Myanmar's New Telecoms Provider Goes Live

[SeaVisionBurma]

On March 8, a quiet revolution happened. The Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor became the first private company in Myanmar's history to establish an international Internet link from the country.

From The Myanmar Times, by Naomi Gingold

The new Telenor connection is the first time that government-backed Myanmar Post and Telecommunications monopoly on the Internet has been broken.

When reached for comment, Telenor responded by email saying, "We can confirm that we are leasing capacity out of Myanmar to run performance tests on our network and IT systems."

Read the full article on The Myanmar Times' website here - Telenor Goes Live

[SeaVisionBurma]

Not quite sure about the wording of the opening paragraph - have several friends who might have an issue with the "first" tag!

[phazey]

We always seem to be overlooked. Take the "worlds first ever iPstar" site in Australia - when it was launched in Myanmar pretty much 18 month previously.

Sod the journos, I know my place in history

[somchaismith]

Good on 'em!