Off the wire
• Chinese research vessel sails for Antarctica  • Cambodia needs 5.23 bln USD for 3-year public investment program  • China's economic fundamentals remain sound  • Xinhua China-related world news summary at 1130 GMT, July 8  • Roundup: Pakistan seeks NATO backing for Afghan peace process  • German net exports slump in May  • Indian stocks close lower  • Number of new asylum seekers in Germany decline in first half of 2016  • Air traffic expected to increase in Namibia  • Philippine bourse closes up as investors await U.S. job data  
You are here: 　 Home

Myanmar stresses need for developing broadband infrastructure, ICT for economic growth

Xinhua, July 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Myanmar extensively needs broadband infrastructure and development of information and communication technology (ICT) to facilitate delivering a digital society for economic growth and industrial transformation, an official said Friday.

U Kyaw Myo, deputy minister of transport and communications, made the remarks here at the first Myanmar Broadband Forum.

The forum, themed "Better Connected Myanmar," was hosted by the transport and communications ministry and co-organized by China-based Huawei.

The forum served as a platform for government agencies, local operators and service providers, and international stakeholders to shape a shared agenda of accelerated broadband growth in the country.

Broadband network development in Myanmar is facing a variety of challenges and requiring collaboration across industries and sectors.

The main challenges are reducing the infrastructure deficit for sustainable improvements in quality of broadband service and transformation of government to be a Digital and Smart Government by improved e-governance.

At present, the country's fixed broadband penetration rate is less than 1 percent. The government has targeted to achieve the Internet coverage for 85 percent of population. Endit