Rene Meza has resigned as CEO of Ooredoo Myanmar after just two years in the post. Ooredoo has appointed COO Vikram Sinha as acting CEO until it finds a permanent replacement. Meza joined Ooredoo to run its Myanmar operation in August 2015, when he replaced Ross Cormack, who won the race to start services after […]
Ooredoo to Roll Out Faster 4G in ‘Most Cities’ After it Secures 1800 MHz Spectrum
June 15, 2017 by
Telco Ooredoo has said its 4G network could get up to twice as fast after the operator acquired two blocks of 1800 megahertz spectrum last month. Qatari-backed Ooredoo paid $80 million for 2 x 10 megahertz blocks of the 1800 megahertz spectrum band under the same terms as rival operators Telenor, MPT and Vietnamese-backed newcomer […]
Launch of Ooredoo’s Mobile Money Service Edges Closer
May 5, 2017 by
Telco Ooredoo has moved a step closer to launching its mobile payment service after it announced it has partnered with local lender CB Bank. The Qatar-backed telco says it has completed testing and established an internal management system but is now waiting on licence approval from the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM). The sevice called […]
Ooredoo May Cut Prices to Fend off New Mobile Operator – Myanmar CEO
February 23, 2017 by
Ooredoo may make its services cheaper to prevent an incoming competitor from taking its customers, the head of its Myanmar operation has said. The Qatar-based company is ready to do “whatever it takes” when Myanmar’s fourth telco operator enters the market later this year, Ooredoo’s CEO for Myanmar, Rene Meza, told Myanmar Business Today. […]
Liberalisation of Telecom Sector Contributed to Myanmar’s Economic Growth
January 16, 2017 by
An expert symposium held on 12 January in Myanmar’s capital, attributed the liberalisation of the Telecommunications industry in Myanmar for the many positive contributions to the growth of country’s economy. With more than USD 2.8 billion investment in just two years from countries including Japan, Norway and Qatar, the telecommunications sector is one of […]
Mobile firms splash the cash in Myanmar
March 28, 2016 by
OOREDOO has extended a US$2 million sponsorship to the Myanmar Football Federation and Myanmar National League for this year. Meanwhile, MPT-KDDI joint operations is sponsoring Myanmar Idol, the nation’s most popular singing contest. Recently, Telenor launched its first nationwide karaoke contest, offering the winner a prize of 200 million kyats (about Bt5.8 million) and a […]
Viettel picked for fourth telecoms tie-up with military partner
March 28, 2016 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Hanoi-based telecoms operator Viettel has been granted the right to negotiate with a local consortium, including a military-run partner, with a view to receiving a minority stake in a company that is likely to be awarded Myanmar’s long-anticipated fourth telecoms licence. Viettel, which is owned by Vietnam’s defence […]
New spectrum auction ‘rushed’: Telenor, Ooredoo
February 19, 2016 by
Myanmar telecoms companies have been waiting for more spectrum – but an announcement about an upcoming auction has raised concerns, as there is no finalised plan for how it will be managed. The government released a draft version of its Spectrum Roadmap early this month, at nearly the same time it posted information about a […]
Myanmar telecoms prepared for entry of fourth operator
October 21, 2015 by
Starting this month, Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), the state-owned operator whose monopolistic rights ended last year, cut its Internet charges from 7 kyat (Bt0.21) per megabyte to 6 kyat. The short message fee was also reduced to 10 kyat, the lowest in the industry. Voice call charges are only 23 kyat per minute. Ooredoo […]
