After half a month from the date of opening, 5G network first trade of Vietnam reached three million users, the majority are automatically switches from 4G up.
According to statistics 31/10, there are three million users 5G at Viettel Telecom. Ha Noi, ho chi minh CITY, Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Hai Phong is the year local focus many people experience 5G the most, accounting for nearly 50% of the total existing subscription. VinaPhone and MobiFone is also deployed program trial 5G, but the number of subscribers hasn't been announced.
Viettel reviews growth subscription 5G are “twice as high” compared with 4G network deployment the same period of 7 years ago. In 2017, when the network is commercialized 4G and reached number three million users after a month, though the number of stations 4G when it is 36.000, folded to 5.5 times station 5G.
Viettel commercialization of 5G today 15/10. Users who 5G first to be recorded from the end of month 9 month 10, but according to representatives of the network, the number of subscription only real “boom” after opening day.
The difference in the way development is for the reason that the number of users on the 5G network increased rapidly. Specifically, instead of having to register the package can use, this network is being deployed in a “do nothing”, i.e. the user does not need to change sim or registered package to use. Conditions need to be owned devices that support the new connection, as well as in coverage.
According to one expert has many years of tracking the telecommunications market in the country, this helps the network to increase quickly the number of active subscribers on the 5G network, but the above figures do not fully reflect the level of interest of users.
“There are people who do not really need, but located in the coverage area should be counted as users 5G”, this expert reviews.
According to him, the level of concern should really be evaluated based on the number of people registered plans 5G. Viettel not to publish specific figures, but said the number of registered after half a month is “hundreds of thousands”, largely package from 135,000 to 300,000 per month. In addition, the network also noted there are cases where customers are using 4G phones but still registered package 5G, by the price of money calculated on the amount of access of the plans 5G are cheaper 4G. “This approach has also been recorded at many markets in the world,” representative Viettel said.
In addition, with strategic automatically convert 5G to users, speed growth stage to be forecast may slow down, due in large part who qualified were raised to the new network. According to expert analysis Affandy Johan Ookla's – company development tools, Speedtest, the development of 5G in the early stages in Vietnam will depend on a number of factors, like coverage, accessibility of user devices with 5G, as well as rates.
At the share of 5G weeks ago, Viettel also admitted one of the challenges when deploying 5G is powered devices. The network estimates on the network has about 15% of the terminal can support 5G, of which the majority is concentrated in urban areas. This is also the reason why 5G has been present in 63 provinces and cities, but mainly concentrated in big cities, as well as the capital of the province.
After half a month to trade goods, 5G network in Vietnam is evaluated bring some value such as fast download speed, low latency, which helps the user to experience the content that 4G network is difficult to meet, such as video resolution, 8K, virtual reality content; at the same time, tariff review by the access to cheaper 4G. However, after half a month, many people also reflects the level of coverage is not high, the speed is not stable, sometimes low, easy to cause hot engine, drain the battery.
According to representatives Viettel 5G operates at higher frequency, coverage is lower, while the number of stations is also not as much as 4G. The network confirmed in the coming time, when the infrastructure is expanded and optimized experience 5G will become stable.
Source: vnexpress.net