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200 Myanmar villages visited to support digital literacy
Two vans, provided by Ooredoo and Facebook, will travel to more than 200 villages in Myanmar over a 100 days to help educate people on digital literacy. Read more…
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Ooredoo supported Beyond Access Myanmar is beyond expectations
Beyond Access Myanmar Program, supported by Ooredoo Myanmar, enhances digital opportunities for communities. Read more…
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US demands end to mobile data blackouts in parts of Myanmar
The US has urged an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency. Read more…
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Social media should do more for human rights in Myanmar: UN
Facebook, Twitter and foreign investors need to do more to ensure they support human rights in Myanmar says UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee. Read more…
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Facebook bans insurgent groups in Myanmar
Facebook has banned four insurgent groups fighting Myanmar’s military saying it wanted to prevent offline harm by removing “dangerous organisations”. Read more…
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Vietnam’s Viettel aims to double its 5M subscribers in Myanmar
Vietnam’s largest telecommunication company, Viettel, is seeking to double its five million subscribers in Myanmar by the end of the year. Read more…
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Facebook removes accounts linked to Myanmar’s military
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc has removed hundreds of additional accounts, pages and groups in Myanmar from its social networks after discovering what it called “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” and links to the country’s military. The social Read more…
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Ooredoo Myanmar taps Cisco to develop enterprise services
Ooredoo Myanmar and Cisco have entered an alliance that will enable the operator to offer digital enterprise services in areas such as network-as-a-service (NaaS), collaboration, cybersecurity, and training to local businesses. Under the agreement, Cisco Read more…
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Myanmar cellcos help customers fight mobile phone scams
Myanmar’s four operators – MPT, Ooredoo, Telenor and Mytel – have teamed up to increase awareness of various types of telecommunications scams and educate mobile phone users in the country. While mobile phone usage has Read more…
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Myanmar urged to let data flow freely: workshop
Various speakers at a data privacy workshop in Myanmar urged the government to adopt cyber security policies that offer strong data protection for citizens but enable data to flow freely across borders. The workshop – Read more…