08 April 2024

Viettel Group has won the Ministry of Information and Communications’ auction for the 2500-2600MHz band for 5G usage in Vietnam.

Under the new spectrum licence, Viettel will have rights to the 2500-2600MHz band for the next 15 years and can use the band for both 4G and 5G services. No financial details were disclosed, although earlier reports said that the starting price was VND3.9 trillion.

Viettel said the 2500-2600 MHz band would give it an advantage over the other two bands up for auction (3700-3800MHz and 3800-3900MHz) as it offers slightly wider coverage.

The operator plans to launch the national 5G network in the shortest possible time and is planning deployments in locations where there is both high demand and a high concentration of 5G-compatible devices, such as industrial zones, export processing zones and innovation centres.