The deal will see the antivirus software to be pre-installed on devices running Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile operating systems.
It targets largest operators in the region including Viettel, VinaPhone, MobiFone, Metfone and Cellcard.
SmartPhone Defense is currently available in the UK and other European markets, and has been rewritten in Vietnamese for its launch in the South East Asian countries.
There are currently over 15 million smartphone users in Vietnam alone, according to BlackBelt general manager Errol Finkelstein.
Finkelstein said the majority of these users took little or no precaution when it comes to protecting their handsets against the threat of viruses.
"Many people go to extreme lengths to protect the data on their PCs or laptops and yet leave the same data on their smartphones completely vulnerable," he said.
Finkelstein says BlackBelt's software can protect devices through its ability to detect and terminate malicious malware attacks which can steal data, reduce battery life and make calls and texts to premium numbers.
The software also includes BlackBelt Antitheft which safeguards a handset's data when it is lost or stolen. It is also able to pinpoint the location of a device through GPS, which increases the possibility of retrieval.
MobiFone, Ericsson in deals to optimize network traffic
MobiFone, one of Vietnam's leading mobile operators with 32 percent of the country's mobile communications market, has chosen an Ericsson solution for combined bandwidth and mobile broadband traffic optimization.
Thanks to the solution that resulted from a recent partnership between the video solutions provider Vantrix and Ericsson, the operator will be able to efficiently manage and optimize video content delivery over its nationwide mobile network.
MobiFone, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the VNPT Group with top ranking in terms of quality of service, revenue, and ARPU, has more than 29 million subscribers nationwide.
So, the new deal may enable 29 million MobiFone subscribers to have the chance to enjoy faster and smoother video directly on their mobile phones.
By the end of 2011, video traffic will make up 52.8 percent of global mobile data traffic. To avoid the service disruptions and slower speeds that could result from increased video traffic, Ericsson and Vantrix recently partnered to bundle their respective services.
The combined solution comes with many benefits.
Vantrix's Bandwidth Optimizer monitors network congestion and significantly reduces the size of videos - potentially saving the operator up to 70 percent in costs related to operating and upgrading the network - and Ericsson's Multiservice Proxy (MSP) dramatically simplifies the network architecture.
The Ericsson MSP effectively allows operators to reduce costs and provide a broader range of multimedia services over their networks.
"Because of limited fixed network availability, we know Vietnamese people will view more video on their mobile devices than their PCs,” said Le Ngoc Minh, Chairman of MobiFone.
“Given the explosive demand for high-quality mobile video, we wanted a solution that could help decrease our transmission costs while providing an enhanced real-time viewing experience and faster downloads for our users. This combined solution met all our demands," he added.
"With MobiFone's impressive subscriber base, scalability becomes particularly crucial. In a highly populated country like Vietnam, where the fixed broadband market is still relatively small and video is set to become one of the network's biggest traffic components, we are pleased to help MobiFone prepare for the coming growth in mobile video," said Jan Wassenius, Head of Ericsson Vietnam.
Global information infrastructure discussed in Da Nang
The Global Information Infrastructure Symposium 2011 (GIIS 2011) opened in the central city of Da Nang on August 4.
During the three-day event, jointly held by the IEEE Communication Society, the Paris University 13 and the College of Technology under the Da Nang University , 30 domestic and foreign delegates are expected to exchange views on the latest regional and world information technologies.
The symposium will include a plenary session and five group working sessions, focusing on discussing infrastructure development policies for the global communication and information technology network.
It will also debate on related issues such as global and national information technology development techniques.
Vietnam to grow genetically modified corn
Genetically modified corn is planned to be grown on large scale throughout the country next year, the Agricultural Genetics Institute has said.
Genetically modified corn is more resistant to insect pests and grass pesticides with crop yields 30-40 percent higher than normal corn.
A trial cultivation of genetically modified corn in northern Vinh Phuc province has so far shown no negative impacts on the environment and biological diversity.
Sweden assists VN to cope with climate change
A project to improve capacity to cope with climate change in the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve, in the northern provinces of Nam Dinh, Thai Binh and Ninh Binh, was launched in Giao Thuy district in Nam Dinh province on August 5.
Supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the project will be carried out by Stockholm University , the Centre for Marinelife Conservation and Community Development (MCD) and Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve Management Committee, from now until September 30, 2013.
The project will focus on improving knowledge on dealing with climate change, managing resources in coastal areas, developing environmentally friendly means of subsistence, building networks, media campaigns and policies on resource management and climate change.
Especially, the project will also pay attention to coordinating with Swedish experts to build an eco-system risk evaluation framework, host training courses on evaluating risks, implement six campaigns to improve awareness for 3,000 – 4,000 people in the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve, offer technical consultancy and host seminars on resource management linked with climate change.
Stockholm University will also assist Vietnam to conduct intensive post-graduate research in the Red River Delta Biosphere Reserve and host three courses for Vietnamese postgraduates to study in Sweden .
Nguyen Thu Hue, Director of MCD Vietnam said that, once finished, the project will bring benefits to 400 women of poor households, 2,500 locals living on maritime ecosystems in Giao Xuan district, 175 members of community groups, authority officials, policy planning agencies, social organisations and research institutes working in the field of managing maritime resources and coping with climate change./.
Hanoi earmarks 54 billion VND for waste dumps
Four waste disposal sites worth an estimated 54 billion VND will be built in Me Linh, Dong Anh, Thanh Tri and Gia Lam districts of Hanoi to deal with the increasing waste problem and ensure environmental hygiene for the city.
The four projects, invested by the Hanoi Department of Construction, were approved by the Hanoi People’s Committee on August 4.
Accordingly, a 4.25 ha waste dump will be built in Tien Thang commune, Me Linh district, with a daily capacity of 300 tonnes of garbage. The dump will receive construction rubbish discharged from Me Linh, Cau Giay and Tay Ho districts.
Another waste dump will be located in Duc Tu commune, Dong Anh district, on an area of 3.2 ha. With a daily capacity of 300 tonnes of garbage, the dump will receive construction rubbish from Dong Anh and Long Bien districts.
Construction rubbish from Thanh Tri, Hoang Mai and Thanh Xuan districts will be collected at a 7-ha dump having a daily capacity of 400 tonnes of garbage in Duyen Ha commune, Thanh Tri district.
Similar dump will be built in Phu Thi and Kim Son communes in Gia Lam district to gather construction rubbish from Gia Lam and neighbouring areas.
The Hanoi People’s Committee asked the Construction Department to complete investment in the third quarter of this year.
Winners of ‘Experiences with Opera web browser’ named
The contest was jointly organized by Opera Software ASA Company from Sweden, Thoi bao Kinh te Sai Gon Online and Thoi bao Vi Tinh Sai Gon, 2 editions under Saigon Times Group.
Speaking at the ceremony, Tran Minh Hung, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the group, said that though the number of writings was limited, the judges found it difficult to choose the best of them.
“It takes us a long time to consider the criteria used for assessing writings such as practical value, and the originality of ideas,” said Hung, who also served as head of the Organizing Committee.
The first prize went to Tran Duc Khiem, project expert from Emerald Company. His writing, ‘From Angry Birds game, thinking about the future of website application’ was awarded this prize thanks to its original idea and coherent structure.
Nguyen Dang Hoang, a computer engineer, was the runner-up with the writing ‘Opera connects the world’ focusing on the conveniences and flexibilities of cross-platform applications.
Vo Dang Khoa and Nguyen Chanh Trung, graphic designers and Ho Thanh Phong, student of HCMC Economics University, won the third prizes.
Software industry challenged by rising human resource costs
Rising costs for human resources have weakened Viet Nam's chief competitive advantage in the software industry.
In the past, cheap labour was seen as the country's chief competitive advantage in making international-standard software, but that advantage is declining.
The pool of employees for the software industry is still rather small, and language skills, particularly in English and Japanese, for writing software are limited.
Viet Nam, however, still maintains a balance between expenditures and human resource skills, compared to India and China.
"But this balance could collapse if the country doesn't control inflation," Nguyen Hung Cuong, software development director at Harvey Nash, told Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper.
"Vietnamese-made software for the Japanese market is only 1-2 per cent of what China sells to Japan," Cuong added.
The small pool of skilled employees is another problem as no company is able to employ several hundred software programmers in a few months.
"This means that there is no chance for Vietnamese companies to process big software projects," Cuong added.
Although Viet Nam is seen as a location that can produce international software, many projects remain on paper because of these limitations that the country faces.
Meanwhile, turnover from the software processing industry in Viet Nam was US$1 billion, while total turnover for the sector was $244 billion worldwide last year. It is expected yo reach $268 billion this year.
Asia-America cable breaks again, internet destabilised
Viet Nam's international internet connection would be unstable for a week due to another break in the Asia-America Gateway cable, a local technology news website has said.
A statement from AAG, an international undersea cable system linked to the southern beach town of Vung Tau, said it would take until at least today for repairs to be completed.
The cable broke for the first time in March this year. The problem was fixed by the end of the month.
AAG said Viet Nam's major internet suppliers – including the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT), military-run Viettel Telecom, and FPT Telecom – would all be affected, and users in Viet Nam's southern region could expect the worst problems. Websites and email would be hard to access, and chat and video calling services would be more difficult to use. The 20,000-kilometre cable is the only one connecting Southeast Asia with the US.
Info at stake after virus attacks 85,000 Vietnamese computers
Crucial information about individuals and organisations might have been stolen after 85,000 personal computers in Viet Nam were attacked by a virus widely transmitted by foreign network botnet Ramnit, internet security company BKAV said.
According to the investigation conducted by the BKAV, virus variants in botnet Ramnit were controlled by hackers through servers in the US, Russia, German and China.
Hackers had created the botnet by spreading the virus through various means such as USBs, security loopholes in software, email viruses and links to chat programmes. According to the BKAV, 88 websites belonging to local agencies and enterprises were attacked by both local and foreign hackers in the first seven months of this year.
Vinaphone officially launches MoMo electronic wallet
VinaPhone officially announced its MoMo E-wallet service with a special promotional offer for the first three months from August 1.
All Vinaphone subscribers who bank with Vietcombank or Vietinbank and process their transactions via the MoMo E-wallet service will have a chance of winning a variety of promotional gifts.
MoMo is an electronic wallet which functions as an ATM card for mobile phones. Each MoMo e-wallet is connected to a bank account that helps customers make low-cost payments safely and conveniently. MoMo is also considered a mobile bank that allows customers to make direct payments through their mobile phones.
Mobile phone subscriber growth starts to slow down
The General Statistics Office reported that the number of new phone subscribers reached 5.7 million in the first seven months throughout the country, a decrease of 30.9 per cent over the same period last year.
There were 36,400 fixed telephone subscribers and nearly 5.7 million mobile phone subscribers. By late July, the number of phone subscribers across the whole country was estimated to stand at 128.1 million, up 4.3 per cent over the same period last year.
In addition, the number of ADSL subscribers was estimated to reach 4 million by the end of July, or a 19 per cent year-on-year increase.
vietnamnet.vn
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