Meanwhile, more females had multiple SIMs to make cheaper calls and use data services (Figures 49). 40% 29 30% 22 20% 16 20 10% 0% Male Female Income below 200,000 (USD 165) Income above 200,000 (USD 165) Cheaper Calls and Data Services Figure 49: Owning more than one SIM card for cheaper calls and data services (% of multi-SIM owners) 3.5 Expenditure on mobile phones and top-ups 2,000,000 Frequency MMK 105,198 (USD 88) was spent on average to buy a mobile phone in 2016, compared to MMK 94,500 (USD 90) in 2015 5(Figure 50). Histogram 2,500,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 0 0 250,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 Spend to buy the mobile handset Figure 50: Expenditure on purchasing mobile phone (% of mobile owners aged 15-65) ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 61