Telecommunication

Telecommunication

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attends the launch of Mytel on June 9, 2018 (Photo: Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services website)
‘Destroy your SIM card’ - activists call for boycott of Mytel for ‘aiding and abetting’ the military 
Call comes in 161-page report that details how foreign banks ‘help fund’ the military with loans to...
Published on Dec 21, 2020
Internet providers have already blocked 221 websites. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Government blocks more websites it claims have ‘terrorist’ links
Move will be seen as another attack on free speech, with foreign companies like Telenor playing along
May 14, 2020
A netizen scrolls through the DMG website in March 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Telenor reverses stance, blocks ethnic news media amid crackdown on journalists
Government refuses to release list of sites it ordered blocked, arrests several reporters from ethnic news media
Apr 2, 2020
(Photo : Jean Le Roux (Digital Forensic Research Lab) / Medium)
Facebook removes network of fake accounts promoting military-backed telecom with $1.2m misinformation campaign
Company says accounts posed as neutral telecom news and opinion outlets while attacking MyTel critics and competitors
Feb 13, 2020
The state MPs will send a letter to the central government to resume the internet access in Rakhine State (Photo- Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now)
Rakhine MPs Urge NLD Government to End Internet Blackout Amid Human Rights Fears
One MP said news of the deaths of two civilians amid fighting was slow to reach him because of the blackout
Jul 10, 2019