Flood

Dawei Floods Disrupt Phone and Internet Service. Six Weeks After MTP Asked, Operator Flood Response Is Being Tested Again

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Floods and landslides in Dawei District, Tanintharyi Region, have killed dozens of people, and according to the press reports we could verify, phone and internet disruptions have made it hard for outsiders to even say how bad the damage is. UCA News reported on 2 October 2026, citing a local armed group and local sources, … Read more

MPT’s Flood Response, One Week Later: The Free Data Pack Ended On Schedule, and the Disaster Kept Growing

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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