Viettel and Qualcomm cooperate to develop 5G infrastructure solutions

On May 12, Viettel Military Industry and Telecommunications Group and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced cooperation to develop solutions 5G infrastructure using the most advanced technology available today.

Viettel High-Tech Industry Corporation (VHT), a member of Viettel Group, will use the solution of Qualcomm X100 and Massive MIMO platform Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN combined with the existing hardware and software platform Viettel has. to accelerate the completion of 5G Massive MIMO base stations that are compatible with open standards (Open RAN), simplifying network deployment and reducing infrastructure investment costs.

Viettel is one of four global partners selected by Qualcomm to participate in the development and application of the new 5G chip line. The combination of Viettel’s experience in the field of telecommunications infrastructure equipment research with Qualcomm’s preeminent ability in 5G dedicated processors (5G ASIC) will contribute to promoting the development of a mobile ecosystem. take it one step further and create a new cycle of creativity.

According to Mr. Nguyen Vu Ha, General Director of VHT, Viettel has always played a pioneering role in developing new telecommunications technologies, including 5G. Currently, Viettel has mastered the most important elements in a typical telecommunications network structure from the terminal layer, the access layer, the transport layer, the core layer…

“The combination of Viettel and Qualcomm in this project will be an important milestone in the national strategy for 5G infrastructure development Made in Vietnam.” Mr. Nguyen Vu Ha said.

“As a leading company in the field of 5G, Qualcomm Technologies is proud to cooperate with Viettel to develop Open RAN solutions as a premise for new generation mobile networks in Vietnam.”, Mr. Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of 5G Division of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. speak.

“This partnership demonstrates the high performance, energy efficiency, flexibility, and scalability of Qualcomm’s ORAN solutions, and those solutions will play a key role in increasing the speed services as well as creating new classes of 5G applications”.

In Vietnam, Viettel has built a good quality 4G broadband mobile telecommunications network infrastructure covering up to 97% of Vietnam’s population and at the same time pioneered in providing 5G services at the earliest, along with the pioneering countries. advance in the world. Currently, Viettel’s 5G wave is present in 18 provinces and cities across the country with more than 150 transmitting stations.

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