'Burning torches' find a trend for the country's IT background

Vietnam Telecomp 2006 & Vietnam Electronics took place in Ho Chi Minh City for 3 days. Visitors came to the exhibition on the opening day with excitement and overwhelmed by the splendid stalls.

But that is when we cannot have a closer look at what is available at the biennial exhibition and this year in Vietnam. Let's review Vietnam Telecomp 2006 with VietnamNet to find out the current and future trends for the country's IT background.

3G - Attractive and charming

Visitors were attracted by NTT DoCoMo's 3G service.( Photo: VNN )

Visitors can easily stop at the booths of MobiFone, SPT, VinaFone, SFone by eye-catching music and display, as well as being attracted by rewarding programs. But if you like the new one, viewers will probably stay longer with NTT DoCoMo's Japanese booth. DoCoMo presents a range of very attractive 3G services like i-area: locate restaurants, restaurants, supermarkets, i-motion . watching movies, listening to music, accessing entertainment information. Attracting the most young people is probably the phone service seen by DoCoMo, like chatting on Yahoo messenger with webcam but not having to hug the PC. Two people who call each other can see each other's faces. However, the image quality is no more than webcam.

Cell phone players who haven't had the opportunity to enjoy 3G technology, will probably be fascinated by DoCoMo's 9 Series mobile phone at the show. In addition to DoCoMo's i-area, i-motion, i-mode services, the 9 Series also provides some additional functions such as phone owner authentication with fingerprints, voice instead of just a raw password. At the test stand, some of the 'old' gentlemen seemed to like this function because it was said that the password was sometimes revealed 'forced'.

In addition, NTT DoCoMo's mobile phone also has a built-in remote controller for audio / video equipment in the home. This function does not use infrared signals like conventional remote controls that transmit signals over cellular waves. Therefore, the A / V device must also be compatible with 3G standard. Although this type of service is far from being popular in Vietnam, it also attracts curious visitors.

Satoru Kawamura, market director of NTT DoCoMo, said: 'Vietnam young people receive 3G very well. I think Vietnam will be a potential market for 3G. Although it is not known when Vietnam will introduce 3G mobile network applications, NTT DoCoMo hopes to become the first choice of 3G mobile service technology for telecommunications providers in Vietnam, "he said. Kawamura said.

Alternatives to budget

At this Telecomp exhibition, companies in software or information technology solutions are not much, so on the first day of opening, visitors mostly poured into many telecommunications equipment and service booths. than. However, on the second day on, Korean IT stores started to get more bustling. Not because there are pretty girls wearing hanbok (traditional Korean costumes) to welcome visitors in front of the counter, but visitors pay attention to the technologies that Korean companies bring to the exhibition. this.

ThinkFree Office caught the attention of many people because it was introduced as an alternative to the expensive Microsoft Office suite. ThinkFree Office is fully compatible with MS Office (both software can read each other's files). With an attractive price of US $ 50 per set, small and medium businesses are very interested in ThinkFree Office because it fits the budget and fulfills the complete functions for a set of text editing tools (Word). , spreadsheet (Excel) and presentation tool (Power Point).

' People use pirated software not because it's free but because the original software is too expensive', Marketing Manager of Vbiz, official distribution company of ThinkFree global located in Singapore "." If The reaction of the Vietnamese market to ThinkFree Office in the near future is positive, the price of a ThinkFree kit can be as low as US $ 30 per set, "said Victor Ho.

Currently, ThinkFree is very popular in the US and South Korea in the form of rental for use via the Internet through ASPs (Application Service Providers). Mr. Victor Ho said through his research that he knows that the Internet infrastructure in Vietnam is still not strong and stable enough to provide ThinkFree in the form of ASPs, the ThinkFree version for desktop is perfectly suitable for businesses. Small and medium size in Vietnam in the context of Vietnam joining WTO at the end of this year - then the software copyright issue will be tightened.

Convergence technology

Alcatel technical staff is demonstrating the Triple Play service on the TV screen.( Photo: VNN )

Featured at Telecomp 2006 is the Triple Play convergence technology - providing 3 simultaneous services on a broadband platform - by Alcatel. As one of Alcatel's diamond sponsors for Telecomp 2006, this exhibition brings together devices that combine all three types of services to serve our lives: television (IPTV); data (Internet access); and voice (VoIP-shaped phones) for both service providers and end users. Users do not need to hire individual providers for each type of service, but all services only run on one line to our home.

There is also no need to use separate terminals such as DSL modems, Voice adapters or TV Box to separate services, Triple Play only uses one set-up-box to perform all on one screen. regular TV picture. Television screens record missed calls, watch TV shows on demand, access the Internet on TV screens and make video calls, which is the convergence of Alcatel's Triple Play technology.

' Triple Play is a future technology, but it's not far away. For a while, each family only used a set-up-box for all services , 'said Doan Nguyen Lam, Alcatel's sales manager.

Vietnam Telecomp 2006 also has many other attractive technologies, but they are all brought from foreign companies. Despite burning torches during the day, it is difficult to find new technologies and new trends at the booths of domestic IT and telecommunications enterprises and organizations. Unfortunately, these are important factors to guide the future of the country's IT and telecommunications industries.

Businessman