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Vietnam Delays 4G Licenses Until 2015
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The Vietnamese government has decided to delay the award of LTE based 4G licenses until 2015 after concluding that the market is not ready for the high-speed services.
Citing the Authority of Radio Frequency Management (ARFM), the VietNamNews reported that five mobile networks have been running LTE trials for over a year./p>
However, the uptake of 3G services has been slower than expected and lagging international averages, so the Ministry felt it was not appropriate to push ahead with 4G licensing.
"If the number of 3G subscribers saw a 100 per cent growth rate each year from now to 2015, we would considering giving licences to mobile operators," the representative told the newspaper.
According to the MIC, Viet Nam has over 16 million 3G subscribers out of 123 million mobile phone subscribers, although a senior exec with Qualcomm, John Stefanac recently predicted annual growth of 15 percent for 3G subscribers during the 2012-16 period.
On the web: VietNamNews
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