Spectrum

plan for mobile

broadband in Viet Nam
Mr. Nguyen Anh Tuan

Deputy Director
RF policy and planning div.
ARFM-MIC

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Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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Spectrum requirement for IMT by 2020
Vietnam Case
Spectrum requirement for IMT by Total of spectrum planned for
2020: 1060÷1360 MHz IMT: 687 MHz
No Band
1 450MHz
2 850 MHz
3 900 MHz
4 1800 MHz
5 2100 MHz
6 2300 MHz
7 2600 MHz
Need additional spectrum of
373 ÷ 673 MHz 4
IMT spectrum after WRC-15

Source: ITU-R
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Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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Re-farming of 900 MHz Band
HSPA or LTE
VN Mobile Vinaphone Viettel MobiFone

… …
925 930 935 940 945 950 955 960

Downlink
q Deploy IMT-2000 (HSPA) in 900 MHz band; Further consideration on LTE
deployment.
q The trial licenses to be granted for: Viettel, Mobifone, VNPT(Vinaphone).
q75% handsets support UMTS900
Re-farming of 1800 MHz Band

q Mobile operators have already taken trial test and make report to
MIC
q Radio interface: LTE/LTE-A (Rel 10 and beyond), Carrier Aggregation(CA)

LTE1800 (20 MHz-GSM) & LTE2600, CA

Ha Noi, Da Nang, Ba Ria Vung Tau

LTE1800 (20MHz-GSM) & LTE2600, CA

Ho Chi Minh city, Kien Giang

LTE1800 (20MHz-GSM) & LTE2600, CA

Ha Noi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh city

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Spectrum Licenses
2100 MHz band

-Technology:
- WCDMA/HSPA,
- ARFM has been taking further consideration on LTE
deployment in this band
- Extended 2100 MHz band plan: Viet Nam supports 2x30 MHz
(MSS) will be identified for IMT 9
4G’s bands plan
2.3 / 2.6 GHz (capacity) bands

2.3 GHz Band:

2.6 GHz Band:

• Ready to be used
• The 2.6 GHz band will be auctioned first (2016)
• High speed data rate
• Enough bandwidth for operators to efficiently deploy
the system
• Suitable for big cities
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Release 700 MHz band for IMT
Updates on the TV digitalization process

q 182 TV stations (incl.

ATV&DTV) left in the digital
dividend band

q The number of ATV

stations accounts for 25% in
total of TV stations

q DTV accounts for 75%

Nov 1st 2015 Jun 15th 2016 Aug 15th 2016

Switching
off ATV in
Da Nang fully Switching off some ATV Switching off all ATV
5 central
switch off ATV channels: Ha channels in 4 remaining
cities channels Noi,HoChiMinh,Can Tho central cities
Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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Additional spectrum for IMT after WRC-15

1427 1518 1980 2010 2170 2200 3300 3400 4800 4990
L band MSS band MSS band

MHz

q Update National frequency allocation table

q Band plans for IMT services comply with ITU-R Rec.

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700/800 MHz bands Plan

470 694 806 824 835 869 880 915

GSM
Digital dividend PPDR HSPA HSPA
Broadcasting PPDR 900
APT 700 NB UL UL NB DL DL
UL

• Digital dividend 700MHz: Viet Nam supports APT700 band plan

(2x45MHz FDD)
• 806-880 MHz: Consider CEPT800 plan (band 20) and extended 850
band (band 26)
• Re-farming narrow band PPDR (trunked systems)

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Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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Unlicensed radio devices
Allocation of bands for new emerging technologies

Under consideration

kHz range 918-920 MHz 4.2-4.8 GHz 5 GHz 60 GHz

Wireless Power Further support Ultra wide LTE-Unlicensed Multi-Gigabit wireless

Transfer devices for IoT apps band devices system (QCVN
88:2015/BTTTT)

q Harmonization of technical regulations for SRDs usage is needed

to bring huge benefits for end users, manufacturers and regulators

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Content
1. Spectrum requirement for IMT
2. Current status on spectrum usage
3. New frequency bands after WRC-15
4. Spectrum for new emerging SRDs
technologies
5. Conclusion
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 Conclusion

q 687 MHz of spectrum planned for IMT

q 550 MHz of additional spectrum for IMT after

WRC-15

q Unlicensed spectrum is playing an important role for

mobile broadband (LTE-unlicense) & IoT

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Thank you for your attention !

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