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Myanmar to allow opening of more public access centersYANGON, Apr 22, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Myanmar Teleport will allow opening of more public access centers (PAC) in the country to facilitate communication links, the leading weekly Yangon Times reported Wednesday, quoting the Myanmar Info-tech. Although there has been many PAC in the biggest city of Yangon, it lacks in the rural areas and such establishment will be priortized for those areas, the country's biggest internet service provider said. According to the Info-tech, the number of PAC went up from merely 20 in 2003 to 463 during the past three years with 44 townships having such centers -- 355 in Yangon, 15 in Mandalay and 93 in other townships. Myanmar has planned full coverage of PAC in every township in the future to further the internet link. According to the telecommunications authorities, the number of internet users in Myanmar has reached over 300,000, up from merely dozens four years ago. Myanmar has been striving for the development of information and communication technology (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 kilometers 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 connects neighboring China, Thailand and India. With the establishment of the cyber city, more and more local and foreign IT companies have sought investment in the cyber city for the development of IT business undertakings. |