Telenor Myanmar to hike prices following regressive tax

Myanmar’s authoritarian regime has taken steps to wind the clock back to a time when mobile services were barely affordable.
Telenor Myanmar warned customers over the weekend to expect increases in the cost of SIM cards and mobile data, after the military junta imposed new taxes in a thinly-veiled effort to exert further control over the population.
Announced last week, the taxes include a flat 20,000 kyat (£8.27) tax on the sale of new SIM cards. Telcos are also subject to a 15 perc