Last updated: 3 Jun 2009 Update History
Report Status: Archived
Report Pages: 128
Analyst: Peter Evans
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media markets in
· Key Statistics;
· Market and Industry Overviews;
· Regulatory Environment;
· Major Players (fixed and mobile);
· Infrastructure;
· Mobile Voice and Data Market;
· Internet, including VoIP and IPTV;
· Broadband services.
Researcher:- Peter Evans
Current publication date:- May 2009 (15th Edition)
Next publication date:- May 2010
Executive Summary
This annual publication profiles the vibrant telecom market in
More recently the move to allow an increased level of ‘equitisation’ (the Vietnamese government’s word for ‘privatisation’) has sent a clear message to investors that the rules are changing in a positive way and the investment door has been opened. A significant milestone in this changing business environment was
While there has been strong growth in
In the meantime, the government continues to demonstrate a certain ambivalence about the Internet; government reticence has not, however, stopped the Internet market from at least starting to move along a solid growth path. Internet user penetration was running at an impressive 25% in early 2009, with the increasingly ‘hot’ broadband segment of that market was expanding at an annual rate of around 50%.
·
· The country’s annual growth rate in mobile subscribers was running at in excess of 80% and looked set to continue into 2009/10.
· Interest in broadband services in
· 2008 saw the country’s broadband Internet market in strong growth mode, following on from similar positive surges in 2006 and 2007.
· Overall broadband penetration remained relatively low (10% of households), but all the signs were that this expansion of the broadband market would continue in the short to medium term, at least.
· Following on from the successful launch of its Vinasat-1 satellite in early 2008, Vietnam was already moving towards its second venture into the satellite market, with planning already commenced on Vinasat-2.
· Despite what at times seemed painfully slow progress on regulatory change, the reality is that change has happened and
Category |
2008 |
2009 (e) |
Fixed-line services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
13.0 million |
12.5 million |
· Annual growth (e) |
-14% |
-4% |
· Fixed-line penetration (population) |
15% |
14% |
· Fixed-line penetration (household) |
57% |
54% |
Broadband Internet: |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
2.08 million |
3.00 million |
· Annual growth |
61% |
44% |
· Broadband penetration (population) |
2.5% |
3.4% |
· Broadband penetration (household) |
10% |
15% |
Mobile services: |
|
|
· Total subscribers |
68.5 million |
100 million |
· Annual growth |
89% |
46% |
· Total 3G subscribers |
-- |
5 million |
· 3G as percentage of total mobile |
-- |
5% |
· Mobile penetration (population) |
76% |
112% |
(Source: BuddeComm)
Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.
The following notes provide some background to our scenario forecasting methodology:
· This report includes what we term scenario forecasts. By describing long-range scenarios we identify a band within which we expect market growth to occur. The associated text describes what we see as the most likely growth trend within this band.
· The projections shown in the tables in this report are based on our own historical information, as well as on telecommunication sector statistics from official and non-official, national and international sources. We assume a possible deviation of 15-20% around this data.
· All statistics for GDP, revenue, etc are shown in US$, in order to maintain consistency within and between markets. At the same time we acknowledge that this can introduce some irregularities.
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