Recently, Ooredoo Myanmar changed their brand logo on Facebook baffling the users amid rumours that Ooredoo Group was planning to sell its Myanmar branch. But it turned out that the new logo was Ooreddo’s new brand positioning with the new tagline UPGRADE YOUR WORLD. “This is a hugely exciting new phase for Ooredoo, and one to which we have all looked forward for some time. It is the continuation of our successful transformation programme to embed a culture of continuous evolution in all aspects of our business, from improving the employee and customer experiences to ultimately improving value ..read more

Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd unveiled its foldable devices, Galaxy Z Flip4 and Galaxy ZFold4, along with Galaxy Watch5 / Pro and Galaxy Buds2 Pro, at its August 10th “Unfold Your World” Galaxy Unpacked 2022 event. Users in Myanmar can now pre-order newly released foldable at Samsung Myanmar period from August 11th to September 1st, 2022. Samsung Galaxy Z Fold4, available in Phantom Black, Gray-green, and Beige, can be pre-ordered at the price of 4,759,000 MMK, and Galaxy Z Flip4, available in Bora Purple, Gray, Pink Gold, and Blue, at the pre-order price of 2,959,000 MMK. Samsung Myanmar will ac ..read more

JobNet.com.mm, Myanmar’s leading online job search site, announced today the launch of the second edition of The Best Companies to Work in Myanmar campaign after a 2 year break. The campaign returns for the second edition aiming to recognize and celebrate top companies in Myanmar based on employee engagement levels. “The last couple of years have been extremely challenging, however many companies did great work at taking care of their people and deserve to be recognized for that. The campaign is based on a thorough employee engagement survey so it’s a direct reflection of the voice of the empl ..read more

Ooredoo Myanmar announced that it is continuing to support the Tech Age Girls (TAG) Myanmar Program in 2022-2023 with the goal of empowering young women via digital technology by bridging the digital gender divide. 220 girls will be participating in the TAG 2022-2023. Tech Age Girls (TAG) is a year-long program equipping young women, aged 16-20, with technology skills as a tool for leadership and community development. It maximizes females’ productive use of technology for leadership and community development so that it can benefit not only the participating females but also their communities ..read more

Telenor Myanmar Limited has changed its name to Atom Myanmar Limited starting from 30 May 2022, according to the company’s announcement. “The change of the company name is to reflect the post-transaction situation,” the company said, “with this change, ATOM MYANMAR LIMITED will keep up the strength of our capabilities in the wide market and provide better communications services and more business opportunities for entities and individuals. Other than the name change, there will be no effect on the range of services and products.” In July 2021, Telenor Group sold 100 percent of its mobile opera ..read more

The emergence of the Myanmar Centre Project Yangon, the commercial capital of Myanmar, welcomed a 100% foreign direct investment from Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) Myanmar in the form of the Myanmar Centre Project which began to take shape in 2013. With the aim of giving a quality retail shopping experience, the project included the construction of an international retail shopping centre which was opened in 2015 and introduced to the public as Myanmar Plaza. Prominent Retail Shopping Features Having scored the hand-in-hand synergy of business and entertainment by comprising over 200 well ..read more

Leader of Tatmadaw Information Team, Major General Zaw Min Tun confirmed during the press conference held on 19 May that mobile phone importers will require to registered International Mobile Equipment Identity-IMEI number of imported mobile phones. He added that this move is to prevent tax evasion on imported mobile phones and will come into effect this Month. The NLD administration started imposing taxations on imported mobile phones. When registering the IMEI number, importer, rather than individual customers, will require to register the IMEI number, otherwise the device will be blocked fr ..read more

Chairman of the State Administration Council, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who overthrew the civilian government on 1 February 2021, said that Nay Pyi Taw will be shaped like green, clean and smart city. The state-owned Global New Light of Myanmar quoted Min Aung Hlaing to be saying that “many opportunities will come out for the nation in shaping Nay Pyi Taw as a green city, clean city, and smart city. Hence, efforts must be made to the improvement of agriculture and livestock farming through better management and various ways.” He commented during the meeting on the development of Nay Pyi ..read more

KBZ bank announced that its customers can now withdraw cash from their personal bank without any withdrawal amount limitation, but it only applies to the cash newly deposited into the bank account, not to the previously deposited remaining balance in the bank account. The KBZ bank announced it on Facebook and the comment session of the announcement was flooded with backlashes from the netizens as it does not allow previously deposited bank balances to be withdrawn without limitation. As the customers tried to withdraw money from the bank account following the military takeover, all the banks s ..read more

The Central Bank of Myanmar issued a letter to the Authorized Dealer (AD) license holding bank containing a list of entities and individuals exempted from the controversial foreign currency conversion requirement. The Central Bank of Myanmar on April 3 issued a notification requiring all foreign earnings to be converted into Myanmar Kyat at the rate of MMK 1850 per dollar within one working day. Later, it issued another notification exempting the Ministries and government. Then, the Foreign Exchange Supervisory Committee held a meeting and decided to exempt certain entities. The entities not s ..read more