr. Le Ba Tan shared.

After 2 months of deployment, on average each Viettel 5G subscriber consumed about 21GB of data per month, 1.7 times higher than when the service was first provided. The use of 5G services is expected to increase further in 2025.

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Mr. Le Ba Tan, Head of Technical Department of Viettel Group. Photo: Le Anh Dung

The head of Viettel Group's technical department said that there are currently about 10 million Viettel subscribers nationwide with 5G terminals, out of a total of 66 million customers using the service. This also means that Viettel's 5G subscriber growth potential is about 6 million subscribers ready.

For corporate customers, Viettel prioritizes units that have a need to use 5G networks such as industrial parks, airports, ports...

Up to now, only a few businesses are using the 5G network. Viettel is currently working with about 100 businesses to test and provide digital solutions for businesses.

Viettel has also built two laboratories in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This is where 5G application developers can come to test their products, avoiding frequency interference or IoT protocol failure when applied in practice.

This space is created to help businesses have the right environment to develop 5G applications suitable for Vietnam.

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Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Head of Technology Department, VNPT Group. Photo: Le Anh Dung

As the latest network operator to commercialize 5G just a week ago, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Deputy Head of Technology Department of VNPT Group, said that commercializing 5G will help VNPT affirm to the Government, corporate and individual customers that it will bring new values.

“ 5G technology will combine with other technologies such as cloud, AI, big data... to create a system of products and services to serve all fields and aspects of the economy and the entire society. This is an opportunity for VNPT to explore new business spaces ,” said a VNPT representative.

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Mr. Nguyen Tuan Huy, Head of MobiFone Digital Transformation Department. Photo: Le Anh Dung

According to Mr. Nguyen Tuan Huy, Head of MobiFone Digital Transformation Department, MobiFone has been granted a C3 frequency band license and is quickly and urgently completing procedures to commercialize 5G.

“ MobiFone will soon commercialize 5G in the next few months ,” Mr. Huy affirmed.

Sharing his opinion, MobiFone representative said that 5G technology will bring many opportunities to Vietnam, but it also comes with huge challenges. Therefore, Vietnam needs to communicate so that the whole society understands what benefits this technology can bring.

Selecting the unit to organize the auction of 3 mobile frequency bands worth 1,900 billion VND. The three auctioned frequency bands are planned to deploy mobile information systems with IMT-Advanced standards and subsequent versions.