Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) has just won the auction for the C2 band block (3700-3800 MHz) for 5G.
On the afternoon of March 19, at the headquarters of the Radio Frequency Department, Ministry of Information and Communications, the National Partnership Auction Company No. 3 held an auction for the rights to use radio frequencies for ice blocks. C5 frequency (2MHz – 3700MHz).
Attending the auction were Deputy Ministers of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung and Pham Duc Long and representatives of a number of related units under the Ministry.
The C3 band auction (3700MHz - 3800MHz) starts at 14:25 p.m. After 17 rounds, the business with code 002, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), won the auction for the right to use radio frequencies for the C2 band block (3700MHz - 3800MHz).
Currently, the National No. 5 Auction Partnership Company is completing handover procedures for the Ministry of Information and Communications to approve and announce according to regulations.
Representatives of units participating in the C2 band block auction.
The 3700-3900MHz band is planned to deploy mobile information systems according to IMT-2020 (5G) standards and subsequent versions; includes 2 blocks 3700-3800 MHz and 3800-3900 MHz; Starting price is nearly 1.957 billion VND/block.
At the auction of the B1 band block (2500-2600 MHz), also known as the "golden band", on the afternoon of March 8, the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) won the auction. Particularly, the C3 band block (3-3800 MHz) held as planned on March 3900 failed because one business was not eligible to participate in the auction.
Thus, by winning the auction of the C2 spectrum block for 5G, VNPT becomes the second network operator to own the spectrum band for 5G through auction.
Talking to Hanoi Newspaper, a representative of VNPT said that winning the auction for the C2 band block is very important, allowing VNPT to have many choices of network equipment, the most reasonable cost of deploying the 5G network, meeting the needs of customers. strategy to deploy the highest speed 5G network in Vietnam. Along with the 3700 -3800 MHz band, VNPT also owns the 1800 MHz band, which will be a great advantage in promoting the 5G network in the near future, while also creating a premise for developing the 6G network in the future. future.
Also according to the representative of VNPT Group, the spectrum auction is the first step according to State regulations on deploying 5G in Vietnam. After winning the auction for the 3700-3800 MHz band, VNPT will actively prepare to soon successfully deploy 5G commercialization. At the same time, VNPT will deploy an infrastructure sharing cooperation model with the network operator winning the 3800-3900 MHz band in the upcoming re-auction. This cooperation not only helps optimize the resources of network operators, but also gives customers the best experience with 5G services.
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