Five years after the government liberalised Myanmar’s telecom sector, there is now fierce competition between four operators. That’s great for consumers, who enjoy the lowest data rates in Southeast Asia – but not so much for the companies that have invested in licence fees and infrastructure.
Online casino games, easily downloadable onto mobile phones, are growing in popularity in Myanmar, and many people who play them are borrowing huge sums of money in the false hope that they will someday hit the jackpot.
BY Frontier
