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Motorola deploys its first mobile WiMAX trial network in Vietnam
Vietnam Datacommunications Company takes mobile WiMAX to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Motorola announced deployment of its first mobile WiMAX trial network for
Vietnam Datacommunications Company (VDC), a member company of the Vietnam Posts
and Telecommunications Group (VNPT). The network allows VDC to test
next-generation wireless broadband services in major cities of Vietnam using
802.16e-2005 mobile broadband technology.
The pair signed an agreement in June 2007 to commence a technical and commercial
WiMAX trial in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Under the agreement, Motorola will
install WiMAX pico cell base stations and more than 100 customer premises
equipment (CPE) in the nation's two largest cities.
VDC claims to be Vietnam's largest Internet service provider (ISP). "Vietnam
Datacommunications Company gains competitive advantages by being a pioneer in
trialing and launching new WiMAX services, which will allow us to capture market
opportunities in the next generation wireless broadband space," Mr. Vu Hoang
Lien, CEO, VDC.
Mobile WiMAX technology enables VDC to reach a wider subscriber base in a timely
and cost-effective manner. Broadband and other IP services, including VoIP,
enable more people across the country access to faster Internet connections and
other advanced telecom services. An Intel pilot in 2006 called VietNamNet Bridge
brought the first broadband Internet access to Vietnam's remote mountainous
province of Lao Cai. The technology company funded the installation of nearly 20
hot spots at prominent venues such as schools, clinics, post offices, Internet
cafes, hotels, and offices.
Nearly a quarter of Vietnam's 86 million citizens (20.2 million) have Internet
access, according to a report from VNNIC (Vietnam Internet Network Information
Center). The research firm notes that only 1.77 million have broadband access.
By Jeff Orr, ORR Technology, LLC
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