Vietnam’s Mobile Revolution Catapults Millions Into the Digital Age
Internet penetration has grown to 44% of the communist state’s 90 million people from 12% a decade ago. Much of that is driven by smartphones, which are used by more than a third of the population.
This mobile-first expansion is powering a range of online services, many of which are showing their first signs of serious growth, such as mobile e-commerce. A Vietnamese government agency forecasts the market for e-commerce will generate revenue of $4 billion this year compared with $700 million in 2012.
martinibuster
12:40 pm on Jun 16, 2015 (gmt 0)
That's interesting. Isn't this common in Asia, the preference for mobile access versus desktop?
lucy24
4:55 pm on Jun 16, 2015 (gmt 0)
It's not really about "preference" as such is it? More about access.
bill
6:26 am on Jun 19, 2015 (gmt 0)
You'll see this a lot in densely populated areas that don't have the copper-wire infrastructure built up. It's so much cheaper to get up to speed wirelessly. Who has the money to build up a wired network in these developing areas? They can just leapfrog to the latest wireless tech for a fraction of the cost of digging up the streets and laying fiber.
