ICT Development Status in Myanmar

Presented by Tun Khine Director, iNTEGRA Systems Executive committee (MCPA)

Brief about MyanmarGeography Geography Largest on the mainland in south-east Asia Bangladesh, India, China, Thailand and Laos Population Population 54 million Population 64 person per sq. km 75% live in rural area and occupied in International borders of 5858 Kilometer with -

agriculture sector. Topography Topography

- 50% of mountains and forests (northernand eastern)

ICT InfrastructureNational backbone Cross border Fiber Link : Fiber link between major cities : India-Myanmar China-Myanmar Thai-Myanmar International Link Last Mile Link : Sea-Me-We(3) Cable, Satellite : Dedicated Link : Wireless, Broad Band Access, ADSL : MPT Satellite Terminal Special networks : Ministry of Science and Technology Network : Educational Intranet, : Medical education network : Industrial Network

Internet Infrastructure Number of ISPs Internet Subscriber User connectivity Now widely used by citizen Cyber caf / PAC Internet User 350 91,320 2 10,000 Dial-up, ADSL, WLL

Mostly subscribed by govt. and Military officials in previous

- Satellite is main international connectivity Country domain name .mm

Thai Com 3

Myanmar Internet System ConfigurationThai Com I

Global Internet Backbone

2 Megabit

Gateway Router

Optical Fiber 20 Megabit

MTPRouter

Myanmar Teleport

2 Megabit 94 Megabit Sea-me-we 3 Submarine Cable Firewall Server Router 2 Megabit Router E1 User ADSL Network MPT Satellite ADSL Users

MPT Servers (1) Domain Name Server (2) Mail Server (3) Web Server (4) Account Server (5) Proxy ServerSatellite Users Telephone Network

X.25 Packet Switch Network

x 25 Users

Dialup/ISDN Users

Myanmar Teleport Telecom Infrastructure

Member (B)INTERNET

Terminals 4.5 Mbps 128 Kbps

Router Access Server Modems

Intranet Web Servers

MPTE-mail Users (Dial-up/ISDN)

Myanmar Teleport

PSTN-10 Member (A) (Dial-up Access)

PSTN-16 Member (E) (Dial-up Access)

MPTs Rural Communications System ConfigurationThaicom- 5 Satellite

iPSTAR Satellite

Internet & e-Mail

Fiber Cable

Fiber CableFiber Cable

C-Band MPT Satellite Terminal

ATA

Toegyaunggalay I.T.M.C

Thanlyin DiversityInternet & e-Mail

Ku-Band Gateway ISP PSTNKu-Band MPT Satellite Terminal ATA Analog Phones

1.2 m

VoIP

Overseas Communication

Analog Phones

Taungdwingyi C-Band Gateway

1.8 m

Population, Households & Telephone Lines (Oct,04)PSTN Area Name KACHIN(S) KAYAH(S) KAYIN(S) CHIN(S) SAGAING(D) TANINTHARY(D) BAGO(E+W)(D) MAGWE(D) MANDALAY(D) MON(S) RAKHINE(D) YANGON(D) SHAN(E+S+N)(S) AYERWADDY(D) Manual TOTAL Population 1,365,000 299,000 1,586,000 497,000 5,687,000 1,462,000 5,353,000 4,885,000 7,374,000 2,689,000 2,936,000 6,915,000 5,236,000 7,206,000 53,490,000 Household 216,165 45,078 271,713 69,552 990,257 218,122 900,725 827,306 1,190,718 432,384 47,965 1,091,552 876,753 1,310,216 8,488,546Installed Lines Connected Lines

MobileInstalled Lines Connected Lines

6,000 1,200 1,700 1,500 9,000 3,600 15,000 11,000 40,000 5,000 3,000 150,000 18,000 7,000 75,000 347,000

4,969 1,139 1,351 1,393 8,167 3,403 11,295 9,876 29,351 4,856 2,718 131,783 17,129 6,663 64,809 298,902

3,500 250 500 100 400 21,000 200 72,000 3,000 1,000 101,950

2,576 229 470 54 408 15,329 220 62,339 1,038 812 83,475

Activities of MCF Opening Public access centers (PAC) throughout the whole country Performs ICT seminars and workshops professionals and ICT industry Performs ICT Caravan to rural areas for the basic ICT awareness for the local people Scholarship programs for Human Resource Development with KADO (Korea), CICC, AOTS (Japan), ITEC (India), etc. MOU with Japan for conducting cross certification exam (ITPEC)

Myanmar Natural Language Processing Project1. 2. 3. 4. Basic Myanmar Language Support Development Development of Word-breaking Support OS Interface Development Office Interface Development

ICT IndustryNo. of ICT Companies : about 350

ICT Legal Frame WorkThree major pillars of Myanmar ICT laws are -

the Computer Science Development Law, 1996, the Electronic Transactions Law, 2004, the Wide Area Network Order.

It has been developed not by a systematic blueprint but by temporary needs ICT industry promotion function is very weak and no IP law yet.

eGovernment readiness index

Singapore Malaysia Philippines Thailand Brunei Indonesia Viet Nam Myanmar Cambodia Laos 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 W eb Index Telecom Index Human Index

Government-wide survey - KISDIStatus of ICT Infrastructure in the Myanmar GovernmentIT Infrastructure PCs network ed to LAN PCs networked to WAN Web-site E-mail Internet

100%

74.6%

31.6%

17.3%

84.3%

75.1%

Status of PCs, Internet, and E-Mail in the Government (per 100 persons)PC Internet E-mail

1.3

0.06

0.03

Government-wide survey - KISDI (contn.)

Major Issues to be Considered by e-Government Issues improving efficiency information sharing within organization time saving communication with local office communication with the state/division Percent 45.7 16.8 13.7 8.6 6.1

Vision and Objectives

International cooperation in eGovernment Drawing of ICT Master Plan in cooperation with Korea International Cooperation Agency(KOICA) and Korea Information Strategy Development Institute (KISDI)

With the loan (about 11 billion won) from Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (K-EDCF) in May 2005, the government made a contract to establish a Myanmar Basic e-Government System.

eGovernment plan, Myanmar

Major challenges in ICT area Unstable situations and slowdown in general economy Rigid policies and unwillingness for liberalization Brain-drain effect and lack of skilled personnel poor communications infrastructure the rise of fuel price and electricity problems intellectual property right

Conclusion Creation of Digital Opportunities within all sectors as a long term approach with international Cooperation and efforts Having current difficulties and barriers, Myanmar still has a great potential in ICT sector Hopefully the opening of the Yadanargon Cyber City The impact of the ICT Master Plan and Action Plan projects

ICT Development Status in Myanmar

THANK YOU.

Presented by Tun Khine Director, iNTEGRA Systems

Executive committee (MCPA)