Bkav, Vietnam releases Bphone through network operators in EU, India, Thailand & Indonesia

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19:02:15 | 24-09-2015

Bkav Corporation had negotiations with a variety of network operators from Thailand, India, Indonesia and a European network on the sideline of a global summit on Mobile Expanding and Computing held in Hong Kong to distribute Bphone to the markets of these countries.

According to information from VnReview reporter present in Hong Kong, although the event officially begins today on 15/9, earlier, on the sideline of the event was a dense schedule of meetings and negotiations between carriers. Among them, notably there were negotiations between Bkav Technology Coporation from Vietnam and some network operators from India, Indonesia, Thailand and Europe.

Through the reporter's observation, yesterday morning, 14th September, Bkav had a negotiation of more than 1 hour with the True Move network (Thailand). True Move is the mobile network owned by True Corp with the market share of 24.6%, equivalent to 26 million subscribers, including 900,000 subscribers of 4G. On the same day, Bkav also worked with network operators from India, Indonesia and Telenor, a big provider of mobile services in Europe who has large investments in mobile networks in the Asian market.

According to the agenda of the three-day summit, Bkav worked with senior leaders of American chipmaker Qualcomm, which is supplying microchips to the Vietnamese company, on the next generation of the Bphone, which is expected to be released in the first quarter of next year.

Andy Chu, director for Bkav Singapore and the Asian region, confirmed the information but declined to go into further detail, according to VnReview.

Global Summit on Mobile Expanding and Computing is organized by Qualcomm, with the participation of leaders of more than 600 operators, manufacturers in the world telecommunications and mobile industry. The content focuses on the latest mobile connecting technologies such as LTE, Transfer Jet

Bkav to distribute Bphone through network operators in India, Thailand, Indonesia - Top News - Bkav Corporation

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Mr. Hideki Ogura, General Manager of Japan electronics firm Toshiba introduces the Bphone, the worlds first phone to use Transfer Jet technology at the Qualcomm 3G/LTE Global Summit in Hong Kong.

TransferJet is a close-range wireless technology that helps users transfer data like music, high definition videos between mobile devices at very fast speed.

According to Toshiba, this technology can attain a speed of up to 375 Mbps in data transmission, enough to transfer a 20-second HD video file within one second.

Vietnamese smartphone maker looks to foreign markets for growth: media

Bphone 2 will launch early 2016

Smartphone new generation of Bkav will debut within the quarter I / 2016 and will continue to use high-end chips from Qualcomm. The life cycle of every generation smartphone is usually a year. However, instead announced in late May like Bphone current version, it seems Bkav have shortened product launch cycle to less than 9 months.


Representatives Bkav disclosure, Bphone 2 product line will be that this group towards the international market. There were some regional operators such as Thailand, India, Indonesia ... as well as in America and Europe are interested in high-end smartphone, the first of Vietnam, so Bkav intends to expand market for Bphone 2 next year.

 

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Vietnam shining!!!!

 

[Ryuzaki]

India doesn't have carrier subsidies/contracts for phones(like in the US)

 

[Ind4Ever]

India doesn't have carrier subsidies/contracts for phones(like in the US)

But one are two operators has some schemes same like Pay as you go or Monthly rental along with carrier and phone cost.

 

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Bphone attracted partners at Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit

16:57:51 | 24-09-2015

(ICTNews.vn) Occupying an attractive position in the Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit on the subject of Mobile Expanding and Computing, Bphone's booth received a lot of attention from the participants.

Bphone's booth attracted a lot of interest from people attending the exhibition, including international media as well as manufacturers and network operators.

According to Mr. Chu Anh Quan, Director of Bkav Singapore, during this year Expo, Bkav met various partners and the number of partners continued to increase. According to his estimate, over 20 partners were interested in this product and provided the contact information to promote Bphone to the international market.

According to Mr Quan, Bphone received a lot of enthusiastic attention, especially after Bkav had pointed out the strengths of Bphone such as beautiful design, being dedicated and sophisticated, good and smooth operating system, accompanied by many functions and applications built by Bkav. Mr. Quan said: "The partners appreciate this product and consider it as one of Android phones with the best experience, equivalent to the experience of Apple's iOS. Even Qualcomm also appreciates Bkav for the development of Bphone and positions it as a high-end product".

When being asked about the possibility of selling Bphone to foreign markets, Mr. Quan said, the network operators True Move in Thailand, Indosat in Indonesia, and Reliance in India all appreciated Bphone for good hardware, smart and powerful operating system, good user experience and reasonable price. These networks expressed clearly their interest and desire that Bkav quickly contacted them to have better understanding and to promote Bphone to the potential markets.

The representative of Bkav said the success at the Expo with the attendance of such a large number of partners will surely promote Bkav to manufacture and develop the product as Bphone 2 to suit the demand and potential of the international market.

Also at this conference, Toshiba will have a presentation on TransferJet technology through Bphone. Bphone is the first mobile phone in the world that has applied successfully this technology. TransferJet is a short-range wireless protocol developed by Sony and they have also created an organization of many different companies, including Toshiba. Toshiba is the most active company in the dissemination of this standard.

Earlier, Mr Eric Reifschneider, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technologies Licensing said, "Qualcomm and Bkav share a strong commitment in promoting the development of the mobile industry in Vietnam. This agreement allows Bkav to develop, manufacture and sell 3G and 4G LTE high-end products, empowering the position of Bkav in the mobile industry, not only in the market of Vietnam but also in Southeast Asia".

Here are pictures of Bkav's booth at the exhibition:

Bphone attracted partners at Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit - Top News - Bkav Corporation

 

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the competion will be damn tough. too many players on the market, notably the koreans and chinese. all my best wishes sending to the company. good to see that we have a domestic company that wants to seize a share of the market, and our people have a choice, not only buying phones from foreigners. from my observation, seem the company is not too bad. new bphone coming out of assemby line.

 

[Echo_419]

Bphone attracted partners at Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit

16:57:51 | 24-09-2015

(ICTNews.vn) Occupying an attractive position in the Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit on the subject of Mobile Expanding and Computing, Bphone's booth received a lot of attention from the participants.

Bphone's booth attracted a lot of interest from people attending the exhibition, including international media as well as manufacturers and network operators.

According to Mr. Chu Anh Quan, Director of Bkav Singapore, during this year Expo, Bkav met various partners and the number of partners continued to increase. According to his estimate, over 20 partners were interested in this product and provided the contact information to promote Bphone to the international market.

According to Mr Quan, Bphone received a lot of enthusiastic attention, especially after Bkav had pointed out the strengths of Bphone such as beautiful design, being dedicated and sophisticated, good and smooth operating system, accompanied by many functions and applications built by Bkav. Mr. Quan said: "The partners appreciate this product and consider it as one of Android phones with the best experience, equivalent to the experience of Apple's iOS. Even Qualcomm also appreciates Bkav for the development of Bphone and positions it as a high-end product".

When being asked about the possibility of selling Bphone to foreign markets, Mr. Quan said, the network operators True Move in Thailand, Indosat in Indonesia, and Reliance in India all appreciated Bphone for good hardware, smart and powerful operating system, good user experience and reasonable price. These networks expressed clearly their interest and desire that Bkav quickly contacted them to have better understanding and to promote Bphone to the potential markets.

The representative of Bkav said the success at the Expo with the attendance of such a large number of partners will surely promote Bkav to manufacture and develop the product as Bphone 2 to suit the demand and potential of the international market.

Also at this conference, Toshiba will have a presentation on TransferJet technology through Bphone. Bphone is the first mobile phone in the world that has applied successfully this technology. TransferJet is a short-range wireless protocol developed by Sony and they have also created an organization of many different companies, including Toshiba. Toshiba is the most active company in the dissemination of this standard.

Earlier, Mr Eric Reifschneider, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technologies Licensing said, "Qualcomm and Bkav share a strong commitment in promoting the development of the mobile industry in Vietnam. This agreement allows Bkav to develop, manufacture and sell 3G and 4G LTE high-end products, empowering the position of Bkav in the mobile industry, not only in the market of Vietnam but also in Southeast Asia".

Here are pictures of Bkav's booth at the exhibition:

Bphone attracted partners at Qualcomm Expo 3G/LTE Summit - Top News - Bkav Corporation

More competition in the market is a welcome news

 

[Aepsilons]

Mr. Hideki Ogura, General Manager of Japan electronics firm Toshiba introduces the Bphone, the worlds first phone to use Transfer Jet technology at the Qualcomm 3G/LTE Global Summit in Hong Kong.

TransferJet is a close-range wireless technology that helps users transfer data like music, high definition videos between mobile devices at very fast speed.

According to Toshiba, this technology can attain a speed of up to 375 Mbps in data transmission, enough to transfer a 20-second HD video file within one second.

Vietnamese smartphone maker looks to foreign markets for growth: media

Bphone 2 will launch early 2016

Smartphone new generation of Bkav will debut within the quarter I / 2016 and will continue to use high-end chips from Qualcomm. The life cycle of every generation smartphone is usually a year. However, instead announced in late May like Bphone current version, it seems Bkav have shortened product launch cycle to less than 9 months.


Representatives Bkav disclosure, Bphone 2 product line will be that this group towards the international market. There were some regional operators such as Thailand, India, Indonesia ... as well as in America and Europe are interested in high-end smartphone, the first of Vietnam, so Bkav intends to expand market for Bphone 2 next year.

the competion will be damn tough. too many players on the market, notably the koreans and chinese. all my best wishes sending to the company. good to see that we have a domestic company that wants to seize a share of the market, and our people have a choice, not only buying phones from foreigners. from my observation, seem the company is not too bad. new bphone coming out of assemby line.

Japan will support BPhone