Telecommunications in Burma

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All communications in Burma are controlled by the government.

Contents 1 Telecommunication networks 2 Media 3 Internet 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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/

[edit] Media

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

Television broadcast stations: 4 (2008)

Press

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

Television

1. TV Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department - broadcasts in Burmese, Arakanese, Shan, Karen, Kachin, Kayah, Chin, Mon and English
2. MRTV-3 - state-run international TV service
3. MRTV-4 - pay TV service (only available in Yangon)
4. TV Myawady - army-run network
5. Democratic Voice of Burma - Burmese students in exile launched it since two years ago

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 Norway, broadcasts via shortwave

News agency

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

[edit] Internet

The government does not allow access to all the internet, adult sites, anti-government, and free email web sites are blocked. (See Myanmar Wide Web.)

There are only 2 Internet Service Providers, BaganNET [1] and MPT [2].

[edit] See also

• Burma

[edit] External links

• Myanmar Post and Telecoms - the government ISP

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