Myanmar to get VoIP system in mobile phones

YANGON, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) system in mobile phones will be soon available in some main cities of Myanmar after completion of installation a fiber cable network for providing the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) service, the local weekly Myanmar Post News reported Wednesday.


VoIP is included in one of the services of the Fiber-to-the- Home (FTTH) which can provide over 20 international and local TV channels, broadband internet and fax service in addition to the VoIP.

The FTTH Service, one of the high standard communication technologies, will be provided in Yangon, Mandalay and Pyin Oo Lwin in early this year.

VoIP system enables users to see the face of each other on the screen.

The phone number apply 7 digits and same kind of mobile phones can only be used for linking.

Meanwhile, Myanmar is building more cross-border fiber optic links with more neighboring countries in addition to China, Thailand and India to improve domestic internet communication links.

According to the telecommunications authorities, the newly introduced fiber optic links will be with Vietnam, Bangladesh and Laos.

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