FPT Telecom Company upgrades data transmission line for Vietnam Industrial and Commercial Bank and Vietnam General Department of Tax

Hereto, the two agreements with ICB consists of an agreement on intra Hanoi City leases line, providing 140 channels, 1, 024 - 2 , 048 K bps speed with total value of VND 6.5 billion within three years with aim to connect all branches - transaction points - ATM locations in the city; an agreement on North - South leased line valued at VND 1 billion within three years to connect two cities, the main data center and back - up center of ICB.

Ms. Dang Tu Anh – Vice Director of Data Transmission and Solutions Center – FPT Telecom said: “FPT Telecom Company was selected by ICB as a data transmission leased line provider for its competitive prices, swift implementation (140 channels in 60 days), package service (lease, maintenance and end-products) and wideband. At every connection of ICB, there are two data transmission channels at 1,024 speed and 64 – 128Kbps speed which is taken care by another service provider.“

Early 2008, FPT Telecom Company and ICB will further their agreements on intra HoChiMinh City cable leased line with an estimated total of VND 7 billion in three years.

Such investments will help ICB realize its hopes to develop an ATM system and transaction points on high speed and stable transmission infrastructure, ensuring services deliveries to customers, enhancing competitiveness in the growing banking and finance development.

Upgrading connection speed, centralized management and security protection, Vietnam General Department of Tax enters into agreement on leased line valued at VND 1 billion with FPT Telecom Company. 

Hereto, local and international bandwidth will be duplicated for easy connection to the official website of the tax sector. Also, data transmission from cities, provinces, districts in the nationwide to the network management center of the General Department of Tax will be enhanced.

The upgrade will be foundation for furth er transmission line in the near further; points - to - points; North - South; multi points, supporting tax reporting via internet for all people in the nationwide. This is also an initial step for deployments of LAN, WAN, MPLS services for the tax sector in cities, provinces, districts in the nationwide.

About Data Transmission and Solutions Center :

Data Transmission and Solutions Center under FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company delivers internet leased line, data transmission leased line on IP technology for companies, organizations who need constant connections stability and security. We are now have customers such as Foreign Trade Bank of Vietnam , Habu Bank, Techcombank, Oil and Gas Securities Company, SSI Securities Company, US Embassy, Vietnam Mobile Telecom Services Center – VMS.

Symmetric leased line connection offers balanced downloads and uploads at anytime and the bandwidth is not separated between customers. Its prominent features high speed connections, cost effectiveness, international portal connection and special technical supports.

Different with ADSL Internet connection which is more suitable for households, leased line offers 256 Kbps speed to mega Gbps. Monthly charge is tight controlled, no extra. It’s easier to upgrade speed to mega Gbps and/or change system configurations as customers will not have to pay additional investments for new equipment installations and cables.

About FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company:

FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company (FPT Telecom) was founded in 1997, a subsidy of Corporation for Financing and Promoting Technology FPT. FPT Telecom is one of first 4 internet service providers in Vietnam , currently accounting for 40% market share and more than 200,000 subscriptions.

To date, the international port of F P T T e l e c o m is up 5 Gbps, directing international connections such as MCI (USA), NTT ( Japan ), Reach and TeleGlobe (Hong Kong), SingTEL ( Singapore )…providing diversified needs of customer such as video conference, visible private network, distant call center.

More information of leased line services of FPT Telecom can be found http://www.fpt.vn/fleasedline.aspx.

More information:

Ms. Nguyen Thi Huyen Phuong

FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company

68 Vo Van Tan Road , District 3, HoChiMinh City

Tel: 08 9301280 (ext 8871)

Mobile phone : 093 603 7879

Fax: 08 9330362

Email: [email protected]

Ms. Tran Viet Linh

FPT Telecom Joint Stock Company

48 Van Bao Road , Kim Ma – Ba Dinh District, Hanoi City

Telephone: 04 2991200 (ext 4580)

Mobile phone: 0904 255290

Fax: 04 8223111