Vietnam deploys 300Gbps nationwide optical network

[Viet]

http://www.telecomlead.com/telecom-equipment/mobifone-taps-ciena-packet-optical-network-70101



MobiFone has revealed that it will be using the Ciena technology in Vietnam to build its converged packet-optical network, which has a 300Gbps provision spanning 1,400 kilometers across the country from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.



The company can offer high-speed mobile broadband services to businesses and consumers in more than 25 local provinces with this technology.

The company with 50 million subscribers amounting to about 30 percent of market share is the second largest mobile operator in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese government company operates under the Ministry of Information and Communications, but has been up for privatization since a year.

“Ciena’s optical platforms enable us to have a state-of-art backbone system. Demand for high-speed fixed and mobile data services, video content and the move to the cloud mean that network services in Vietnam have never been more important,” said Le Nam Tra, chairman, MobiFone Corporation.

Currently companies like Telstra are in early stage discussions to purchase a stake in Mobifone. Telstra has been looking to make investments in Asia with plans to invest up to $1.3 billion for a 40 percent stake in the Philippines business.

“With Ciena’s converged packet-optical and control plane software platforms, MobiFone can deliver resilient, on-demand services as bandwidth demand continues to increase in Vietnam, driven by the aggregation of network traffic for mobile, data, voice, video and cable TV services,” said Anthony McLachlan, vice president and general manager, Asia Pacific, Ciena.

The 6500 Packet-Optical Platform equipped with WaveLogic 3 coherent technology and hybrid packet OTN switching will aid MobiFone to easily scale and automatically adapt network capabilities to meet traffic demand.

Also, intelligent control plane technology of Ciena will be used to ensure survivability even in the case of multiple fiber cuts, helping MobiFone ensure always-on connectivity to its end users.

Greater visibility and end-to-end control across its network to respond dynamically to changing traffic demands using Ciena’s network management platform will be an added benefit. ELCOM, a Ciena BizConnect channel partner, will provide deployment services for this project.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Why all of the "less wealthy" countries have the best internet?

 

[gambit]

Why all of the "less wealthy" countries have the best internet?

Easy.

When you build your house, do you build it so that you can rebuild it in a few yrs ? Of course not. If you have bricks, you will build your house out of bricks and build it to last as long as possible. There are brick houses today that are over one hundred yrs old. You do not know that there might be better materials, more energy efficient, lighter, stronger, etc. You just want to build a house as strong and durable as you can. The downside is that should you want to upgrade any part of your house, that modification will take longer and most likely more difficult an endeavor.

Where I live, I have literally optical fiber right up to my house, then inside, it is CAT5E throughout. I do not stream videos or music so I have the cheapest Internet plan. But my neighbors who have the same 'fiber to the home' capability can stream 4k videos all day long with no issues. The reason is because my city is just slightly over 10 yrs old. When they planned the city, the Internet was already going full blast. Everybody was getting online. So when fiber became more affordable, they started retrofitting any subdivision they could, and my subdivision is among the oldest in the city.

The less wealthy countries are less developed infrastructure wise. As such, it is easier for them to install the latest and greatest doo-dads. Further, they have learned how fast technology moves so they can better planned for growth than established wealthier countries who developed those technologies but are less able to use it because of how they planned themselves. This is why South Koreans enjoys faster Internet than most of the US. Those Americans who calls it a national embarrassment are simply either clueless politicians or whiny geeks.

 

[Viet]

Why all of the "less wealthy" countries have the best internet?

Not really. Vietnam ranks at the lower end of internet speed. There is still a long way to go.

Easy.

When you build your house, do you build it so that you can rebuild it in a few yrs ? Of course not. If you have bricks, you will build your house out of bricks and build it to last as long as possible. There are brick houses today that are over one hundred yrs old. You do not know that there might be better materials, more energy efficient, lighter, stronger, etc. You just want to build a house as strong and durable as you can. The downside is that should you want to upgrade any part of your house, that modification will take longer and most likely more difficult an endeavor.

Where I live, I have literally optical fiber right up to my house, then inside, it is CAT5E throughout. I do not stream videos or music so I have the cheapest Internet plan. But my neighbors who have the same 'fiber to the home' capability can stream 4k videos all day long with no issues. The reason is because my city is just slightly over 10 yrs old. When they planned the city, the Internet was already going full blast. Everybody was getting online. So when fiber became more affordable, they started retrofitting any subdivision they could, and my subdivision is among the oldest in the city.

The less wealthy countries are less developed infrastructure wise. As such, it is easier for them to install the latest and greatest doo-dads. Further, they have learned how fast technology moves so they can better planned for growth than established wealthier countries who developed those technologies but are less able to use it because of how they planned themselves. This is why South Koreans enjoys faster Internet than most of the US. Those Americans who calls it a national embarrassment are simply either clueless politicians or whiny geeks.

How much do you pay for the internet service?

In Germany it is usuall the people pay a fixed rate for combined services of Internet, fixed and mobile phone, ranging from 30 to 50 Euro a month. You can add HDTV, pay TV, higher speed access for an additional fee.

 

[Beny Karachun]

Not really. Vietnam ranks at the lower end of internet speed. There is still a long way to go.

I meant that you have high speed internet, not that every one of you have.
Here the maximum for citizens is 200megabits per second, there are plans for fiber internet connection here but not any time sooner.

 

[Viet]

I meant that you have high speed internet, not that every one of you have.
Here the maximum for citizens is 200megabits per second, there are plans for fiber internet connection here but not any time sooner.

300Gbps is the backbone speed. User speed is much less. 200Mbps user speed is high. In Germany, actually a rich Country, if you have 50Mbps you are at the higher end.

Thanks to modern compression technology you really don't use more than that. Unless you run a business.

 

[gambit]

How much do you pay for the internet service?

In Germany it is usuall the people pay a fixed rate for combined services of Internet, fixed and mobile phone, ranging from 30 to 50 Euro a month. You can add HDTV, pay TV, higher speed access for an additional fee.

I believe among the first tier countries, the US have the worst Internet service in terms of speed, service, and pricing.

I pay about $48 for 10m/s just for Internet access alone. Maybe I am wrong, but from what I read of other countries, many of them have better Internet access than the US in general. This is, going back to my post 3, when the Internet came about, the basic infrastructure for it was very much in a monopoly for the telephone companies. The details are complex and too extensive to explain. Suffice to say that the American consumers got screwed by the telcos.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/u...in-internet-speed-and-affordability.html?_r=0

In many parts of Europe, the government tries to foster competition by requiring that the companies that own the pipes carrying broadband to people’s homes lease space in their pipes to rival companies.

Let me put it this way...

This is like the government saying you have to rent out your car as a taxi whenever you are in the roads and you have a spare seat. Or if you have an unused bedroom in your house, you have to rent it to a boarder. My explanation is simplified, but you get the point.

In principle, it is not morally right. My property, I use it as I see fit. Americans in general do have a hard time with the government telling them what to do with their properties, so this argument successfully passed Congress where eventually the telcos are allowed monopoly. The result is shitty Internet service compares to the other first tier countries. Now it looks like we have shitty Internet service compares to 2nd tier countries as well.

 

[jhungary]

You think you guys are having it bad?? Try Australia..........

NBN (The national fibre optic network) have not yet rolled out nationwide, I am still using ADSL2+ which give me about 7MBps download speed. And I pay A$90 for this crap speed when everyone are talking about 100mbps connection.

Also, Australia is probably the only developed country that offer plans with download limits IN LAND LINES>..<......If I don't pay $90, I can get a plan I pay $75 for 200G data download

 

[BoQ77]

You think you guys are having it bad?? Try Australia..........

NBN (The national fibre optic network) have not yet rolled out nationwide, I am still using ADSL2+ which give me about 7MBps download speed. And I pay A$90 for this crap speed when everyone are talking about 100mbps connection.

Also, Australia is probably the only developed country that offer plans with download limits IN LAND LINES>..<......If I don't pay $90, I can get a plan I pay $75 for 200G data download

We pay US$10/month for FiberVNN 12Mbps in Hanoi.
And US$16/year for mobile data plan

 

[jhungary]

We pay US$10/month for FiberVNN 12Mbps in Hanoi.

PLEASE..............Do not rub it on my face....

 

[BoQ77]

PLEASE..............Do not rub it on my face....

Suddenly, optical fiber service everywhere here.
At the time, I still use copper-wire ADSL, then they told me, "Optical fiber now cost even cheaper and higher speed, let go for it"
But now it's time for wireless
I have purchased 3G data Sim for 3 people at 1 million dong ( US$44.8 ) for 1 year of data service usage for 3

Total, I paid about US$170 for a year of using optical fiber and 3x data SIM, no extra cost.

 

[Indika]

Cool, vietnam is going faster in cyber lane. Soon it will join other giants like korea and japan.

The less wealthy countries are less developed infrastructure wise. As such, it is easier for them to install the latest and greatest doo-dads

Correct, Mobile is a good example. India never invested much in fixed lines but caught up with mobile technology pretty fast. Whereas developed countries spent more money on creating infra and other stuff.

I pay about $48 for 10m/s just for Internet access alone. Maybe I am wrong, but from what I read of other countries, many of them have better

Seriously which part of the states do you live in? for 40 or 60 bucks I thought you can get 30mbs without any problem.

I am still using ADSL2+ which give me about 7MBps download speed. And I pay A$90 for this crap speed when everyone are talking about 100mbps connection.

I know that wretched helpless feeling, just drink it over.

I used to pay 15$ for 4mbs for 8gb (dont laugh) for a connection that used to go kaput during rainy season. That adsl2 over copper wire will give more anxiety about page getting loaded rather than good browsing exp. When ppl say buy a fast compute I would say get a better connection

But the slow connection is a great leveller, it keeps every at the same level whether he has fast/slow, latest/greatest computer

 

[Viet]

You think you guys are having it bad?? Try Australia..........

NBN (The national fibre optic network) have not yet rolled out nationwide, I am still using ADSL2+ which give me about 7MBps download speed. And I pay A$90 for this crap speed when everyone are talking about 100mbps connection.

Also, Australia is probably the only developed country that offer plans with download limits IN LAND LINES>..<......If I don't pay $90, I can get a plan I pay $75 for 200G data download

A$90 is about 62 Euro.

for example at german 1&1 Internet provider, for 35 Euro a month, you get in

- 100 Mbps DSL without bandwidth limit
- free fixed phone calls countrywide
- free mobil calls to other 1&1 customers
- access to free TV, paid TV for an extra fee

for the first year, instead of 35 euro, you only pay 20 euro a month.

I meant that you have high speed internet, not that every one of you have.
Here the maximum for citizens is 200megabits per second, there are plans for fiber internet connection here but not any time sooner.

how much do you pay for the service?

 

[SirHatesALot]

1500 inr per month 8 mbps 160 gb thanks to Tata

 

[Beny Karachun]

how much do you pay for the service?

200Mbps- 9$ for the first year a month then 30$