G l o b a l T e c h n o l o g y G r o u p , a telecommunications service provider, introduced its international gateway services and its content platform service on December 15. It becomes the first local-owned private international gateway service (IGS) provider. The Global Technology Group’s IGS will provide secured cross border connectivity through affordable networks for Myanmar business enterprises and high-quality internet connection with a reasonable price for Myanmar households.
“Back in 2003, price per 1Mbps speed of internet package was $300 and today $8 per 1Mbps. With more and more international gateway service providers in the market, the prices will be even lower in the next few years. This is the first time that licenses for international gateway services have been awarded to the private sector. We are currently waiting for a final check and approval from the regulator, PTD (Posts and Telecommunications Department) to go into the commercial launch soon. This international gateway service will be key contribution factor for the Myanmar Digital Economy,” said Thein Than Toe, CEO of Global Technology Group. Global Technology Group is partnering with Cisco Systems for the development of the infrastructure for international gateway services. “Southeast Asia is now the world’s third largest region for internet users — with more people online than the entire U.S. population if everyone in the country have access to the internet, it’s going to exponentially improve the economy and the education sector as well. Global Technology Group’s IGS will play very important part in the digital transformation of Myanmar and the world,” said Promporn Ketudat, Director of Operations Sales, Thailand and Indochina of Cisco System.
“It’s exciting to see these innovations that can develop when you combine Silicon Valley technology and Myanmar entrepreneurships. Today, we are fortunate enough to be celebrating the result of a positive collaboration. The partnership between Global Technology Group and Cisco Systems to provide international gateway services definitely indicate the growth potential of these relationships,” said Zara Dang, Executive Director of American Chamber of Commerce Myanmar.
international gateway system will be connected to China and India as well as further investments in submarine cables will be carried out as part of its Phase II. Currently, the international gateway service connectivity is a crossborder terrestrial connectivity between Myanmar and Thailand. Additionally, as part of Global Technology Group’s plans to provide high quality video-on-demand services to Myanmar public, the Group has signed content delivery service partnerships with Silicon Valley-based Harmonic Inc., a video delivery infrastructure and France-based Viaccess-Orca, a global solutions provider of Over-the-top (OTT) media services and TV platforms. The group will be launching a videoon-demand content service platform called La La Kyi in 2018, under the name Global Innovations Media and it will serve as a convergence platform for Myanmar entertainment industry by introducing state of the art world class movie applications for Myanmar audience.
