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Firms to launch new products on 11/11/2011
11/11/2011 is considered a special day in the Asia and also in Vietnam since the day shows 6 number 1. Lots of firms decided to launch new products on the day, which included Samsung with a combination of a tablet and a smartphone named Galaxy Note. HTC also officially introduced its new Sensation XE with Beats Audio experience – a combination of software and hardware that allows you to hear music the way the artist intended. BlackBerry Bold 9900 was also launched in Vietnam on the day by RIM. The model was considered to be the first to run BlackBerry 7 OS. Bold 9900 smartphone combines a full Qwerty keyboard with a brilliant, fluid touch screen. (vnexpress.net)
Symantec to announce CMC as the official distributor in Vietnam
CMC Distribution Ltd. was announced to be the official distributor of Symantec products in Vietnam market on Nov 4th, 2011. The company belongs to CMC Corporation, one of the three largest ICT distributors in Vietnam. On the occasion, CMC Distribution also launch a promotion on Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition using Insight, SONAR, IPS… which helps firms improve performance of their IT systems and protect their database.
Viettel expands business into telecom device production
Viettel has put into operation a production line of telecom devices, marking its business expansion from mobile phone service to electronic device production. This production line worth over VND200 billion is operated by the electronic production center of Viettel and turns out such products as cell phones, smart phones, tablet computers, network infrastructure devices and military information devices. The line is designed to produce five million 3G USB devices, three million cell phones and 900,000 computers a year, serving Viettel’s market in Vietnam and abroad. This production line is wholly created by Vietnamese and therefore helps improve investment efficiency.
WORLD NEWS:
Twitter signups increase 3x following iOS 5 integration
Twitter user signups have increased 3x in the week since Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) introduced its iOS 5 mobile operating system, bringing with it deep Twitter integration. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said the microblogging platform now serves up to a billion tweets every four or five days, which is an increase from 100 million per day in early 2011. In addition, more than half of all 100 million active Twitter users are now accessing the platform every day, compared to 30 percent in Jan. Furthermore, Twitter will extend the single sign-on capability to developers as well, enabling the creation of more social mobile app experiences. (Fierce Mobile Content)
RIM launches cloud-based BBM Music on BlackBerry App World
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) formally launched its cloud-based BBM Music service, enabling the manufacturer's 45 million BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging users to build evolving, community-based music libraries shared among their friends. The service touts social and viral discovery tools alongside millions of songs from both major labels and indie distributors. Users build personal music profiles featuring 50 of their favorite songs, with the flexibility to swap out as many as 25 songs each month--as BlackBerry Messenger contacts join the user's BBM Music Community, music from each new profile becomes available to other community members, meaning a BlackBerry owner with 25 BBM Music friends could expand their library to 1,300 full-length songs. (Fierce Mobile Content)
Android hardware failure rate higher than IPhone & BlackBerry
Not all smartphones are created equal, and now WDS has proven that not all Android phones are created equal. The study lasted 12 months, and tracked 600,000 tech support calls handled by WDS. Of all the technical support calls for Android phones 14 percent of the calls were due to hardware failure. In a close second is Windows Phone with 11 percent of calls, Apple’s iOS had seven percent, and RIM’s BlackBerry had the least with only six percent. (VIR)
HP breakthrough reduces data center energy consumption by 89%
HP has introduced an industry program comprising a new server development platform, customer discovery lab and partner ecosystem to help customers significantly reduce energy use and costs. The program paves the way for low-energy computing for large scale environments allowing the sharing of resources--including storage, networking, management, power and cooling--across thousands of servers. Data center efficiencies are expected to consume up to 89 percent less energy, while reducing overall costs up to 63 percent compared to traditional server systems, according to internal HP testing and calculations in lab environment. (Fierce Mobile Content)
Rakuten acquires e-book platform Kobo for $315M
Japanese digital commerce giant Rakuten has acquired e-book platform Kobo for $315 million, a move that expands Rakuten's business into the downloadable media segment. Rakuten offers consumer and business-focused digital services spanning segments including e-commerce, travel, banking, securities and marketing. In a statement, the firm said the acquisition will expand Kobo's reach to some of the world's largest e-commerce providers, including Buy.com, Germany's Tradoria, China's Lekutian and Japan's Rakuten Ichiba. The Kobo deal is subject to approval under the Investment Canada Act and is expected to close in early 2012. After closing, Kobo will continue to maintain its headquarters and staff in Toronto. (Fierce Mobile Content)
VIETNAM MOBILE OPERATORS NEWS:
MobiFone and RIM officially launch BlackBerry in Vietnam
October 17, 2011 – MobiFone - the most favourite mobile network in Vietnam and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) announced plans to launch BlackBerry® services for MobiFone customers in Vietnam. The BlackBerry services would enable customers to take advantage of RIM's industry-leading mobile communications solution as well as a wide range of other mobile business and lifestyle applications available on BlackBerry App World™. The BlackBerry services were officially available from MobiFone can be easily accessed by any customer with a BlackBerry smartphone, including models, such as the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9780, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9800 and BlackBerry® Curve ™ 9300, which were available in Vietnam with an 18 month warranty from authorized retail shops supplied by Brightstar Corp. (MobiFone)
Viettel determine to take over EVN Telecom
While the Prime Minister has yet to decide on whether to transfer EVN Telecom to Viettel, this military-run telecom company has fully prepared itself to take over the money-losing mobile service provider. Viettel’s management has issued an internal resolution on the date and plan of acquiring EVN Telecom, making Viettel’s takeover of EVN Telecom more likely. The resolution also states that the takeover of EVN Telecom is a duty assigned by the Government and a chance for Viettel to become Vietnam’s leading information technology and telecom group. (Viettel)
VIETNAM INVESTMENT NEWS
US$7.6 bil. FDI poured into Mekong Delta
IFC, an arm of WB, has committed this year to invest US$800 mil in Vietnam, more than double than 2010. The investment priorities, as stated by Mr. Simon Andrews, IFC Regional Manager for Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia & Thailand, are around economic development, primarily for private sector. Three areas that IFC will be involving are banking, infrastructure and entrepreneurs. Although they will have to face a lot of obstacles as macro-economic situation or infrastructure weakness, IFC is very optimistic with the long-term perspective since they are encouraged that Government recognizes all the challenges. In the next 2 years, IFC will continue to invest in banking sector and help banks broaden their range of products while still continue and increase investments in infrastructure and entrepreneurs. (Saigon Times)
Public investments surge despite inflation fight
According to a report of the Ministry of Investment and Planning, there were over 6,700 projects using at least 30% State capital kicking off in the first six months of the year, rising by over 1,000 projects compared to the same period last year. Nearly 4,700 projects were completed and put into operation.The data was collected from 105 out of 124 local agencies, and State-owned economic groups and corporations. Some localities have high ratios of new projects underway such as Dong Thap with 45%, Danang 41.3%, Vinh Phuc 56%, An Giang 55.8% and Yen Bai 42.3%. Meanwhile, foot-dragging projects remain a big problem. In the first half of the year, there were over 2,800 projects, or over 11%, falling behind schedule while the ratio was 9.7% in 2010. This triggers high investment costs, makes the projects ineffective and causes adverse impacts on the economy. (VIR)
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