Norway's Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta's pressure on surveillance tech

Norway's Telenor says Myanmar unit sale plan followed junta's pressure on surveillance tech

Telecommunication and power cables hang outside residential buildings in Yangon, Myanmar. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

Norwegian telecom firm Telenor is selling its Myanmar operations to avoid European Union sanctions after “continued pressure” from Myanmar’s military junta to activate intercept surveillance technology, the company’s Asia head told Reuters.

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