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【聯合晚報╱法新社】

緬甸開放網路，科技前景看好 
Myanmar embraces Internet for the masses

From navigating gridlocked city roads to playing a favourite national sport,new homegrown apps are blossoming in Myanmar as cheap mobile technology ignites an Internet revolution in the once-isolated nation.

從在壅塞的車陣中導航，到玩一場全國最喜歡的球賽，緬甸這個過去封鎖網路的國家，現在隨著便宜手機引起的網路革命，國人自製的應用程式正逐漸興盛。

Myanmar web surfers were once paradigms of patience and ingenuity as they dodged and weaved through the former military regime's communications blocks in decrepit backstreet Internet cafes.

緬甸的網路使用者曾使用破舊的非法網咖設備，躲避並突破前軍政府的通訊屏障，使他們成為耐心和機智靈巧的代名詞。

But commuters in Myanmar's biggest cities can now be seen tapping away on smartphones as an online awakening sweeps the country, fuelled by the loosening of junta-era restrictions and foreign telecoms firms unleashing a flood of affordable SIM cards.

隨著軍政府時代的限制解除，和國外的電信公司引進緬甸人買得起的SIM卡，網路意識席捲全國，緬甸最大的城市現在可以看到人們的手指在智慧型手機上飛快地舞動。