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. This time there were three stories: a five-year-old data decision that has reached a Norwegian prosecutor, a broadband price rise that came with no reason … Read more
On September 20, 2026, Myanmar’s Deputy Minister for Digital Development and Communications, U Thet Win Aung, met mobile operators and internet service providers at the Hanthawaddy Office in Sanchaung Township, Yangon, and said the country is “expected to begin offering 5G services in the near future.” That is the full extent of the new information, … Read more
Myanmar Net, the consumer broadband brand of Frontiir International Company Limited, has told customers it is raising prices on its Postpaid CANAL+ bundled internet plans effective 1 October 2026. The change is laid out in an announcement on the company’s own site, published on myanmarnet.com, whose heading is dated 15 September 2026. Taken alone, it … Read more
On 15 September 2026, Norwegian police announced that Telenor ASA, the Norwegian parent of the operator that once ran Telenor Myanmar, has been charged in two separate investigations linked to its Myanmar business. According to the joint press release from Kripos and PST (Norway’s national criminal investigation service and its domestic security service), published on … Read more
On September 17, 2026, PUBG MOBILE’s Myanmar publicity partner, Vero Myanmar, sent Myanmar Tech Press a press release about Yangon Galacticos’ trip to the PMGO 2026 Season 2 SEA Finals, held September 11–13 in Malaysia. The release is warm and forward-looking: it calls the tournament “a valuable experience,” quotes the team’s coach about eyeing the … Read more