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Myanmar's government has outlined plans to loosen the state's grip on several
key industries, including the telecoms market.
In a speech, Myanmar's President Thein Sein outlined a "second wave of
reforms" that would aim at tripling the country's GDP by 2016 after decades
of stagnation.
Thein Sein, who took office 15 months ago after the military handed over
power to his quasi-civilian government, said there was a need to reduce the
state's role in key industries and will privatise state owned companies.
The mobile phone market in the country is tightly controlled, with handsets
being limited to well connected business people and the military. Attempts to
loosen the controls have been hampered by the high costs that are beyond that of
most citizens.
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