All messages are to be passed through a government censor which will single out "seditious messages" - in keeping with the country's militarised politics. As if this was not enough messages have to be sent in English and cost US$4 per message.
Local reports suggest that the new service is not attracting a lot of interest...
There may well be less than 200,000 cellphones in use in Burma, most used by the military and those connected with it in the business community.
