Draft Final Report 7.1.10 (1) Chapter 7 Outline of Scope of Works Outside Plant Engineering Center (OPEC) in the three metro cities Current situation At present, exchange staff assigned to each exchange office are responsible for repairs in the event of failure in the city network, but if there is a major problem, maintenance personnel are dispatched from the main exchange office in each metro-city to handle repairs. However, if advanced techniques are required such as especially repair of the fiber optic cable, the exchange office attached to the metro-city is unable to handle it and maintenance personnel are dispatched from the exchange office in Yangon. (2) Necessity (Relevance) In order to improve the situation described above, it is planned to introduce the Outside Plant Engineer Center (OPEC) as a means of cutting costs incurred in construction, operation, maintenance and management of the communication facilities. OPEC will be centers where engineers engaged in outside plant construction and maintenance will be stationed. OPEC will be established in suitable locations that enable speedy transfer to sites in the area covered by the center to carry out construction or maintenance. By establishing this kind of OPEC, compared with the existing system, construction of communication facilities as well as operation, maintenance and management can be carried out much more efficiently and it will be possible to reduce not only personnel expenses but material storage and administration costs. Introduction of OPEC will not simply reduce costs, but also improve the level of service by reducing the time to get to the repair site, and it will also play a role in human resources development by providing training space for outside plant engineers in the center. The establishment of OPEC will therefore bring multifaceted advantages. (3) Scope of upgrade OPEC will be established in two locations in Yangon metro-network area, one location in Naypyitaw and one location in Mandalay. (4) Equipment to be introduced The image of OPEC utilization (1) is shown in Figure 7.1-20 and the image of OPEC utilization (2) is shown in Figure 7.1-21, respectively. 7-35