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Protecting Your Online Privacy on Android Devices in Myanmar

Are you ready to dive into the world of protecting your online privacy on Android devices in Myanmar? With how much time we spend on our phones, it's essential to keep our data safe while we scroll through social media, chat with friends, or shop online

Enabling International and Roaming Services via the Ooredoo App

Hey there, tech-savvy adventurers! Are you ready to stay connected while you jet off across borders? 🌍 Whether you're heading to a business meeting in Bangkok or a beach getaway in Bali, enabling international calls and roaming services with the Ooredoo app is easier than finding

Navigating the My Ooredoo App: A User's Guide

Welcome to the future of telecom management in Myanmar! If you’ve ever wondered how to navigate the My Ooredoo app, you’re in the right place. This handy guide will help you manage your data, calls, payments, and a whole lot more—while keeping it fun and light!

Securing Your Mobile Device: Essential Tips for Myanmar Users

In today’s buzzing digital world, your mobile device is like your trusty sidekick! Whether you're texting your friend about the latest street food joint in Yangon or snapping pics at Shwedagon Pagoda, keeping your phone secure is crucial to protect your personal info. Here are so

Registering Your SIM Card in Myanmar: A How-To Guide

Welcome to the wild, wonderful world of telecommunications in Myanmar! Whether you're a digital nomad, a curious traveler, or a local tech enthusiast, registering your SIM card is a must to keep your phone buzzing and your social media feeds overflowing. Buckle up, because we’re

Checking Your Internet Speed in Myanmar: Tools and Tips

Are you tired of buffering videos and choppy video calls? It's time to take matters into your own hands and check your internet speed in Myanmar! With several reliable tools at your fingertips, you can measure just how fast (or slow) your connection really is

Revolutionizing Mobile Payment Systems in Myanmar: The Rise of Digital Wallets

The digital landscape in Myanmar is evolving rapidly, with mobile technology driving significant changes across various sectors. One of the most notable trends is the rise of digital wallets, which are transforming the way people transact, making payments easier and more efficien

The Rise of Mobile Banking in Myanmar: A Game-Changer for Financial Inclusion

Myanmar, a country with a rapidly growing tech industry, has seen a significant shift towards digital transformation in recent years. One of the most notable trends is the rise of mobile banking, which has become a game-changer for financial inclusion in the country. With the inc

The Future of Technology in Myanmar: Telecom, Cybersecurity, and Blockchain

Myanmar has experienced rapid technological advancements in recent years, particularly in the areas of telecom, cybersecurity, and blockchain. As the country continues to modernize, these technologies are becoming increasingly important for its economic and social development

The Growth of E-commerce in Myanmar: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Trends

E-commerce in Myanmar has witnessed remarkable growth in recent years, becoming one of the most dynamic sectors of the country’s digital economy. As internet penetration rises and mobile access expands, online shopping is becoming a part of everyday life for an increasing number

Ooredoo Myanmar Offers eSIMs to Subscribers

Ooredoo Myanmar offers eSIMs to subscribers. Upgrade for free or buy at the same price as physical SIM cards.

Presearch: A Decentralized, Private and Rewarding Search Engine

Discover how Presearch lets you search the web privately and earn crypto rewards for every query you make on its decentralized platform.

Virtual Private Servers in Myanmar

Learn how to choose the right Virtual Private Server (VPS) in Myanmar. Consider factors like support, resources, OS, and security. Get insights on the top VPS providers in Myanmar.

How to Protect Your Online Privacy in 2023

Protecting your online privacy is crucial in today's digital age, especially in Myanmar. Read on to discover three methods for safeguarding your online privacy, including VPN services, end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, and privacy-focused browsers and search engines.

Ooredoo planning an exit from Myanmar

Qatari telecommunications company Ooredoo is in talks to sell its Myanmar unit, following Telenor which sold its operation to M1 Group.

Telenor Myanmar rebrands to Atom Myanmar

Telenor Myanmar has become ATOM Myanmar. The telecom provider has plans to launch the first commercial 5G network in Myanmar.

What is an APN and how to change it?

It is quite easy to change your APN settings on iPhone, iPad, Android or Xiaomi, let's walk you through the process...

Which Public DNS Servers are the fastest in Myanmar?

DNS, or domain name system, is the internet protocol that converts human-readable website names (such as internetinmyanmar.com) into machine readable numeric addresses also called IP addresses

Xiaomi Mi 11 lands in Myanmar

Xiaomi Mi 11 is the world’s first smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC. The new flagship smartphone was released last month in China in China. Xiaomi reported that in just 21 days, the company sold 1,000,000 (one million) Xiaomi Mi 11

Why Myanmar companies should embrace a multi-cloud strategy

Since the telecom liberalization in Myanmar, the country has gone through a digital revolution. Myanmar people are adopting new technologies at a rapid pace. More than 90% of the population owns a smartphone, 40% of the population uses the Internet. It all started with Facebook

5 Reasons to Use a Password Manager

Most people have more online accounts than we can remember. Often, you have to create a new account for each online service unless you connect everything via your Facebook or Google account. Since there are too many passwords to remember, most people just end up using very easy p

State of the Mobile Internet in Myanmar - Oct 20

According to the last GSMA report, Myanmar is among the top 4 countries with the fastest growth in Internet penetration over the past 5 years. The country's internet penetration jumped from 10% to 40% in 5 years!

ProtonVPN, the best VPN to protect your online privacy

Freedomhouse, a non-profit organization that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom, and human rights degraded the score of Myanmar to 31/100 in 2020

Home Broadband Internet in Myanmar - Sept 2020

Our last home broadband pricing report was published 15 months ago. Since then, we discovered new Internet service providers, others shut down, the competition is still intense!

Four years down the 4G auction, mixed results for ISPs in Myanmar

Almost four years ago, Myanmar Post and Telecommunication Department (PTD) published the result of an historical bid for the acquisition of 4G spectrum. This bid was reserved for Internet service providers and mobile operators were requested not to participate

Honor Play 4 Pro: the smartphone that takes your temperature

Honor Play 4 and Honor Play 4 Pro come with hole-punch display and 5G support. The two new smartphones are declined in a range of three colors.

Redmi Note 8 Series Sales Cross 30 Million Mark Worldwide

Redmi Note 8 48MP is a major hit worldwide and Myanmar is no exception. The smartphone offers top features for a reasonable price tag.

How to use your phone in Myanmar?

If you are preparing your future trip to Myanmar, you are certainly wondering how to communicate with your friends and family during the course of your trip

Huawei P40 and P40 Pro on their way to Myanmar

Huawei P40 and P40 Pro are finally released in Myanmar. The new 5G smartphone features an amazing 50MP camera, 4,200 mAh large battery, and 6.4' Display.

Joox, Myanmar #1 music streaming service

Joox, a music streaming service owned by Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent, was launched in 2015 and accumulated over 100 million downloads on the Play Store. The service has a music library of 30 million tracks.

Redmi Note 9 and Redmi Note 9 Pro soon in Myanmar

Xiaomi is very busy in the news these days. Three days after launching MIUI 12, the Chinese technology vendor launched four products in a single day on April 30, 2020. The launch included Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro. Mi Note 10 Lite was also part of the launch. The last addition

Home Wireless Internet in Myanmar, a competitive landscape

Telenor, Ooredoo and Ananda all compete in the Myanmar home broadband market with a very similar price strategy. Let's explore their Internet plans.

SD-WAN in Myanmar, a golden opportunity?

SD-WAN is one of the fastest growing technology in the enterprise infrastructure space. It is also a great fit for the Myanmar market.

Xiaomi to unveil MIUI 12 and Mi 10 Youth next week

Xiaomi launched the Mi 10 Lite 5G globally last month and a few days ago the company announced it will unveil a new variant of the smartphone on April 27 in China, called Mi 10 Youth. Alongside the Mi 10 Youth, Xiaomi will also announce MIUI 12.

How to install MIUI 11 on your phone right now

MIUI 11 Global update was announced last month. So far, hundreds of Xiaomi and Redmi devices have been issued the MIUI 11 OTA updates. Still, there are millions of Xiaomi users in Myanmar waiting for the latest update. To ensure the download servers do not get overcrowded, Xiaomi

MPT grasping the OTT opportunity

By partnering with OTT players, telcos can achieve multiple objectives: increasing data usage is one of these. Increase in usage means increase in ARPU which can definitely help coping with years of price drop. Mobile operators are also keen to reduce churn by developing a unique

Mi Note 10 with 108MP camera is launching on 14 November

Xiaomi is gearing up to launch the new smartphone November 14th. Essentially, the Mi Note 10 is the Mi CC9 Pro with extra bands for global support. As we get closer to the launch date, Xiaomi has shared a few important specs of its upcoming super smartphone.

5G In Myanmar, the future is right around the corner

On August 5th, Myanmar fourth mobile operator Mytel announced the launch of the first 5G network in Myanmar. The pilot was achieved using 3.5GHz frequency and reached 1.6Gbps download speed on a single handset device.

မန္တလေးမြို့မှာ အင်တာနက်သုံးမယ်ဆိုရင် ဘယ် ISP ဝန်ဆောင်မှုကို သုံးကြမလဲ

ဒီတစ္ခါေတာ့ မႏၱေလးျမိဳ႕မွာ ဘယ္ ISP (Internet Service Providers) ဝန္ေဆာင္မႈေတြ ရႏိုုင္မလဲဆိုုတာ လက္လွမ္းမီသေလာက္ ေဖာ္ျပေပးပါရေစ။

Home Broadband Plans in Myanmar - July 19

Average price per mbps continue to crash at a rapid pace. We can’t help noticing that a virtual floor price was hit already last year, forcing ISPs to shift their pricing strategy: giving more bandwidth for the same price.

How to watch Pyone Play outside of Myanmar?

Do you know Pyone Play? Everybody knows Pyone Play. This is one of the most popular streaming platform in Myanmar. The service launched in 2016 has seen a growing popularity in Myanmar as Internet become more and more mainstream.

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ အွန်လိုင်းကနေ ဘယ်လို အလုပ်အကိုင် လွယ်လွယ်ရှာဖွေကြမလဲ

ပထမဆံုုးတစ္ခုုကေတာ့ job search engines Website ဆိုုရင္ MyWorld ပါပဲ၊ Myanmar’s Best Recruitment Agency လိုု႔ ေၾကာ္ျငာထားပါတယ္။

How to save money on your Internet bill?

Since the liberalization of the telecom sector in Myanmar, Internet adoption in Myanmar has been massive with a double-digit penetration growth year-on-year. According to the last report from Wearesocial, 39% of Myanmar population is now using Internet on a regular basis.

5G နည်းပညာက တကယ်ပဲ အမြန်ဆုံးဖြစ်နိုင်မှာလား

ဖုန္းကုမၸဏီေတြက 5G နည္းပညာအသစ္အတြက္တျဖည္းျဖည္းနဲ႕ ျပင္ဆင္မႈေတြျပဳလုပ္လာၾကေပမယ့္ တစ္ခုစဥ္းစားစရာရွိတာကေတာ့ 5G သာတကယ္သံုးလို႕ရလာရင္ ကြ်န္ေတာ္တို႕ထင္သေလာက္ျမန္ပါ့မလားဆိုတာပါပဲ ။ မျဖစ္မေနသိထားရမွာေတြကေတာ့ -

MPT launches new broadband promotion

During the summer 2017, MPT surprised everyone by releasing a killer offer into the broadband market. MPT was at that time competing with Telenor for the cheapest FTTH plan in the market. The megabit was sold as low as 10,900Ks which made precedence and definitely trigger a new w

ဖုန်းပျောက်သွားရင် ဘယ်လိုပြန်ရှာကြမလဲ…

ဖုန္းေပ်ာက္ၿပီဆိုရင္ ကြ်န္ေတာ္တို႕ေတြ ဘာလုပ္လို႕ဘာကိုင္ရမွန္းမသိျဖစ္တတ္ပါတယ္။ အဲ့ဒါေၾကာင့္ ဒီတစ္ေခါက္မွာေတာ့ ကြ်န္ေတာ္တို႕ Internet In Myanmar က android ဖုန္းသံုးသူေတြအတြက္ ဖုန္းေပ်ာက္တာနဲ႕ ဘာေတြလုပ္ရမလဲ ။ ဘယ္လိုေတြရွာရမလဲဆိုတာကို ေျပာျပေပးသြားပါမယ္။

Buy a Mobile WiFi Hotspot in Myanmar

Over the past few years, 4G networks have become widely available in Myanmar. Myanmar owns one of the fastest mobile data networks in the world.

7 Steps to Protect your Online Privacy on Android / MIUI

According to the last report from We Are Social, Internet penetration in Myanmar rose to 39% in February 2019. The report also says that 99% of these Internet users are mobile.

Why Internet Exchange Points Are Important

Myanmar Internet Exchange (MM-IX) was born in September 2017 and is Myanmar’s first Internet Exchange Point. MMIX is dubbed by APNIC, the Regional Internet address Registry (RIR) for the Asia-Pacific region. MMIX is an association that provides IP peering facilities to its member

Telenor announces unlimited data roaming to Thailand

Back in April 2018, Telenor Myanmar changed the life of frequent flyers by offering a super attractive rate for data roaming on 8 destinations in Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Taiwan The rate dropped down from 500Ks per MB to 8Ks

ကမ္ဘာကျော် Spotify ကိုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံမှာ ဘယ်လိုသုံးကြမလဲ?

ဒီတစ္ေခါက္မွာေတာ့ သီခ်င္းခ်စ္သူေတြအတြက္ အခ်ိန္နဲ႕ တေျပးညီနားေထာင္လို႕ရတဲ့ ဆြီဒင္ႏိုင္ငံရဲ႕ ကမၻာေက်ာ္ app တစ္ခုအေၾကာင္း ကိုေျပာျပေပးခ်င္ပါတယ္...

Shared, VPS & Dedicated Web Hosting in Myanmar

Shared, VPS or Dedicated? It all depends on your needs. There is no wrong solution there. If your budget is limited and you are looking to start a niche website which will not receive a lot of traffic, go for shared hosting. It is definitely a good introduction to hosting and wil

Telenor revamps Data Suboo

On January 23rd, Telenor announced a complete revamp of its famous data packages called Data Suboo. The new monthly packs range from 700MB to 15.5GB which should fit every customer need and budget.

Myanmar Net: leading innovation in Myanmar

Myanmar Net is one of the leading ISP's in Myanmar. Technology-wise, Myanmar Net uses a mix of Fiber and Wifi to provide connectivity to its customers.

မြန်မာဇာတ်ကားကောင်းတွေကို တစုတစည်းတည်း တဝကြီးကြည့်ရမယ့် Myanflix

Myanflix ဆိုတာ ေၾကာ္ျငာထားသေလာက္ေတာ့ on demand OTT Service App ျဖစ္ပါတယ္။ ျမန္မာဇာတ္ကားေတြကို စုစည္းထားတာ ျဖစ္ၿပီး ဇာတ္ကားေပါင္း ၄၀၀၀

How to choose the right Internet provider for your business?

How to select the best broadband provider for your business? Who are the top business Internet service providers in Myanmar?

Home Broadband Plans in Myanmar – Nov 2018

The broadband market in Myanmar continue to be extremely active. Telenor and Ooredoo launched their home wireless 4G products and MPT slashed FTTH prices.

Ooredoo Myanmar, mobile operator of the year

In one year, Ooredoo went from the last position to a solid leader in mobile data performance providing outstanding 4G speed in Yangon and Mandalay.

MyTel introduces eSIM technology in Myanmar

Mytel recently announces that it will be the first operator to launch eSIM in Myanmar.The mobile operator presented the technology in a Youtube video.

The top 7 digital services that changed our life forever

Internet growth in Myanmar is driven by the massive adoption of new digital services that aim to simply make our life better. Here is our top 7!

Ooredoo launched Supernet Wireless, Ananda under threat

A few months after Telenor, Ooredoo launched in September 2018 its 4G wireless broadband product called Supernet Wireless.

Mobile data price drops by 30% in Myanmar

September 2018, there is a new price point for mobile data in Myanmar and the good news is that it is 30% cheaper than it used to be.

Internet News Digest - Summer 2018

Besides monsoon promotions, the Internet market in Myanmar is quiet these days. This is a brief review of news that keep us entertained during the summer.

Fiber broadband providers in Myanmar

In this article, we will list down the main fiber service providers and show you that Myanmar consumers are spoilt with choice.

5 things to consider when choosing an ISP in Myanmar

Finding an ISP in Myanmar is definitely not an easy task. This article will help you avoid the usual traps and find the right offer for your needs.

Mytel APN Settings for 4G Internet

Our step by step guide to use 4G Internet with Mytel Myanmar. Configure your APN settings on your Android or Xiaomi phone thanks to our guide.

Telenor launches Home Wireless Internet services

Telenor Myanmar has recently released a new promising 4G product in the market called Home Wireless Internet. Bad news for Ananda!

Mytel hits one million subs in Myanmar

June 9th, Mytel has officially launched services nationwide and became the 4th mobile operator in Myanmar. Mytel 4G is already available in 300 townships.

Ananda launches 4G+ Internet service in Myanmar

Ananda Livemore has finally launched its 4G network in Yangon end of May 2018. The technology seems promising, the pricing is agressive but does it really worth the money? Lets find out!

Residential Internet Plans in Myanmar - May 2018

This quarter has seen Myanmarnet facing a vague of complains while 5BB FTTH service is more and more popular. Ananda has finally launched 4G service in Yangon with some truly exciting price plans.

Telenor Myanmar launches Wifi Offload

Telenor Myanmar has launched a new range of packages in partnership with the Internet Service Provider MyanmarNet. These packages called A-wa-thone Data allow the customers to benefit from both Telenor 4G mobile data and Myanmarnet Wifi hotspot network in Yangon and Mandalay.

Telenor Myanmar offers music streaming with Joox

To celebrate Myanmar New Year, Telenor update its entertainment packs with the new music streaming service Joox. Telenor video packs were launched a bit more than one year ago. As we mentioned in our article at that time, the offer was originally limited to Youtube and Pyone Play

Telenor Myanmar slashes data roaming costs

Myanmar business travelers will be pleased: Telenor Myanmar just reduced drastically the data roaming rate across 8 countries in Asia including Thailand, Malaysia, China, Singapore, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Mobile Data: calm before the storm

As we wrote a few weeks ago, a 4th mobile operator is about to launch in Myanmar: Mytel. Calm before the storm, Telenor and MPT ended their respective data promotions and shut themselves away as Thingyan this year promise to be wet.

Datacenters and Cloud Providers in Myanmar

As of today, hosting content in country is not the common rule in Myanmar. Most of the companies rely on Singapore for hosting both their data and computing capabilities. But this situation is slowly evolving and a domestic range of collocation and cloud offers is now available t

MyTel & Ananda hit the Myanmar market

The telecom market in Myanmar is about to enter a new era. Headlines of the past few days, two new telcos announced their incoming 4G launch. First of them, Mytel officially launched its 4G network last Sunday during a ceremony in Nay Pyi Daw where the operator initiated the firs

Myanmar Mobile Operators invest in 4G spectrum

It was in May 2017 that the mobile operators in Myanmar received a first allocation in the 1800Mhz band by the Posts and Telecommunications Department. 2x40Mhz were granted, 2x35Mhz left and offered on a first come first served basis. This initial spectrum grant provided a huge b

In Myanmar, mobile data prices are on the rise

In December 2017, mobile operators in Myanmar have all increased their data package prices. The new mobile data price is situated around 1,7MMK per MB.

Residential Unlimited Internet Plans – December 2017

Internet in Myanmar is please to share its updated broadband price comparison for Myanmar. This is the last update from December 2017.

OpenSignal unveils Myanmar mobile coverage maps

Thanks to OpenSignal, you can better signal, find free Wifi and see which operator is best in your location all over Myanmar

Which Internet Service Provider in Myanmar is blacklisted?

According to spamhaus, the most infected countries by spam botnets are China, India, Russia and Vietnam. Myanmar is 90th which does not seem worrying.

Ooredoo to launch 4G Pro in Myanmar

Ooredoo has announced yesterday the launch of its new 4G network baptised 4G Pro that will be available across 200 towns in Myanmar by the end of the year.

Ooredoo enters Myanmar broadband market

Ooredoo has announced today that it has entered a strategic partnership with Yatanarpon Teleport to provide FTTH services across Myanmar.

Myanmar opens consultation for E-GSM spectrum

In September 2017, Myanmar Post and Telecommunications Department (PTD) opened a consultation for the future allocation of E-GSM spectrum

Myanmar to reach 28% Internet penetration and 15 million users

2 weeks ago, Kepios released the latest episode of its global digital report. 9 months after the last report, Internet penetration in Myanmar reaches 28%

MPT won Myanmar's Speedtest Awards Q1-Q2 2017

A few days ago, Myanmar public operator MPT was awarded Myanmar's Speedtest Winner for mobile network speed for Q1-Q2 2017.

Panic on Myanmar broadband market

It all started with a bombshell. Early August, MPT –the largest broadband ISP- launched a new FTTH offer at extremely attractive price.

Guest Post: PeerApp & Fortune Success Story

PeerApp provides Optimized Video Content Delivery services to network providers. According to Fortune, QoE has improved 15% since deployment of PACache.

MPT slashes fiber broadband prices

The public operator has released a new price plan for FTTH which is extremely aggressive and will definitely shake the market.

Ooredoo Myanmar launches Facebook packs

Shortly after the launch of Telenor data Suboo Packs, Ooredoo has released a serie of new Internet packages and promotions.

Telenor launches new Internet packs: Data SuBoo

Telenor releases a new range of data packages called Data SuBoo. These packages replaces Data Parcel no longer available since 17th July 2017.

Residential Unlimited Internet Plans in Myanmar – July 2017

This is the latest comparison for home broadband plans in Myanmar. We have compared the price plans of twelve Internet Service Providers in Myanmar.

Ooredoo with M-Pitesan is going after Wave Money

Wave Money was launched last year, baby born from a partnership between Telenor and Yoma Bank. Ooredoo finally launches its mobile money solution: M-Pitesan

Ooredoo launches exclusive iflix bundles

Ooredoo has just launched a serie of promotions and bundles that build up its partnership with the video-on-demand service iflix.

Net Core slashes broadband prices

NetCore releases the big guns with a very agressive price plan for residential services. The price war is launched in the Myanmar market!

Yatanarpon gives up on LTE and drops the price on FTTH

End of 2016, Yatanarpon Teleport took part and won this crazy 4G LTE auction bid. At that time, we believed YTP finally got the weapon to regain its glory.

Top 10 ideas to build a successful ISP in Myanmar

Internet Service Providers are popping up everyday in Myanmar... Read our top 10 ideas to build a successful ISP in Myanmar!

Mobile Internet in Myanmar about to get a boost

Last week, Telenor confirmed in a press release that it has acquired additional spectrum for its 4G LTE network across Myanmar.

Myanmar Speednet, another ISP in town

Today, we will talk about Myanmar Speednet. Another company eyeing to convert the growing mobile internet base in Myanmar to fixed broadband.

Pyone Play: watch your favorite shows offline!

Would you like to download your favorite Myanmar shows directly from your phone or laptop? Our easy tutorial will teach you how to do it with Pyone Play!

Topup with Ooredoo to get Facebook for free

Ooredoo released a new promotion that promises to be successful among the digital consumers. With every top-up, free Facebook, Viber and Beetalk.

Residential Unlimited Internet Plans in Myanmar – April 2017

First quarter is gone and this is high time to release the latest update of our comparator for residential home broadband in Myanmar.

Internet users in Myanmar increased by 97% in 1 year, 70% are mobile users

According to a new report released by We Are Social, Myanmar now counts 17 millions Internet users which represents 26% of the country population.

RedLink is dead, Hail to RedLink !

On April 1st, Redlink customers have had the unpleasant surprise to find their Internet model disconnected forever. We will tell you why.

Ooredoo / Telenor / MPT USSD Memo

Find all the most useful USSD codes for MPT Ooredoo Myanmar and Telenor Myanmar in a all-in-one PDF memo you can download and print easily

Telenor launches Internet video packs

A few days ago, Telenor Myanmar launched officially a new range of plans: Video plans. So far, only Youtube and Pyone Play are included on the plans.

iflix now available in Myanmar

Malaysian streaming company iflix has announced that its service is now available in Myanmar.

Mobile Internet: Let the price war begin!

With the new 4G spectrum allocation in March that will more likely drive a massive 4G launch or re-launch, this is just the beginning of a new battle between the three mobile operators. Ooredoo definitely takes the lead with a very aggressive pricing but Telenor has a big card to

Telenor Myanmar to extend 4G to six new cities

Telenor has extended its 4G LTE network to six new cities in Myanmar: Taungdwingyi, Aunglan and Pakokku in Magway region; Monywa in Sagaing Region

Global Technology enters residential broadband market

Global Technology aka Globalnet is a solution provider in Myanmar providing wholesale and corporate data services in the country.

ISP NetCore to drop broadband prices

Myanmar Internet Service Provider Net Core has recently updated its pricelist for residential and corporate customers. The new pricelist can be found below.

Myanmar 4th telco to launch service in 2018

According to Myanmar Times, the Ministry of Transport and Communication finally awarded the 4th mobile operator license last week. The new group called MNTC is composed by the Vietnam’s largest mobile network operator Viettel and a local consortium of elevel Myanmar companies.

Residential Unlimited Internet Plans in Myanmar - January 2017 UPDATED

2017 is already there and it is high time to refresh our Internet price benchmark for residential broadband in Myanmar. In our last article, we had ten ISPs on our bench. WeLink joins our comparison table this time and we have now eleven ISPs to benchmark. A quick reminder that v

WeLink, new Internet Service Provider in Yangon

A few days ago, one of our fellow readers spotted a new Internet Service Provider in town: WeLink. Myanmar GT Broadband Co.,Ltd aka WeLink is a new Internet Service Provider only available -as of today- in Mayangone Township in Yangon.

Myanmar next 4G auction scheduled for March 2017

According to Myanmar Times, the next 4G spectrum auction in Myanmar is scheduled for March 2017. Ooredoo, MPT and Telenor are more likely to participate.

Leak: Telenor to launch 'binge watching' plans

According to our sources, Telenor Myanmar is about to release all you can eat hourly and daily movie packages.

Between the lines of Telenor Myanmar CEO interview

Lars Erik Tellmann, Telenor Myanmar CEO has just released a very interesting interview to Myanmar Times.

Why is Internet so expensive in Myanmar?

We decided to take a look at different markets in Asia and to compare both mobile and fixed broadband prices with our own market, Myanmar.

Ooredoo Myanmar launches internet night packs

Ooredoo Myanmar just released a new type of data plans: internet night packs. The night pack concept was not invented by Ooredoo and is quite popular all over the world. And even in Myanmar where MPT launched its own night plans back in February.

Mobile Internet Plans in Myanmar - November 2016

A quick reminder that all the mobile operators in Myanmar operate 3G and 4G. Ooredoo has the widest 4G network as of today and covers Yangon, Nay Pi Taw, Mandalay and Bagan. As for Telenor, don’t expect to use its 4G service except if you live or visit Nay Pi Taw.

NetCore, another ISP in Myanmar

Today, we take a close look at one of the new kids on the block: Spectrum Life Net Core, wireless Internet service provider in Myanmar. Just another IT company According to our sources, Net Core has more than 500 customers as of today.

Pyone Play, watch your favorite Myanmar shows on your mobile

If you are Myanmar national or happen to live in Myanmar, you have probably heard of MRTV4. Maha Bawdi or Channel 7. These are Forever Group free-to-air channels, a media company specialized in media production, broadcasting and advertising. MRTV4 is probably one of the biggest a

Telenor Myanmar enters FTTH market

News has gone viral. Telenor just updated its website with a new product category: Broadband. More details on our website...

How to use Spotify in Myanmar?

Spotify, the Swedish music streaming service is unfortunately not available in Myanmar. We will show you a few workarounds to bypass this restriction!

Ooredoo Myanmar 4G: Inconsistent and Worrying

Our team of experts tested Ooredoo Myanmar 4G network. Read the exclusive review on our website!

Myanmar Net - Broadband for the Mass

Today we are going to review the biggest ISP for the consumer market in Myanmar : Myanmar Net. Myanmar Net was launched in 2015 by Frontiir as their consumer leg. Frontiir Communications is a large ICT provider in Myanmar serving exclusively the corporate segment. Capitalizing on

MPT 4G Review - Unsurprisingly Disappointing

October 14th, MPT announced in front of the press the launch of its 4G network. MPT is the last of the mobile operators to launch 4G after Telenor in July and Ooredoo in May earlier this year. MPT 4G will only be available in specific indoor locations such as MPT Sule Branch, Jun

2600Mhz 4G Spectrum Bid Results

Myanmar Post and Telecommunication Department released on his website the spectrum bid result for 2600Mhz band. Yatanarpon Teleport, Amara Communication, Fortune and Globalnet were awarded 4G spectrum in Myanmar.

Internet Volume Plans in Myanmar - October 2016

In this post, we are going to share what volume based Internet plans are available in the market and designate the most attractive package.

MPT APN Settings for 4G Internet

Our step by step guide to use 4G Internet with MPT Myanmar. Configure your APN settings on your Android or Xiaomi phone thanks to our guide.

How to bypass country limitation on Google Play Store

In this post, we will explain step by step how to bypass this country limitation. It is actually very simple and straight forward.

2017: The year of 4G

LTE is widely deployed worldwide. It is a robust and mature technology. Is 2017 going to be the year of 4G in Myanmar? Lets find out.

MPT launches 4G in Myanmar

On October 14th, MPT announced that it has soft launched its 4G network in a certain number of locations in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw. Awaiting for the future auction on 1800Mhz, MPT is trialing 4G on 2100Mhz, co-sharing with its 3G networks also operating on the same band.

True Net Wireless Internet Service Provider in Myanmar

True Net is a Wireless ISP or WISP in Yangon. As discussed in a previous post, it does not seem to be full-fledged and does not own its public IP or AS Number. True Net is more likely retailing a bulk of bandwidth from one of the major ISPs in Myanmar.

Social Media Marketing Benchmark: Internet Service Providers in Myanmar

In this post, we will have a close look at the social network activity of the different Internet service providers in Myanmar, Facebook in particular. Before digging in the benchmark, it is quite important to understand Facebook main KPIs

Social Media Marketing Benchmark: Mobile Operators in Myanmar

In the last post, we compared the Internet service provider social presence. It is time for the mobile operators to join the battlefield.

AGB Wireless Internet Service Provider in Myanmar

AGB receives in 2015 a NFS-I license authorizing them to deliver Internet services all over Myanmar primarily focusing on Yangon initially.

Mobile Internet Plans in Myanmar - October 2016

All the operators operate a 3G network. Telenor and Ooredoo launched 4G in 2016 but the technology is only partially available. Telenor 4G service is available in Naypyidaw whereas Ooredoo 4G is available in Yangon, Mandalay, Naypyidaw and Bagan. MPT has just launched 4G LTE in s