Communications infrastructure

Vietnam’s exports of mobile phones and parts exceeded US$30 billion last year, surpassing all other products, customs data showed.   That was a 27.9 percent increase compared to 2014, and accounted for 18.7 percent of the country’s total export revenue, it said. The EU was the biggest buyer of ...

The Defence Ministry will invest in high-technology devices to protect state agencies’ websites from being hacked again, says Gen Prawit Wongsuwan.   Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Gen Prawit said on 14 January the government is looking at various high-tech options to protect the websites from hackers ...

Cambodia’s telecommunications sector has grown significantly in the last few years, with internet usage on the rise and mobile SIM cards outnumbering the population of the country. While the sector has seen consolidation in recent years, bringing down the total number of providers, Kingtel Communications Ltd ...

The Court of Justice (CoJ) has insisted that the cyber attacks taking Thai court websites offline on 13 January would not force the court to change the guilty verdict in the Koh Tao murders case.  The attackers also got away with cyber-theft of extensive legal records, including ...

Computer viruses caused a loss of VND8.7 trillion (US$400 million) in Vietnam last year compared to VND8.5 trillion in 2014, the BKAV Technology Group revealed in its latest network security survey released last month. Nearly 63,000 new viruses appeared last year, infecting 61.7 million computers. Keep reading ...

Each of Vietnam’s seven million computer users suffered an average loss of VND1.25 million (US$55) due to viruses last year, a new report said.   The report, released by Hanoi-based online security firm BKAV, found that up to 83 percent of more than 9.1 million computers in ...

Hacktivists took over four police websites, including the metropolitan police, on 4 January night, with messages demanding justice. Keep reading ...

BBC Burmese channel has drawn heavy criticism for its radio programme slotted for 12 December, as locals view it as an attempt to revive social division. The outcry followed BBC’s invitation on Facebook for locals to participate its programme titled “Should ex-Senior General Than Shwe be ...

Government officials defended Cambodia’s record on internet freedom on 3 December, despite concerns that recent and proposed legislation could curtail the rights of those speaking out online. Addressing a conference on the issue in Phnom Penh, Meas Sophorn, undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Information, ...

The government will spend part of the revenue from the fourth-generation (4G) spectrum auction to finance the country’s agricultural plan to ease the impact of drought on farmers.  Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak, who leads the government’s economic team, said on 19 November a portion of revenue from the spectrum bidding ...