Japanese technology boosts telecommunication

Myanmar, Nov 03 (ANI): Myanmar, which is one of the last underdeveloped telecommunication markets in Asia, lags behind its neighbours in Southeast Asia. Only few people have access to fixed telephone lines here. Since the first Internet connections were established in 2000, Internet services in Myanmar still remain slow and unstable. Faults due to construction work causes frequent connection failure and are often not repaired. However, the situation has now changed as many people here are getting affordable mobile services as Myanmar Post and Telecommunications (MPT) joined hands with two foreign firms - Qutar's Ooredoo and Norway's Telenor - to build up the country's cellular infrastructure last year. In 2012, only 2.5 percent of the population had access to mobile, but now the SIM cards are easily available at a reasonable price. Following liberalisation, Myanmar's telecommunication service market is widely opening. Over the next year, the government plans to provide a license to the