Summary: The pre-qualified applicants which also include
Bharti Airtel, Axiata, KDDI, M1, Vodafone and China Mobile, enter the
final stage to submit their bids for one of two mobile telco licenses to
be awarded by June 27, 2013.
Myanmar has shortlisted 12 international consortia in the race for two
of mobile telecom licenses, which include names such as Singapore's
SingTel and M1, India's Bharti Airtel, Japan's KDDI, Africa's MTN, and
China Mobile.
The pre-qualified applicants now enter the third and final stage
where they will be required to submit their applications by June 3,
2013, and the winners will be announced by June 27, 2013, according to a
statement Thursday by Myanmar's Telecommunications Operator Tender Evaluation and Selection Committee.
The 12 shortlisted applicants comprise:
The 12 shortlisted applicants comprise:
- Airtel Consortium
- Axiata Group
- Digicel
- France Telecom-Orange + Marubeni
- KDDI + Sumitomo + Myanmar Information and Communication Technology Development Corporation (MICTDC) + A1 Construction
- Millicom International Cellular S.A.
- MTN Consortium (MTN Dubai + M1 + Amara Communications)
- Qatar Telecom (Qtel) Q.S.C ("Ooredoo")
- Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) + KBZ + Myanmar Telephone Company Limited (M-Tel)
- Telenor Mobile Communications
- Viettel Group
- Vodafone + China Mobile
In order to be pre-qualified, applicants needed to satisfy objective standards in rules published in February, according to a statement Thursday by Myanmar's Telecommunications Operator Tender Evaluation and Selection Committee.
"These standards were designed to ensure that all pre-qualified
applicants have the requisite resources, financial strength, operating
skills and experience to design, implement and operate a public
telecommunications network [in Myanmar], said the committee.
Among those who failed to make the cut were China Telecom, Thailand's True Corp, Indonesia's Telkom and South Korea's SK Telecom, according to earlier expressions of interest.
Among those who failed to make the cut were China Telecom, Thailand's True Corp, Indonesia's Telkom and South Korea's SK Telecom, according to earlier expressions of interest.
The bidding has attracted wide interest following the country's move to open up to foreign firms. It is seen as one of the last untapped telecom growth markets, with a 60 million population and mobile penetration of just 5 to 10 percent.
source: ZDnet
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