Myanmar

How is Covid-19 transforming Myanmar’s digital economy? (Oxford Business Group)

Covid-19 has shaken up the development of the digital economy in Myanmar, with the pandemic leading to a rise in demand for home broadband in this traditionally mobile-first market. As various...

Myanmar

Yoma to buy controlling stake in Myanmar e-payment firm Wave Money (The Straits Times)

Yoma Strategic on Wednesday (June 24) proposed to increase its existing shareholding and take a controlling interest in mobile payments firm Digital Money Myanmar (Wave Money) via a US$76.5 million...

Myanmar

Yoma Strategic's mobile payments joint venture in Myanmar ties up with Alipay operator (Straits Times)

Alipay operator Ant Financial Services Group will invest US$73.5 million (S$104.9 million) in Digital Money Myanmar (Wave Money) - a mobile payments joint venture (JV) between Telenor Group and the...

Myanmar

Digitalisation Developments and Progress in Myanmar – Key Insights from Day 1 of Asia IoT Business Platform Myanmar 2019

In the Government Keynote Address by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC), U Myo Swe, Director General of Posts and Telecom Department shared that Myanmar is trying to bridge the...

Myanmar

Cyber Bay Kin gets out word about cybersecurity threats (Myanmar Times)

As more people make the internet a part of their daily lives in Myanmar, the number of cybercrimes in the country has been increasing. Most of these cases involve financial fraud...

Myanmar

Digital payment system picks up (Eleven Myanmar)

With the launch of various electronic banking channels, the use of paper-based banking instruments have declined by at least 28 percent, both in the number and value of transactions. Records...

Myanmar

Viber eyes more growth in Myanmar (Myanmar Times)

Rakuten Viber wants to expand its services in Myanmar beyond calling and instant messaging to incorporate payments, transfers and e-commerce, its chief executive, Djamel Agaoua, told the Myanmar Times during...

Myanmar

After the gold rush, fierce competition in Myanmar's telecoms sector (Frontier Myanmar)

Five years after the government liberalised Myanmar’s telecom sector, there is now fierce competition between four operators. That’s great for consumers, who enjoy the lowest data rates in Southeast Asia –...

Myanmar

Myanmar economy to grow by 6.6% in 2020: World Bank (Myanmar Times)

The Myanmar economy is projected to grow by 6.6 percent in 2020, according to the World Bank, a tad higher than its 6.5pc projection for this year. Economic growth is expected...

Myanmar

Ooredoo Myanmar starts digital literacy training programme with Google (Telecompaper)

Ooredoo Myanmar has signed a partnership agreement with Google Asia Pacific.  This article originally appeared on Telecompaper. You can view the original article here: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/ooredoo-myanmar-starts-digital-literacy-training-programme-with-google--1311273

Myanmar, China

BRI project set to benefit ASEAN countries, observers, leaders say (Myanmar Times)

“China-Myanmar cooperation brings economic benefits and projects are carried out in accordance with Myanmar’s national plans and priorities with socially responsible and environmentally conservative models. We need to find methods...

Myanmar

Change to Unicode expected to boost e-government plan (Myanmar Times)

The transition to Unicode, an international encoding standard for use with different languages and scripts, is an important part of the E-Government Master Plan. Myanmar was ranked 157th in the...

Myanmar

Russia offers to help Myanmar with digital legislation, e-govt (Myanmar Times)

Russia on Wednesday offered to support Myanmar on the digital front, with proposals to help the country draft its first cyber security law, build e-government platforms and develop smart cities. U...

Myanmar

Malaysian firm wins smart-city project in Yangon (Myanmar Times)

Berjaya Land Berhad, a subsidiary of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, one of the largest conglomerates in Malaysia, has won a tender for a proposed development project in Yangon. U Phyo Min Thein...

Myanmar

Smart City in Myanmar: Opportunities and Challenges

Being the final frontier, Myanmar's government has a unique opportunity to learn from regional and international digital government experiences to leapfrog and develop a model that suits the Myanmar local...

Asia Pacific

Challenges loom for Asia’s digital landscape (Inquirer)

Last week, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its first ever annual Digital Economy Report (2019). “Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines have the scale, with populations over...

Myanmar

Building applications go online (Myanmar Times)

The Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) is introducing an online building permit system on a trial basis in the Yangon Region. The system, which is designed to make applications more...

Myanmar

Govt to focus on supporting growth of digital economy, telecoms infrastructure (Myanmar Times)

U Than Thun Aung said regulatory areas that will be the focus next year to support digital economy include regulation balancing, customer stratification, consumer protection, cyber security, support for the...

Myanmar

Solid Prospects for E-commerce (Myanmar Times)

Many people in Myanmar shop on Facebook, but online marketplaces such as Shop.com.mm and RGO47 are investing heavily in attracting more users. Niche e-commerce platforms are trying to provide better and...

Vietnam

Digital economy for an inclusive ASEAN Community (Việt Nam News)

Ride-hailing firm Grab unveiled an ambitious plan to invest US$500 million in Việt Nam over the next five years, just a month after it announced an investment of $2 billion...