CAT moves toward Myanmar as AEC telecommunication market booming

CAT was one of the delegates that aimed at broadening the telecommunication market into its neighbor country, including investment plan on the NNI (Network-to-Network Interface) with the Leading Myanmar network provide on IP service network. CAT is capable of providing MPLS, IP-VPN service that will be connected from Yangon through Mae Sot in Tak province and Mae Sai in Chiang Rai province by terrestrial network, as well as the submarine cable network, SMW3 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-Western Europe 3), that will be landing on Thai southern province, Satun.

 Among other partners, leading Lao network provider has already connected NNI with CAT. The next step for CAT is to set up NNI between Thailand and Cambodia at the end of 2016, in according to support the ASEAN economic growth that is steadily in progress.

CAT has invested and co-invested with business partner among ASEAN countries in connecting telecommunication network and planning on network development of the international hard infrastructure in the future. The upcoming project including terrestrial network connectivity among Indo-China countries through network in China and  the Greater Mekong Sub-Region Information Superhighway Network (GMS-ISN). There will be researching and development on the international network through submarine cable system from the Gulf of Thailand to the Pacific Ocean and from the Andaman Sea to the Indian Ocean in supporting the idea of ASEAN Digital Hub. These projects will enrich the telecom connectivity among the region at its highest efficiency and also supporting the growing demand on digital data that Thailand expecting to be ASEAN digital hub.

CAT has recently upgraded the service capacity at the Singapore Node to support the increasing demand through a year, as well as plan to providing Internet Gateway Node very soon. In Hong Kong which is needed more bandwidth connecting with China and other countries, CAT has continuously upgraded the service capacity.

The significant conference CAT had attended so far this year including the Asian Carriers Conference (ACC 2016) in Cebu, Philippines and also the Myanmar Connect 2016 at Nye Pyi Taw  that justify the good relationships between CAT and the leading Global Service Provider that will bring the better cooperation on service and technology development among partners in the regions.