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 two stories, and they turned out to share a shape. In each one, the first public statement came from a party … Read more
Myanmar’s national PUBG MOBILE team, Team Zanaka, finished 12th out of 12 national teams at the 2026 Asian Games esports finals for PUBG MOBILE, held on 28-29 September 2026 in Japan. The team scored 28 points across 12 matches, well behind 11th-placed Uzbekistan (43) and a fraction of gold medallist Thailand’s 128. The full standings … Read more
Over a roughly three-month span in 2026, two of Myanmar’s largest private banks each turned up on a criminal extortion group’s leak site. In June, the group LAPSUS$ claimed to have stolen more than 120GB of data from AYA Bank and threatened to publish it unless a ransom was paid by July 8, according to … Read more
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