Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring

Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broa...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:	ARMED CONFLICT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099045004062227744/P1775400ae5d010a40990c01a972a73c2fc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37427

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spelling	okr-10986-374272022-05-14T05:10:49Z Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring World Bank ARMED CONFLICT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY TELECOMMUNICATIONS Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed line services between February and April 2021, followed by limited access to a whitelist of websites and services and intermittent subnational shutdowns starting in May 2021. The restrictions on internet access have had a profound impact on investments in the sector, subsequently affecting the growth of digital infrastructure and digitally enabled services in Myanmar. Internet restrictions have also had important implications on household welfare, firm operations, and growth of the digital economy in Myanmar. New regulations, market exit by private sector providers, and continued internet restrictions threaten to reverse the progress made over the last decade. Continued internet restrictions can lead to further restraint of online economic activity and closure of many young digital start-ups that rely on consistent, reliable, and widespread internet adoption to reach markets. 2022-05-13T16:39:59Z 2022-05-13T16:39:59Z 2022-03-31 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099045004062227744/P1775400ae5d010a40990c01a972a73c2fc http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37427 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Myanmar
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description	Myanmar has experienced a series of total and partial internet shutdowns since the military coup in February 2021. These restrictions have varied in intensity across the country and over time, ranging from the complete shutdown of all wireless broadband services and nightly shutdowns of fixed line services between February and April 2021, followed by limited access to a whitelist of websites and services and intermittent subnational shutdowns starting in May 2021. The restrictions on internet access have had a profound impact on investments in the sector, subsequently affecting the growth of digital infrastructure and digitally enabled services in Myanmar. Internet restrictions have also had important implications on household welfare, firm operations, and growth of the digital economy in Myanmar. New regulations, market exit by private sector providers, and continued internet restrictions threaten to reverse the progress made over the last decade. Continued internet restrictions can lead to further restraint of online economic activity and closure of many young digital start-ups that rely on consistent, reliable, and widespread internet adoption to reach markets.
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title	Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring
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publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
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Digital and Telecom : Myanmar Infrastructure Monitoring

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