Huawei chosen for Myanmar rollout

Chinese vendor Huawei has been selected to work with state-backed telco Myanmar Post and Telecommunications (MPT) to expand wireless networks in the country, local news portal Eleven Myanmar writes, citing sources from MPT. Huawei fended off competition from Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and ZTE to win the contract and has pledged to invest USD34 million in the project.