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
In early March 2026, Myanmar’s government rolled out a mandatory phone registration system called CEIR (Central Equipment Identity Register), linking every handset’s IMEI number to its SIM card and, by extension, to the owner’s national ID. The government’s own framing for the system, laid out in the Office of the President’s announcement, was narrow: it … Read more
This is our weekly column: we pull together the stories we covered over the past week, put one or two of them next to something from our archive, and flag a specific, checkable claim to come back to later. Three stories this time, and they turn out to share a theme neither of them states … Read more
OPPO Myanmar issued a press release dated September 2, 2026, from Yangon, announcing that the Reno16 Series 5G will “soon” arrive in the Myanmar market. The release also confirmed that South Korean K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER has been brought on as OPPO’s Reno Ambassador for the series. The announcement was distributed by PR agency Vero … Read more
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