Myanmar Telecom Licences Inch Closer

The delayed issuance of telecom licences to Norway-based telecommunications firm Telenor and Qatar’s Ooredoo are now expected by the end of the month, more than a year after the tender process to select telecommunications operators began, government officials said.

The government previously promised to deliver the vital licences by the end of last year, giving the two operators clearance to begin developing a nationwide mobile infrastructure, but certain provisions to the recently enacted Telecommunications Law were stalled, Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) director U Than Tun Aung told The Myanmar Times on January 15.

“We are working on finalising five applicable rules for the Telecom Law by the end of January. We have already negotiated with foreign telecom operators about applying detailed rules and regulations of the law so they are able to start their businesses,” he said, adding that the five provisions have already been sent to the Attorney-General’s Office. “After we get approval of cabinet, we will issue telecom licences.”

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