Ooredoo Myanmar and HOG, the first Esports Center in Myanmar announced their partnership though signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop E-sports among the youth in Myanmar to reach to international level.
HOG is the first international LANGaming Center in Myanmar opening in 2017 to promote Myanmar E-sports Industry though consecutive activities such as tournament, festivals and contests. It is one of E-sports Arena with space and facilities able to hold International E-sports tournament. Through the partnership with HOG, Ooredoo provides customized bandwidth performance and speed dedicated fiber internet access with special rate to HOG because Ooredoo wants the gamers to enjoy the best customer experience though its network. In addition, Ooredoo sets up a sales booth at HOG E-sports Center to support with products sales and customer support. Vikram Sinha, CEO of Ooredoo Myanmar said, “We are very glad to our partnership with HOG E-sports Center to support together with HOG for the development of E-sports among the youths in Myanmar to reach to international level. We believe that with our reliable speed though Ooredoo B2B dedicated fiber internet access, all E-sport gamers can enjoy the internet to gain their achievement.”
Kaung Htet San, CEO and Founder of HOG said,” According to our motto, “Because you deserve the best”, we want all gamers to have proper trainings with reliable high speed internet. Therefore, we partner with Ooredoo which provides us reliable internet speed with excellent customer service for 24/7 for our activities. Now, the gamers can enjoy the internet for their gaming activities to reach international level.”
The first E-sports trainings and competitions were held at Stanford University in the USA around 1972 by using ICT and computers. Now, Esports becomes popular in most parts of the world and even in Myanmar. HOG E-sports Center in Yangon is opened with the approval from Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication, Ministry of Health and Sports and Ministry of Home Affairs.
