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State-owned telecoms provider Viettel officially launched its 5G network, and in so doing becomes the first company to provide official 5G services in Vietnam.

Vietnamese telco Viettel will reportedly hand out free 4G phones to 700,000 of its 2G-only subscribers to help them transition to 4G as the government's delayed shutdown of 2G draws near.

Viettel Solutions, representing Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel, signed a memorandum of understanding with Singaporean telecommunications company Singtel to plan and develop the Vietnam – Singapore Cable System submarine cable system (VTS), directly connecting Vietnam and Singapore.

Vietnamese telecommunications company Viettel has picked Juniper Network’s MX960 Universal Routing Platform for its network upgrade, which will help Viettel scale its consumer mobile and fixed broadband services.

Mobile communications services revenue in Asia Pacific is poised to grow at a CAGR of 4.4% from US$320 billion in 2021 to US$398.4 billion in 2026, forecasts data and analytics company GlobalData.

Japan's NEC has been selected by the Asia Direct Cable Consortium to construct the 9,400-kilometre long Asia Pacific submarine cable which is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022.

Vietnam’s largest mobile network operator Viettel and Nokia have broadcast the first end-to-end 5G network in Ho Chi Minh City which they say positions Vietnam head to head with other countries in the region looking for an early commercial 5G rollout.