Wave Money has partnered with Malaysian remittance operator Merchantrade to open a new international money transfer corridor from Malaysia to Myanmar, according to a press release published on Wave Money’s official site on July 1, 2026. Money sent through the service can be deposited directly into a recipient’s Wave Wallet or picked up in cash … Read more
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
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
On 2026-08-06, MPT (Myanma Posts and Telecommunications, operated as a joint venture with KDDI/Sumitomo under the KSGM structure) published a press release announcing that it had deployed emergency network equipment to flood-hit communities in Laymyethna (Lemyethna) Township, Ayeyarwady Region, and that from 2026-08-07 it would give affected customers a free seven-day relief pack of 1GB … Read more
KBZ Bank announced on May 15, 2026 that its mobile wallet KBZPay has partnered with Thailand’s TrueMoney Wallet to let Myanmar migrant workers send money home in real time, with recipients able to withdraw the funds free of charge at KBZ Bank branches and KBZPay Centers across Myanmar. On its own, that’s a modest-sounding update … Read more