VNPT short-listed for international broadband award

Leading domestic information telecommunications service provider Vietnam Posts & Communications Group (VNPT) has been short-listed for the international Broadband Infovision Awards 2011 with its “VNPT Broadband Gardens” nomination.

VNPT is among three candidates selected to compete in the “Changing Lives” prize, one of 10 at the Broadband Infovision Awards 2011.

The organising board has announced 44 entrants for the final round of the awards set to take place in the French capital of Paris on September 27, 2011.

Broadband Infovision Award is the world’s leading broadband award annually held by the UK’s Informa Telecoms & Media Group.

VNPT is currently Vietnam’s leading information communication technology firm, accounting for 60per cent of the country mobile subscribers, 75 per cent of internet market share and 95 per cent of fixed telephone market share. It earned revenues of $5 billion in 2010.

VNPT has installed broadband Internet connection (ADSL) in 2,353 communal post offices nationwide. The group has also provided 1 million hours of free internet connection to pupils, students and citizens in remote rural areas.

Despite a dramatic rise in internet access, rural use still lags behind urban areas. While in urban provinces and cities, broadband services are very popular, in rural areas, which are home to up to 70 per cent the country’s population, the majority of people have never used advanced telecommunication services, including the internet. – VIR

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