Conference onIT Utilization to Strengthen

Economic and Social Infrastructure

Conference onIT Utilization to Strengthen

Economic and Social Infrastructure

Myanmar Country ReportThein Htut, Vice President.

Myanmar Computer Federation

October 2016

Myanmar At Glance

• Myanmar is a country in South East Asia. • Its full name is the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar. It is also sometimes called Burma. • Myanmar is the largest land mass country in

South East Asia that is not an island. • Bordered by Bangladesh, India, China, Laos

and Thailand. • One-third of Myanmar's total perimeter of

1,930 km (1,200 miles) forms coastline along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.

• Population 52.254 millions (2016 est.)

Myanmar At Glance (cont.)Myanmar At Glance (cont.)

Location 19° 45′ 0″ N, 96° 6′ 0″ ECapital Nay Pyi DawLargest City YangonArea 676,578 km2 (40th largest) (261,227 sq mi)Population & Annual growth rate

51,486,253 (2014 Census), Diverse ethnic groups, 0.89% slow rate

Population Density 76.1/km2 (125th) 196.8/sq miAdministration 70% of the population live in rural area

Seven State and Seven Region + Nay Pyi DawEconomy the Agri-based economyNatural Resource rice, minerals, teak and hardwood forest,

onshore and offshore oil fields, precious stones, jade and pearls

Basic IndicatorsICT Indicators

Start Computer 1970…

Mobile Penetration Over 90% (2016)

Land Line 4.8%/household (2014)

Internet at Home 6.2%

PC Penetration Over 3.5% (2014)

Internet Penetration 20% (2016)

Internet Bandwidth 48.6 GBps (2016-Feb)

Fiber Connection 8,055.296 km (primary)

Mobile stations 7,130

Microwave Stations 349

Mobile Operator 3 + 1

ICT Development Index 142 (ITU 2015)

E-Government Index 169 of 193 (2016)

Economic Outlook

GDP $283.532 billion (PPP) (2015)$311.0 billion (2016 est.)

GDP growth 8.5% (2014 est.)

GDP per capita $5,468 (PPP) (2015)$5,952 (2016 est.)

GDP per capita, current prices

$1,291 (2015)$1,416 (2016 est.)

GDP by sector agriculture: 37.1%, industry: 21.3%, services: 41.6% (2014 est.)

Inflation (CPI) 11.48% (2015), 9.59% (2016 est)

below poverty line 26%

HDI 0.538 (143rd)

Labour force by occupation

agriculture: 70%, industry: 7%, services: 23% (2001)

Source: International Monterey Fund

ICT Development Index

Myanmar e-Government and e-Participation Index

Myanmar telecoms sector: Current statusMyanmar telecoms sector: Current status

2010 2011 2012 2013 Q3 2014 Q3 2015 Q3 2016 Q2Subscribers millions SIMs 1 2.4 3.1 6 9.3 32.6 43.72Mobile Peneration% 2.00% 4.80% 6.10% 9.50% 18.20% 63.00% 89.38%

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• Mobile internet is growing at very fast rate

• International bandwidth per capita is booming

• Internet budgets are still very low (12$ per month)

• Fixed broadband connection remain mostly unaffordable

• Mobile 3G is only way to connect Internet for most

• Facebook is the #1 reason people go online

Mobile Sector Liberalization

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MCFMCF

MCPAMCPA MCIAMCIA MCEAMCEA

Law

Council

States & Regions

Government

Non-Government Organizations

Brief about Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF)Brief about Myanmar Computer Federation (MCF)

• Myanmar Computer Professionals Association (Est. 1998)

• 10,000 + IT Students & Professionals

MCPA

• Myanmar Computer Industry Association (Est. 1998)

• 700 + Corporations

MCIA

• Myanmar Computer Enthusiasts Association (Est. 1998)

• 100,000 + Basic Education Student members

MCEA

• To contribute the emergence of knowledge economy through ICT• To promote the ICT Utilization of Government, Private and citizens• To promote and assistant for Education Sector.• To bridge the Digital divide throughout the country• ICT Policies recommendations and to promote ICT for development.• Collaboration of international industries and ICT associations and catalyst with government.• Technical Seminars and Workshops• Training & ICT Labs, ICT Caravans • ICT Business Plan Contest & Awards (Local, oversea scholarships and academic awards)• ICT exhibitions and trade fairs (local and international)• Facilitate libraries, resources, and research to members.

• To contribute the emergence of knowledge economy through ICT• To promote the ICT Utilization of Government, Private and citizens• To promote and assistant for Education Sector.• To bridge the Digital divide throughout the country• ICT Policies recommendations and to promote ICT for development.• Collaboration of international industries and ICT associations and catalyst with government.• Technical Seminars and Workshops• Training & ICT Labs, ICT Caravans • ICT Business Plan Contest & Awards (Local, oversea scholarships and academic awards)• ICT exhibitions and trade fairs (local and international)• Facilitate libraries, resources, and research to members.

MCF: Objectives, Main Activities & Focus Areas

SOFTWARE & ICT PARKSSOFTWARE & ICT PARKS1 . Ya n g o n

The first software/ICT park in Myanmar, known as Myanmar ICT Park was established in 2001, in Yangon.

2 . M a n d a l a yThe second software/ICT park was established in Mandalay at 2003 and extend more in near furfure.

3. YatanarponYatanarpon Cyber city (north of Mandalay) is a much larger zone, focused on soft-based industries, hardware manufacturing. It is managed by the government but still need to mature.

4. Yangon Cyber CityMCF is leading as developer at new ICT area over 120 hectares of land plot development, Yangon ICT City with local investors for development of new ICT city near Yangon area. Land is secure and development is ongoing. 10

Myanmar ICT Park

Mandalay ICT Park

Yadanarpon Cyber City

Yangon Cyber City

ICT Sector Business Statistics

Source: MCIA & SIDC, 2015

ICT Businesses by Categories

ICT Related Government Agencies

• Starting from 2016 Apr, newly elected government started after end of over 60 years military ruled administration.

• Previous Science and Technology Ministry and Education Ministry merged as Education Ministry.

• Previous Communication and Information Ministry and Transport Ministry merged as Transport and Communication Ministry (MoTC).

• The Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) is planning to become independent regulator.

• MPT is state owned operator now working together with KDDI.

Legal Development relating to ICT (2016-Sep)

1997 Computer Science Development Law

Going to revise soon

2004 Electronic Transactions Law

Electronic Transactions Law and the Wide Area Network Order (2002)

2013 Telecommunications Law

Telecom liberalization and open to telecom sector reform, licensing laws active.

2015 TV Broadcasting Law passed,

IP Laws in draft, Cyber Law in draft

2015 Work together with World Bank and ADB and later refining more details MoTC

E-Government Master Plan

Telecom Reform and liberalizationTelecom Reform and liberalization• The Posts and Telecommunications Department regulates

Myanmar’s telecommunications industry under the MCIT now MoTC.

• In 2012, the government announced plans to liberalize its telecom sector and invite foreign investment.

• June 2013, the government awarded international licenses to Norway’s Telenor and Qatar’s Ooredoo, allowing them to offer services and infrastructure alongside the state-owned MPT.

In April 2015, the MCIT, now MoTC, announced that it would award an operator license to the fourth telecom firm, Myanmar Economic Holding (ME), is planning to partnership with Vietnamese military-linked Viettel Group and The Myanmar National Telecom Holding Public Limited (a local consortium of 11 companies)

LICENSING CATEGORY Structure

NFS-I license authorizes any activities established under the NFS,

NS, AS and NF-C licenses

NS license authorizes any activities under

the NS and AS licenses (but not the

NF license)

AS license or NF license authorize only those activities specified in the respective licenses

Network ServiceNetwork Service

Network Facilities Service-I

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• Network Facilities Service (NFS) license {Individual}

• Network Services (NS) license

• Application Services (AS) license

• Network Facilities Service (NFS) {Class}

• Network Facilities Service (NFS) license {Individual}

• Network Services (NS) license

• Application Services (AS) license

• Network Facilities Service (NFS) {Class}

Telecom Licence Issued List up to 24-Aug-2016

No. Type of License Local Foreign Total

1 Nationwide Telecommunication License 1 2 3

2 Network Facilities Services License (Individual) 27 8 35

3 Network Service License 12 7 19

4 Network Facilities Services License (Class) 24 16 40

5 Application Service Licence 16 6 22Total 80 39 119

Review on Myanmar e-Governance ICT Master Plan – 2015

Technical Assistance 8398: MYA: Design of e-Governance Master Plan for the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar – Final Report

Asian Development Bank (ADB)30 June 2015Final Report – Version 10.0

Recommendations on IT Policies

Information Technology Policies

Technology Related Policies• Policy for Inter-Operability

and adoption of Open Standards

• Policy for use of Government Integration Framework

• Information Security Policy• Shared IT Infrastructure

(including Cloud) Policy• Digital Security and PKI Policy

Electronic Service Delivery

Related Policies

• Mandatory Electronic

Service Delivery Policy

• Multi-Channel Access

enablement Policy

• Electronic Payments Policy

Capacity Building Policies

• Digital Literacy and Skill

Up-gradation Policy

• Multi-lateral,

international and

academic Collaborative

skill-development policy

E-Governance Management

Policies

• Procurement Policy

• E-Governance budgetary

allocations policy

• Public-private partnership

policy for ICT

• Quality Assurance and

Validation Policies

Recommended ICT Council for strengthening e-Governance

Myanmar Challenges and Opportunities• Political stability is essential and improving can lead to social-economic development using ICT

• Need more standardizations. OpenSource and OpenData standards• Still migrating to Unicode standard from non-Unicode standard (long and confused)• National ID system, HR certification, Measurements, Location (zipcode) etc.

• Legal are driven force for industrial development. Speed up necessary ICT laws to pass quickly.

• Promote education enrollments (government need minimum secondary education), change education model. Add ICT skill from primary.

• More local contents for education, health, agriculture, banking, women etc. including apps. (e-Services). Promote Tourisms. Ministries need to update their web sites.

• Promote ICT utilization on rural area (+70% are in rural area)• Need electricity, transport, ICT literacy can increase well income society and community• e-Village projects can implement with local Ngos and help of local authority• ICT training should go more mobile and cloud advantage instead traditional desktop style.

• Strong CIO. Need ICT and social Champaign. Facilitate and utilize ngo/cso.

Open Master Plans are need agreement before

• Need Frameworks and visions for good-governance• Can not go ad hoc. All concern parties need strong plans, formulate best on

interests plan with specific time lines and public consultations.

• Leadership awareness, organization capacity and legal guide lines much needed.

• Stick on master plans with short, middle and long term mission. Already draft with master plans but policy makers need to adopt quickly.

• ICT Master Plans• E-Government Master Plan• Telecoms masterplan visions by 2020 • Next master plan like how to transform Digital Myanmar.

ICT HRD Status in MyanmarMinistry of Education (previously Ministry of Science & Technology)

Number of Computer Universities / Colleges 25

Total Number of ICT Professionals Per Year(Under/Post-grad: Diploma, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate)

7,500

Myanmar Computer Federation

Total Number of ICT Professionals Per Year(JITEE / MCPA Certification)

700

Private Total Number of ICT Professionals Per Year 1000+

Total output per year 10,000+

22

Newly Design ICT Universities2 COEs for University of Computer Studies Start from 2012-2013MIIT @ Mandalay cooperating with Bangalore Institute of Information Technology for post and undergrad course

Start at 2015

ICT Technicians

• Belief in TVET education that will be creation of talents resource for Myanmar and regions.

• Young generation in touch with tech and gadgets mean Myanmar have pool of potential IoT technicians.

• With proper short term training can make very good user supports. Networks engineers and CCTV technicians can promote to profession with proper training and certification.

• Graphics, music/sound and movie tech-guys can train.• ICT Literacy and digital divide gap can narrow with proper use of

youth. (Local government can generate jobs for development)

ICT Applications Sectors

Developers and applications in web and desktops development are available.

• Banking and Financial Sectors• Retails• Hotel and Tourism• EMR and HIS, HMS• ERP & MRP• Social and Life Style• Agriculture• Women and Childs• Handicaps

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Over hundreds local mobile applications developed

along side with typical standard

mobile apps are available

and still increasing in

list and quality.

Standard Social and communication apps.

Mobile banking, payment and ecommerce apps

Dictionary, translators and tourism guides.

Business Directory, travel and tour, 1Stop payment .

Mother and child cares, Agriculture and weather

Conclusion

• At 2016 Myanmar get big changes in political system over 60 years and US sanction lifted September can lead to new economic and social development.

• Traditionally education is Myanmar strength that will need to re-emerge. Young talents from Myanmar at abroad willing to pay back and participate.

• Telecom liberation is already started and see it fruits but internet need to improve in terms of speed, quality, coverage and reduce cost.

• Government is largest customer for local ICT business and it utilization and spending on IT can promote local ICT industry and professional development.

• Business opportunities will increase for local and international investors with proper plans, laws and promote that bring win-win situation.