Contributed by SCAO Yangon’s Media & Digital Dept Senior Executive Mr Nyei Htet (Kenneth)

April 2020

Mandalay & Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

We are proceeding with the smart city project PoC (Proof of Concept) in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw from last year. In Mandalay, we have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between SC-NEX and the city, and plan to provide and implement 10 gateways and 5 of each kind of water meter, asset tracking, environmental sensors, health sensors and dustbin sensors.

In Nay Pyi Taw, we have signed a MOU in this month and plan to provide 147 automatic LED streetlight, 10 gateways and 5 of each kind of water meter, asset tracking, environmental sensors, and health sensors. As of now, SC-NEX, Yangon office and both cities are monitoring the Covid-19 situation to start implementation. SCSKAP and SCSK Myanmar are also supporting this project.

MCDC, SC-NEX, SCAO Yangon and MPT held a discussion on smart city project initiation on 9 August 2019