ICT exhibition to open in Yangon, Myanmar

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YANGON, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- An information and communication technology (ICT) exhibition will open at the Myanmar Infotech in Yangon's Hlaing University Thursday, according to the sponsor on Wednesday.

Sponsored by the Myanmar ICT Corporation, the four-day ICT show-2009 will run until this weekend.

A total of 120 showrooms of 50 companies will display computer accessories, communication accessories, electronics, software and documents related to computer technology training, the sponsor said.

Dota and counter strike game competitions will also be launched at the exhibition, it added.

In March and October last year, two other ICT exhibitions respectively took place in Yangon which were co-sponsored by the Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF), Myanmar Computer Professionals Association and the Myanmar Computer Entrepreneurs Association.

In those exhibitions, nearly 100 companies showcased accessories of computers, new technology for networking, software solutions, computer courses and books.



Myanmar has been striving for the development of ICT. In December 2007, Myanmar's first largest ICT park, also known as the Yadanabon Cyber City, was introduced in Pyin Oo Lwin.

As part of the project in the development of the cyber city, Myanmar authorities have allotted 372 acres (150 hectares) of landin the soft-base factory area of the Yadanabon cyber city for 35 more local and foreign IT companies to develop their business undertakings.

To encourage and help employees settle in the cyber city, Myanmar is also implementing new private housing projects there, offering land lease grant for 30 years for the establishment.

The cyber city, which covers an overall area of 10,000 acres (4,050 hectares), located in the hilly Pyin Oo Lwin near a highway, 67 km east of the second largest city of Mandalay in the north, and 20 percent of the cyber city area produce software and hardware.

The internet of the cyber city not only links with the whole country but also connect neighboring China, Thailand and India.

With the establishment of the cyber city, more and more local and foreign information technology (IT) companies have sought investment in the cyber city for the development of IT business undertakings.


Editor: An