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Chinese Company to Build Auto-Telephone Exchanges for Myanmar

A Chinese company, the China National Electronics Import and Export Shenzhen Company, has reached a contract with the Myanmar telecommunications authorities on building 13,500-line-capacity digital auto-telephone exchanges in 12 towns in Myanmar at a cost of 6.5 million U.S. dollars.


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A Chinese company, the China National Electronics Import and Export Shenzhen Company, has reached a contract with the Myanmar telecommunications authorities on building 13,500-line-capacity digital auto-telephone exchanges in Myanmar.

The contract was signed between the Chinese company and the state-run Myanma Posts and Telecommunications on Wednesday. The signing ceremony was attended by, among others, Myanmar Minister of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brigadier-General Thein Zaw.

Under the contract, new digital auto-telephone exchanges will be built in 12 towns in Myanmar including Meiktila, Mandalay division, at a cost of 6.5 million U.S. dollars and machines will be installed within 18 months.

There are over 280,000 telephones in operation in Myanmar with 569 exchange stations. The number of telephones increased from over 67,000 in 1988, while that of exchange stations rose from 245 then.

During the past 13 years, modern digital auto-telephone exchanges have replaced the old communication system. However, its communication facilities still call for improvement to keep pace with other developing countries.

According to official statistics, Myanmar possesses only one telephone per 200 people now.





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