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Burma to Raise Price of Phone Calls

   VOA News 31 December 2009

   Burmese  officials  say  the country will more than double the cost of
   local telephone calls in 2010.
   Unnamed  officials  say  that  starting  January 1, the price of local
   landline  calls  will increase from 15 kyats (1.5 cents) per minute to
   50 kyats (5 cents) per minute.
   The price of mobile telephone calls that now cost 25 kyats (2.5 cents)
   per minute will double.
   Officials say the rates for international calls will remain the same.
   Burma's government-run media have yet to announce the changes.
   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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