Month: November 2019

(Yangon, 29^th November 2019)– MPT announced today that existing auto telephone numbers are required to be migrated to new unique 7-digit numbers in order to improve quality and provide better services.

Therefore, the following North Dagon and East Dagon exchanges in Yangon Region were upgraded with the advanced system and auto telephone numbers to be changed as below table.

During transitional period of old numbers to new numbers, MPT will provide ‘call forwarding services’ for their incoming calls free of charge, for customers’ conveniences until the end of March 2020. The customers can enjoy “call forwarding services” as able to call to both existing (old) telephone numbers and (new) changed telephone numbers during the transitional period.

Additionally, the following exchanges were upgraded with the advanced system and existing copper cable system will be upgraded to high speed fiber cable system with VoIP telephone numbers to be changed as below table.

During transitional period of old numbers to new numbers, MPT will provide 3 Months ‘call forwarding services’ for their incoming calls free of charge, for customers’ conveniences starting from Migration. The customers can enjoy “call forwarding services” as able to call to both existing (old) telephone numbers and (new) changed telephone numbers during the
transitional period.

MPT, Myanmar’s first and leading telecommunications operator, and a Japanese Sojitz Corporation have signed a contract at Kempinski Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw on 20^th November 2019 at 10:00 AM aimed to upgrade major communication infrastructures across Myanmar with JICA ODA Loan.

Today’s Event was graced by Deputy Union Ministers U Kyaw Myo and U Thar Oo of Ministry of Transport and Communications, Head of Department, Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Ichiro Maruyama, Chief Representative Mr. Masayuki Karasawa from JICA Myanmar Office, Head of department from Ministry of Finance & Planning, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, representative executives from JTEC-JV and Sojitz Corporation and distinguished guests.

U Thar Oo, Deputy Union Minister of Ministry of Transport and Communications was made opening speech and Japanese Ambassador to Myanmar H.E. Mr. Ichiro Maruyama made speech of enjoyment after that.

Afterward, U Khin Maung Tun, Managing Director of Myanma Posts and Telecommunications and Mr Koichi Yamaguchi, Managing Executive Officer of Sojitz Corporation explained about project and operations of the project respectively.

Then, contract singing has been done by U Khin Maung Tun, Managing Director for Myanma Posts and Telecommunications and Mr Koichi Yamaguchi, Managing Executive Officer of Sojitz Corporation and there was a group photo session after exchanging the signed copy.

Project Feasibility Study for Communication Network Improvement Project was incubated in February 2013. International tender was open to execute the project after singing loan agreement, worth of Japan Yan 10.5 Billion, between Myanmar and Japan governments was signed on March 2015. Sojitz Corporation is selected to finalize the agreement contract after reviewing the tender candidates.

Upgrading communication infrastructures from Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw & Mandalay, integration of National Gateways and ISP, constructing communication infrastructures for Thilawa Special Economic Zone would be executed and project timeline will be last for 2 years.

U Khin Maung Tun, Managing Director of Myanma Posts and Telecommunications and Mr Koichi Yamaguchi, Managing Executive Officer Sojitz Corporation are signing contract

(Yangon, 19^th November 2019)- The opening ceremony of National Level Championship Matches of MPT University Football Tournament 2019 will be held at the Mandalar Thiri Football Stadium on 20^th November. Two men and women teams each from Upper Myanmar and Lower Myanmar will be competing against each other starting from this week. This year’s tournament will reach a climax on November 27^th when the finals will be staged at the Mandalar Thiri Football Stadium in Mandalay.

MPT is committed to promote “the beautiful game” at the National level and this collaboration between MPT, MFF, MNL and Ministry of Education will encourage the new generation of football stars to compete and showcase their skills while promoting the importance of healthy lifestyle, sportsmanship and friendship among university students.

MPT University Football Tournament was launched in February 2018. The tournament is a part of a three-year partnership between MPT and MNL, which aims to accelerate the development of the new generation of Myanmar football players. It is also part of ongoing MPT’s strategy to support grassroots football, which consist youth leagues, coach training, and advancing football facilities.

MPT University Football Tournament 2019 kicked off on 11th October this year and games were held at the Padonmar and Universities football fields for Yangon and Mandalar Thiri and Universities football fields for Mandalay respectively.

Backed by the Ministry of Education, MPT is organizing University Football Tournament to produce qualified players for the Myanmar championship team. Regional champions have been crowned after months of competitions in regional legs. Now, the top teams from both regions will face each other for national level honours. The tournament also aims to foster football talents in preparation for the upcoming ASEAN University Games, which hold bi annually.

The National Level Championship Matches of MPT University Football Tournament 2019 will run as follows:[/vc_column_text]

For further information about MPT CSR activities please visit http://mpt.com.mm/en/ or MPT Official Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/mptofficialpage.

 

Upper Myanmar
(Champions-Mandalay Zone-Men)

Upper Myanmar
(Runner Up Monywa Zone_Men)

Upper Myanmar
(Champions-Myitkyina Zone-Women)

Lower Myanmar
(Champions – Dagon Zone- Women)

Upper Myanmar
(Runner Up Monywa Zone-Women)

Lower Myanmar
(Champions – Pathein Zone- Men)

Lower Myanmar
(Runner Up – Mawlamyine Zone- Men)

Lower Myanmar
(Runner Up – Malamyine Zone- Women)

(Yangon, 14^th November 2019) – CANAL+, the No. 1 Pay-TV Provider in Myanmar and MPT, Myanmar’s first and leading telecommunications operator, have announced  partnership to benefit all MPT customers providing access to 9 Live Premium Pay-TV and 2 free to air Channels on myCANAL mobile app.

With a special launching price of only 800 Kyats per week, MPT customers will have an opportunity try and test 9 Live Pay-TV and 2 free to air Channels including a variety of Premium CANAL+ Original Production TV Series, Live Sports , Myanmar’s favorites movies, music videos, or entertainment and edutainment programs which are broadcasted with 100% language localization.

Through this unique mobile entertainment app, MPT customers and Myanmar cinema lovers can stream movies and videos on their mobile devices. The premium channels available on this app are CANAL+ ZAT LENN, CANAL+ ACTION, CANAL+ MAE MADI, CANAL+ PUTUTUE, CANAL+ CHATATE, CANAL+SPORTS, CANAL+ SUU SANN, CANAL+ GITA, CANAL+ HA HA as well as MRTV-4 and Channel-7.

MPT customers will be able to enjoy live sports, entertaining new tv shows and classic favorites at an amazing special launching price of just Ks 800 per week until 14^th February 2020. Afterwards, a standard rate of 999 Kyats per week will be charged to continue enjoying the app.

Mr. Reizo Umeda, Chief Commercial Officer of MPT-KSGM Joint Operations, said: “At MPT, we are dedicated to enriching digital lives of our customers by further expansion and diversification of our partnerships with creators of localized content and developers of innovative mobile apps. By partnering with CANAL+ we will be able to offer easy access to world-class entrainment at a very affordable price. We also believe that CANAL+ will invest in local content to meet the varied demands of Myanmar viewers.”

Mr. Erwan Luherne, Chief Executive Officer of CANAL+ Myanmar FG, said: “CANAL+ is very happy to conclude the first partnership with MPT, an unquestionable leader of telecommunication industry in Myanmar. The two teams are sharing the same vision to always innovate by delivering new services to subscribers and offering them an opportunity to watch TV anytime, anywhere through MPT and myCANAL. I am sure that MPT subscribers will enjoy all the wonderful content available on CANAL+ channels!”

Currently, myCANAL mobile app is available to download from Google Play store at https://goo.gl/oncZGP and Apple App store at https://goo.gl/3WRAqN. After downloading the app, users are only required to follow a few easy steps to log in to the app using the MPT Network.

To subscribe the service, MPT customers will need to send SMS “ON” to 8434 or via http://mycanal.canal-plus.com.mm/mpt. Subsequently, by using MPT Mobile Internet, MPT Customers can gain access to the app by selecting “MPT Subscribers” tab within the app to receive a login credentials securely via OTP.

In this app includes a lot of features that are user-friendly and timesaving to suite the busy schedules of MPT customers. For Support using this mobile app, MPT customers can call MPT Call Center number 106.

For more information on products and services available for MPT customers can call 106, visit the MPT official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mptofficialpage/ or MPT official website www.mpt.com.mm

(Yangon, 8^th November 2019) – MPT, Myanmar’s first and leading telecommunication operator to be hosted its public blood donation event on 20^th November 2019 to commemorate 99^th National Day at the National Blood Center Yangon and it will be simultaneously happened in other 17 regional hospitals nationwide.

This is the 9^th edition of blood donation event MPT has been initiated and, thus far, more than 2,475,000 ml of blood were donated during the past eight editions and more than 5,500 blood donors across the country comprising MPT employees and local communities had participated to support the people who need clean and life-saving blood.

U Myint Thein Htun, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of MPT-KSGM Joint
Operations said,

“We expect there will be more public participation alongside our employees this time according to increasing numbers of record of past blood donation activities. We will be keeping this initiative together with the public in order to support the emergency victims and patients who rely on limited blood supplies that are crucial for their treatment.”

“Blood is the most precious that everyone can give to other person, it can be said a gift of life. I would like to thank for everyone who participated in the past blood donation events and would like to welcome more donors to save the lives across Myanmar together with us. I hope it can also be the best way to honor our 99^th
National Day,” he added.

MPT’s Nationwide Blood Donation events are one of the initiatives of MPT’s efforts working together with the local communities in which long-term commitment to raise public awareness about donating blood to save lives and to use for different medical purposes.

For those who willing to take part MPT’s Nationwide Blood Donation event happening on 20 November 2019, they can contact to <09-8630050> to make donation at Yangon and respective States and Regional offices of MPT for the registration. Following are the lists of Blood Centers and Regional Hospitals where blood donation to be taken place.

As a responsive local telecommunication operator, MPT keeps focusing to support the community by three main CSR pillars: Education, Health and Business Incubation and many remarkable moments has been built together with the people and authorities.

For more information and detailed terms and conditions, visit www.mpt.com.mm or www.facebook.com/mptofficialpage. To learn more about MPT’s activities focusing on youth development in Myanmar, please go to http://mptcsr.foc.lotayamm.com/mptyouth to view its informative free-to-watch corporate video.

(Yangon, 1^st November 2019) – MPT announced today that existing auto telephone numbers are required to be migrated to new unique 7-digit numbers in order to improve quality and provide better services. Therefore, the following exchanges in Yangon Region were upgraded with the advanced system and auto telephone numbers will be changed as below table on 30^th November 2019.

During transitional period of old numbers to new numbers, MPT will provide ‘call forwarding services’ for their incoming calls free of charge, for customers’ conveniences until the end of February 2020. The customers can enjoy “call forwarding services” as able to call to both existing (old) telephone numbers and (new) changed telephone numbers during the transitional period.

(Yangon, 1st November 2019) – MPT, Myanmar’s first and leading telecommunication operator, has launched an innovative Mahar Data Pack. This special data pack gives access to all Myanmar movie content available through the Mahar Mobile App without any additional subscription fees. Moreover, thanks to the integration of Mahar data and Mahar premium subscription,MPT customer can enjoy their favourite Myanmar TV series and movies such as Khoe Soe Lu Nite II Taw Kyee Kann, Shwe Kyar and Special 9 for only 599 Ks per week with 570 MB of Mahar data included.

The Mahar Moibile App was launched in 2018, initially with the pay per movie optionthrough Mahar Mobile App, all Myanmar movie lovers can enjoy a variety of Myanmar’s favorites movies in different genres ranging from comedies, dramas, and romance to action and horror. Customers can stream movies and TV series on their devices or download and save them for later viewing for up to 7 days.

“We are happy to support the creative industry in Myanmar by providing easy access to a great collection of movies available through the Mahar Mobile App. At MPT, we are committed to bringing a variety of entertaining content that spans geographical and cultural borders to reach audiences in every part of the country. With our new, affordable 7-day Mahar Data Pack, every fan of Myanmar cinema can relish the creativity of their favourite actors and filmmakers. To make the experience even more enjoyable, 570 MB of Mahar data has been included in the price of this unique data pack”, said Mr. Reizo Umeda, Chief Commercial Officer of MPT-KSGM Joint Operations.

The Mahar Mobile App is available at Google Play store, MPT website and Lotaya Portal. To purchase the Mahar Data Pack, just dial *8004# and customers will receive SMS with a unique Mahar link for premium access.

For more information on products and services available for MPT customers, please call 106, visit the MPT official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/mptofficialpage/ or MPT official website www.mpt.com.mm