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Orbislo carries traffic in Myanmar on MPT and Ooredoo. Your phone is not tied to one of them. When the network you are attached to congests or drops, the profile moves you to the other, and it happens without a prompt and without you noticing anything except that the connection kept working.

Networks
MPT and Ooredoo
Typical speed
22 Mbps typical, 5 Mbps at busy times
5G
4G only
Throttle
None on metered plans
Tethering
Allowed on every plan
Travelling to Myanmar

What 22 Mbps actually means in Myanmar

Typical download speed on Orbislo in Myanmar: 22 Mbps. That is below the Asia median of 43.9 Mbps, so plan around it rather than being surprised by it.

The tenth percentile is 5 Mbps. That gap between the median and the floor is normal and it is where the frustration lives: the connection is quick most of the time and noticeably slow in the busiest few percent of moments, typically at transport hubs at peak hour.

Maps, messaging, ride hailing and payment apps all work without complaint. Video calls connect but will drop resolution, and streaming is better set to standard definition than left on automatic. Tethering a laptop works for email and documents rather than for calls.

Which networks you will be on

Orbislo carries traffic in Myanmar on MPT and Ooredoo. Your phone is not tied to one of them. When the network you are attached to congests or drops, the profile moves you to the other, and it happens without a prompt and without you noticing anything except that the connection kept working.

This matters more than the headline speed. Almost every travel eSIM sold today resells a single upstream agreement per country, so when that one network has a bad hour you have a bad hour with it and your only option is to buy a second eSIM from somebody else. A profile with more than one network behind it can make a decision you never see.

5G in Myanmar: 4G only. A well provisioned 4G cell comfortably outruns a congested 5G one, which is why the figure above is throughput rather than a network generation.

Your phone
Carrier Acongested, 4 Mbps
Carrier Bclear, 61 Mbps
Moved, without asking you
A single carrier provider cannot make this move. It is the whole reason we buy from more than one.
A single carrier provider cannot make this move.

Landing in Myanmar

Install before you fly, on your home wifi. The profile downloads while you still have a connection you trust, then sits dormant until you land in Myanmar and it attaches to MPT.

On landing there is one thing to check: data roaming has to be switched on for the Orbislo line. It is off by default on both iOS and Android, and it has nothing to do with roaming charges here, because the plan is prepaid and there is no bill to run up. Turn it on for the Orbislo line and leave it off for your home line, and your home number keeps working for calls and bank codes without costing anything.

Getting a local SIM in Myanmar

A SIM has to be registered to a named holder, and the Posts and Telecommunications Department allows only two cards against one valid national registration number. A holder can check what is recorded against a card by dialling *601#.

Worth knowing about Myanmar

How Myanmar compares across Asia

Regional typical speed
42.95 Mbps
Upstream networks
2, MPT, Ooredoo
5G
4G only
Next fastest nearby
Pakistan, 25 Mbps
Next slowest nearby
Nepal, 21 Mbps
Cities with their own page
1: Yangon

Cities in Myanmar

Questions about Myanmar

Will my phone work in Myanmar?
If it supports eSIM and is not carrier locked, yes. We check your exact model before you pay and tell you plainly if it will not work, rather than taking the money and leaving you to find out on arrival.
Which network will I be on in Myanmar?
MPT or Ooredoo. Orbislo moves you to whichever is performing better where you are standing, without asking you and without you noticing.
How fast is the data really?
Typical download speed is 22 Mbps, and 5 Mbps when the network is busy. The busy figure is the one to plan around: it is what you can expect when the cell is crowded.
Does the data expire?
No. There is no validity window on wallet gigabytes, and anything left over from a country pack returns to your wallet when the pack ends. This is the single largest difference between what you pay here and what you pay elsewhere.
Can I keep my normal phone number in Myanmar?
Yes. The Orbislo profile is a second line, so your home number stays active for calls and texts on its own line. Turn data roaming off for the home line and on for Orbislo, and set up wifi calling before you fly so bank codes still reach you.
Can I tether a laptop?
Yes, on every plan, at the same allowance as your phone data and at no extra cost. At 22 Mbps expect a tethered laptop in Myanmar to be fine for email and documents and strained by video calls.
What if I run out of data in Myanmar?
Customers, meaning anyone who bought from Orbislo in the last 12 months or holds a subscription, get at least 100 MB of free rescue data once a calendar month, loaded onto the line they are using in Myanmar when the balance runs out. It exists so you are never in the position of needing data in order to buy data. Topping up takes about ten seconds and installs nothing.

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