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Telenor plans to provide video call services

Telenor is preparing to provide online and mobile services formaking video calls and will also launch Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), sources from Telenor Myanmar say.

The video calls are not presently available in Myanmar and the mobile phone users are demanding for video telecommunication services, allowing two-way communications with live video and audio.

“The voice call and video call services will be included in our SIM cards. We will use current terrestrial internet lines and if there was not enough bandwidth, we will expand the internet lines. The internet speed will be averagely 1 Mbps but the speed will depend on location. We will announce the call charges just before we sell the SIM cards,” Telenor Myanmar CEO Peter Furberg said.

“Although the call is made at live core network, we planned to give the service on mobile phones too,” an engineer from Telenor Myanmar explained.

The users have to use internet calling service such as Tango, Viber and Skype to make video calls. Should they call from mobile devices; the phones have to have the function installed. The 3G service is required to enable the mobile phones making video calls. The online video calls can be made anywhere with internet access.

Communications and Information Technology Minister Myat Hein made a first video call on April 7 via Telenor Myanmar’s live core network using a Huawei handset. The call was from Telenor Data Centre located about 22 kilometres from Yangon to Telenor Myanmar’s headquarters in Bahan Township.

The calling and internet surfing used the 3G network with the speed of 5Mbps.



Source: http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5784:telenor-plans-to-provide-video-call-services&catid=44:national&Itemid=384

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