Category: Highlights

Restrictions to limit rice exports eased

Back in April, the government had announced limitations and restrictions to rice exportation in the midst of panic buying and uncertainty of COVID-19 impact on the country. The restrictions included tighter time-limits on export licenses, higher cont

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Up to 11.5 million unregistered SIM cards to be deactivated

U Myo Swe, director-general of the Directorate of Communications under the Ministry of Transport and Communications said that as per the government regulations, operators will start from July 1st to deactivate all unregistered SIM cards in the countr

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E-commerce guidelines to come in late 2020

The government seems to try to embrace the development of a local digital eco-system as a recent interview with U Nyi Nyi Aung, Director of the Trade Department under The Ministry of Commerce shows. Back in 2019, the government formed the Digital Tra

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Sale of Myanmar’s leading tower company confirmed

As reported by Thura Swiss previously in this article, the sale of Myanmar’s largest independent operator of telecom towers Irrawaddy Green Towers (IGT) has been confirmed by reports from online financial magazine The Asset as well as by Reuter

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SIM registration deadline gets closer

The Posts and Telecommunications Department (PTD) under the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) has issued a statement reminding users to (re)register their SIM cards by 30 June or face the threat of having it deactivated on that date. Th

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Construction of China-backed Kyaukphyu deep-sea port to start soon

Part of the Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Rakhine State and a key component to the China Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC), itself part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the construction of Kyaukphyu deep-sea port is slated to kick off

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