3.4 Ownership of
multiple SIMs
No. of SIM cards
4
3
2
1
70% of mobile phone owners aged 15-65
reported that their primary phone had
dual SIM capabilities. Meanwhile, a quarter of the active SIM owners owned more
than one SIM. This number had more
than doubled since 2015. A third of those
between the ages of 15 and 34 owned
multiple SIMs. Furthermore, urban users
had more multi-SIMs than rural users
(Figure 46).
73
25
1
1
% of active SIM card owners with more than one SIM by Urban/ Rural
Urban
Rural
Total
2015
17
8
13
2016
30
24
27
% of active SIM card owners with more than one SIM by age group
15-24 years
35 - 44 years
45 - 54 years
55 - 65 years
Total
33
33
23
20
27
Figure 46: Active SIM card owners (% of multi-SIM owners aged 15-65)
58 ICTs in Myanmar: 2016