Cordless Phones banned in Naypyidaw area
17.11.07: Information coming from Burma said that military junta has banned the use of cordless phone in and around Naypyidaw, Burma’s new administrative capital which junta built in a remote jungle place a few years ago. Junta gave no reason for banning it, but it was believed to be security reasons.
Many phone users in Burma use cordless phones because they cannot use mobile phones.
Majority of phone users in Burma are not affordable to buy mobile phones because junta’s communication ministry is the sole provider of mobile phone services and mobiles phones are usually sold only to junta officials and their families only, leaving ordinary people to buy mobile phones from junta officials at rip-off prices.
Moreover, in Naypyidaw and nearby areas, ordinary people are officially prohibited from using mobile phones; so until now people use cordless phone instead of mobiles.
But now the paranoid Generals have banned even the cordless phones for alleged security reasons.
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A journal banned and its editor black-listed
An independent journal in Burma, reported to be the Middle Line Journal, was banned by Burmese authorities, and its editor Ko Oo Swe was also put on the black-list by Burmese censor board. It was alleged to be because of Ko Oo Swe’s dispute with censor board concerning the board’s apparent favouritism to some pro-junta journals over independent journals.
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New wireless broadband service launched at hyper-inflated prices
Burma’s telecommunication and internet authority, Myanmar Teleport, launched a new wi-fi wireless broadband, called a Wi-Max system, which can be used also for VoiP telehone calls, at hyper-inflated prices of installation fees 1500US$ and monthly fees 45US$. For the time being it will be available only in Rangoon which is Burma’s commercial capital.
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Info Myanmar Computer Service (IMCS) launched a information resource website about overseas studies scholarships. Currently it has informations on some Asian scholarships and a American scholarship. The website address is _
http://www.myanmarscholarship.com/
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