Telecoms rush to provide 4G
Cambodian telecom companies are scrambling to jump on the 4g bandwagon and tap into the Kingdom’s growing mobile internet usage, as front-runner Smart announced last week that its 4g LTE network now spans across the whole country. Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart, which is the only ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telecoms-rush-provide-4g
Minister urges China telecoms to build digital infrastructure
Newly appointed Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth urged two Chinese telecom giants – China Communication Construction Co Ltd (CCCC) and Huawei Technologies Co Ltd – to further invest in the Kingdom’s telecommunications infrastructure in a move to bring Cambodia into the full realm ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/minister-urges-china-telecoms-build-digital-infrastructure
5G ready to rocket once launch button hit
Super high-speed 5g technology is ready to roll out across Cambodia with the infrastructure enabling the technology already in place across the Kingdom’s five major cities, say observers. With successful testing having occurred and the number of people with 5g-enabled devices growing daily, the only ...
Jason Boken
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50801705/5g-ready-to-rocket-once-launch-button-hit/
Smart Axiata awaits go ahead to launch 5G network
Smart Axiata is ready to roll out its 5G network and is waitinG for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to provide clarity on the way forward on this matter, which includes the authorisation to launch 5G commercial services in the KinGdom, the head of ...
Poovenraj Kanagaraj
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50658752/smart-axiata-awaits-go-ahead-to-launch-5g-network/
Cellcard announces Cambodia’s first 5G use case to help the Kingdom during Covid-19
Cellcard has today announced Cambodia’s first 5G use case – a telemedicine service at four locations across Phnom Penh to help the nation’s most critically ill durinG the Covid-19 crisis. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50706678/cellcard-announces-cambodias-first-5g-use-case-to-help-the-kingdom-during-covid-19/
TV goes digital by 2023, paving way for 5G
The government on December 28 held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss setting up a digital television platform as part of the Kingdom’s shift away from analogue. Held at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, the meeting discussed the would-be platform operator’s models of management and ...
Hin Pisei
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tv-goes-digital-2023-paving-way-5g
Unionists freed after strike called off in Kampot
The Kampot Provincial Court on Thursday released three union leaders without charge after the Cambo T.D.g. garment factory dropped its complaint against the trio in return for an end to a two-week strike. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unionists-freed-after-strike-called-off-in-kampot-115168/
Spectrum licences up for grabs
The government announced yesterday that it will hold its first public auction for 4g spectrum frequencies, with two licences up for bid on frequencies reassigned after their original licence-holders failed to utilise them. ...
Kali Kotoski and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/spectrum-licences-grabs
5G: Ministry proposes joint partnerships to maximise investment
The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cambodia (MPTC) has asked regulators to explore the possibility of telecom operators Kingtel and Seatel jointly running as providers on Cambodia’s new 5g network. ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50700681/5g-ministry-proposes-joint-partnerships-to-maximise-investment
Kingdom prepared for digital economy
The government plans to establish a national digital television platform and will release the 700MHz band to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to help it develop the 5g network. ...
May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdom-prepared-digital-economy
SOA to build palm sugar factory with Korean firm
Local exporter Signatures of Asia and Korea-based B&g is Life are investing in a palm sugar processing factory in Kampong Speu province. In addition to the plant, the collaboration includes a warehouse, a solar dryer, and a blockchain-based traceability system, Pich Chan, SOA general manager, ...
Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50661040/soa-to-build-palm-sugar-factory-with-korean-firm/
LG looks to introduce Optimus G soon
One of the top three manufacturers of mobile phones for the Cambodian market, LG, is likely to roll out its new flaGship product, the Optimus G, by the end of the year. Success in the smartphone market would siGnal a successful turnaround for LG. Prior ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012092758949/Business/lg-optimus-g-coming-soon.html
Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand to host three major meets
Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand are set to organise three important leaders’ meetings in the Southeast Asia region later this year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501069359/cambodia-indonesia-thailand-to-host-three-major-meets/
Rice bank project awards contracts
Thaneakea Srov (Kampuchea) Plc, the recipient of a low-interest $15 million loan from the state-run Rural Development Bank, inked contracts yesterday with three companies to build and outfit its massive 200,000-tonne capacity silo and warehouse facility in Battambang province. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rice-bank-project-awards-contracts
Creature comforts in demand
In its latest audit of domestic appliance sales for seven countries in Southeast Asia, German-based market research firm GfK found that consumer spendinG on refriGerators, air conditioninG units and washinG machines Grew by 2 percent durinG the year endinG June 2016, while washinG machine sales ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/creature-comforts-demand
Civil service reforms forge on
The Ministry of Interior and Transparency International Cambodia (TI Cambodia) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to extend the provisions of the framework for the School of governance (Sog) phase II (2021-2025). ...
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-service-reforms-forge
China's ZTE will build 4G LTE project in Cambodia
Chinese telecom device maker ZTE Corporation has won the bid for 4G LTE project construction from Southeast Asia Telecommunications HoldinGs Limited. At the same time, ZTE Senior Vice President ZhanG Renjun and Southeast Asia Telecom Group Chairman Zuo HuazhenG siGned a memorandum and strateGic cooperation aGreement ...
China Tech News Staff
http://www.chinatechnews.com/2014/11/18/21136-chinas-zte-will-build-4g-lte-project-in-cambodia
Smart in internet launch
SMART Mobile yesterday announced the official launch of its 3.75G data service, a key part of the company’s strateGy to capture Cambodia’s burGeoninG mobile internet market. The firm estimated its 3.75G would allow for data download speeds of up to 21 meGabits per second and ...
FPT talks operating telecoms in Cambodia
Vietnamese company FPT Telecom aims to extend operations to the Kingdom, after its attempted acquisition of Vietnam’s EVN Telecom fell through. FPT Telecom “has plans to expand business in Cambodia, but all is in discussion”, a spokesperson said late on Monday, declining to comment further. ...
Kingdom, WTO call on US to drop tariffs
Both Cambodia and the World Trade Organisation this week called on the United States to follow China’s lead in promising zero-tariff treatment to Least Developed Countries. Chinese President Hu Jintao, in a speech at the g20 summit in Cannes, France, on Friday, announced China would grant ...