Myanmar Plans Full Coverage of Public Access Centers in Whole Country

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2009-02-24 20:30:56 Xinhua Web Editor: Xu Leiying

Myanmar has planned full coverage of public access centers (PAC) in every township in the country to facilitate communication links, according to the Myanmar Info-Tech Tuesday.

Over 400 PAC opened in 44 townships in Myanmar since 2004, the sources said, adding that plans are underway to open more PAC in the remaining townships especially in the rural areas.

According to the telecommunications authorities, the number of internet users in Myanmar has reached over 300,000, up from merely dozens in four years ago.

Myanmar has been striving for the development of ICT to contribute its part to the national economic development. In December 2007, Myanmar's first largest ICT park, also known as the Yadanabon Myothit Cyber City, was introduced in Pyin Oo Lwin, a northern city of Myanmar in Mandalay division.

The cyber city, which covers an overall area of 10,000 acres (4, 050 hectares), is 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.