Comments on: Prepaid mobile phone SIM cards available in City Mart Supermarkets in Yangon

By: shaan zhou

shaan zhou — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:55:01 +0000

Hi, my fiend, i will visit your country for mobile business. But some friends told me that myanmar’s mobile market is not enough good, and because of expensive of fee and charge. But in near future, with promotion policy from govn., this market will be growing fast. How do you think about this point? thanks.

By: Bamarlay

Bamarlay — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:38:36 +0000

Sorry, but SMS service is only available inside Myanmar. Currently, you cannot send text message to and from a foreign network.

By: line

line — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:52:27 +0000

hey i want to ask , i got a friend from myanmar n also i got the phone number ( 0943xxxxxx ) but i got confused how to send a text message to that number from Indonesia .. any suggestion ? thanks

By: Rameshwar Pooniya

Rameshwar Pooniya — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:26:00 +0000

Hi all,
I have relocated in Yangon for a year. I want to buy a local sim card. Could you please advise me…what is the cost of sim card and incoming & outgoing calls.

Rgrds
RP

By: Myo

Myo — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 03:22:26 +0000

You will hv to pay arnd 30usd/night for a decent hotel as USD is depreciating right now.

Asia Plaza Hotel, downtown area,(951-391070)
35usd/night, lobby wifi

Central Hotel, downtown area, (951-241001-20)
40usd/night, internet at biz center

Hotel Windsor, off downtown, (951-510037)
30-35usd/night, in room free wifi

Yuzzna Hotel, off downtown, (951-549600)
30usd/night, lobby wifi

Hotel Shwe Gonedine, off downtown, (951-552583~5)
38usd/night, in room free wifi

in room wifi are hardly offered by hotels arnd 20-40usd

u can also find internet cafes at every places, if yr hotel wifi is not good.(usually not so good)

u should stay at downtown area if you care for convenience of walking around.

By: Myo

Myo — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:39:02 +0000

It will costs you arnd 500,000ks to 650,000ks for a fix no. cell phone.
You can buy through yr friends or frm mobile phone(hand sets) shops.
Make sure to buy prepaid GSM or CDMA, otherwise non-prepaid will give you big trouble paying call charges at government bill offices.
If you rent, it is arnd 30,000ks to 40,000ks per month with some 100,000ks deposit.

By: Myo

Myo — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:26:48 +0000

Micasa(951-650933), Sakura(951-525001) and Marina(951-650651~4) are mid range serviced apartments. Expats live in most of those serviced apartments.
None serviced apartment will costs you less but you will mostly hv to buy furnitures, appliances and accessories by your self.
I want to recommend staying at serviced apartments. But if you want to check, stay at a hotel on yr arrival first.

By: Bernard (MY)

Bernard (MY) — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:20:58 +0000

i’m going yangoon next wed(17.08.2011) but not yet book hotel, since the telecommunication problem mention above… can u recommend some hotel which is ranges around USD20-USD40 and got WI-FI!!!!

By: Nini

Nini — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:12:35 +0000

Hi dear,
may i know that is it easy to buy cellphone in myanmar. i want to use this number as permanent one. could you generally describe me…
the price, monthly fee, per call fee, as well as where can i buy in yangon?
B.regards
nini

By: tutfairy

tutfairy — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:27:00 +0000

hi, what mid-high range apartments (serviced/non-serviced ) can you recommend for a married couple w no children? how much do they cost? where does the expat community stay_what area?