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International Telecom Union (ITU) will release its 2013 Measuring the Information Society (MIS) report tomorrow at an event attended by the ICT minister and chairman of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission. 

MIS is ITU’s annual analysis on the state of ICT access, use, skills and affordability, and also features the latest on market developments in the industry. The report presents the latest results of the ICT Development Index (IDI), an international benchmarking tool that ranks countries according to their ICT achievements. It also features the ICT Price Basket (IPB), which tracks and compares the cost of ICT services across more than 160 countries.

This year’s MIS report presents the first complete price data collection for mobile-broadband services, a model to measure the world’s “digital native” population and a quantitative overview of digital TV broadcasting trends.

 

Three new CPF pig farms in the Philippines

Charoen Pokphand Foods’ branch in the Philippines has spent 1 billion peso (Bt7.2 million) on three new farms to help boost its yearly production of 5,200 pigs to 20,200 by next year. 

Arnnop Jeanprasert, senior vice president of CPF’s livestock feed business, said the first farm has already started operating and the other two will be ready this year. 

The firm also plans to set up its first slaughterhouse in 2018 to facilitate its processed product manufacturing – a move that will help it keep track of the entire supply chain. 

 

Samsung set to invest Bt37.5 bn in Vietnam

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Vietnam (SEMV) was granted a licence on Wednesday to open its US$1.2 billion (Bt37.5 billion) production facility in the province of Thai Nguyen.

The Samsung Group affiliate will build a plant in the Yen Binh I Industrial Park to make integrated circuits and components for mobile devices, SEMV general director Seung Moryu said. The facility should be completed in four years. 

Samsung is already building a $2 billion mobile phone and component factory, which will roll out 100 million products every year when operational. With the latest project, Samsung has raised its total investment in Vietnam to $5.7 billion. – Viet Nam News/Asia News Network