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The State of Internet Censorship in Myanmar | OONI
Following the enactment of the Information Technology Law, the government began the issuing of ISP
licenses to new operators in 2013 in an effort to open up Myanmar’s telecommunications market. With the
entry of two foreign operators Ooredoo and Telenor in the local mobile market leading to the emergence
of cheap mobile internet and improved telecommunication infrastructure, internet penetration rates
skyrocketed to 12.6% in 2015, with it currently growing at 19.3% in 2016.
The table below illustrates some of the main providers in Myanmar.
Mobile Operators/ISPs
Fixed Internet
Mobile Internet
Myanmar Posts and Telecom (MPT)
X
X
Yatanarpon Telecom Company
X
X
Telenor Myanmar Limited
X
Ooredoo Myanmar Limited
X
Global Technology Co., Ltd
X
Fiber Link Myanmar Co., Ltd
X
Fortune Broadband
X
Elite Tech
X
WeLink
X
Amara Communications Co., Ltd
X
Bluewave
X
AGB
X
Spectrum Life Net Core
X
Myanmar Net
X
Legal environment
Freedom of expression
Telecommunications Law 2013
The 2013 Telecommunications Law restricts speech via telecommunications equipment. Section 66D
prohibits the “extortion, coercion, wrongful restrainment, defamation, undue influence or threatening of
any person” using any telecommunications networks. The use of such subjective terms imposes on the
criminal liability of the speech of any telecommunications user.
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