Vietnam leaped up four ranks to standat 15th on the 2010 Connectivity Scorecard, which was recentlyannounced by Nokia Siemens Networks.
TheConnectivity Scorecard is a global ICT index -- the first of its kindto rank 50 countries worldwide not only on their deployment of ICTinfrastructure but also to measure the extent to which governments,businesses and consumers make use of connectivity technologies toenhance social and economic prosperity.
According to Nokia Siemens Networks’ report, Vietnam’s growing rate oftelephone and Internet users and its improvements in e-government arethe main factors that buoyed the country up the rankings.
However, the report pointed out that Vietnam failed to make a truebreakthrough in IT due to its low rate of broadband users and modestinvestment by local businesses in software, hardware and telecomservices.
Nokia Siemens Networks’s Head of Global Policy Initiatives AnneLarilahti said great progress was seen both in terms of Vietnameseconsumers and the government over last year, noting that 4 percent ofhouseholds use broadband and 27 percent of the population use theInternet.
Meanwhile, the business community scored 0.19 points in terms oftelecom infrastructure and 0.23 point in terms of telecom spectrumusage and skills, much lower than the maximum of 0.72 points and 0.79points, respectively.
Industry insiders said domestic businesses should pour more investmentinto IT facilities if they want to narrow the technological gap withother nations./.
TheConnectivity Scorecard is a global ICT index -- the first of its kindto rank 50 countries worldwide not only on their deployment of ICTinfrastructure but also to measure the extent to which governments,businesses and consumers make use of connectivity technologies toenhance social and economic prosperity.
According to Nokia Siemens Networks’ report, Vietnam’s growing rate oftelephone and Internet users and its improvements in e-government arethe main factors that buoyed the country up the rankings.
However, the report pointed out that Vietnam failed to make a truebreakthrough in IT due to its low rate of broadband users and modestinvestment by local businesses in software, hardware and telecomservices.
Nokia Siemens Networks’s Head of Global Policy Initiatives AnneLarilahti said great progress was seen both in terms of Vietnameseconsumers and the government over last year, noting that 4 percent ofhouseholds use broadband and 27 percent of the population use theInternet.
Meanwhile, the business community scored 0.19 points in terms oftelecom infrastructure and 0.23 point in terms of telecom spectrumusage and skills, much lower than the maximum of 0.72 points and 0.79points, respectively.
Industry insiders said domestic businesses should pour more investmentinto IT facilities if they want to narrow the technological gap withother nations./.
