- Japanese Prime Minister attends Myanmar-Japan Economic Forum
- ACE Group to open representative office in Yangon
- EU not allows Chinese grasshoppers exploiting GSP for Myanmar
- Service centre for BMW cars to be opened in Yangon
- Sumitomo, NEC, NTT to build telecom network in Myanmar
- Italian-Thai’s hydropower project in lower Myanmar allegedly stops
- Swiss Upper House Speaker paves the way for Swiss investments in Myanmar
- Myanmar spends US$300m annually for palm oil imports
- First Central Cooperatives Business Center to be opened in June
- Wood, finished-wood products export gets exemption from custom check
Myanmar to launch self-service gas stations
Published on Wednesday, 14 November 2012 20:23
A petrol pump attendant filling a fuel tank at a petrol station in Tamwe Township, Yangon
(Photo - Win Myint Kyaw/EMG)
Five petrol stations in Myanmar are planning to offer by December a "self-service system" with the use of Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) cards, InfoSyS Myanmar Technologies said.
Also known as the “e-filling station”, the new system has complete control of a petrol station through a computer system that will allow customers to fill in tanks on their own by using the card. The card is a kind of a debit card and a credit card designed for a swift domestic payment system.
Zaw Min Aye of InfoSys said the new system, which is a 24-hour service, will solve customers’ complaints of inaccurate petrol measurements at the filling stations.
To use the system, a petrol station will have to invest approximately US$7,000 for hardware equipment and software.
He said the service was co-developed by Tatsuno Engineering & Service in Thailand.
There are about 400 privately owned filling stations in Myanmar, and 500 stations are waiting for their license to be approved. The government has allowed privately owned petrol stations to operate since June 2010.