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Providing digital literacy to the growing online communities in Myanmar was at the focal point of Telenor Myanmar’s 18th edition of Net Monday, which took place on August 31.
The event was joined by Myanmar Blogger Society (MBS), attracting the participation of close 100 attendees.
In the panel discussion, representatives from MBS and Telenor Myanmar discussed together with participants about the importance of blogs and bloggers to build stronger online communities in Myanmar.
“We have been seeing that the internet adaption in Myanmar is faster than we expected. According to our own data, more than 55 percent of Telenor users are data users. So it is important for us to provide digital literacy for all of our customers and to support the growing online community in Myanmar,” said Sharad Mehrotra, chief marketing officer of Telenor Myanmar.
Importance of Myanmar language content on the internet was also discussed by the participants.
“MBS urged to use Myanmar language so that internet users can read more and participate in the online community development. The MBS and participants have recommendation for service providers and operators to assist the online content development,” said Thu Yain Aung, an expert on social media marketing from Telenor Myanmar.
“The MBS and participants generally agreed to have a same platform so that all internet users can support for the development of content in Myanmar language. As an operator, we believe that we can continue to work closely with the bloggers, IT experts and others to assist the online community development.”
Net Monday is a monthly activity initiated by Telenor Myanmar to promote its “Internet for All” mission. In each Net Monday, Telenor arranges dialogue on topics relevant to the growing digital and online community. Each event brings together a panel of local and international experts to discuss and debate specific topics of interest to local programmers, web designers, bloggers, developers, technical experts, and representatives from local or international internet and technology companies.
Telenor has hosted Net Monday events in Yangon, Mandalay, Magwe and Bago, following Telenor’s mobile rollout areas. This has included Net Monday events at Dagon University, Mandalay University, Bago University, Magwe University and Hmawbi Technological University and Pathein University.
From:Myanmar Business Today