SingTel to provide Internet access

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SingTel to provide Internet access link in Myanmar
Posted on 10/26/99, 11:36 AM CST. Email this story to a friend.
Source: Singtel.
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Myanmar is the latest among a growing number of countries in the
Asia-Pacific region to establish Internet connectivity via Singapore Telecom
's Internet Exchange (SingTel IX). SingTel is the first foreign company to
work with a commercial partner in Myanmar to set up an Internet link in the
country.

Eagle IT Co Ltd is currently providing commercial email service in Myanmar
to the private sector. The company has been appointed by the Myanmar
authorities to set up an educational intranet and internet service. Internet
traffic to Myanmar via SingTel IX will be delivered via VSAT services using
SingTel's own satellite, ST-1. Since its launch in August last year, the
number of regional ISPs establishing Internet connectivity via ST-1 has been
growing steadily.

SingTel IX was set up in 1995 to promote Singapore as a top Internet hub in
the Asia Pacific. Today more than 40 ISPs in 20 countries in the Asia
Pacific are accessing the Internet via SingTel IX using Singapore as a
gateway. These includes ISPs in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal,
India, Brunei, Malaysia, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia,
Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Australia.

"SingTel has done well in the face of tough competition from global Internet
service providers in the US," said Mr Victor Kwok, SingTel's Managing
Director of Global Services Development. "Internet exchange traffic has
grown 180 times to more than 90 Mbps since we first started in 1995. In
fact, some ISPs are so pleased with us for helping them increase their
subscriber base, they have signed up for more links and higher bandwidths."

"Through SingTel IX, multinationals operating in the region can route their
communications to destinations within the Asia Pacific area without going
through the Internet core in the US," said Mr Kwok. "And since Internet
communication is two-way traffic, the Singapore Internet community is also
able to access Internet resources in the region faster. They can access
Asian Web sites, send and receive e-mail, and transfer and retrieve files -
all at a higher speed. It makes it easier and cheaper to do business over
the Internet."

SingTel has invested substantially in building up our Internet backbone
bandwidth. In June this year, SingTel teamed up with several leading
carriers in Asia to establish a Point of Presence at the Palo Alto Internet
Exchange on the West Coast of the United States. This 270 Mbps Internet
backbone will provide a more direct and less costly connection path for
Internet traffic between Asia and the US and vice versa.