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All communications in Myanmar (also known as Burma) are controlled by the government. ==Telecommunication networks== Installation of telephones and the cost of calling are prohibitively expensive for most people. To call overseas for two minutes would cost more than most earn in a month. Telephones - main lines in use: 503,900 (2005) Telephones - mobile cellular: 5,400,000 (2012) 〔 〕 Telephone system: ''general assessment:'' meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government ''domestic:'' system barely capable of providing basic service; cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped with a subscribership base of less than 1 per 100 persons ''international:'' country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE 3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2007) Bids have been offered for two fresh telecom licenses by the Myanmar Government. The deadline is set to be 8 February 2013. The licenses are expected to be issued in June and carry a contract duration of up to 20 years. Two more licenses are expected to offered following this round of bidding. 〔 〕 According to government statistics, 5.4 million of Myanmar’s 60 million population had a mobile phone subscription at end-2012, giving the country a mobile penetration of 9 per cent.〔 According to official figures released in mid 2012, Myanmar had 857 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) for 1,654,667 local GSM mobile users, 188 BTSs for 225,617 local WCDMA mobile users, 366 BTSs for 633,569 local CDMA-450 mobile users, and 193 BTSs for 341,687 CDMA-800 mobile users. Huawei who has built 40 percent of the towers and ZTE has built 60 percent in Myanmar, which amounts to 1500 across the country, said it has built the towers mostly in Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw.〔"(Myanmar's two telecom licences goes to Telenor and Ooredoo )", Yozzo Telecom News, 27 June 2013〕 The Myanmar Telecommunications Operator Tender Evaluation and Selection Committee selected Norwegian Telenor Group and Ooredoo of Qatar as winners of the bidding, for the two telecom licences issued by the government of Myanmar.〔 The licenses allow the operators to build and operate a nationwide wireless network for 15 years. Ooredoo began selling low price SIM cards at a price of USD 1.5 in Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw in August 2014. Prior to 2012, during military rule, SIM cards cost USD 1,500.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=TNW News )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Telecommunications in Myanmar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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