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General Post Office (Burmese: ရန်ကုန်စာတိုက်ကြီး) is a colonial-era landmark in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma), designated in the Yangon City Heritage List. The building, located on the corner of Bo Aung Kyaw Street and Strand Road in Kyauktada Township, houses the central post office of Yangon. [1]
The Myanmar Postal Service now runs over 1,000 post offices throughout the country. Local Express Myanmar Postal Parcel Service was introduced in Yangon and Mandalay on 1 April 1992 and its services are now extended to over 120 townships. Until 2013, MPT was also Myanmar's only telecommunications operator.
There are four mobile operators in Myanmar. All mobile operators numbers are with 09 (9 without the 0 which is not used when calling from another country). All of them have the same format except MPT. Telenor, Ooredoo, and Mytel numbers have 11 digits (10 digits without the 0) with the prefix. Telenor start with 097. Ooredoo start with 098 or 099.
Before area codes were shortened from 4 digit to 2~3 digit in June 2000, there were 1 digit exchange number (usually "2") with some 2 digit exchange numbers so some phone numbers like 0347-61-XXXX, 0443-2-XXXX or 0525-40-XXXX existed. (now 031-761-XXXX, 043-652-XXXX and 055-340-XXXX)
It is also a major business street; several Burmese airlines and travel companies have their headquarters along this street, as does The Myanmar Times and the Burmese Central Post Office, located at 39-41 Bo Aung Kyaw Street.
Central Telegraph Office (Burmese: ဗဟိုကြေးနန်းရုံး) is a colonial-era landmark in Yangon, Myanmar (formerly Rangoon, Burma), designated in the Yangon City Heritage List. The building, located on the corner of Pansodan and Maha Bandula Roads, now houses the a government office, Myanma Posts and Telecommunications ...
The coast of Myanmar fronts on the Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Major port facilities administered by the MPA include: [7] Myanmar Port Authority, Yangon; Asia World Port Terminal, located in Ahlone Township of Yangon [8] Myanmar Industrial Port, Yangon; Myanmar International Terminal Thilawa, (MITT) 25 km from Yangon
As of June 2015, Myanmar has a mobile phone penetration rate of 54.6%, up from less than 10% in 2012. On 12 January 2017, Mytel (Telecom International Myanmar Co., Ltd.) received License for the provision of telecommunication services, officially became the 4th operator in Myanmar. [5]