Yangon - Google will prioritize the development of Internet surfing system and useful software for Myanmar, the visiting Executive Chairman of Google Inc. said.
Eric Schmidt also urged Myanmar
government to build political and economical conditions to accommodate
less censorship in the Internet.
Schmidt attended an IT conference at MICT Park, Yangon, and yesterday.
“When the youth and technology combined,
the country will be rich. It makes me glad to hear the views of the
children teaching their grandparents with their small voice how to use
the internet. It’s better if the government reduce its censorship on
internet. The government only wants to hear the good things and dislike
the bad things of them on internet. The internet can show the way to
develop stronghold for political and economical conditions in Myanmar,”
Eric Schmidt said in the conference.
“Google’s main concern for Myanmar is
that they will make better to use Google search engine, to make easily
available for handy software, to develop better Google translation and
Google Map. According to the statistics of the World Bank, we saw that
only 1 per cent of total population in Myanmar has a chance to use
internet, while the mobile usage is under 10 per cent. It may be because
of no basic infrastructure in the communications sector and the high
internet charged. The government needs to privatize the infrastructure
in the telecommunication sector. In a couple of years, the
telecommunication companies will be the most profitable business in this
country. The government will require to help the local companies to
compete with big firms from overseas in the communications sector.
Privatization will be more developed when the private banking system is
developed. We will help the Myanmar citizen from rural areas to use
internet and surf the general knowledge using search engine in addition
to people from urban areas. Most of the webpage are in English language
and has only a handful of websites in Myanmar language,” he continued.
Eric Schmidt visited to North Korea during January and went to India before coming to Myanmar.
Eric Schmidt visited to North Korea during January and went to India before coming to Myanmar.
Google Myanmar Services include Gmail, Google+, Google Search and Google Nexus.
Google users from Myanmar are able to use Google websites with Myanmar sub-domain just a day before Schmidt's visit.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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