Telecommunications in Burma
All communications in Burma are controlled by the government.
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[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
- Kyehmon (Burmese: ကြေးမုံ) - state-run daily
- The New Light of Myanmar (Burmese: Myanma A-lin) - English and Burmese language organ of SPDC
- The Myanmar Times (Burmese: Myanma Taing) - private-run English-language weekly
Television
- MTV or MTV1 - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV - broadcasts in Burmese language.
- MTV2 - state-run, sister channel of MTV - broadcast in Burmese language and some local languages
- MTV International - state-run international TV service
- MTV3 - state-run, another sister channel of MTV - doesn't broadcast in Burmese but in Thai, Khmer, Vietnamese and English. (pay TV)
- MTV4 - state-run 24 hours sport channel. (pay TV)
- MRTV - state-run, operated by Myanmar Radio TV - broadcasts in Burmese, Arakanese, Shan, Karen, Kachin, Kayah, Chin, Mon and English
- MRTV-3 - state-run second international TV service
- MRTV-4 - pay TV service (only available in Yangon)
- TV Myawady - army-run network
- Democratic Voice of Burma - Burmese students in exile launched it since two years ago
Radio
- Radio Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department
- Yangon City FM - entertainment-based, operated by Yangon City Development Committee
- Democratic Voice of Burma - opposition station based in Norway, broadcasts via shortwave
News agency
- Myanmar News Agency (MNA) - state-run
[edit] Internet
The government does not allow access to the entire Internet; 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.
Myanmar Teleport[1] (formerly Bagan Cybertech), Information Technology Central Services (ITCS),[2] and the state-owned Myanmar Post and Telecommunication (MPT)[3] are the Internet service providers in Myanmar.[4][5] Internet cafés are common in the larger cities of the country.
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, Yangon and Mandalay.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Company at a glance", Yatanarpon Teleport Co., Ltd.
- ^ "New consortium to shake up IT sector", Ye Kaung Myint Maung, Myanmar Times, vol.19, no.370 (11–17 June 2007)
- ^ "Internet Services Tariff", Information Technology department, Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs, accessed 10 June 2011
- ^ "Myanmar Internet Provider", Guide for Myanmar, 2007
- ^ "Internet service hampered as Myanmar Teleport server breaks down", Mizzima News Agency, 10 February 2009
- ^ Wai-Yan Phyo Oo and Saw Pyayzon (2010-07-30). "State of Internet Usage in Myanmar" (in Burmese). Bi-Weekly Eleven (Yangon) 3 (18): 1–2.
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