VTN opens ICT demonstration areas

15:53' 25/04/2008 (GMT+7)
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam Telecom National Company (VTN) under the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group yesterday opened its information and communication technology (ICT) demonstration areas in Hanoi and HCMC on the Internet Protocol-Next Generation Network (IP-NGN) foundation.

Visitors, living in Hanoi and HCMC, are testing telepresence service of VTN which was launched in the two cities yesterday.
The service, conducted in collaboration with Hanoi City's Post and Telecommunication Department, is the first technology of its kind in the country.

Nguyen Thanh Khiet, deputy general director of VTN, said at the press meeting on Tuesday that with the latest technology, its demonstration areas will offer various added-value services on the basis of IP-NGN foundation for enterprises, organizations and individuals.

These services include internet Protocol IP Centrex (virtual exchange), telemeeting, telepresence, video conference, Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) and other information technology applications.

The company offers various information technology solutions like Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Enterprises Resource Planning for enterprises. Additionally, it will supply Wifi Access, Voice over Internet Protocol, Internet Protocol and other solutions.

Khiet said that VTN is the first telecom company to offer telepresence service on IP-NGN advanced technology in the country.

He told the Daily that his company would focus on developing the telemeeting service as it promises high potential owing to the increasing demand for online meetings.

"We recognize an increasing demand among State agencies and enterprises for telemeeting and telepresence services that will help them reduce expenditures for organizing meetings and paperwork for business operations," he said.

According to Khiet, the Government Office now is its first client using telepresence. The Government will use the service for meetings to save on cost and time.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will chair the first telepresence meeting this Sunday to discuss inflation, micro-economic stabilization, social welfare and sustainable development.

The meeting will be conducted via nine telepresence locations in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Nghe An, Danang, Khanh Hoa, Daklak, HCMC and Can Tho.

Aside from State agencies, VTN will also target finance and insurance businesses and foreign-invested companies who have high demand for telepresence. Currently, these businesses account for 60% of VTN's turnover a year.

Khiet told the Daily that to expand its business VTN will move its demonstration area in HCMC's District 10 to District 1 in the city downtown to better serve enterprises and organizations.

"Now, the facility is located in District 10, which is far from the city's heart. Thus, it is difficult for us to operate business," he added.

Currently, VTN will offer telepresence meeting price at around VND10mil each hour.

Founded in 1990, VTN is a 100% state-owned subsidiary company of Vietnam Post and Telecommunications (VNPT). For more than a decade of development, VTN has become one of the leading companies in telecommunications networking in Vietnam with its four interprovincial exchanges in Hanoi, Danang, HCMC and Can Tho.

VTN has modern transmission networks, Synchronous Digital Hierachy (SDH) microwave links, and optical fiber cable network with backbone system capacity of up to 20 GB/s and a Next Generation Network (NGN).