Vietnam’s largest telecommunication company, Viettel, is seeking to double its five million subscribers in Myanmar by the end of the year, its president and chief executive officer Le Dang Dung told Reuters an in interview on Friday. Viettel, whose $1.22 billion unit Viettel Global Investment is trading on the Unlisted Public Company Market, has also […]
Ooredoo and Nokia Enter in a Partnership, Introducing IoT Services to Myanmar
September 28, 2018 by
Ooredoo Myanmar and Nokia have agreed to enter into a partnership to introduce first ever Internet of Things (IoT) services platform in the country. The platform will allow its customers, especially in enterprise and government sectors to build customized solutions to streamline and govern their respective operations on a real time basis. Not only this, […]
Ooredoo Myanmar aims to lead data market
December 19, 2017 by
OOREDOO Myanmar will continue its 4G rollout to become the leader in Myanmar’s data market after becoming the nation’s first telecom operator to provide 4G services last year. It plans to introduce the first 4G Pro network early next year, according to VikramSinha, the firm’s chief executive. The upgraded 4G Pro network is designed to […]
Hundreds of Companies Caught in UWSA Tin Mine Supply Chain
December 5, 2016 by
Hundreds of companies from around the world may be using tin sourced from a mine under control of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), according to a Reuters report released yesterday. Several of the firms named in the report told The Myanmar Times they were responding to the findings. The Reuters investigation claims that several Chinese-controlled firms which source […]
As China slows, can Myanmar benefit?
April 30, 2015 by
THE news out of China is about a “new normal” of slower economic growth – down to about 7 percent. But at the recently concluded 2015 Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce (APCAC) held in Singapore, the focus was on the growth potential of the 10 nations comprising the Association of the Southeast Asian […]
Busy signal for handset market
April 17, 2015 by
Rapid growth in the number of domestic mobile users is creating opportunity for mobile handset makers to expand their sales. While the local handset market has traditionally been dominated by a handful of brands, several new entrants are pushing their products in the hope of growing market sharing in a rapidly expanding business. A June […]
