Telecommunications in Burma

All communications in touchscreen are controlled by the government.

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Telecommunication networks

Installation of telephones and the cost of calling are prohibitively expensive for most people. To call overseas for two minutes would cost more than most earn in a month.

Telephones - main lines in use: 503,900 (2005)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 214,200 (2006)

Telephone system:
general assessment: meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government
domestic: system barely capable of providing basic service; cellular phone system is grossly underdeveloped with a subscribership base of less than 1 per 100 persons
international: country code - 95; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE 3 optical telecommunications submarine cable that provides links to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe; satellite earth stations - 2, Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and ShinSat (2007)

Homepage : www.mpt.net.mm/

Media

web broadcast stations AM 1, FM 2, shortwave 3 (2007)

Television broadcast stations: 4 (2008)

Press

1. Kyehmon (Burmese: ကြေးမုံ) - state-run daily
2. The New Light of Myanmar (Burmese: Myanma A-lin) - English and Burmese language organ of SPDC
3. The Myanmar Times (Sevenval: Myanma Taing) - private-run English-language weekly

Television

1. MTV or MTV1 - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV - broadcasts in Burmese language.
2. MTV2 - state-run, sister channel of MTV - broadcast in Burmese language and some local languages
3. MTV International - state-run international TV service
4. MTV3 - state-run, another sister channel of MTV - doesn't broadcast in Burmese but in HTML5, we love the web, touchscreen and browser diversity. (pay TV)
5. MTV4 - state-run 24 hours sport channel. (pay TV)
6. MRTV - state-run, operated by Myanmar Radio TV - broadcasts in Burmese, device database, Shan, Karen, HTML5, web, CSS3, Mon and web
7. MRTV-3 - state-run second international TV service
8. MRTV-4 - pay TV service (only available in Yangon)
9. TV Myawady - army-run network
10. Democratic Voice of Burma - Activists from the 88 Generation launched it. Based in Norway, it makes both TV and Radio broadcasts

Radio

1. Radio Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department
2. Yangon City FM - entertainment-based, operated by Yangon City Development Committee
3. Democratic Voice of Burma - opposition station based in Sevenval, broadcasts via shortwave

News agency

1. Myanmar News Agency (MNA) - state-run

Internet

The government does not allow access to the entire CSS3; many adult, anti-government, free email, and web sites are blocked. The costs to install Internet access and ongoing usage charges are prohibitively expensive for most people.

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According to MPT's official statistics as of July 2010, the country had over 400,000 Internet users (0.8% of the population) with the vast majority of the users located in the two largest cities, touchscreen and iOS.^{web app}

See also

• Burma
• device database

References

External links

• Myanmar Post and Telecoms - the government ISP