Monday 22 April 2013

Myanmar to sell cheaper SIM Cards like a lucky draw

Myanmar will put on the market much-awaited 1500K (about US$2) SIM Cards through administrator's offices in townships across the country so the public can make drawing, according to sources.

Yangon Region Government has ordered the offices to do so and they will sell their monthly share of cards using the drawing system.


People interested in buying a card will need to show their identity cards and household document before being put on the drawing lists, officials say.

"Township administrator's office has informed our ward administrator's office to sell the cards through that system. So we have already notified the people living in our ward to register at the office for the cards. We will sell CDMA-800 SIM cards at the office," said an official from Sanchaung Township's Northern Ward Administrator Office.

Some wards in Yangon also notified that [government] staff living in the wards will not be included in the scheme.

Myanmar government has already announced that it will grant 350,000 cards monthly to regions and states across the country starting from April 24. A rough calculation showed that each township will only be able to sell about 25 cards daily according to the supply.

Users will likely to pay 10,000 kyats (about US$11) for internet access as an additional charge.

source: Eleven Myanmar

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