Vietnam to Launch 4G in 2015?

Vietnam says it will introduce fourth generation (4G) mobile networks in 2015.

In 2011 the Ministry of Information and Communications licensed five operators — FPT Telecom, VNPT, Viettel, CMC, and VTC — to test 4G services.

Viettel, MobiFone, and Vinaphone reportedly are ready to deploy, albeit with concerns about what 4G might do to the 3G business. Smartphone adoption in Vietnam in 2014 was about 23 percent.

Viettel, for example, seems to believe that 4G handsets are too expensive. More to the point, mobile service providers likely are worried about recovering investment made in 3G before moving on to 4G.

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To be sure, present use of smartphones is heavily concentrated in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Overall, smartphone use lags elsewhere.