Myanmar ICT News

For Myanmar ICT new, the Opening Ceremonies of Bagan International Data Centre and Teleport and Myanmar ICT Park were held at the respective buildings in Hline Township on 21-1-2002. Myanmar ICT Park was the result of corporation of respective departments and Bagan Cybertech and Myanmar ICT Development Corporation under the guidance of Myanmar Computer Technology Development Council.

MICTDC believed that private sector plays a pivotal role in establishment of Myanmar ICT Park. With this belief, the MICTDC formed with 30 regional companies was founded in March in 2001 and construction of Myanmar ICT Park started. Myanmar ICT Park will provide modern communication services to local and foreign IT companies in software production in Myanmar. In MICT Park, the software and solution Technology Exhibition, was held in this week. A total of 38 technological companies displayed booths at the exhibition.

The seminar on "Information Technology in Myanmar; Business Outlook and Opportunities" was held in Yangon on 21, 22-1-2002 and the seminar on "Interaction for Progress; Internet Revolution and society in Myanmar" was held in Mandalay on 24, 25-1-2002. Myanmar is a signatory to the e-ASEAN agreement. It will have to work with might and main for progress of computer technology. It has founded the Myanmar Computer Technology Development Council and is promoting the computer science stage by stage to the best of its capacity.

At Myanmar Info-Tech (Bagan Cybertech) there are data communication operations and functions of projected e-Commerce and Internet. So far, ten private companies have already made arrangements to offer e-shopping, e-banking , e-Reservation , e-Media, e-Journal and e-Book services, Concerning the Internet, there are system programmes, rates aims and serves of the V-set networking system of the information communication technology park.