Vietnam’s e-security index improved by 54 percent since last year but its internet became less affordable, the 2021 Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) conducted by cybersecurity company Surfshark showed.
Coc Coc browser and search engine developed by the Hanoi-based technology company of the same name has attracted 25 million users, becoming the second largest in the Vietnamese market.
Cambodia had 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers, accounting for 90 percent of the population, by May, down 2.36 percent from one year ago, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said in a report released on July 20.
Indonesia has issued a new regulation requiring all smartphones stamped with a unique international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) to be registered on the government database in an attempt to curb illegal smartphone imports.
Vietnam has actively participated in forums and meetings of the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) Wireless Group, heard the 23rd meeting of the APT Wireless Group (AWG-23) which opened in the central city of Da Nang on April 9.
Research recently conducted by Oxford Economics says that the mobile internet sector may contribute 5.1 billion USD to Vietnam from 2015 to 2020, it was revealed at a workshop on August 2.
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