The Southwood Group Myanmar Telco Auction Seats Two International Operators
The Southwood Group looks at recent developments in Myanmar as Telenor and Oordoo win bids to be the first international mobile operators. Myanmar is set for rapid economic growth as international companies from around the globe look to get market share, after a fiercely contested auction for telecoms licences the Myanmar government has awarded Norway’s Telenor and Qatar’s Ooredoo to be the first international mobile service providers to launch telecoms operating systems. The government is eager to expand upon the poorly operated state-run mobile telephone service that currently operates to a small population of 5-7 percent, with only one in ten people owning a mobile phone nationals make do with make shift street telephone booths to communicate.
Published Saturday, July 20, 2013 by Mike Southwood
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