Article list about MPT based on information gathered in Myanmar local
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
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
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
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
Myanmar’s Ministry of Digital Development and Communications says the country should have nationwide 5G service running by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026-2027. The target came out of a coordination meeting held on August 18, 2026, and was reported the following day by One News Myanmar, with the same meeting details — date, spokesperson, … Read more