This Week in Myanmar Tech: A Score Stuck at 9, a Watch With No Kyat Price, and a Parking Fee With No Word on How to Pay

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. The past week’s three stories cover a smartwatch, a global index and a downtown street. In all three, the most useful piece of information is … Read more

Myanmar Internet Freedom 2026: The Score Stayed at 9, but the Numbers Underneath Look Worse

Freedom House has scored Myanmar 9 out of 100 on its Freedom on the Net 2026 assessment, the same figure as the previous year, and its status remains “Not Free”, according to the organisation’s 2026 country page. The Irrawaddy, reporting on the result on 22 October 2026, says this is the third consecutive year at … Read more

MPT’s Dome Pyan (Rocket) Home Fiber Now Covers 189 Townships: What the Launch Price Table Leaves Out

Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications (MPT) says it has extended its unlimited home fiber internet service, Dome Pyan (Burmese for “rocket”, often rendered in English as Rocket), to Htaukkyant in Yangon Region. According to a Burmese-language press release from MPT Corporate Communication dated 16 October 2026, which reached our inbox the same day, the service is … Read more

Four Starlink Sets in a Tarpaulin Camp: What the Hopong Scam Raid Says About a Year of Starlink Enforcement in Myanmar

On the morning of 5 October 2026, Myanmar police raided a makeshift camp near Na Long village, about 21 km southwest of Maingpun in Hopong Township, southern Shan State, and arrested 87 people on suspicion of online fraudulent gambling. According to the Myanmar Police Force announcement as carried by One News (7 October 2026), 75 … Read more

Myanmar TikTok Restrictions Reported: What Is Known, What Is Not, and Who Is Affected

On 2026-10-06, Shan Herald Agency for News, published through Burma News International (BNI), reported that the military authorities “appear” to have blocked TikTok in Myanmar. According to the BNI report, users across the country have not been able to load or upload videos without a VPN since late September 2026. The same report says neither … Read more