5G deployment in 2024

September 7, 2023 10:46 V. Hang Print article

ANTD.VN - Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Pham Duc Long said that the Ministry of Information and Communications is implementing the process of auctioning 5G frequencies to network operators by the end of 2023 and it is expected that network operators will deploy 5G in 2024.

Dừng phát hành SIM qua kênh đại lý từ 10-9 ảnh 1

Stop issuing SIM cards through agents from September 10

According to Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long, the standardization of subscriber information has achieved positive results. The Ministry of Information and Communications has resolutely handled information of subscribers who are not the owner.

Previously, because there was no national population database (CSDL), this situation was handled for many years without effectiveness. Currently, when the connection to the population database system has been deployed, it is possible to check SIMs with incorrect information, suspected of being fake and subscriber information with expired documents, so up to now, 19.6 million subscribers have been processed.

Of these 19.6 million subscribers, 7.5 million have come to the network to standardize their information, while the remaining 12.5 million subscribers are not the owners and are currently locked one-way because they have not updated or standardized their information with the network by the deadline.

Regarding information on how many SIM cards are released to the market each month and how to ensure that the owners of these SIM cards are genuine subscribers, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long said that currently, the three major network operators Viettel, MobiFone and Vinaphone account for 85% of subscribers, connecting directly (online) to the population database.

That is, when developing new subscribers, check with the newly developed matching population database, if the information does not match, it will be rejected.

The remaining 15% of new subscribers of small network operators have not been connected to the Ministry of Public Security's database because they have not met the standards and connection requirements of the Ministry of Public Security. These small network operators must send data every month to be checked with the population database; if they do not match, these subscribers will also be removed from the network.

Thus, basically, new subscribers of network operators must check 100% of their information with the national population database, of which 85% is checked online, 15% has a 1-month delay.

According to regulations, each person can only register 3 SIMs. However, inspections by the Ministry of Information and Communications show that the situation of SIM registration for others is mainly related to agents. Therefore, the Ministry of Information and Communications has worked with network operators to request to rectify this and the network operators committed to stop the activities of subscriber development agents from September 10, 2023, focusing only on reputable chain channels.

Any network operator that violates will be strictly punished by the Ministry of Information and Communications according to Decree No. 14/2022/ND-CP of the Government dated January 27, 2022, which will suspend subscriber development businesses from 3 to 12 months depending on the severity of the violation.

Regarding the time of 5G commercialization, Deputy Minister Pham Duc Long said that the Ministry of Information and Communications is implementing the process of auctioning 5G frequencies to network operators by the end of 2023 and it is expected that network operators will deploy 5G in 2024.

Currently, Viettel's 5G equipment is being tested in the final steps and in about 1.5 months these devices will be checked to see if they meet Vietnamese standards or not.

Similarly, with 6G technology, the Minister of Information and Communications has issued a Decision to establish a Steering Committee to promote 6G development. The Ministry wishes to accompany the world in deploying, researching and manufacturing 6G equipment.

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