The 12 successful applicants will submit detailed proposals of their plans to the government committee which will select the winning bids by June 3. Two applicants granted licences will be notified on June 27 this year.
Among those selected by the committee are Digicel, Qatar Telecom and a partnership between Vodafone and China Mobile. For a full list of bidders, see below.
The Myanmar government has been encouraging mobile operators to bid for the two licences, which will allow the successful bidders to own, manage and operate a network in the country for 15 years.
The country is said to be one of the last markets where mobile penetration stands at below 10%.
List of bidders selected for shortlist:
Bharti Airtel-led Consortium
France Telecom-Orange and Marubeni
MTN Consortium of MTN Dubai, M1 Telecom and Amara Communications
Vodafone and China Mobile
Axiata Group Berhad
Digicel
KDDI Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation and Myanmar Information and Communication Technology Development Corporation and A1 Construction
Millicom International Cellular SA
Qatar Telecom and Ooredoo
SingTel, KBZ and Myanmar Telephone Company Limited
Telenor Mobile Communications AS and
Viettel Group.
