Hanoi (VNA) – Live 5G radio demo-systemwith Massive MIMO achieve 5G download speed (5.7Gbps) and ultra low latency waswitnessed by participants at the first-ever demonstration of 5G inVietnam.

The demonstration was organised by the Authorityof Radio Frequency Management (ARFM) and Ericsson in Hanoi on July 12. 

Ericsson’s 5G test bed includes allfunctionality required for pre-commercial trials and includes support for featuressuch as beam forming and tracking, multi-user MIMO, multi-site transmission,ultra-lean design and dynamic TDD. The low latency and high reliability of 5G,coupled with intelligence residing in the cloud, will enable enhancedhuman-to-machine communication.

At the event, Minister of Information andCommunications Truong Minh Tuan said telecommunication and IT have playedan important role as the foundation for the development of Industry 4.0 inVietnam.

“Providing and supporting broadband with highaccess speed not only aims to develop mobile information but also promotes ITdevelopment in various fields of social life,” Tuan said.

Tuan said 5G advances would be deployed by 2020.Several provinces and cities in Vietnam have focused investment in thedevelopment of smart city, smart traffic, smart healthcare, and especiallyindustrial production and services in the era of Industry 4.0.

“However, to promote IT development in Industry4.0, we needed to ensure some important factors that are connected to highconfidence, density, precision and low latency,” Tuan said.

“To meet these factors, we should speed updeploying 5G technology in daily life,” Tuan said.

“Vietnamese people today expect to communicateand access content in an instant, wherever they are. Our pioneering approach to5G technology will not only improve this but also offer multiple benefits toour society and industry,” Doan Quang Hoan, director general of ARFM,said, adding that it would help drive many of core industries forward, particularlymanufacturing, energy and healthcare, extending competiveness and opening upgreater possibilities for Vietnamese enterprises.

“Ericsson’s 5G Business PotentialStudy showed that manufacturing, energy/utilities and public safetysectors represent the biggest opportunity for revenue created or enhanced by 5Gin Vietnam,” Denis Brunetti, Ericsson president for Vietnam and Myanmar, said.

“To capture this market potential requiresinvestment in 5G technology and early planning, along with business development,go-to-market models and organisational adaptation,” Brunetti said. -VNA