In 2020, smartphone vendors sold about 1.38 billion smartphones worldwide. And the number will continue to increase in 2021 with a predicted number of over 1.53 million units. 10 countries with the most smartphone users (Source: Statista) Survey data by market research firm Statista shows that, as of May 2021, China is still the leading country in terms of smartphone users with nearly 912 million people. Although the number is less than half, but India also ranks second after China with over 439 million units. These two countries will continue to top the rankings by large populations and are considered as markets with strong growth potential given the relatively low smartphone adoption rates, Statista commented. Among Southeast Asian countries, Indonesia and Vietnam are the two markets with the highest number of users. The data shows that Indonesia has up to 160.2 million smartphone users and ranks 4th in the rankings. Vietnam has 61.3 million users, in the top 10 countries with the largest number of smartphone users in the world. The Philippines and Thailand have lower user rates, with 41.3 and 37.8 million users, respectively. The smartphone penetration rate can be used as an indicator to measure how advanced a country’s economy is. The number of smartphone users and smartphone penetration rate are also considered as one of the bases for the development of the digital economy. In 2020, the smartphone penetration rate in Vietnam ranked 9th with an index of 63.1%, higher than Indonesia with a penetration rate of 58.6% and the Philippines at 37.7%. Vietnam is also considered as a potential and high-growth digital economy market in Southeast Asia. According to a report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company, in 2020 Southeast Asia’s digital economy will see the growth of e-commerce, food delivery and online media amid the pandemic. Accordingly, digital payments will reach 620 billion USD in 2020 and are expected to reach 1.2 trillion USD in 2025. Online media also posted 22% growth, reaching $17 billion in 2020. This was driven by the explosive growth of video streaming service providers (video streaming), the growth rate 12 times in Vietnam and 18 times in Thailand. According to the assessment, Vietnam and Indonesia are two countries that have recorded double-digit growth for the digital economy. In which, Vietnam’s digital economy has a total value of about 14 billion USD and is expected to reach 52 billion by 2025, with an average growth rate of 29% from now until then. In the context of the pandemic, the Internet economy in Vietnam recorded growth in transportation, food, e-commerce and fintech.

Samsung Display’s dominance is being threatened by Chinese companies In particular, when Apple adopted OLED panels instead of LCD panels starting with the iPhone 12 series in 2020, the use of OLED panels increased sharply. Recently, Chinese display companies are entering the small and medium-sized OLED panel market, increasing the supply of low-cost panels. Omdia estimates that Apple will use the largest number of OLED panels for smartphones next year. It is expected that Apple will use 169 million OLED panels in 2021 and 190 million panels in 2022. Most likely they will use OLED panels for new products expected to launch in the second half of 2021. Meanwhile, Samsung is also expected to use 155 million OLED panels in 2021 and 168 million panels in 2022, the second largest after Apple. Although Samsung Display is expected to maintain its No. 1 position in the global smartphone OLED display market next year, its market share is expected to shrink due to competition from other manufacturers. Chinese company. In fact, according to Omdia, Samsung Display’s market share has dropped from 86% in 2019 to 78% in 2020. Omdia forecasts that its market share will drop to 77% in 2021 and 65% in next. On the other hand, the market share of Chinese companies is expected to increase from 15% in 2021 to 27% in 2022. In particular, BOE, China’s largest display manufacturer, is expected to expand the market. share from 6% in 2021 to 13% in 2022. Regarding this, Omdia said: “Chinese display companies are improving their technical skills. China will be a major threat to South Korea’s leading position in the OLED display market.” Phan Van Hoa (according to Businesskorea)

(Source: Reuters) Sumitomo Corp. (Japan) will provide mobile service in Ethiopia through a consortium with a telecommunications service provider Vodafone Group (United Kingdom). The move will make Sumitomo the first Japanese company to enter the African market. Ethiopia has approved a license for the consortium on mobile service providers in the country. It is expected that Sumitomo will hold about 30% of the shares in the new business and invest about 8 billion USD in 10 years, including investment capital for base stations. This will be the largest foreign direct investment on record in Ethiopia. According to the plan, service delivery will begin in 2022. Ethiopia is one of the largest countries in Africa, with 112 million inhabitants. According to statistics, when the rate of mobile phone usage is only about 40%, the new consortium has seen growth opportunities in this country. In addition to mobile services, the consortium also plans to launch services in areas such as digital currency, education, and health information technology. The announcement of the cooperation between Sumitomo and Vodafone comes amid concerns in Japan, the US and the UK about the trend of Chinese companies such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE building much of Africa’s telecommunications infrastructure.

Visitors to Lumi Smart Home Experts point out that the Smart Home penetration rate in Vietnam by the end of 2021 has not reached 5%. This is a relatively modest rate compared to the stormy growth rate of Science and Technology. To contribute to the growth in the proportion of families using Smart home, the role of businesses operating in the IoT field – smart home is extremely important. Recognizing this, Lumi Vietnam has closely linked the goal of developing Smart home industry in general in Vietnam with the goal of sustainable development of the business. Therefore, during the past years, Lumi has focused on each specific market, in order to bring Smart Home to more deeply reach Vietnamese people. Some products Lumi Smart Home Ecosystem Talking about the campaign to bring Smart home to each city at the provincial level, Mr. Nguyen Duc Tai – CEO of Lumi Smart House said: “The goal of Lumi is to have at least 1 smart device in every Vietnamese house. Vietnam”. Technology about connected homes is no longer a utopia. It has been present in our lives, researched and manufactured by the hands and minds of the Vietnamese. We should be proud of that and be open to reaching out and understanding. We define the introduction of smart technology to each city and locality as a key goal in this year 2021, so that more and more Vietnamese people have the opportunity to use Smart Home even more … ” It is known that Lumi Vietnam Joint Stock Company is a leader in the field of Smart Home – IoT, has affirmed its research and application capacity with a series of quality achievements that are verified by evidence. domestic and international only.