Information technology - communication 2007: Exciting year?

The imprint of information and communication technology of Vietnam last year was recorded with the investment license to build Intel's factory and the visit of billionaire - boss of Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates.

Along with the caveat of a wave of foreign investment in the information technology sector in 2007, Vietnam's information technology market is expected to continue to have new breakthroughs in terms of products and prices. New services and technologies.

Not long ago, only 1-2 years ago, few people could think that there would be a chip factory of Intel located in Vietnam as well as not daring to dream about billionaire Bill Gate going to Vietnam. Male in 2007. In a short time, the market of Vietnamese information and communication technology has changed significantly. Mobile subscribers have made a breakthrough while the latest technologies of the world, Wimax, have been officially launched in Vietnam.

The information technology picture is brighter

Commenting on 2006, Dr. Vu Duc Dam, Deputy Minister of Posts and Telematics said that Vietnam's picture of information and communication technology in 2006 was much brighter than in 2005.

The bright areas have gradually appeared and replaced many dark areas in Vietnam's information technology picture. One of the brightest areas mentioned is the presence of Intel Corporation with a chip factory located in Ho Chi Minh City.

Not only stopping at the investment capital of 600 million USD, within a few months of being granted investment license, this group decided to raise the investment capital to 1 billion USD. The presence of Intel is seen as a clear demonstration of Vietnam's investment environment as well as the development potential of Vietnam's information technology.

Many people have half jokingly said that the presence of billionaire Bill Gates in Vietnam has become the cause for the list of Vietnamese billionaires to quickly form, including Mr. Truong Gia Binh - Chairman of the Board and General Director of FPT Corporation.

This seems to be the reason why 2006 was also the year when the stock market started bustling and also for the first time, the stock values ​​of giants, big corporation owners began to be publicized. at market prices. Although not comparable with the billionaires of the world, but this comparison also partly reflects the level of development and breakthrough of Vietnam in general and of the information technology industry in particular.

Although not yet able to bring a practical effect as well as the promise of investment or software discounts, but the presence of billionaire Bill Gates itself has also been a great value, uplifting the brand. Vietnam's information technology has multiplied on the world map.

After Bill Gates' visit, there were also a series of other big group leaders who also came to Vietnam such as IBM, Motorola . Many experts in the information technology industry shared the same opinion: the The face of a large Intel factory often involves a series of other satellite corporations coming to Vietnam.

All seem to be anticipating a new wave of investment in Vietnam's information technology industry in 2007 and the coming years.

Keep up with the world with the latest technologies

One thing that is easy to see is that the market for information technology - communications last year continues to explode in the trend, bringing more benefits to users. The mobile market is more diversified with the addition of two new CDMA providers, EVN Telecom and HT Mobile.

Immediately after the launch, new suppliers have also launched a series of new packages, promotions at a higher level, especially HT Mobile has also launched new packages that are considered 'shocks'. for the market.

The presence of new suppliers also requires 4 other providers, VinaPhone, MobiFone, Viettel and S-Fone, to make more efforts in finding various creative promotions to attract new customers. and do not let our customers run to other competitors.

In the Internet market, the price of ADSL broadband Internet service has dropped to a record level, even offering 'unimaginable' promotions in the history of Internet services such as comfortable ADSL use with only 30,000 dong. If customers previously registered ADSL service for millions of installations, not only did they not lose money, they were also given free modems and 3 months of free use.

However, the fierce competition of telecom service providers has also been associated with bad consequences. In 2006, the quality of Vietnam's mobile networks was "pathetic" and users often had to pay unjustly for calls that were dropped midway. The usual situation is to call 2-3 calls, then the customer can establish his call instead of the first call with the signal 'oh e í'.

It seems that in 2006, all mobile networks are not worthy of receiving quality rewards, but only worthy of brand or promotional awards.

The good news is that Vietnam's information and communication technology market has nearly caught up with the world in the presence of the latest technologies such as Wi-max and mobile TV.

In 2006, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted a license to test a 1-year Wi-max technology for four enterprises, namely the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), Viettel, VTC and FPT. In October 2006, VNPT and Intel partner officially launched the Wi-max service test project in Lao Cai.

At the same time, 2 VTC and Vietttel businesses also announced to test this service. Viettel is more determined to decide to test mobile Wi-max and provide services in Hanoi.

While Wimax has not made much sense to users, mobile TV services have started to attract the attention of customers, especially young people. In October 2006, S-Fone officially launched the service of watching movies, television, listening to music, accessing the Internet directly on mobile phones based on CDMA 2000 1x-EVDO technology, allowing data transmission speed. Data up to 2.4 Mb / sec.

After 1 month, VTC also announced the launch of mobile TV service based on DVH-B technology. In the beginning, this service will be broadcast in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas with 8 television channels.

VTC said that the standard DVH-B television broadcasting system is completely independent of the mobile wave system (GSM, CDMA) and therefore, customers will not be dependent on the mobile wave quality of provider.

Newspaper before a year continues to be vibrant

With memorable marks of 2006, the Vietnamese information and communication technology market continues to promise a breakthrough year.

The fact that Vietnam officially became a member of WTO has impacted on the information and communication technology enterprises of Vietnam, requiring enterprises to rapidly grow and increase market share to have Can compete with foreign enterprises in the integration period.

Currently, foreign telecom enterprises have come to Vietnam and are in the process of waiting to obtain licenses or obtain their shares in domestic companies.

In this context, enterprises providing mobile communication services, ADSL . will continue the fierce race in promotion and freight rates to attract customers. This race became even more exciting in 2007 with the participation of HT Mobile, the mobile network that was launched in the final days of 2006.

Also in 2007, Wi-max service will pass the testing phase to be able to initially provide services in major cities. Although not yet able to compete immediately with broadband Internet services such as ADSL due to large investments in both technology and equipment, but the service will also force broadband Internet service providers to recalculate the strategy. in Vietnam market.

Along with the very strong development, 2007 is also predicted to be the year that management agencies will continue to struggle to deal with the problems arising from the development of technology.

The hacker attack on domestic websites, as happened in 2006, with the Ministry of Education and Training website, chodientu.com . will definitely continue. Popular websites, especially those with online businesses of businesses, will continue to be hackers' target.

Besides, the development of youth blogging also makes 'dirty blogs' more difficult to control than ever.

Thanh Ha