With the announcement of another milestone in Qatar’s satellite programme coming at the end of last year, the body of material evidence suggesting significant recent ICT sector development in the state grew in both size and quality.
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Interviews & Viewpoints | U Thein Oo, Chairman, Myanmar ICT Development Corporation (MIDC): Interview from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Articles & Analysis | New legislation will improve the foreign investment climate for real estate from The Report: Myanmar 2015
In August and September 2014 two new mobile network operators (MNOs) launched in Myanmar, delivering state-of-the-art services to compete with the state’s monopoly. The country is now a fierce telecoms battleground as each company vies to attract Myanmar’s 51m potential mobile users. From under 10% mobile penetration in 2013, the country is due to exceed 97% teledensity...
Articles & Analysis | Mobile financial services and knowledge-based apps hit the market from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar’s telecoms developments will undoubtedly transform the social and economic fabric of the country, but beyond basic voice, data and SMS services a host of other products are being developed, including one of the most successful and transformative services of recent years: mobile money.
Articles & Analysis | BG talks to Takashi Nagashima, Managing Director, KSGM; Ross Cormack, CEO, Ooredoo Myanmar; Petter Furberg, CEO, Telenor Myanmar; and U Shane Thu Aung, CEO, Yatanarpon Teleport/Royal Yatanarpon from The Report: Myanmar 2015
With mobile penetration on the rise, how can local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capitalise on the advancement of the telecoms sector?
Articles & Analysis | Efforts needed to improve infrastructure and human resources from The Report: Myanmar 2015
Myanmar’s IT sector is beginning to feel the effects of the telecoms revolution as a result of the sector’s major reform process, but fixed-line connections and related infrastructure have a long way to go to catch up with the aggressive developments from mobile operators Ooredoo, Telenor and Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT). The general spread of internet...