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Communications infrastructure

The operator aims to invest $400M in the next two to three years

South East Asia Telecom has partnered with Chinese infrastructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia. Earlier this year, the operator announced plans to invest $400 million over the next two to three years to deploy its 4G LTE network across Cambodia, and ...

Juan Pedro Tomás
http://www.rcrwireless.com/20150623/carriers/seatel-zte-to-deploy-fdd-lte-network-in-cambodia

Website crowdsources comments on draft ‘Cybercrime’ Law

The Cambodian Center for Independent Media has set up a website for public comment on a contentious draft law to regulate Cambodian cyberspace. The website establishes a “wiki”-like crowd-sourcing platform for comments on the law, even though the public has not been able to see the ...

Phorn Bopha
http://bit.ly/1TIJVKR

Smart expands LTE network to all 25 provinces of Cambodia

Cambodian mobile operator Smart Axiata has expanded its 4G LTE network to all 25 provinces of the country. Smart launched 4G LTE services in Cambodia in January 2014. Smart Axiata also reports that its 2G network covers more than 98 percent of the country’s population. ...

Telecompaper News Staff
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/smart-expands-lte-network-to-all-25-provinces-of-cambodia--1087306

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

CNRP TV raises $1.5M, abandons share sales model

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Thursday that he had secured pledges of at least $1.5 million in funding for the opposition’s planned television station, but had been forced to abandon a share-selling model to raise the funds. A private company created by the CNRP last year ...

Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-tv-raises-1-5m-abandons-share-sales-model-85448/

Rising incomes lead to television upgrades

Cambodians spent more than $40 million on purchasing flat panel televisions from April 2014 to March 2015, on the back of improving economic prosperity among the middle class, according to Singapore-based research firm Gfk. The data shows that 126,000 TVs were bought for $46.3 million during ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rising-incomes-lead-television-upgrades

TV journalist to take senior post at interior ministry

The deputy director of the Cambodian News Channel (CNC), a local 24-hour television news station, has been appointed undersecretary of state at the Interior Ministry, according to a copy of the April 11 royal decree awarding him the position. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tv-journalist-to-take-senior-post-at-interior-ministry-82120/

Success of ASEAN integration hinges on interconnectivity

Acquiring international bandwidth, creating a timetable for an upgrade and extending computer networks to underserved areas will be essential for governments to build a digital infrastructure for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). ...

Nithin Coca
http://bit.ly/1yU6j7C

Internet subscribers rose 30 pct last year

The number of internet subscribers in Cambodia increased significantly last year, reaching a total of 5.02 million by December 2014, up 30 per cent from the end of 2013. In 2014 there were 1.16 million new internet subscribers, joining the 3.86 million existing subscribers at the ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/internet-subscribers-rose-30-pct-last-year

Cambodians flock to the net

Internet use in Cambodia grew a staggering 414 per cent since January 2014, but penetration still remains relatively low at 25 per cent, according to a new report from a Singapore-based consultancy firm. The Digital, Social and Mobile in APAC 2015 report, published yesterday by We ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodians-flock-net

China to finance broadband network construction in Cambodia

The Export and Import Bank of China has agreed to lend Cambodia 50 million U.S. dollars to finance a national broadband network project, the bank’s Zhejiang branch, in east China, announced Friday. ...

Ecns.cn News Staff
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news

Net keeps telcos on their toes

Pressure is mounting on the Kingdom’s telecommunications industry to stay ahead of the game as the demand for data and mobile internet becomes a top priority for Cambodian consumers. As global smartphone manufacturers saturate Cambodia’s market in an effort to meet the demand for new technology, ...

Eddie Morton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/net-keeps-telcos-their-toes

Cambodian activists win award for work to combat violence against women

In Cambodia, three women have been recognized for work that combines technology with efforts to combat violence against women, a major problem in the Southeast Asian country. Winning the inaugural VXW Award means the women will get assistance to further promote their efforts on smartphones ...

Robert Carmichael
http://www.voanews.com/content/cambodian-activists-win-award-for-work-to-combat-domestic-violence/2631478.html

Draft law could mean a crackdown on online freedom, expert says

A draft telecommunications law is causing concern from rights groups, who say it threatens freedom of speech online, one of the few spaces open to political discussion. ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/draft-law-could-mean-a-crackdown-on-online-freedom-expert-says/2624768.html

Cambodia, China to co-organize Spring Festival Night Show in Phnom Penh

The state-owned National Television of Cambodia (TVK) and China’s Yunnan TV station will jointly organized the 2015 Spring Festival Night Show on Feb. 10 in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, TVK’s director-general Kem Gunawadh said Monday. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-china-to-co-organize-spring-festival-night-show-in-phnom-penh-8140

Radio station aimed at ethnic minorities launched

A new private radio station aimed at indigenous communities in the country’s northeast was officially launched in Ratanakkiri province’s Banlung City on Sunday after carrying out a series of trial broadcasts last month. Radio Wild Flower will air daily shows in the ethnic minority Kreung, Tompuon ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/radio-station-aimed-at-ethnic-minorities-launched-75963/

Longtime opposition financier picked to chair new CNRP TV

The CNRP has selected longtime opposition financier Kun Lom Ang as chairwoman of the private company established in October to operate its new television station, party spokesman Yim Sovann said Tuesday. The Ministry of Information late last month granted Cambodian Independent Media, which was registered by ...

Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/longtime-opposition-financier-picked-to-chair-new-cnrp-tv-73920/

Gov’t plans to install surveillance equipment

The government is planning to install surveillance equipment on the networks of Cambodia’s mobile phone operators and Internet service providers (ISPs), a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday, vindicating concerns about inspections the ministry quietly conducted on telecommunications firms in October. In October, officials from Lieutenant ...

Aun Pheap and Joshua Wilwohl
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-plans-to-install-surveillance-equipment-73911/

Social media a potential new tool for good governance, expert says

Social media has emerged to play a crucial role in providing many Cambodians with information that could mean better governance, an expert says. Ok Serei Sopheak, a good governance specialist, told “Hello VOA” that sites like Facebook help people get information quickly and easily, and can ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/social-media-a-potential-new-tool-for-good-governance-expert-says/2544265.html

Cambodian opposition gets final approval to broadcast throughout nation

The Cambodian government has given the final nod to the main opposition party to operate a radio station and broadcast throughout the country as part of a deal reached in July, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Wednesday. Sam Rainsy said that the party will begin ...

Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/radio-11262014162644.html

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

CNRP registers company to run party’s television station

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said Thursday that a group of businessmen close to the opposition has successfully registered a company with the Ministry of Commerce that will hold the television license promised to the party. Mr. Sovann said that the CNRP received notice in the past ...

Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-registers-company-to-run-partys-television-station-72344/

Railway communities dissapointed with ADB's same response

People living along the railroads in Phnom Penh city has made another demonstration in front of ADB’s office in Cambodia for the third time. However, there was not any better response from ADB than the previous times. People affected by the railroad development project which ...

Ngem Sophal
http://www.khmer.rfi.fr/residents-in-rail-road-community-are-disappointed-with-adb-20-10-2014

CNRP begins registration for first opposition TV station

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said Monday that a group of people close to the opposition party has applied to register a firm with the government that will operate the television license promised to the CNRP by Prime Minister Hun Sen during the political deadlock. ...

Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-begins-registration-for-first-opposition-tv-station-70396/

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