Added Burmese translation for the old name of U9, updated the logo, added old logos and dates as well as the advertisement used for announcing the rebrand
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”’U9 Myanmar”’ ({{langx|my|ယူနိုင်း မြန်မာ}}, formerly known as Ooredoo Myanmar), or simply ”’U9”’, is a telecommunications company in [[Myanmar]].
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”’U9 Myanmar”’ ({{langx|my|ယူနိုင်း မြန်မာ}}, formerly known as Ooredoo Myanmar), or simply ”’U9”’, is a telecommunications company in [[Myanmar]].
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== History ==
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== History ==
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In June 2013, Ooredoo was chosen as one of the two successful applicants among 90 bidders to be awarded a license to launch telecom operations in Myanmar, considered one of the Asia’s last remaining greenfield telecom markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23078620 |title=Burma awards lucrative mobile phone contracts – BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref> Formal licenses were granted in January 2014, and Ooredoo pledged an investment of $15 billion to develop Myanmar’s telecoms sector, with plans to cover 75% of the population in five years.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-08-03 |title=Exclusive: Ooredoo CEO Dr.Nasser Marafih On Rebranding, Taxes And 2022 World Cup |url=http://gulfbusiness.com/articles/insights/interviews/exclusive-ooredoo-ceo-dr-nasser-marafih-on-rebranding-taxes-and-2022-world-cup/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310234231/http://www.gulfbusiness.com/articles/insights/interviews/exclusive-ooredoo-ceo-dr-nasser-marafih-on-rebranding-taxes-and-2022-world-cup/ |archive-date=2016-03-10 |accessdate=2016-05-03 |website=Business Gulf |publisher=Gulf Business}}</ref>
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In June 2013, Ooredoo was chosen as one of the two successful applicants among 90 bidders to be awarded a license to launch telecom operations in Myanmar, considered one of the Asia’s last remaining greenfield telecom markets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23078620 |title=Burma awards lucrative mobile phone contracts – BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-05-03}}</ref> Formal licenses were granted in January 2014, and Ooredoo pledged an investment of $15 billion to develop Myanmar’s telecoms sector, with plans to cover 75% of the population in five years.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2014-08-03 |title=Exclusive: Ooredoo CEO Dr.Nasser Marafih On Rebranding, Taxes And 2022 World Cup |url=http://gulfbusiness.com/articles/insights/interviews/exclusive-ooredoo-ceo-dr-nasser-marafih-on-rebranding-taxes-and-2022-world-cup/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310234231/http://www.gulfbusiness.com/articles/insights/interviews/exclusive-ooredoo-ceo-dr-nasser-marafih-on-rebranding-taxes-and-2022-world-cup/ |archive-date=2016-03-10 |accessdate=2016-05-03 |website=Business Gulf |publisher=Gulf Business}}</ref>
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[[File: logo.|thumb| Ooredoo]]
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[[File:Ooredoo logo.svg|thumb|Ooredoo Myanmar logo (2022-2025)]]
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[[File:Ooredoo1.svg|thumb|Former Ooredoo Myanmar logo (2014-2022)]]
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Following the [[2021 Myanmar coup d’état|2021 Myanmar coup d’etat]], many foreign companies exited the Burmese market, including competitor Norwegian-owned [[Telenor Myanmar]], due to increasing pressure from military authorities.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Potkin |first1=Fanny |last2=Aung |first2=Thu Thu |date=2022-09-05 |title=EXCLUSIVE Qatar’s Ooredoo to sell Myanmar unit to Singapore firm-sources |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-qatars-ooredoo-sell-myanmar-unit-singapore-firm-sources-2022-09-05/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref> On 7 September 2022, Ooredoo signed an agreement to sell Ooredoo Myanmar to Singapore vehicle Nine Communications Pte. Ltd, at a value of $576 million USD, subject to Burmese regulatory approvals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-08 |title=Qatar’s Ooredoo sells Myanmar unit for $576 million |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatars-ooredoo-sells-myanmar-unit-576-million-2022-09-08/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref> Nine Communications is the subsidiary of zLink Family Office and Nyan Win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvb.no/post/723806|title=အမေရိကန် ဒဏ်ခတ်ပိတ်ဆို့ထားသည့် ဂျော်နသန်ကျော်သောင်း အူရီဒူးမြန်မာ ပိုင်ရှင်ဖြစ်လာ|work=|access-date =|date= 11 September 2025}}</ref>
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Following the [[2021 Myanmar coup d’état|2021 Myanmar coup d’etat]], many foreign companies exited the Burmese market, including competitor Norwegian-owned [[Telenor Myanmar]], due to increasing pressure from military authorities.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Potkin |first1=Fanny |last2=Aung |first2=Thu Thu |date=2022-09-05 |title=EXCLUSIVE Qatar’s Ooredoo to sell Myanmar unit to Singapore firm-sources |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/exclusive-qatars-ooredoo-sell-myanmar-unit-singapore-firm-sources-2022-09-05/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref> On 7 September 2022, Ooredoo signed an agreement to sell Ooredoo Myanmar to Singapore vehicle Nine Communications Pte. Ltd, at a value of $576 million USD, subject to Burmese regulatory approvals.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-09-08 |title=Qatar’s Ooredoo sells Myanmar unit for $576 million |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/qatars-ooredoo-sells-myanmar-unit-576-million-2022-09-08/ |access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref> Nine Communications is the subsidiary of zLink Family Office and Nyan Win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvb.no/post/723806|title=အမေရိကန် ဒဏ်ခတ်ပိတ်ဆို့ထားသည့် ဂျော်နသန်ကျော်သောင်း အူရီဒူးမြန်မာ ပိုင်ရှင်ဖြစ်လာ|work=|access-date =|date= 11 September 2025}}</ref>
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