Christmas eve protests fight Rakhine internet blackout
A small crowd of ethnic Rakhine activists took to Yangon’s Mahabandoola Park on Christmas eve to demand an end to an internet blackout in parts of Rakhine State. The blackout has been in place in some degree since June, but critics say it has wNTT undersea cable venture to handle surging net traffic
As reported by The Nikkei Asian Review, Japan’s largest telecom player Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) will work with tech giants to establish a new link between India and Myanmar to handle rapid growing internet traffic and increase ban
Japanese to invest USD 62 million in telecom infrastructure project
Four Japanese companies will work with the Myanmar government to build communications lines between the Thilawa Special Economic Zone and Myanmar’s largest cities. The companies are the Sojitz Corporation, the NTT Communications Corporation, NE
Frontiir receives investment from UK development group
Yangon-based internet service provider Frontiir has received an investment of USD 30 million from the UK government’s development finance institution. According to a report in The Irrawaddy, the investment has been made by the British CDC Group, fo
US calls for end to Rakhine internet shutdown
The United State has called for internet to be restored in western Myanmar, in Rakhine and Chin states. According to a Reuters article, Morgan Ortagus, the State Department spokeswoman, said that the US was “deeply concerned” by the blackout of i
