Telenor Myanmar
Telenor Myanmar is a telecommunications company in Myanmar. It is a subsidiary of the Norwegian Telenor Group.[1]
History
In February 2013, Telenor participated in the bidding for newly available Myanmar mobile licences.[2]
On 27 June 2013, it was announced that Telenor had been awarded one of two 15-year contracts for telecom development in Myanmar.[3] Telenor is the only provider of the Wikipedia Zero program in Myanmar.
In June 2014, Telenor Myanmar helped Burmese Wikipedia community to held their first joint workshop to recruit new volunteers.[4] The Burmese Wikipedia Forum was held at Dagon University with the help of telenor Myanmar in July 2014 attracting over 2,000 people, including students.[5]
In November 2014, Telenor and Yoma Bank announced their cooperation to provide mobile banking to Myanmar.[6] The aim of their cooperation is to provide access to financial services to people who do not have bank accounts.[7] As of 2016, it had more than 14 million subscribers.
References
- ↑ "Telenor Myanmar | Telenor Myanmar". Telenor.com.mm. Retrieved 2016-05-03.
- ↑ "All eyes on the Myanmar leapfrog". Retrieved 2013-04-05.
- ↑ "Burma awards lucrative mobile phone contracts". BBC News. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- ↑ "Telenor Group - Bringing Wikipedia to Myanmar". Telenor Group.
- ↑ Win Htut. "Telenor hosts Wikipedia forum at Dagon University". Eleven Myanmar.
- ↑ James Barton (25 November 2014). "Telenor readying mobile money with Yoma in Myanmar". Developing Telecoms. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ Jeremy Mullins and Aye Thida Kyaw (24 November 2014). "'Stay tuned' for mobile banking services from Yoma and Telenor, say CEOs". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 2 October 2015.