Rural mobile owners lagged behind the urban population in their usage of such features/ applications (Figure 57). Furthermore, a large gap in usage was visible between mobile owners of high-spending households and low-spending households (Figure 58). The growth in its use between 2015 and 2016 surpassed that of Facebook (Figures 59 and 60). The survey suggests that 35% of mobile owners used Facebook - of whom 60% accessed it daily. Facebook use has grown by 67% between 2015 and 2016, faster than the growth in mobile ownership (Figure 60). 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 72 Network calls Facebook 35 Chat/messaging apps 36 62 Missed calls 48 Text messages 29 Internet calls 25 Offline games Searching for information on the Internet 13 Sharing pictures 29 Onling gaming/downloading games 9 Receiving updates (news etc.) 10 Downloading pictures/music/video content 15 Streaming music/videos 15 Downloading apps 11 Accessing government services online 4 Email 6 Wikipedia 2 Mobile money/banking 2 Figure 59: Uses of mobile phone (% of mobile owners aged 15-65) ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 67

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