Country code: 95. Only larger cities can be dialled direct from within Myanmar; smaller towns still use manual switchboards and callers need to ask the operator to connect them to a specific town operator. International calls are difficult to place outside hotels. 

There is no international roaming in Myanmar. Note: Mobile phones may be collected by customs on arrival and released to you upon departure.

There are a few Internet cafes, but access to many free international e-mail services is blocked. All Internet use is monitored by the government and is usually expensive.

Service to Europe takes up to one week and letter forms are quicker than ordinary letters. To ensure despatch, it is advisable to go to the post office personally to obtain a certificate of posting, for which a small fee is charged.

The military junta closely oversees the media, thereby preventing criticism from within, supressing any bad news (even bad sport results) and heavily censoring all other programming.

• New Light of Myanmar is the English-language voice of the government.
• Kyehmon is the principal state daily.
• Myanmar Times is a state-run English-language weekly.

• TV Myanmar is state-run.
• MRTV-3 is a state-run international service.
• TV5 is a joint state-private Pay-TV service.

• Radio Myanmar is state-run.
• City FM is a Yangon-based entertainment channel.
• Democratic Voice of Burma is an opposition station based in Norway and broadcasts via shortwave.