- Communications in Burma
All communications in
Burma are controlled by thegovernment .Telecommunication networks
Installation of telephones, and the cost of calling, are prohibitively expensive for most people. To call overseas for two minutes would cost more than most earn in a month.
Telephones - main lines in use:158,000 (1995) These are mostly in the capital
Yangon .Telephones - mobile cellular:2,007 (1995)
Telephone system:meets minimum requirements for local and intercity service for business and government; international service is good
"domestic:"NA
"international:"satellite earth station - 1Intelsat (Indian Ocean )Homepage : www.mpt.net.mm/
Media
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Radio broadcast stations3 (1998)Radios:4.2 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:4 (1998)
Televisions:260,000 (1997)
Press
# Kyehmon () - state-run daily
#The New Light of Myanmar ( _my. Myanma A-lin) - English and Burmese language organ of SPDC
#The Myanmar Times ( _my. Myanma Taing) - private-run English-language weeklyTelevision
# TV Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department - broadcasts in Burmese, Arakanese,Shan , Karen,Kachin , Kayah, Chin, Mon and English
# MRTV-3 - state-run international TV service
# MRTV-4 - pay TV service (only available in Yangon)
# TV Myawady - army-run network
# Democratic Voice of Burma - Burmese students in exile launched it since two years agoRadio
# Radio Myanmar - state-run, operated by Myanmar TV and Radio Department
# [http://www.mcc.com.mm/cityfmRadio.html Yangon City FM] - entertainment-based, operated by Yangon City Development Committee
#Democratic Voice of Burma - opposition station based inNorway , broadcasts via shortwaveNews agency
# Myanmar News Agency (MNA) - state-runInternet
The government does not allow access to all the
internet , adult sites, anti-government, and free email web sites are blocked. (SeeMyanmar Wide Web .)There are only 2
Internet Service Providers , BaganNET [http://www.bagan.net.mm/] and MPT [http://www.mpt.net.mm/] .ee also
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Burma External links
* [http://www.mpt.net.mm Myanmar Post and Telecoms - the governmnet ISP]
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