30% of smartphones in Vietnam support 5G connection

The above information was shared by Mr. Hoang Ngoc Thuc - Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Nokia Vietnam at the "Amplify Vietnam" event held on June 6 in Hanoi. Absent from the mobile device market, Nokia is now better known as a technology and hardware provider supporting the mobile telecommunications sector in the world as well as in Vietnam.

Mr. Thuc said that 5G technology has been commercialized in many countries around the world for the past 5 years and Vietnam has also participated in this field quite early (since 2020). The CTO assessed that Vietnam has many favorable conditions to deploy 5G when the rate of smartphone users is more than 80% of active mobile devices, of which over 30% are smartphones that support 5G connectivity.

Vietnam is in the Top 10 countries with the highest smartphone usage rate in the world.

However, the commercialization of the new generation of mobile networks has not yet come true. According to Mr. Thuc, one of the weaknesses of the current Vietnamese market is the relatively low payment capacity of subscribers, estimated at 3 USD/subscriber.

"5G has been developed for 5 years, 5G network architectures in terms of technology have been quite complete and deployed in many countries around the world. The process of deploying 5G is not only a story of coverage, but the network operator is also concerned with capital recovery and profit on that infrastructure. Nokia sees that in Vietnam today, the biggest problem is the market, users and services, while the technology architecture is not a concern," said Mr. Thuc.

Sharing more about the issue of 5G in Vietnam, Mr. Rubén M. Flores, General Director of Nokia Vietnam, said: "As the time of commercializing 5G services approaches, Vietnam is standing on the threshold of a transformational era. We see the great potential of the digitalization process for the country. Nokia is committed to supporting the Vietnamese ecosystem in seizing and promoting this opportunity in all areas".

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