Telenor SIM cards will go on sale in 1500 stores in Mandalay on September 27, the chief executive of their Myanmar operation told press on September 27.
Mr Petter Furberg also revealed the launch dates for Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon would be on October 4 and October 11 respectively. He added that SIM cards would be sold at K1500 (US$1.50) each, calls to all network would cost K25 ($0.025) a minute and text messaging would be priced at K15 ($0.015) per SMS.
He added that 2G internet would operate at a rate of 300 Kbps and 3G would operate at 2Mbps, at respective standard costs of K6 ($0.006) and K10 ($0.01) per Mb, although weekly and monthly packages would also be available.
He added that the company would be careful to distribute enough SIM cards to meet market demand and avoid black market trading.
