A man uses the internet with a mobile phone in front of a sign advertising Telenor in Yangon on September 26, 2014, shortly after the Norwegian operator launched its network. (AFP)
A man uses the internet with a mobile phone in front of a sign advertising Telenor in Yangon on September 26, 2014, shortly after the Norwegian operator launched its network. (AFP)

Stay or go? Telenor’s Myanmar dilemma

Telenor built a highly successful business in Myanmar but now finds itself forced to shut down the internet and share user data with a regime intent on crushing all opposition.

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