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46m people in Myanmar now use the internet, up 10m from last
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Yangon smartphone users. Photo: Flickr / Remko Tanis
By Coconuts Yangon
Mar 29, 2017
11:56pm Yangon time
The number of internet users in Myanmar has jumped by 10 million over the past year, according to the
latest figures from the Ministry of Transport and Communications acquired by Eleven.
The ministry report states that there were roughly 36 million internet users last year, and that number
has jumped to over 46 million this year (so far). Authorities estimate that about 89% of the population
is now online.
The report also states that there were over 44 million land and mobile phones registered in the 20152016 economic year; as of the end of January this year, there are a total of 54 million registered phones.
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