Geographic analysis on handset and active SIM ownership provides insight into the access to ICTs in big cities, other major cities and smaller townships. The increase in the proportion of households with mobile phones and SIMs was seen largely in the smaller townships. Hence, households with mobile phones/SIMs were less concentrated in the cities, and had moved towards the smaller townships (Figure 18). A similar, though less stark, diffusion was also observed in the case of televisions. The reported per capita monthly household income and the urbanization status of the area to which the household belongs are used to place households in socioeconomic classifications (SECs)(for more information see Annex 1). Mobile ownership among households was relatively high across socioeconomic groups. Over threequarters of households belonging to SEC E, the poorest segment of society, owned a mobile phone. (Figure 19) 2015 100% 2016 100% 80% 80% 54 43 60% 40% 31 26 20% 60% 26 31 0% Big Cities Other Major Cities 29 40% 43 20% 17 0% 17 54 29 Big Cities Smaller townships 2015 - Mobile phone and active SIM card 2015 - Active SIM card Other Major Cities Smaller townships 2016 - Mobile phone 2016 - Active SIM card Figure 18: Household handset and active SIM ownership distribution by geography (% of households) 100% 94% 92% 90% 89% 84% 81% 80% 76% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% A B C1 C2 D E Figure 19: Mobile ownership by SEC (% of households) ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 33