Viettel's 5G network covers 63/63 provincial/municipal capitals nationwide at the time of launch. Viettel offers 11 prepaid 5G packages and 8 postpaid packages, with twice the capacity of equivalent 4G packages, along with a premium content store.
On October 15 in Hanoi, the Military Industry and Telecommunications Group (Viettel) officially launched its 5G network; becoming the first mobile network operator in Vietnam to provide commercial 5G services. This is an event to celebrate 20 years (2004-2024) of officially operating mobile services and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army (1944-2024).
Viettel 5G Network - Widest coverage, most modern technology
Officially launched just 6 months after receiving the license to use the 2,600MHz frequency, Viettel's 5G network at the time of its launch had more than 6,500 base transceiver stations (BTS), covering 100% of the capitals of 63/63 provinces, cities, industrial parks, tourist areas, seaports, airports, hospitals, and universities. Viettel's 5G network can reach speeds of 700Mbps - 1Gb, 10 times faster than 4G and has a low latency of almost 0; helping to provide services that require instant response such as self-driving cars, remote surgery, remote control in smart factories, virtual reality classrooms, etc. The message of Viettel's 5G network is "New Life", because Viettel believes that 5G will open up new services to serve people, connect people, connect all things, and at the same time create tools/platforms for society to develop together.
Viettel has announced 11 prepaid packages and 8 postpaid packages for individual customers. In particular, with 5G Viettel, each customer will have their own digital space, all 5G packages are provided with free Cloud storage and TV360 4K TV viewing service by Viettel. Customers who own 5G-enabled phones can use the service immediately without having to change SIM. To buy 5G Viettel packages, in addition to current channels, Viettel has launched a shopping portal at hub.vietteltelecom.vn to help customers easily choose suitable packages according to their own personal needs. For business customers, Viettel announced more than 130 user cases, which are applications and solutions for organizations in the following fields: Industrial production, Smart city, Transportation and Logistics, Agriculture, Healthcare, Education, Energy. These solutions are "tailored" to each individual need, integrating cloud, AI, and IoT technologies on a 5G platform with the ability to connect at extremely high density.
Major General Tao Duc Thang, Chairman and General Director of Viettel Group, said that by mastering many important core network systems, Viettel has brought Vietnam into the Top 5 first countries to produce 5G network equipment, after Sweden, Finland, China and South Korea. The launch of 5G service is a new milestone that strongly demonstrates Vietnam's pioneering and breakthrough journey in mobile; it is Viettel's great effort and determination for Vietnam to continue to be in the group of leading countries in the world in 5G commercialization.
20 years of Viettel Mobile - Connecting from the heart
Exactly 20 years ago, on October 15, 2004, Viettel officially launched mobile services under the name Viettel Mobile. According to Major General Tao Duc Thang, over the past two decades, Viettel has made an important contribution to the explosion of the first revolution in the telecommunications industry, which was to popularize mobile phones to all people in Vietnam. Since the presence of Viettel Mobile, the mobile phone density in the population has increased from 5% in the early 2000s to 95% after 3 years, 100% after 5 years and now is 130%. Mobile phones, which were considered a luxury service, have become a habit for everyone, no matter where they are or how much they earn, they all have a phone to communicate. Wherever the border goes, Viettel's waves go there. Viettel has covered all border posts, coastal waters and islands, including Truong Sa archipelago and DK platforms, connecting the distance between islands and the mainland, rural and urban areas...
Over the past 20 years, Viettel Mobile has achieved many important and outstanding achievements. As the only mobile company in the world operating in all three Indochinese countries, Viettel has initiated the initiative to allow customers in all three countries to use mobile phones at the same rate as in the country (roaming like home). This policy helps reduce text message fees by 10 times, international calls in the region by 14 times, and data fees by 140 times for hundreds of thousands of customers. As a pioneer and only company to cover the entire coastal waters of all Vietnamese islands, archipelagos, and oil rigs, Viettel has become an indispensable friend of soldiers, fishermen, and millions of people living at sea.
Viettel has invested in mobile business in 10 countries in 3 continents: Asia, Africa and America, of which 7 are number 1 markets. Viettel has also pioneered coverage in the deepest area of the Amazon forest (Peru); eliminated the signal blackout zone for nearly 6,000 villages and residential areas in international markets, helping millions of indigenous people access telecommunications and information technology services.
“Mobile has contributed to Viettel becoming the number 1 telecommunications and IT enterprise in Vietnam. This is also the field that creates the most important human and material resources, creating the stature, organizational scale and market position for Viettel to continuously expand its business lines and space both domestically and internationally,” Major General Tao Duc Thang emphasized.
As the unit directly operating and trading Viettel Mobile services, Mr. Cao Anh Son - General Director of Viettel Telecom said that over the past twenty years, Viettel Telecom is proud to have contributed to the development of the telecommunications industry and the country to serve the people. In the next phase, Viettel Telecom will continue to innovate, pioneer in creating a digital society, build platforms to shift from telecommunications to digital platforms, focus on developing the digital economy, digital society and digital government; towards the era of the Vietnamese people's rise.
In the 2024 Vietnam Top 100 Most Valuable Brands Ranking just announced by Brand Finance, the world's leading brand valuation company; Viettel has an overall brand value of 8.9 billion USD, becoming the most valuable Vietnamese brand for 9 consecutive years. Viettel is also the only brand in the top 3 most valuable brands in Vietnam in 2023 to maintain brand value growth. In 2024, the public perception value of Viettel's sustainable development is estimated at 756 million USD. This is the second year Brand Finance has measured this value and Viettel has been in the lead for 2 consecutive years, maintaining a gap of 3-7 times compared to the following brands operating in the fields of telecommunications, F&B, banking, and real estate.
TRAN BINH
Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/viettel-khai-truong-mang-5g-dau-tien-o-viet-nam-post763741.html
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