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
PUBG Mobile has released an official in-game outfit honouring Yangon Galacticos (YG), Myanmar’s leading professional esports organisation. According to the announcement, it is the first time in PUBG Mobile’s history that a dedicated in-game outfit has been created for an esports team. The outfit has been available to players worldwide since August 4, and the … Read more
This is the first edition of a new weekly column. Each week we pull together the stories we covered, revisit something from our archive that the week’s news puts in a different light, and flag one specific thing worth watching — the kind of claim we can come back and check later. Myanmar Tech Press … Read more
Myanmar’s Ministry of Digital Development and Communications says the country should have nationwide 5G service running by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026-2027. The target came out of a coordination meeting held on August 18, 2026, and was reported the following day by One News Myanmar, with the same meeting details — date, spokesperson, … Read more