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Amidst a military coup, mobile internet and certain phone services were suspended in Myanmar's major cities, including Yangon.

It is not clear who cut the internet access. Netblocks said that its preliminary findings suggest that the outage was "centrally ordered" and mostly targeted at cellular connections. It added that some fixed-line services were also hit. The military claimed that there had been election fraud during the country's November 8 general election, which Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling National League for Democracy won with more votes than the last election in 2015. The military said in a statement on a military-owned TV channel that it was handing power to Min Aung Hlaing, the Commander-in-Chief of the ar...

BBC News By Alice Cuddy media captionMyanmar coup: What's happened so far? Myanmar woke to the news on Monday that the military was seizing control of the country. "I guess I'll be live tweeting a coup now," former Reuters journalist Aye Min Thant wrote on Twitter shortly before 07:00 local time (00:30 GMT). "Things are still pretty quiet for now, though people are awake and scared. I've been fielding calls since 6am from friends and relatives. The internet is in and out and my sim card no longer works." It said the top army commander was in charge and a one-year state of emergency had been ...

BBC News By Christopher Giles The military takeover in Myanmar on Monday resulted in internet disruption in large parts of the country. The authorities have now blocked access to Facebook, which they said was for the sake of "stability". How the internet dropped off The restrictions to the internet were reported on Monday at 03:00 local time (20:30 GMT on Sunday). Internet connectivity had dropped to 50% of normal levels by 08:00 local time that day, as people were waking up to the news of the military takeover. "Army cut off the state media TV and radios, local phone line and internet getti...

news How the military disrupted Myanmar's internet © Getty Images Facebook is popular in Myanmar, where internet usage has grown in recent years As the Myanmar military took power over the weekend following their accusations of election fraud, internet disruption affected large parts of the country. The full extent of the disruption only lasted a few hours, after which many services returned. So what was happening? How the internet dropped off The restrictions to the internet were reported on Monday at 03:00 local time (20:30 GMT on Sunday). Internet connectivity had dropped to 50% of nor...