Where should the communication tower from Yangon be moved?
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In the press conference from the Yangon Region Government for yearly performance history, Daw Nilar Kyaw, Minister of Electricity, Industry, Road and Communication, said that the communication towers will be removed from the roof of buildings in Yangon.
She said they have already started in some areas. However, there is no news from the companies and the public.
It is ambiguous that is ultimatum from the minister or still in discussion. Nevertheless, this is a popular news nowadays.
The minister said that the unlicensed communication fiber cables are also removed from street lamp posts.
She said those cables had a potential of electric shock as their color is the same as color of electric cables.
She said the permission to put the posts for those fiber cable will be given later.
In fact, the electric cables are quite different from fiber cables.
Moreover, no one is going to touch these cables whether electric or fiber.
People will contact the authority if there is any problem.
Maybe the minister is too worried for the public.
If that is a potential threat, it is needed to be done quickly.
As the electric cables in Yangon are disorganized, they should be cleared first.
A good system should be started to clear those cables from street post to home.
If we continued, it will be worse. It is not sure that more man power is needed or carelessness.
In some areas, the cables are put very close to trees.
During the rainy season, it is very dangerous. Those cables should be cleared.
In Yangon, there are lots of municipal land outside the city. In city center, the municipal land is full of street market.
Besides, the city is too populated. It is too crowded. It is only convenient for communication towers and WIFI repeaters to put on high buildings.
It is not possible to place a post in between the buildings. It will be difficult to make them higher than the buildings.
Thus, it will not be easy to find a better place than the roof of the buildings.
I do not know much about these networking technologies and so I am not quite sure about that.
But, according to people’s voice, it will be better to keep these communication posts on the roofs of buildings.
Even though radio communication is through the air, it is not everywhere. It is weak in some areas.
I remember it was needed to go to the balcony to get a better connection. It is still needed to do sometimes.
It is possible for telecommunication. But for WIFI, it will be difficult.
Not all the WIFI companies use fiber cables, any use Wireless.
For fiber, it is not a problem. It is not easy for Wireless.
For adjoining buildings, the connection speed has been significantly lowered.
In higher floors, the speed is okay.
In fact, it is not easy for telecommunication in apartments except high floor.
It should be higher than buildings nearby. At least it should be the same level.
It will not be easy to place the post on the ground as the Minister mentioned.
The project should be discussed between the government and professionals in telecommunication.
Actually, the people working in this industry have more experience than the Minister.
She should check both ends. It will be efficient to make a decision to meet the requirements of both sides.
Focusing on one side only will not be fair.
There will have some problems removing fiber cables from electric posts.
It is not possible to spend government budget to place posts.
The expense will be too high for the whole city, Yangon.
It will not be so easy even though all companies work together.
The price for the service will also rise. That is not okay for the public.
The project to change is less likely to be better for all of us.
Therefore, we would like to advise to prepare with the assistance from the relating parties.