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Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day
From: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2021 10:48:14 -0700
It should be noted that Telenor has been one of the nationwide license holders for 3GPP cellular bands in Pakistan for a long time, and has encountered the same issues with regional network shutdowns, and government orders to block certain netblocks or services. Not to the same extent as what's going on right now in Myanmar, but absolutely it meets the definition of what a (western European, North American) person would consider to be unconscionable and unwarranted government Internet censorship and interference with telecoms. They've shown no signs of pulling out of Pakistan or making operational changes as a result of this, over the past ten years. My personal opinion is that Telenor (PK) has weighed the risks, and judged that they possess neither the political capital, influence or leverage to ignore the government's occasional Internet shutdown orders. "Westerners" might be surprised to learn the extent that some of the major international/developing-nation specialist 3GPP carriers seem to be quite fine with operating in non-democratic regimes and bending their telecom's operational policies to suit local laws. In particular I'm thinking of the above Telenor example, but also MTN in many nations in Africa, Orange, and Airtel, in their operations in many different nations. Then on the other hand you have telecom entities which originate from highly censored political systems, one of the other 3GPP band operators in Pakistan (Zong) is owned by a Chinese domestic telecom company. On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:51 PM Bjørn Mork <bjorn () mork no> wrote:
scott <surfer () mauigateway com> writes:Telenor and Ooredoo, it's time to do the right thing.Wrt Telenor, please see the info posted at https://www.telenor.com/sustainability/responsible-business/human-rights/mitigate/human-rights-in-myanmar/directives-from-authorities-in-myanmar-february-2021/ Bjørn
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- Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day Andy Ringsmuth (Apr 26)
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- Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day Christopher Morrow (Apr 28)
- Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day Eric Kuhnke (Apr 28)
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- Re: Myanmar internet - something to think about if you're having a bad day Bradley Huffaker (Apr 29)
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