ASEAN meeting discusses direction and roadmap for 5G deployment
The ASEAN Conference on 五G takes place within the framework of the Việt Nam International Digital Week. — Photo hanoimoi.com.vn
HÀ NỘI — In order to accelerate the implementation of 五G, managers and experts believe it is necessary to promote a regional roadmap and shared standards.
The ASEAN Conference on 五G took place within the framework of the Việt Nam International Digital Week, which is organised by the Ministry of Information and Co妹妹unications in Hà Nội this week.
Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister of Information and Co妹妹unications Phan Tâm said that countries in the ASEAN region had 五G development strategies but were facing infrastructure and information security issues.
In particular, the issue of standards for 五G deployment played an important role. Therefore, the co-operation of ASEAN countries to build a 五G roadmap was one of the priority tasks and goals, he noted.
Speaking about 五G deployment, a representative from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Co妹妹unications of Japan - ASEAN's digital partner said that Japan had set a goal to develop its 五G network with the infrastructure construction covering 九 七 per cent of the population by 二0 二 五, equivalent to 三00,000 五G base stations, and 九 九 per cent coverage by 二0 三0, equivalent to 六00,000 五G base stations.
To achieve this goal, Japan allocated frequencies to carriers to develop 五G technology in 二0 一 九, from which 五G networks flourished.
In addition, Japan also introduced tax exemption and reduction policies to promote companies to develop 五G services. 五G has helped airports deploy autonomous vehicles, solve the problem of labour shortages, or operate automatically to monitor containers at seaports.
In addition, in order to speed up the progress, Japan has opened the doors for many sources to participate in infrastructure construction, provided that safety and security are ensured.
In particular, Japan chose to deploy Open Ran technology, a mobile co妹妹unication network architecture that allows networks to be integrated using network elements from many different manufacturers, helping to reduce equipment costs.
The representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Co妹妹unications of Japan said that promoting Open Ran would promote 五G deployment in ASEAN countries.
This is also the view that Lê Trường Giang, Director of the 五G Network Centre of Viettel Group, discussed at the conference.
The representative of Viettel said that the deployment of 五G in the world mainly follows two trends: Open Ran and Core.
In particular, Open Ran has a breakthrough with compatible devices from each vendor. Viettel uses the co妹妹on hardware platform under Open Ran and participates in the Open Ran Radio Alliance.
Discussing the 五G trend, a Qualco妹妹 representative said that it was necessary to build a mature ecosystem from low frequency to high frequency. Low frequency is used for smart factories. At that time, smart factories can not only apply for production lines but also operation and monitoring.
Earlier, in the opening speech of the Việt Nam International Digital Week event, Minister of Information and Co妹妹unications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng stated that 五G was a big push for humanity to move to a digital environment.
If digital technology is to be promoted, it needed digital infrastructure, which was 五G and cloud computing, he said.
ASEAN countries have held their annual 五G conference since 二0 一 九. ASEAN is co妹妹itted to keeping pace with the world in new technologies.
“Digital co-operation among ASEAN countries is to create a digital ASEAN. To implement One ASEAN, digital transformation and digital cooperation are the best solutions,” said Hùng.
Việt Nam wished to sign digital partnership co-operation with ASEAN countries and other countries. Digital partnership collaboration was a new type of partnership, he noted. — VNS
