Telenor aims high in Myanmar despite late debut

Telenor Myanmar - which is slated to enter the country's mobile-phone market next month - is confident its services will satisfy local consumers and allow it to reach 90 per cent of the population within five years.

Chief executive Petter Furberg said the services would be launched in three major cities including Yangon and Mandalay before the end of September, slightly ahead of the October 5 deadline it committed to in the licence agreement.

Telenor will introduce millions of SIM cards to coincide with the launch.

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DVB talks to Petter Furberg, CEO of Telenor in Burma

Telenor, the Norwegian telecoms giant, would appear to have been overshadowed this week by an announcement by its rival, Ooredoo, that it had begun rolling out mobile phone and internet services across Burma. Telenor and Ooredoo were the two successful candidates from a host of big-name international players who bid for telecommunications contracts in Burma last year.

However, speaking to DVB’s Khin Maung Win last Friday, Myanmar CEO Petter Furberg seems unfazed. “We will launch some time in September,” he said, detailing how Telenor’s 2-G and 3-G networks would benefit people in Burma from all regions and all walks of life. He also promised Burmese customers international calls at affordable prices.

He said his firm would launch initially in Rangoon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw, but would expand quickly to over every region within the first year. He predicted that it would take five years to access to the entire country.

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