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01 December 2004
Telecommunications and Internet in Myanmar
An insight into how Telecommunications and Internet work in military-ruled Myanmar comes from Communication facilities lacking in Myanmar:
Internet was limited to big cities and was under strict government control. No one could access free e-mail sites and tourists had to get a new ID from the state-owned service provider at a cost of $8 if they had to send mail.
And a reminder that information doesn't circulate freely always and everywhere:
Journalists, who managed to send stories from Mandalay, the country's second largest city, had to allow authorities to go through their stories and one of the Indian scribes was even asked to write in English and not in Hindi before the fax could be sent.
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Sir,
I'm very concern and keen to know about the broadband service at myanmar. Is this service or connectivity also control by the government or private sectors?
Could you please give me the status of the broadband at Myanmar and the broadband service providers over there?
thank u and best regards.
Posted by: eshwar | May 19, 2005 03:26 PM