In June 2026, FIFA granted exclusive Myanmar broadcast rights for the 2026 World Cup to TV360, the streaming and entertainment platform run by Mytel — the telecom operator jointly owned by Myanmar’s military and Vietnam’s Viettel Group. Myanmar Now first reported the deal on June 10, 2026, and The Irrawaddy’s June 11, 2026 report laid … Read more
Over the weekend of August 15-16, 2026, OPPO Myanmar served as title sponsor of Yangon Swish, a basketball tournament held at the Junction Square Outdoor Area. Alongside the courts, the company set up an experience booth built around one product: the OPPO A6s Pro, the mid-range phone it launched in Myanmar in June 2026 for … Read more
Wave Money has partnered with Malaysian remittance operator Merchantrade to open a new international money transfer corridor from Malaysia to Myanmar, according to a press release published on Wave Money’s official site on July 1, 2026. Money sent through the service can be deposited directly into a recipient’s Wave Wallet or picked up in cash … Read more
On 2026-08-13, Myanmar Tech Press asked whether MPT’s flood-emergency network deployment — two satellite terminals and one Cell-on-Wheels (COW) mobile base station in a single township, plus a free seven-day data/voice/SMS pack — was proportioned to a disaster that had already left 441,788 people affected across 17 townships. Four days later, MPT published a second … Read more
MPT is running a TikTok campaign called “Dance with MPT, Growth with MPT” from July 28 to September 27, 2026. It is open to MPT SIM users, including MPT eSIM users, and it has two separate tracks with 204 winners between them. The top individual prize is 1,500,000 Kyats in cash. Unlike most operator promotions, … Read more