HomeAs telecom companies invest, a new era unfolds in BurmaA man talks on mobile phone along a street side in Yangon
A man talks on mobile phone along a street side in Yangon
A man talks on mobile phone along a street side in Yangon, February 4, 2013. Introduced a decade and a half ago under Myanmar's former military rulers, SIM cards sold for as much as $7,000 apiece. Today, they still cost more than $200. From Thursday, lucky winners of a lottery-style sale may get one for as little as $2. The lottery is a first tentative step into a telecoms revolution that has transformed societies and spurred economic growth across the globe - and could be a game changer for Myanmar, emerging from decades of isolation and mismanagement that have left it Asia's second-poorest nation after Afghanistan. Picture taken February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS POLITICS)
