Under this project, 15 000 people use free Internet in public places every day (300 000 every month). By providing easy and affordable broadband access to everyone-including the elderly, persons with disabilities, other disadvantaged and vulnerable groups and children - this project promotes sustainable industrialization, the development of technologies and applications, the building of resilient infrastructure and the fostering of innovation (SDG 9). As a result, Myanmar advanced eight positions in the International Telecommunication Union's ICT Development Index, overtaking both Pakistan and Bangladesh in the Asia-Pacific region. Although significant progress was made in terms of the number of mobile connections, the main drivers of better performance on the composite index were Internet-related.