Myanmar telecom deal with Qatar firm sparks ire
By AYE AYE WIN - AP - Fri Jun 28, 4:58AM CDT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Religious tensions engulfing Myanmar spread Friday to the world of big business: Monks and others in the Buddhist-dominated country demanded to know why a lucrative license for a new national mobile phone network had gone to a company from a Muslim nation.
Telenor, Ooredoo win Myanmar telecom licenses
AP - Thu Jun 27, 7:37AM CDT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar granted licenses Thursday to Norway's Telenor and Ooredoo of Qatar to set up the country's first foreign-owned mobile phone networks.
Myanmar moves to delay foreign telecom deals
By ROBIN McDOWELL - AP - Wed Jun 26, 10:21AM CDT
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Foreign companies hoping to tap into one of the world's final telecom frontiers grappled with lingering political uncertainties Wednesday after Myanmar's lower house of parliament ruled that licenses for two new cellphone networks should be delayed until a law governing the sector is passed.