Final Report Chapter 5 Mid-Term Development Plan used at present, introduction of the metro network may be one of the subject to be considered. In this occasion, In this occasion, the priority should be set considering whether it is a capital of the state or not, etc. In the same way of the metro networks in three big cities, the other cities are also recommendable to proceed for IP when the fiber-optic cable be introduced, towards Ethernet within country aiming at improving utility-efficiency of the networks. 5.2.5 Access Network (1) Present Status and Subject to be solved So called “last one mile” to reach the subscriber house, the metallic cables and the mobile communication are main networks at present. For some remote place, the satellite communication networks are utilized. This satellite communication network can provide functions as relay circuit and also functions as an access circuit. Among them, the number of the metallic cable network is limited. Recent increase of number of mobile phone communication is outstanding, however, in Myanmar, D-AMPS, CDMA450, CDMA800, GSM, WCDMA are provided in service as if to cover “in-mature growth of communications. No. of user and year of commencing services are given in Table 5.2-4. The service areas are not only Yangon, Naypyitaw and Mandalay, but cover also some areas along the sea shore and some deep land areas and covers all of the cities in Myanmar. (Refer to Figure 5.2-6) It is considered the number of users is expected to rise quickly. However, it is necessary to expand the capacity to cope with the increase of the number of users in addition to the expansion of the service area. Table 5.2-4 No. of Users for Mobile Phone（unit:1000） and Years to starting use No. of System Years to stating use Users CDMA 1,085 2008(CDMA450), 1999(CDMA800) GSM 3,615 2001 - 2002 WCDMA 738 2008 Total 5,438 Source: Tender Documents for New Operator Licenses（as of Dec 2012） 、Starting year: KOICA 5-13