Presented by U. ZARNE aung

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Brief about Myanmar
Brief on Telecom Sector
Function of PTD
Telecom Law and Sector Reform
Presented by U. ZARNE aung Secretary of Technical
Work Group on Telecom and ICT standards
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Brief about Myanmar
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Geography

• largest on the mainland in south-east Asia
• total land area of 676,577 square kilometer
• International borders of 5858 Kilometer with-
• Bangladesh ,India ,China, Thailand and Laos
  
• total coastal line length 2832kilometer.
• 2090 kilometer (north to south )and 925
  kilometer
• (east to west ).

Topography

• 50 of mountains and forests (northern and
  
• eastern)

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Brief about Myanmar( Cont)
Population

• 60 million Population
• 135 ethnic groups
• seven states and seven divisions
• 70 of the population live in rural area
• and occupied in agriculture sector.

Natural Resources
Nay Pyi Taw, The new capital

• the agriculture based economy
• rice, minerals, teak and hardwood forest,
  onshore
• and offshore oil fields, precious stones
  and pearls
• of the highest quality.

Capital

• Nay Pyi Taw

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Telecom Policy

• To increase the deployment of national
  telecommunications infrastructure.
• To provide a financially viable
  telecommunications sector conductive to
  sustainable investment in telecommunications
  infrastructure.
• To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
  telecommunications service delivery to end users.
• To provide telecommunication services at the
  affordable price.
• To fulfill universal services obligation to the
  people

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ICT Policy

• Promote cooperation for ICT development
• Enhance competitiveness of the ICT sectors
• Promote cooperation to reduce digital divide
• Promote cooperation between State and private
  sectors
• Increase the availability of information
  technologies to all the citizens of our country.

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Function of Posts and Telecommunications
Department
Basically, PTD's function as a regulator is to
support the Ministry on its policy making
functions and to provide regulatory and legal
support to the Union Ministry.The main duties and
responsibilities of PTD include-1)    Supervises
the operation of telecommunications and postal
services2)    Coordinating and cooperating with
international organizations 2)    RF Spectrum
management 3)    Issuing and regulating different
licenses 4)    Issuing and regulating different
telecommunications related certificates 5)  
 Studying modern telecommunications technology
and advise the authorities. 6)    Maintain list
of telecommunications equipments within the
country
Spectrum allocation and spectrum assignment are
done on first-come first-served basic and to
national interest. Currently, any person wishing
to use a telecommunication equipment in Myanmar
requires a prior-allowance or licenses from PTD.
Network operators also require licenses from PTD.
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License Issued by Posts and Telecommunications
Department
Home Radio License (deleted) Commercial Radio
License(deleted) Maintenance Repair License
TV receiver license / Video Player
License(deleted) Demonstration license
(deleted) Dealer License (deleted) WAN license
/ WAN Service license Public Access Centre
License Certification Authority Radio Station
License
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Current Regulatory Status

• New telecom law had been promulgated on
  8-10-2013.
• New law allows international and domestic private
  sector can participate in free and fair
  competition.
• Series of the following 5 regulation is posted on
  the web for public consultation-
• (1) Draft License rule
• (2) Draft Spectrum rule
• (3) Draft Consumer Protection rule
• (4) Draft Access and Interconnection rule
• (5) Draft Numbering rule

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Telecom Reform Trend
Government Monopoly
Fully Competition
Infrastructure Expansion by Budget
Infrastructure Expansion by Investment
Barrier to Foreign Investment
Legal Framework to FDI
SIM distribution by Rashin ( Not depend on Market
demand)
Rapid Growth of tele-density exciding 75-80 by
2015-2016
Regulator is a government Department
Regulator is a facilitator to develop telecom
Industry
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NETWORK FACILITIES SERVICE (NFS) LICENSE

• Facilities based and permits provision of
  telecommunications services .
• Types of activities authorized by the NFS license
  include , but are not limited to , construction/
  operation of and provision of telecommunications
  services over
• Terrestrial fixed line transmission facilities
• Terrestrial radio transmission facilities
• Submarine cable facilities Satellite earth
  station facilities
• Mobile base station facilities and
• Passive infrastructure used to deploy
  telecommunications networks

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NETWORK SERVICE (NS) LICENSE

• Services- based license , but not facilities-
  based .
• No network permitted , except for switches ,
  routers and processing equipment necessary to
  provide the licensed service (s.)
• Authorized activities include telecommunications
  services that require leasing international
  transmission capacity and / or access to numbers
  pursuant to the Numbering Regulations,
  including, but not limited to
• Wireline connectivity services ,Terrestrial
  wireless connectivity services
• Satellite uplink and downlink connectivity
  services
• International and domestic network transport and
  switching services and
• International gateway services

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APPLICATION SERVICE (AS) LICENSE

• Services -based, but no facilities. No network
  permitted, except for switches, routers and
  processing equipment necessary to provide the
  licensed service (s.)
• Generally does not authorize the licensee to
  offer telecommunications services on an
  international basis or those requiring scarce
  spectrum resources or numbers .
• Activities authorized by the AS license include
  , but are not limited to
• Public payphone services
• Public switched data services
• Audiotext hosting services provided on an opt.in
  basis
• Directory services Messaging services and Value
  added services.
• Internet service provider services

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NETWORK FACILITIES (NF) LICENSE

• Facilities based, but no services.
• NF is a passive infrastructure license
• Authorizes construction, deployment and
  maintenance of passive telecommunications
  network infrastructure and the lease of such
  infrastructure to an NFS licensee.
• Authorized activities relate to the deployment
  and maintenance of any type of passive network
  infrastructure relating to civil engineering and
  non electronic elements, including, but not
  limited to
• Towers Masts Ducts Trenches Poles and Dark
  fiber.

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Welcome to Myanmar
Thank you