Yoma to bid for mobile license in Myanmar

Tough competition against Singtel and other telco giants.

According to OCBC Investment Research, Yoma announced that it has formed a consortium with FMI, its affiliate in Myanmar, and Digicel Group and Quantum Strategic Partners to bid for one of the two mobile licenses expected to be awarded by the Myanmar Government later this year. 

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The consortium has submitted its prequalification bid in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday as the first part of the mobile license process.

We understand that Yoma and FMI has joined the consortium through a newly created 80:20 joint venture YSH Finance Ltd, but Yoma’s eventual effective stake in the consortium is yet unclear.

Also, we expect fierce competition for the mobile licenses from a host of contenders, including a Vodafone-China Mobile tie-up and other major telco players such as SingTel, Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Malaysia's Axiata Group Bhd, Norway's Telenor ASA and India's Bharti Airtel Ltd. Since we have downgraded Yoma to a SELL on 1 Feb 2013 with a fair value estimate of S$0.71, the share price has corrected 17.2% from S$0.90 to S$0.745.