Every month, grocery store owner Daw Saw Myint earns a little extra cash by arranging to pay the power bills of other residents in her Dawbon Township apartment building. She charges them K500 each – that is, all of them except Daw Ah May, 65, who lives on the sixth floor. Seven months ago, Ah […]
Service is key to top spot in market: Samsung Myanmar
October 25, 2019 by
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, the world’s leading manufacturer of smartphones and home appliances, has secured a firm foothold in Myanmar and is determined to become part of the country’s march to economic development. Calvert Yap, head of Consumer Electronics at Samsung Myanmar, talks about the company’s plans to expand in the country and to help […]
Armed with smartphones, Myanmar e-sports players battle power outages
September 4, 2019 by
YANGON: E-sports star Myint was on the cusp of victory when the screens went dark in the Yangon cafe where he competes, costing him thousands of dollars in missed prize money and denting his reputation. Myanmar’s gaming scene is mushrooming, but frequent power cuts are holding players back in the emerging democracy. “Every time a […]
Digital landscape rapidly changing
January 7, 2019 by
Today’s smartphones can now show people what apps they use most frequently, how much time they spend on them and remind them to take a break. Moreover some mobile applications can have different settings for use by adults and children and limit applications and games by age, because many children use their parents’ phones. “Nowadays […]
Myanmar Shoppers Spend $90,000 in 1 Hour During Alibaba’s ‘11.11’ Online Sale
November 19, 2018 by
The local unit of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group sold over $90,000 worth of goods in the first hour of its first-ever online sale aimed at Myanmar shoppers on Sunday. The local version of Alibaba’s global “11.11” online sale was conducted by Myanmar’s biggest online shopping platform, SHOP.com.mm. SHOP said in a statement that over […]
Ooredoo Myanmar aims to lead data market
December 19, 2017 by
OOREDOO Myanmar will continue its 4G rollout to become the leader in Myanmar’s data market after becoming the nation’s first telecom operator to provide 4G services last year. It plans to introduce the first 4G Pro network early next year, according to VikramSinha, the firm’s chief executive. The upgraded 4G Pro network is designed to […]
In dirt-poor Myanmar, smartphones are transforming finance
October 19, 2017 by
MYANMAR’S democratic transition sometimes seems marked as much by continuity as by change. Depressingly, the army continues its bloody persecution of Rohingya Muslims in the west, for example (see article). But elsewhere moves to open the country’s markets, started by the preceding military regimes, have gathered pace. New commercial and financial services are springing up. […]
Police Crackdown on Counterfeit Smartphones
August 31, 2017 by
After successfully conducting the largest counterfeit smartphone bust in Yangon history, Myanmar Police Force are joining forces with Huawei Device Myanmar to eliminate the distribution of fake smartphones. Following an anonymous source, police descended on Yuzana Plaza and Mingalar market on August 3 to root out and arrest fake phone dealers. When the dust settled […]
Uber, Grab do things a little differently in Yangon
August 3, 2017 by
Uber Technologies and Grab, two of the biggest names in the ride-hailing business, are rapidly expanding in Myanmar’s largest city, where the spread of smartphones is unlocking big opportunities. Yangon’s authorities appear to have rolled out the welcome mat for them, viewing the services as a way to improve the city’s underdeveloped transport infrastructure. Going […]
