The
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has published a report ranking Viet
Nam number 81 in a development index.
Titled Measuring the Information Society 2011,
the report included the ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket
(IPB). Viet Nam moved up 10 places on the IDI list with value increases of 2.76
in 2008 to 3.53 in 2010.
The IDI figures are divided into three
sub-indices rating access, use and skills. Viet Nam saw growth in the use
category which reflected the rise in broadband internet subscribers from zero
in 2008 to 13 per 100 inhabitants in 2010.
Viet Nam also jumped 16 places in the access
sub-index compared to 2008 and now ranks 12 in the Asia-Pacific region.
It was listed as third place among 10
countries which experienced the highest IDI growth rates during the 2008-10
period, after Armenia and Morocco.
According to the report, the 3G services
launched in late 2009 have contributed to doubling mobile subscriptions in two
years.
Vinaphone said the availability of high-speed
3G services such as mobile internet games, multimedia, mobile-TV and online
news together with the popularity of smart phones, had all contributed to the
country's mobile-broadband success.
The promotion in the ICT rankings is an
encouragement to Viet Nam's telecommunications sector, and the Ministry of
Information and Communications has recently approved applications of five
companies seeking to run a 4G mobile network, which will be the next step in
the country's telecommunications development.
In a working visit to Viet Nam, ITU secretary
general Hamadoun Toure said Viet Nam had favorable conditions to apply 4G
technology, since broadband was widely available and the Government would play an
important role in helping services develop.
The ITU, based in Geneva, Switzerland, is an
organisation tied to the United Nations, charged with monitoring standards of
telecommunications.
The report looked in detail at broadband
development and presented new data on subscriptions, speed and bandwidth.
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