Vietnam's Viettel Partners with Qualcomm on 5G Infrastructure Development

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Viettel and Qualcomm are collaborating to develop a next-gen 5G radio unit with massive MIMO capabilities and distributed units.

www.eetasia.com, May. 17, 2022 – 

Viettel Group and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. are collaborating to develop a next-generation 5G Radio Unit (RU) with massive MIMO capabilities and distributed units (DUs). This focuses on helping to expedite the development and roll-out of 5G network infrastructure and services in Vietnam and globally.

Using the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card and Massive MIMO Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN Platform, combined with its own advanced hardware and software systems, Viettel expects to accelerate the development and commercialization of high-performance Open RAN massive MIMO solutions, which simplify network deployment and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

Viettel is one of four global partners trusted and selected by Qualcomm to participate in the development and application of its new 5G chipset. According to Qualcomm, the partnership will help advance the cellular ecosystem and accelerate the innovation cycle.

"Viettel has been a pioneer in adopting new telecommunications technologies including 5G. We are delighted to have Qualcomm Technologies as a key technology provider in our 5G gNodeB project," said Nguyen Vu Ha, general director, Viettel High Technology. "This collaboration between Qualcomm Technologies and Viettel Group will be the cornerstone of Vietnam's national strategy for Made in Vietnam 5G infrastructure."

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