International Gateway Services facilities
Satellite earth station facilities
Other Myanmar-based satellite facilities that can
transmit telecommunications services
Network Facilities
Services (Class)
Deploy and maintain passive network infrastructure for
civil engineering and non-electronic elements, including
but not limited to: Towers; Masts; Ducts; Trenches;
Poles; Dark fibre.
Network Services
Provision of the following telecommunications services:
Resale of wire-line connectivity services
International and domestic network transport and
switching services
Resale of International Gateway Services
Application Services
Provision of the following telecommunications services:
Public payphone services
Public Switched data services
Audio text hosting services provided on an opt-in
basis
Directory services
ISP services
Public Access centre services
Messaging services
Private line voice and/or data services (including
leasing Wide Area Network capacity to third parties)
Value-Added services
Source: VDB-LOI, “Telecom Myanmar Update” (September 2014)
Improving Coverage and Mobile Phone Reception
Mobile towers provide improved reception for mobile phone users. Each mobile tower has
a range of 1-5 miles; the closer the user is to the tower the better their signal will be.
Nearly eight months after the launch of Telenor and Ooredoo, mobile towers dot the rural
horizon or are perched on rooftops in many of Myanmar’s major cities. As of March 2015
there were over 5,000 mobile towers providing voice and data coverage to Ooredoo,
Telenor, MPT, and MECtel customers (see further the Tables at the end of this chapter).
On average a mobile tower can take approximately 3 weeks to construct, excluding
weather delays, or difficulties obtaining the required permits authorising land use, rezoning, and construction. Each operator has subcontracted land acquisition and
construction to specific tower companies, who typically subcontract elements of the
process (e.g. civil work) to additional companies. By May 2015 it was reported that the
two international mobile network operators had signed a second round of purchase orders
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