Figure 3: Household ownership of ICTs and services in 2016 (% of Myanmar households) Acuve SIM card 58 Mobile phone 57 52 TV sets 84 83 61 44 46 DVD/EVD/Blue ray discs 18 16 Radio caseve player/radio 5 6 Line phone Notebook, laptop computer 2 3 Tablet computer 1 2 Desktop computer 1 1 Internet connecuon (excl. via mobile phone) 2 0 2015 Survey 2016 Survey Teleuse at an individual level was high, and had improved considerable. The proportion of individuals who said they had never used a phone reduced to 9% from 31%. Nearly half the population (45%) had used a phone on the day of the survey in 2016, up from 29% in 2015. This increase in the frequency of calling was observed in both urban and rural areas, and amongst both men and women. Men however, were more likely to have owned the last phone they used. Women, on the other hand, were twice as likely as men to have used a household or common phone. Ninety-four percent of the calls were made on a mobile device. Those belonging to higher SECs were more frequent teleusers. Nearly seventy percent of those belonging to SEC A had made a call within the day- they were also 3.5 times more likely to use a phone than those belonging to SEC E. Over ten percent of those belonging to SEC E, on the other hand, had never made a phone call. Mobile ownership and factors influencing mobile adoption Mobile ownership has increased to 61% in 2016- by 21% in urban areas, but more than doubled in rural areas. The population belonging to higher SECs were more likely to be mobile owners. More individuals in SEC A, B and C1 were more likely to be mobile owners than not, while the opposite was true for the lower SECs D and E. Equal proportions of those belonging to the lower middle income category SEC C2 were mobile owners and non owners.