(Reuters) – Companies awarded telecommunications licences in Myanmar this week will need to spend billions of dollars rolling out networks across a country that has yet to pass a law to govern the sector and where opaque, state-owned enterprises will remain players.

The process is being watched closely as a test case for reform inMyanmar, although the risks did not stop 90 international firms and groups from joining the initial phase.

FULL STORY: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/06/24/uk-myanmar-telecoms-idUKBRE95M0GP20130624