Communications in Myanmar
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All communications in Myanmar are controlled by their 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: 158,000 (1995) These are mostly in the capital Yangôn.
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,007 (1995)
Telephone system:
meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government; international service is good
domestic:
NA
international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Media
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 3, shortwave 3 (1998)
Radios: 4.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 2 (1998)
Televisions: 260,000 (1997)
Press
- Kyehmon - state-run daily
- Myanmar Alin - organ of State Peace and Development Council (SPDC)
- New Light of Myanmar - English-language organ of SPDC
- Myanmar Times - private-run English-language weekly
Television
- TV Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department - broadcasts in Bamar, Arakanese (Rakhine), Shan, Karen, Kachin, Kayah, Chin, Mon and English
- MRTV-3 - state-run international TV service
- TV Myawady - army-run network
Radio
- Radio Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department
- Yangon City FM (http://www.mcc.com.mm/cityfmRadio.html) - 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
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] (http://www.bagan.net.mm/) and MPT [2] (http://www.mpt.net.mm/).
See also
- Myanmar
- Reporters Without Borders' bottom 10 (2003)
- Myanmar Post and Telecoms - the governmnet ISP (http://www.mpt.net.mm)