Section 3 of the State-Owned Economic Enterprise Law No. 9/89 stipulates that certain activities, including telecommunications services, are reserved exclusively for the State. However, the Government retains the authority to permit, via notification, the execution of these reserved activities through joint ventures between the Government and other individuals or economic organisations. It has been observed that the Government frequently grants exceptions to the exclusive rights of SOEs in various economic sectors, including telecommunications, by allowing joint ventures or issuing special licenses.

It is reported that the military directly controls two of Myanmar's four telecommunications service providers, including military-owned Myteland and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT), originally state-owned and the country's main telecommunications operator. The other two service providers, ATOM (formerly Telenor) and Ooredoo, were run by independent foreign companies prior to the coup but are now owned by companies linked to the military.

According to Paragraph 5 of Directive 1/2022, the submission of tenders is open to all, except in the specific cases detailed in Paragraphs 4, 6, 7, and 8. Moreover, Paragraph 13 provides that procurement from international sources may be conducted in instances where the required goods are unavailable within the domestic market or where no authorised dealer has been designated by the manufacturer to distribute the foreign product locally.

Pursuant to Directive No. 1/2017, the establishment of a commercial presence is mandated for the provision of services related to government procurement. As part of the qualification process, applicants are required to submit evidence demonstrating that they are registered companies in Myanmar and have fulfilled their relevant tax obligations.

Art. 28 of the Presidential Directive No. 1/2017 mandates that the Tender Acceptance and Evaluation Committee shall evaluate each of the technical proposals for public procurement in accordance with some standards, including the inclusion of local experts among the senior experts for the tasks to be assigned.

Myanmar is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), nor does it have observer status.

Section 3 of the State-Owned Economic Enterprise Law No. 9/89 stipulates that certain activities, including telecommunications services, are reserved exclusively for the State. However, the Government retains the authority to permit, via notification, the execution of these reserved activities through joint ventures between the Government and other individuals or economic organisations. It has been observed that the Government frequently grants exceptions to the exclusive rights of SOEs in various economic sectors, including telecommunications, by allowing joint ventures or issuing special licenses.

Art. 1(d) of the Myanmar Investment Commission Notification No. 15/2017 requires investments in telecommunication services, the production and distribution of satellite communication items, radar communication items and related equipment, radio communication, and the production and domestic marketing of mobile handset and telephone to get approval from the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunication.
According to Art. 64 of the Ministry of Planning and Finance Notification No. 35/2017, investment proposals are evaluated based on whether "the investment is compatible with national development, security, economic, social and cultural policies, taking into consideration development, security, economic, social and cultural policy objectives announced by the Government or the government of any State or Region affected by the investment."

Myanmar is not a signatory of the 1996 World Trade Organization (WTO) Information Technology Agreement (ITA) nor the 2015 expansion (ITA II).

It is reported that the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 30, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

According to Art. 6 of the Electronic Transactions Law, a local presence in Mozambique is required to acquire a local domain name (".mz").

The Consumer Protection Law, supplemented by the Consumer Protection Regulation promulgated by Decree No. 22/2016 and the Electronic Transactions Law (Arts. 43-46), provides a comprehensive consumer protection framework that applies to online transactions.

Mozambique has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Mozambique has adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.