Telenor becomes the first official Myanmar partner of TikTok
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| 27 May 2019

Aiming to tap into what it calls the rising popularity of digital video content among users in its home territory, Telenor Myanmar has announced a collaboration with short-video platform TikTok.

Available in over 150 markets in 75 languages on both iOS and Android, TikTok describes itself as the world's leading destination for short-form mobile videos enables users to capture and present “the world's creativity, knowledge, and moments that matter in everyday life.”

Through the partnership, Telenor users will be able to use TikTok by subscribing to the Sate Kyite Kyi data plan that already enables user to enjoy videos from streaming apps such as Viu, MyanFlix, WowPlay, PyonePlay and YouTube.

“We are very excited to become the first official local partner of TikTok in Myanmar. Sate Kyite Kyi is the very first result of the agreement between us and the top video apps and we are delighted to add TikTok to our partners’ list for this innovative data plan,” said Chan May Ling, head of digital services of Telenor Myanmar.

“It will be the one of a kind data plans in Myanmar, providing users with a one-stop shop solution where they can enjoy all of their favourite videos. As you all know, Telenor Myanmar has been offering the best and most affordable products and services since its inception in Myanmar to ease users’ daily lives and we promise that we will come up with many more innovative services from this partnership.”

“TikTok is designed for the new generation of creators as it has become the preferred platform for expression, given its lowered boundaries for sharing, creating, discovering — all made easy on mobile,” added Steven Tannason, strategic partnerships South East Asia, TikTok. “Through this partnership, we hope both existing and new users can start to share their creativity and moments that matter in their life. Local creativity is the soul of TikTok content, and this premium yet very affordable data package, makes possible creating, sharing and discovering content that sparks their imagination.”