As of August 3, 2026, Myanmar’s three nationwide mobile operators — MPT, ATOM, and U9 (the operator known until September 2025 as Ooredoo Myanmar) — each publish prepaid data package prices directly on their own websites. We pulled the current listings straight from mpt.com.mm, atom.com.mm, and u9.com.mm rather than relying on secondhand roundups, because operator pricing pages change often enough that older comparison articles — including some of Myanmar Tech Press’s own from 2021 and 2022 — go stale within months. This is the first entry in what we intend to make a running monthly series, so today’s numbers are also the baseline every future installment will be measured against.
The headline numbers, side by side
All prices below are for standard prepaid data-only packages with 30-day validity, unless noted otherwise.
| Data amount | MPT (Data Carry Plus) | U9 (Data Packs) |
|---|---|---|
| ~175–199 MB | 799 Ks (175 MB) | 799 Ks (199 MB, 10-day validity) |
| ~260–265 MB | 999 Ks (263 MB) | 999 Ks (262 MB) |
| ~500 MB | 1,899 Ks (500 MB) | 1,899 Ks (499 MB) |
| ~1.1 GB | 3,889 Ks (1 GB / 1,024 MB) | 4,299 Ks (1,131 MB) |
| ~2 GB | 7,579 Ks (2 GB / 2,048 MB) | — |
| ~2.6–2.7 GB | — | 9,899 Ks (2,675 MB) |
| ~5 GB | 18,949 Ks (5 GB / 5,120 MB) | — |
| ~10 GB | 37,889 Ks (10 GB / 10,240 MB) | — |
ATOM isn’t in this table because, unlike MPT and U9, it does not publish a comparable prepaid data-only package ladder with disclosed data volumes on its public site — more on that below.
MPT and U9 are pricing data almost identically per megabyte
Doing the arithmetic ourselves on the numbers above turns up something the operators’ marketing pages don’t say out loud: MPT and U9 charge almost exactly the same price per megabyte at every comparable tier. MPT’s packs work out to roughly 3.70–3.80 Ks/MB across its whole lineup, and U9’s work out to roughly 3.70–3.81 Ks/MB across its whole lineup — the two curves converge to the same 3.70 Ks/MB rate at their largest package sizes (MPT’s 2 GB pack and U9’s 2,675 MB pack). At the 999 Ks and 1,899 Ks price points, the two operators don’t just charge the same price, they hand over almost exactly the same amount of data for it (263 MB vs. 262 MB, and 500 MB vs. 499 MB). That’s a level of alignment that’s hard to explain as coincidence in a market with only three real competitors. It’s more consistent with either parallel pricing (each operator watching the other’s list price and matching it rather than undercutting it) or both operators facing the same underlying cost floor — Myanmar’s 15% commercial tax on data (in effect since January 2022, confirmed on ATOM’s own pricing page) and USD-denominated network/spectrum costs would affect all three operators similarly. Whichever it is, the practical upshot for a customer comparing MPT and U9 prepaid data is that price is not where these two competitors are actually competing — bundled perks, streaming partnerships, and night-only packs are.
Why ATOM doesn’t fit cleanly into the comparison
ATOM’s public pricing pages don’t offer a like-for-like prepaid data ladder. Its pay-as-you-go rate is a flat 15 Ks per MB, tax-exclusive (effective from August 5, 2025, per atom.com.mm), which is roughly four times the effective per-MB rate of MPT’s or U9’s bundled packages — a gap wide enough that it functionally forces prepaid customers who want a better rate toward a bundle. ATOM does sell a “Shal Suboo” prepaid data pack line with price points from 799 Ks up to 9,999 Ks and validity options of 10, 15, or 30 days, but its own promotional page does not disclose how much data each price point actually includes, which makes it impossible to place Shal Suboo in the same table as MPT’s and U9’s packs without guessing. ATOM’s other advertised prepaid data option, the 48-hour Night Data Pack, gives 200 MB for 999 Ks — but only for use between 12:00 AM and 6:00 AM, so it isn’t a fair substitute for an anytime pack either. Where ATOM is transparent about data volume is on the postpaid side: plans like DATA-10 (8 GB for 10,000 Ks), DATA-20 (17 GB for 20,000 Ks), and DATA-50 (40 GB for 50,000 Ks) all disclose exact data amounts and work out to a much lower 1.15–1.47 Ks/MB — but every one of those plans also bundles in unlimited on-net voice calls, so the low per-MB figure isn’t a clean data price; it’s a data-plus-voice bundle price, and separating out how much of that value is “data” versus “voice” isn’t possible from the published numbers.
Two of three operator names on this list didn’t exist five years ago
The naming here is itself worth a beat of context, because it explains part of why comparing “the same three operators” over time is harder than it should be. ATOM was Telenor Myanmar until Norway’s Telenor Group exited the market and the business was renamed on 8 June 2022, following its sale to a joint venture between Lebanon’s M1 Group and Myanmar’s Shwe Byain Phyu Group, as reported at the time by Eleven Media Group and Mobile World Live. U9 was Ooredoo Myanmar until Qatar’s Ooredoo Group sold its stake to Nine Communications Pvt. Ltd. in September 2022, and the Ooredoo brand itself was retired three years later — U9’s own newsroom dates the rename to 17 September 2025, a date corroborated independently by Wikipedia’s sourced timeline, which cites 20 September 2025 for the formal rebrand. MPT, the state-linked original operator, is the only one of the three that has carried the same name throughout. In other words, this “three-operator market” comparison is really a comparison between one long-standing incumbent and two brands that have each changed hands and names once since the 2021 coup reshaped Myanmar’s foreign-investment landscape — which is useful context for why searching for “Ooredoo Myanmar data packages” today mostly turns up dead or redirected pages rather than current pricing.
What this comparison still can’t tell you
A few gaps are worth stating plainly rather than papering over. None of the three operators’ public pricing pages disclose actual network speed or throttling behavior once a data package’s high-speed allotment is used up, so “the same amount of data” doesn’t necessarily mean “the same usable data” across operators. None of the pages break down pricing or availability by region — Yangon and Mandalay coverage says nothing about pricing or reliability in more rural townships, where all three operators have historically had weaker infrastructure. And because ATOM doesn’t publish comparable prepaid data volumes, a genuinely fair three-way comparison of “cheapest way to buy 1 GB of data in Myanmar” currently can’t be built from public information alone for all three operators — only for two of them.
Frequently asked questions
Which operator has the cheapest mobile data in Myanmar as of August 2026?
Comparing disclosed prepaid data-only packages, MPT and U9 are effectively tied, both charging roughly 3.70–3.81 Ks per MB depending on package size, with the two converging to the same 3.70 Ks/MB rate at their largest package tiers. ATOM’s comparable flat pay-as-you-go rate (15 Ks/MB) is markedly higher, though its bundled postpaid plans work out cheaper per MB once you factor in that they also include unlimited on-net voice.
How much does 1 GB of mobile data cost in Myanmar right now?
MPT sells 1 GB (1,024 MB) for 3,889 Ks. U9 doesn’t sell an exact 1 GB pack, but its nearest tier is 1,131 MB for 4,299 Ks. Neither price includes any additional taxes beyond what’s already built into the listed price on each operator’s site.
What happened to Ooredoo Myanmar? Is it still operating?
Ooredoo Myanmar still operates as a network, but not under that name. It was renamed U9 in September 2025, three years after Qatar’s Ooredoo Group sold the business to Nine Communications Pvt. Ltd. in 2022. Existing SIM cards and services continued under the new brand.
Is ATOM the same company as Telenor Myanmar?
Yes. Telenor Myanmar was renamed ATOM on 8 June 2022, after Telenor Group divested the business to a joint venture between M1 Group and Shwe Byain Phyu Group.
Do these listed prices already include Myanmar’s commercial tax on data?
It varies by operator and package, and isn’t always stated. ATOM explicitly labels its pay-as-you-go data rate as tax-exclusive and separately confirms a 15% commercial tax on data usage in effect since January 2022. MPT’s and U9’s package pages do not explicitly state whether their listed prices are tax-inclusive or tax-exclusive, which is itself a transparency gap worth flagging.
Why we’re tracking this every month
This is the first installment of what we plan to publish as a recurring monthly check-in on Myanmar’s mobile data pricing, focused specifically on cellular data packages rather than fixed-line or home broadband. There’s no prior month’s data in our own records yet to compare against, so today’s numbers are the starting point rather than a trend line — but locking in a verified snapshot now, sourced directly from each operator’s own site, is what will let next month’s edition say something concrete about whether prices moved, packages changed, or a promotional pack quietly disappeared, instead of relying on memory or secondhand roundups the way older comparisons in this space tend to.
The takeaway
Looked at package by package, Myanmar’s prepaid mobile data market in August 2026 isn’t really a three-way price competition — it’s MPT and U9 tracking each other’s prices almost to the Kyat, with ATOM sitting outside that comparison entirely because it doesn’t publish the data volumes needed to place it on the same chart. Two of the three brand names here also didn’t exist before mid-2022, a reminder that “comparing operators over time” in Myanmar means comparing companies that have sometimes changed ownership and identity entirely, not just their price lists.
Sources: MPT package pricing, mpt.com.mm, accessed August 3, 2026 (mpt.com.mm/en/packages-and-plans); ATOM package pricing and pay-as-you-go rates, atom.com.mm, accessed August 3, 2026 (atom.com.mm/en/personal/packages-and-plans); ATOM 48hrs Night Data Pack terms, atom.com.mm, accessed August 3, 2026 (atom.com.mm/en/personal/offer/48hrsnightdata); ATOM Shal Suboo pack pricing, atom.com.mm, accessed August 3, 2026 (atom.com.mm/en/personal/offer/shalsuboo); U9 Data Packs pricing, u9.com.mm, accessed August 3, 2026 (u9.com.mm/portal/en/datapacks); “Ooredoo Renamed as U9,” U9 newsroom, published September 17, 2025 (u9.com.mm); “U9 Myanmar,” Wikipedia, accessed August 3, 2026 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U9_Myanmar); “Telenor Myanmar changes its name to Atom,” Eleven Media Group, published June 2022 (elevenmyanmar.com); “Telenor Myanmar rebrands as Atom,” Mobile World Live, published June 2022 (mobileworldlive.com).