Firing the latest shot in the telco price war, an official from Myanma Posts and Telecommunications said over the weekend that the state-backed company will lower charges for voice calls before the year is out.
MPT’s U Thein Hote said at a branch opening in Naypyidaw on Sunday that he couldn’t reveal the scope of the reduction as “we don’t want to alert the other two operators,” the Myanmar Times reported.
“But we will aim to satisfy our customers,” he added.
A minute of MPT voice time generally costs 35 kyats (around $0.03).
Qatar’s Ooredoo and Norway-based Telenor, the other two operators the official referred to, have been scrambling to catch up with MPT’s high subscription rate since entering the market late last year, using new internet packages and cheaper call rates to attract customers.
Still, MPT leads the pack, with Telenor in second and Ooredoo a distant third.
The government also recognizes the value of keeping costs down. Last month it scrapped an unpopular introduction of a tax that would have been passed on to consumers starting June 1.
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