Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications (VNPT) has begun deployment of 10G fiber broadband with Nokia. The initial rollout will connect 10,000 homes and businesses in the 8 largest provinces of the country.
Nokia is providing fiber access nodes for the operator’s exchanges and fiber modems for end users’ premises. The deployment includes Nokia's 7360-FX Lightspan series access node (OLT) which supports multiple fiber technologies including GPON, XGS-PON, 25GS-PON and Point-to-Point Ethernet to deliver a wide range of services.
In September 2021, the country’s Ministry of Information and Communications launched the National Digital Transformation Programme with the goal that fiber internet infrastructure should cover 80 percent of households and 100 percent of communes by 2025.
Mr. Dang Anh Son, CEO at VNPT Net Corporation, said: “This project is our first step towards high-class FTTx services which meet our residential and business customers’ demand for higher bandwidth and service quality using the latest generation XGS-PON. Next step, VNPT will work with Nokia to deploy cloud-based network management systems for the XGS-PON and enhance customer experiences through digital transformation solutions.”
Rubén Morón Flores, Head of Market Unit Vietnam at Nokia, said: “We are proud to have been selected by VNPT for this important milestone of bringing 10G broadband to the country for the first time. The APAC region is the largest in the world for fiber broadband. Our multi-gig and multi-PON solution provides for incredible flexibility and scale. Vietnam has ambitious plans and we’re delighted to be part of them.”
Nokia notes that its Quillion chipset now has more than 250 operator customers around the world.
