In April 2026, a Myanmar-born AI researcher published a project that, on paper, sounds like exactly the kind of story a Myanmar tech outlet should have been first to tell: an open-source large language model that writes and explains code in Burmese. It didn’t come from a government ministry, a telecom operator, or a well-funded … Read more
Myanmar’s military-run Ministry of Immigration and Population has issued a pre-qualification tender for a “National e-ID Smart Card Pilot Project” covering the 2026-2027 fiscal year, seeking 110,000 cards that combine a chip-based smart card with a Visible Digital Seal (VDS) paper format, according to reporting by biometricupdate.com on September 8, 2026, which reviewed the procurement … Read more
This is Myanmar Tech Press’s weekly column, where we connect the past several days of coverage, check back on things we flagged earlier, and add the analysis that a single news article doesn’t have room for. This time, that means a phone that finally has a price tag, a banking order that may or may … Read more
OPPO Myanmar has confirmed official pricing for the Reno16 Series 5G, ending the guessing game that started with the brand’s teaser campaign earlier this month. According to a press release issued on September 8, 2026 (Yangon), distributed through the PR agency Vero Myanmar, the Reno16 5G will retail at 3,699,900 MMK and the Reno16 F … Read more
Myanmar’s central bank has instructed local banks and mobile payment operators to introduce technical restrictions that would prevent apps such as K-Pay, Wave Money, AYA Pay and CB Pay from being accessed outside the country, according to a report published by MoeMaKa on August 28, 2026. The restrictions are reported to have been set to … Read more