Pacnet's New Presence: Vietnam & Thailand

Just checked again the world's telecom wholesale news after weeks-long pause :-D. This is one of the interesting news: Pacnet tries to get closer with traffic sources, this time in Vietnam and Thailand. Currently, international & inter-regional wholesalers tend to reach more potential customers, not only those which belong the industry giants but also medium-size customers. This might be a visible effort to anticipate loss of traffic, since many nationally-strong telcos are able and currently tend to build their own infrastructure. Disagree ? You are free to comment! :-D

VinaREN

VinaREN (VIetNAm Research and Education Network) is currently coordinated by NACESTI (National Centre for Scientific and Technological Information).

VinaREN as of 03/2009 :

• Total 7 NOCs: NOC (VNNOC; NOC-HN; NOC-TN; NOC-DN; NOC-HUE; NOC-HCM; NOC-CT) and 02 POP (POP-VAST; POP-WRU). To be expanded more POP in some City.
• 53 Members (Universities and Institutes in whole country) connected directly to the backbone and manage about 200 Km fiber optic cable.
• Conneted 11 provinces and major Cities in Vietnam