Vietnam MIC Conducts Public Consultation on GSM/WCDMA/LTE Terminal Standard Update
On January 10, 2023, the Ministry of Communications of Vietnam launched a public consultation on the draft notice of the National Technical Specification (Standard) for Land Mobile User Equipment - Radio Access (2G/3G/4G LTE Terminals). The standard number is QCVN 117:2023/BTTTT, applicable to GSM, W-CDMA, E-UTRA mobile equipment.
The standard is expected to have an effective date of March 1, 2024 and an enforcement date of July 1, 2024.
The main changes compared to QCVN 117:2020/BTTTT are as follows:
New LTE bands: 2300-2400 MHz (B40), 2500-2690 MHz (B41) 703 MHz - 733 MHz / 758 MHz - 788 MHz (B28);
The phone must be able to operate on one of the LTE/4G bands specified in the standard;
It is not mandatory for non-mobile terminals to support 4G/LTE technology.
The international equivalent of this standard is ETSI EN 301 908-13 V13.2.1 and ETSI EN 301 908-1 V15.1.1.
Public consultation runs until 10 March 2023.