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As was Noted Here a few months ago = the new crew in Vietnam is ready to rumble with debut re-launch event set for Hanoi on 15th September! See details, as posted via FaceBook, below: Khám phá thị trường di động cùng MobileMonday 9/2011 Đăng ký: http://www.mobilemonday.vn/event.html Hạn cuối đăng kí: 23h59 ‘ngày 13 Tháng Chín 2011. • Thị trường Mobile sẽ tăng trưởng 26 lần trong 5 năm tới. … • Các công ty tham gia thị trường Mobile sẽ tăng trưởng 26 lần. • Cơn khát nhân lực ngành Mobile sẽ không hạ nhiệt mà sẽ còn khát …

The National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) along with Frost & Sullivan will be once again hosting the – 2nd Annual Vietnam Telecoms Growth Forum. Held at the Sofital Plaza Hanoi, the summit will be in session from 9am – 5pm on 14 September 2010. Themed, “Maximizing Growth Opportunities in Vietnam”, the conference will elaborate on the policies and priorities for future growth in the local telecoms market, discuss on the means of accelerating the telecommunication industry growth in Vietnam, share growth success stories from Telcos around the region. It will also cover many more insightful sharing that …

Nokia’s Calling All Innovators Contest is back for 2010, and it is bigger than ever! This year, the contest features four categories for application submissions: Eco/Being Green Like its name implies, this category challenges developers to help save the planet with innovative, eco-friendly applications for use on Nokia devices. Entertainment Here’s your chance to submit apps that rock, and show off the coolest multimedia features that are available on the latest Nokia mobile devices. This includes music, multimedia and games. Productivity This category seeks mobile applications that make consumer’s daily lives easier and help them to be more efficient, such …

The world’s largest mobile operators have joined forces to launch an open international applications platform, marking the largest unified move to date by the operator community into the mobile apps space. The so-called ‘Wholesale Applications Community’ will combine 24 of the world’s largest mobile carriers, including America Movil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, KT, mobilkom Austria, MTN Group, NTT Docomo, Orange, Orascom Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, TeliaSonera, SingTel, SK Telecom, Sprint, VimpelCom and WIND. The four operators in the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) mobile apps initiative – Vodafone, China Mobile, SoftBank and Verizon Wireless – are also included. …

The Mobile Premier Awards announced the 20 finalists to the Mobile Premier Awards in Innovation: The best grassroots startup innovation chosen by their peers in partnership with MobileMonday, the global community of mobile professionals. The finalists were chosen by an international jury of the most recognized mobile industry experts who will pitch their idea, application or project at the Mobile Premier Awards event that takes place in Barcelona, at the Petit Palau of Palau de la Musica on February 15, 2010 in front of investors, operators, media companies, peer entrepreneurs, and press and influential bloggers. The year’s MPA best in …

Date:   November16 and 17, 2009 Venue:  VCCI HQ, 7thFloor, 9 Dao Duy Anh Street, Hanoi            We are pleased to announce that the first Annual Vietnam Ireland Business Forum will take place on the 16th and 17th of November at the Headquarters of the VCCI (address above). The focus of this event (which is supported by the Vietnamese and Irish Governments) isto create partnerships between Vietnamese and Irish ICT companies and to bring new ICT products and Technologies to Vietnam. Ten Irish companies will participate in the event, all of which are seeking local partners. The agenda for the Forum is …

For mobile phone applications to be commercially viable, they must be able to function with actual mobile phones and not just in a simulated computer trial. Juniper Research, a European-based provider of business intelligence, has predicted that the mobile phone market will be a US$25 billion industry in five years. Will a small company be able to enter this market and who among current businesses will be able to survive the international competition that an industry of this size is sure to attract? Mobile phone applications as vast as the Internet Around 100,000 mobile applications are expected to exist by …

Hanoi, Vietnam, September 23, 2009 – Co-organized by the National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) and Frost & Sullivan, the Vietnam Telecoms Growth Conference 2009 kick-started today. Based on the theme –‘Maximizing growth opportunities in emerging markets’ – this is the first time a growth focused conference for the Telecoms industry is being held in Vietnam.  The two-day conference is endorsed by the Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC). Mr. Le Nam Thang, Standing Vice Minister from MIC Vietnam graced the conference as the guest-of-honor.  In his address, he summarised the focus of the conference and …

~ NIICS and Frost & Sullivan to co-organise a growth conference for the telecom  fraternity in Vietnam ~   Singapore, August 28, 2009 – The National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy (NIICS) and Frost & Sullivan will be co-organising a growth conference titled Vietnam Telecoms Growth Conference 2009 from September 23-24, 2009 at the Intercontinental Hanoi Westlake hotel. The summit is endorsed by Ministry of Information and Communications of Vietnam (MIC).  Given the low broadband penetration rates, Vietnam is certainly a lucrative market for the operators. Vietnam is poised for fast growth in the Asia Pacific region by on-going …