Myanma Railways Drops the Paper Ticket Exchange for Thadingyut: Is the “Online” Ticket Finally Fully Online?

On 23 October 2026, the Online Railways Ticketing and Payment (ORTP) department of Myanma Railways announced that passengers who bought their tickets online can travel during the Thadingyut Festival by showing the e-ticket on their phone together with their original National Registration Card (NRC). They no longer have to exchange it for a paper ticket … Read more

Myanmar Cyberattack Arrest: Seven Targets Hit, and None of the Victims Is Named

Myanmar authorities have announced the arrest of a man they say was behind a string of data-theft and extortion attacks on government and private online services this year. According to a report credited to Eleven Media and carried by Malaysia’s The Star on 11 October 2026 (via the ANN network), the suspect, Wai Phyo Aung, … Read more

MPT’s Dome Pyan (Rocket) Home Fiber Now Covers 189 Townships: What the Launch Price Table Leaves Out

Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) says it has extended its unlimited home fiber internet service, Dome Pyan (Burmese for “rocket”, often rendered in English as Rocket), to Htaukkyant in Yangon Region. According to a Burmese-language press release from MPT Corporate Communication dated 16 October 2026, which reached our inbox the same day, the service is … Read more

This Week in Myanmar Tech: A Seat in Moscow, a Ban on Gold Livestreams, and Four Dishes in a Tent

This is Myanmar Tech Press’s weekly column. We connect recent coverage, check back on things we flagged earlier, and add the analysis a single news article doesn’t have room for. The past week brought three stories that look unrelated: a diplomatic trip, a commerce rule and a police raid. They share one feature. In each, … Read more

Four Starlink Sets in a Tarpaulin Camp: What the Hopong Scam Raid Says About a Year of Starlink Enforcement in Myanmar

On the morning of 5 October 2026, Myanmar police raided a makeshift camp near Na Long village, about 21 km southwest of Maingpun in Hopong Township, southern Shan State, and arrested 87 people on suspicion of online fraudulent gambling. According to the Myanmar Police Force announcement as carried by One News (7 October 2026), 75 … Read more