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Myanmar moving towards
‘Satellite Sovereignty’
following the success of
the country’s first
Satellite Forum
11 December 2014
Following the huge
success of Myanmar’s
first Satellite Forum,
the Myanmar government
has outlined plans to
launch its own satellite
within five years with
‘an open, fair and
transparent tendering
process.’ The debate
will also be continued
at next year’s Myanmar
Satellite Forum, set to
take place on 18th
November 2015 alongside
Communicast 2015 at
Myanmar Event Park,
Yangon.
Myanmar’s first
Satellite Forum
attracted overwhelming
support from
international satellite
operators, manufacturers
and launch providers,
including: APT Satellite
Company,Air Mandalay,
Arianespace, AsiaSat,
Comsys, , Eutelsat, ,
Hughes,MHI Launch
Services, Marsh, Newtec,
O3B Networks, Optus, ,
SES, Speedcast, Thales
Alenia Space and .
Platinum sponsors of the
event were Intelsat,
Gilat and ABS.
Keynote speaker at the
event and Deputy
Minister, Ministry of
Communications and
Information Technology
Myanmar H.E. U Thaung
Tin said: “The Myanmar
Satellite Forum has been
a very successful launch
event, providing the
opportunity for both the
Ministry to have a
better understanding of
the options available
and for the Myanmar
business community to
associate itself with a
key industry sector.
While the national
priority is for Myanmar
to have its own
satellite, it is also
important that by
opening the market the
Ministry enhances the
development of the
broader ICT industry.”
“Although there is no
timeline for the launch
of a satellite, the
selection process will
follow that of the
international mobile
licences, with an open,
fair and transparent
tendering process,
followed by public
consultation. We look
forward to supporting
the second Forum in a
year’s time,” he added.
The
event featured a diverse
range of topics
including: ‘The Role for
Satellite Throughout
Myanmar,’ digital
villages and community
access points, the
opportunity for
broadband panels to
stimulate ‘Rapid
Advances in Social and
Economic Development,’
‘The Importance of
e-Government,’ ‘Distance
Learning and e-Health,’
plus ‘Economic & Social
Sustainability in Asia,’
‘Mobile Satellite
Backhaul,’ ‘Disaster
Recovery and Enterprise
Services in sectors such
as Oil & Gas, Banking
and Mining.’
"The Government had
already shown its
commitment with the
granting of two
international mobile
licences and this sent a
strong message to the
world that Myanmar is
committed to
infrastructure
development on a truly
massive scale,” said
Overseas Exhibition
Services Ltd and Event
Director, Rupert Owen.
"This year’s forum was a
huge success and we are
looking forward to
building on that success
for next year, making
Myanmar’s Satellite
Forum bigger, better and
even more
internationally
significant,” he added.
With the Ministry aiming
to increase the
teledensity of Myanmar
from around 20% in 2014
to 75% in financial year
2015/2016 the
opportunities for
suppliers are bright,
especially with the
opening up of the ISP,
broadband, banking and
broadcasting
markets.
The
Myanmar Satellite Forum
will return on 18th
November 2015 alongside
Communicast 2015 at
Myanmar Event Park,
Yangon. More than 2000
professional vistors
attended the first
CommuniCast show, with
the Satellite Forum
attracting 169
delegates.
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