Viettel invests 200 billion to build 5G Lab room
During the Conference to review the work of the first 6 months of the year and the direction of tasks for the last 6 months of 2019, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said that when Vietnam switches to a digital transformation platform, security issues are very important. important. In security, having telecommunications infrastructure is the story of manufacturing 5G equipment. The head of the information and communication industry hopes that the units will launch commercial products on 5G infrastructure equipment and emphasized, if businesses can do it, it is really a very new and strong development for the Vietnamese ICT industry. Male.
"There are not many countries in the world that can produce 5G equipment, even the US has not been able to. If Vietnam can produce 5G equipment, it can be sold to the US. Up to this point, there are quite a few companies. The US company has officially raised a problem with Vietnam that if we can produce 5G equipment, the US will buy it", Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung added.
Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung speaks at the conference (Photo source: Website of the Ministry of Information and Communications)
Mr. Nguyen Minh Quang - Deputy General Director of Viettel High-Tech Industry Corporation spoke at the conference
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Regarding the manufacturing process of 5G equipment, Mr. Nguyen Minh Quang, Deputy General Director of Viettel High-Tech Industry Corporation said: Viettel has established a Group-level Steering Committee to operate 5G projects, focusing on 300 skills. Experienced professor in 5G projects. In terms of infrastructure, there is a complete 4G Lab. Currently, Viettel is cooperating with a number of companies from the US, South Korea and India to deploy and manufacture 5G equipment. Investing 200 billion VND to build 5G Lab. The goal is to master the core technologies in 5G, which can be reused for many different products. It is expected that in June 2020, Microcell 5G service will be tested on the network. All 5G hardware and software products are researched and manufactured by Viettel in Vietnam. Building a team of high-tech research and development applying military and civilian products.
"We will not deploy 5G networks simultaneously, but will follow the needs of customers. In the immediate future, Viettel will deploy 5G in big cities, industrial parks, smart factories, hospitals, and schools. universities, research institutes, places that require special network speed, high capacity, low latency, even real-time image transmission, to serve as the foundation for new technologies," said Nguyen. Minh Quang emphasized.
According to information technology experts, 5G networks have a great impact on all areas of life and help create a digital economy, expanding the operating environment of industries based on broadband network infrastructure. On the market front, 5G networks will trigger growth in the sale of already saturated mobile devices and services. In fact, because there is no common standard, 5G compatible smartphones are not yet on the market.
Source: Extracted from the article on the People's Army newspaper "Vietnam will produce 5G equipment made in VietNam"
