Qatar-based Ooredoo, recently chosen to operate private telecom service in Myanmar, said yesterday the company is ready to compete with another telecom service tender winner Norway-based Telenor and Myanmar Post and Telecommunication.
Ross Cormack, the senior representative
for Ooredoo Myanmar told the Eleven Media at the press conference held
in Yangon, “We promise that we will be providing the best services for
Myanmar people and that will win the market.”
"It is good to have options for
consumers. Now we will have something to choose apart MPT for telecom
services. Of course the airtime charges and calling rates are important
as well as the customer service." Myo Nanda, a MPT customer.
Mr.Cormack added the company is happy
with the government's decision. Because of the government’s transparency
and straight forward choosing procedure, the Ooredoo has become one of
the two private telecom service providers among 92 international
applicants for Myanmar telecom license.
The Ooredoo Myanmar is now recruiting
the Myanmar staff and will train them to be professional. It is
expecting to hire more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals as well as to
operate the service within six months of getting official license which
will be during next year approximately.
It is also planning to sell a SIM card
at the price of 1,500 kyats per apiece. The company will make
availability of SIM cards across the country with that price. It will
come with 3G network for data line service.
“The actual calling rate is not set yet
but when we announce the rate will be attractive,” Mr. Cormack said. The
calling rate could be 35 to 45 Kyats per minute or lower, he added. On
the other hand, its rival Telenor is planning to charge 25 kyats per
minute for a call and MPT is charging 50 Kyats per minute for a call.
The five-year objectives of the company
are to run the Myanmar Ooredoo with 99 per cent of Myanmar nationals and
to cover its service for 97 per cent of Myanmar Population.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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