VNPT to provide super broadband soon

VNPT is currently maintaining a reserve level of international Internet transmission channels of up to more than 40% capacity, and has announced the implementation of the first 10Gbps high-speed Internet infrastructure project in Vietnam.

According to the plan, Viettel and VNPT will exploit additional submarine cable lines landing in Quy Nhon. If these lines operate permanently, it will also fundamentally solve the backup capacity for network operators.

Ensure international Internet quality

In March 2023, 5 international submarine cable lines of Vietnam had problems, greatly affecting Vietnam's international Internet connection. For the first time, 5 cable lines of Vietnam had problems at the same time. This rare situation caused certain impacts on the quality of Vietnam's international Internet connection service, and also directly impacted the business activities of technology enterprises.

According to the Ministry of Information and Communications, in the face of problems with many submarine cables, the Ministry has established a Steering Committee to handle incidents and develop a national plan for submarine optical cables, organize work, and coordinate telecommunications businesses to handle submarine optical cable breaks, ensuring the connection of Vietnam's telecommunications and Internet services internationally.

Implementing the direction of the Ministry of Information and Communications, telecommunications enterprises have quickly expanded the capacity of fiber optic cables on land; shared and rescued international telecommunications and Internet service traffic with each other to ensure the quality of fixed and mobile broadband telecommunications services serving production and business, economic and social activities...

The Ministry of Information and Communications also requires telecommunications enterprises to ensure a minimum reserve of 10% of capacity, in order to maintain the quality of international telecommunications and Internet services provided to customers, and to quickly coordinate with international partners to restore submarine optical cables. The Telecommunications Department has worked with telecommunications enterprises to continue implementing current and future risk management plans to ensure service quality for customers; Develop a plan for Vietnam's submarine optical cable routes, and accelerate the connection of some submarine optical cable routes to international destinations to ensure Vietnam's leading and mastering role.

Up to now, 4/5 of Vietnam's submarine optical cable lines have been restored and Vietnam's Internet quality has been guaranteed.

According to VNPT representative, at peak times, the efficiency of international Internet bandwidth usage only reaches about 60% of the available channel capacity. With the current capacity, VNPT ensures fast connection speed to international servers even during peak hours. In addition, VNPT also reserves up to 40% of capacity, ready to serve customers in all cases, meeting the quality standards of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

VNPT is working closely with submarine cable management units to speed up the repair of the APG submarine cable. It is expected that the repair of the APG line will be completed in June, contributing to strengthening capacity and increasing VNPT's international Internet capacity reserve ratio to 60%. Along with the capacity reserve for bandwidth growth needs, VNPT's Internet quality is guaranteed to be higher than the national average.

Preparing to provide ultra-broadband Internet service to 10,000 customers

According to the announcement of the Vietnam Internet Center (Ministry of Information and Communications), the results of VNPT's quality monitoring show that the download speed in May fluctuated from 92Mbps to 111Mbps, higher than the average of network operators nationwide at 90.59 Mbps. Similarly, VNPT's upload speed of 92.09Mbps is also higher than the national average of 89.56Mbps.

Recently, VNPT has also cooperated with Nokia Group to bring ultra-broadband technology to Vietnam. This is the first ultra-broadband technology deployed in Vietnam. With this technology, Internet users can choose a service package with a speed of up to 10 Gbps. The initial deployment phase will connect 10,000 households and businesses in the 8 largest cities and provinces in the country, building the best telecommunications platform to deploy digital transformation solution ecosystems for the government and businesses. VNPT has also participated in researching standards and testing towards multi-connection 7th generation Wifi with speeds of up to 30Gb/s.

Currently, VNPT has invested in 4 new submarine cable lines, of which the SJC-2 line is expected to be completed and put into operation by the end of this year, adding 18T of international traffic for users in Vietnam.

Mr. Vu The Binh, General Secretary of the Vietnam Internet Association, said that in the next 5 years, Vietnam may need at least 2-3 more submarine fiber optic cables to meet growth needs. According to the plan announced by Viettel and VNPT, in 2023, these networks will exploit an additional cable line landing at Quy Nhon. If these lines operate permanently, it will also fundamentally solve the backup capacity for the networks.

Recently, the Telecommunications Department has worked with telecommunications enterprises to develop a plan for Vietnam's submarine optical cable lines, speeding up the development of more submarine optical cable lines connecting internationally to ensure Vietnam's leading and mastering role. In any plan, Vietnamese enterprises must take the lead, representing the investment group and joint ventures to build new lines. It is expected that by 2025, Vietnam will have at least 10 submarine optical cable lines connecting internationally.

According to VNN

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