Infrastructure
Communications
City hall seeks to expand bus routes
The Phnom Penh Municipality is asking for more city buses from the Chinese and Japanese governments to expand public transport to 10 routes in the capital, City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17511/city-hall-seeks-to-expand-bus-routes/
‘Pitfalls ahead’ for web freedom, report finds
While Cambodia lacks a “rigorous, systematic approach to internet censorship”, new programs regulating telecommunications, online expression and cybercrime threaten the relative freedom it currently enjoys, according to a new report.The Freedom on the Net 2015 report, released on Friday by American watchdog organisation Freedom House, ...
Daniel Nass
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pitfalls-ahead-web-freedom-report-finds
SIM card registration drive stalling
One month after the government announced a crackdown on unregistered mobile phone lines, retailers are still selling SIM cards without the required identification documents, and the major telecom companies have done little to curtail the practice. In a joint press conference on September 22, officials ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-card-registration-drive-stalling
Media experts warn against a cyber-crime law that hurts online freedom
As the Cambodian government moves forward with the creation of a law to regulate cyber-security, experts say any legislation should include clear language to prevent abuse of the law and restrictions to online freedoms.A draft of the law from July obtained by VOA Khmer says ...
Draft Telecoms law approved by council of ministers
The Council of Ministers on Friday signed off on a potentially sweeping draft law that would regulate the country’s telecommunications sector, which a rights group warned in May could effectively nationalize private service providers. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-telecoms-law-approved-by-council-of-ministers-97072/
Controversial Facebook internet service launched in Cambodia
A controversial Facebook platform that offers users free Internet —but a limited choice of websites and apps—was launched in Phnom Penh on Thursday in cooperation with mobile operator Smart Axiata, its CEO said on Friday. ...
George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/controversial-facebook-internet-service-launched-in-cambodia-97093/
Cambodia to expand ultra-broadband network
An agreement signed between Alcatel-Lucent and Cambodia’s Chuan Wei Ltd. is expected to pave the way for expanding mobile ultra-broadband connectivity across the country. According to data from Alcatel-Lucent, approximately one-third of Cambodians are connected to the Internet, with the majority accessing data on their ...
Enterprise INNOVATION News Staff
http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/cambodia-expand-ultra-broadband-network-1345890702
Cambodia to expand ultra-broadband network
An agreement signed between Alcatel-Lucent and Cambodia’s Chuan Wei Ltd. is expected to pave the way for expanding mobile ultra-broadband connectivity across the country. According to data from Alcatel-Lucent, approximately one-third of Cambodians are connected to the Internet, with the majority accessing data on their ...
Enterprise INNOVATION News Staff
http://enterpriseinnovation.net/article/cambodia-expand-ultra-broadband-network-1345890702
Overloaded truck causes Kandal bridge collapse
National Road 2, which links Phnom Penh to the border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, was backed up for more than two hours Wednesday after an overloaded truck filled with stones caused a steel bridge to collapse in Kandal province, officials said. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/overloaded-truck-causes-kandal-bridge-collapse-95287/
SIM card crackdown
Anyone who purchased a mobile phone SIM card without providing appropriate ID can expect to see those phone numbers terminated, while any retailer selling SIM cards without collecting identification documents faces arrest, the government announced yesterday. The crackdown, which begins today, will see any retailer ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sim-card-crackdown
Radios rounded up in capital
Phnom Penh police yesterday launched a coordinated operation to seize illegal walkie-talkies from tuk-tuk and motorbike taxi drivers, in order to rid the capital of alleged “anarchy”.The campaign is the initiative of the capital’s chief and reportedly comes in response to complaints that drivers’ use ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/radios-rounded-capital
Monitoring the internet
Coming on the heels of high-profile arrests linked directly to Facebook posts, the Interior Ministry has revealed plans to establish a new “anti-cybercrime” department that will not only “crack down” on crimes like hacking, but a broad range of misdeeds open to interpretation including incitement ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-internet
The opposition party’s president says fund for its TVs establishment reach nearly $1 million
President of the opposition, Cambodia National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy said fund raising for its party’s own TV station reached nearly $1 million. ...
The Star Online News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-opposition-party%E2%80%99s-president-says-fund-for-its-tvs-establishment-reach-nearly-1-million-8905
Website names no longer as easy as 'ABC'
For English speakers, it’s easy to take for granted opening a web browser and typing in a URL. But what do people do when their languages have Chinese characters or Vietnamese tone markers? Such needs are greatest in the developing world, where English is less ...
Lien Hoang
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/website-names-no-longer-as-easy-as-abc/2931391.html
Cambodia hails Chinese firm for helping develop telecom industry
Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Prak Sokhonn on Sunday praised Chinese-owned Southeast Asia Telecom (Cambodia), or SEATEL, for investing a huge amount of capital in the development of 4G services in Cambodia. ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=299208
Opposition eyeing plot of land for TV station
The Cambodian National Rescue Party has started negotiations to buy land in Kandal’s Kien Svay district for its television station Sun TV. ...
Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/opposition-eyeing-plot-land-tv-station
Cambodia seeing e-commerce grow due to more access to Internet
Investors have turned their eyes to the e-commerce sector in Cambodia as more people in the Southeast Asian nation have access to the Internet, businessmen and commerce officials say. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-08/09/c_134496329.htm
Chinese-invested telco firm launches 4G services in Cambodia
Chinese-owned Southeast Asia Telecommunications, Seatel, has officially launched its 4G network in Cambodia after entering the country’s oversubscribed telco sector last year, a local newspaper reported Monday. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-07/27/c_134450609.htm
Malaysia's internet faster than Cambodia’s
The government today dismissed as inaccurate information in a report released by global broadband speed test operator Ookla that the Internet speed in the country was worse than in Cambodia and Vietnam. ...
Malaysiakini News Staff
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/303683
Opposition working toward launch of television station
Most media in Cambodia focus on the achievements of the government. That’s because most stations are owned by members of the government or its supporters. But the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party is now preparing its own channel, after it was offered a license during political ...
Nov Povleakhena
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-working-toward-launch-of-television-station/2841562.html
Thousands raised for CNRP TV
The Cambodia National Rescue Party reportedly raised nearly $35,000 in one day of fundraising to finance what party chief Sam Rainsy affirmed over the weekend will be an objective TV station, which will deal with issues such as border disputes, corruption and land grabs. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-raised-cnrp-tv
SEA mobile games revenue to hit US$7bil by 2019: Frost & Sullivan
The mobile games industry in South-East recorded impressive growth and reached over US$1 billion in revenue in 2014, according to Frost & Sullivan. Recent analysis from Frost & Sullivan shows that this was also the fastest growing region for mobile games in the world, driven by ...
DNA News Staff
https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/mobile-telco/sea-mobile-games-revenue-to-hit-usd7bil-by-2019-frost-sullivan
RTB Technology to refocus on connected devices
RTB Technology, an IT-gadget distributor, is gearing up to cash in on the emerging market for connected devices as it aims to grow revenue this year by 10 per cent to Bt450 million. However, apart from expanding its line of products to cover the two ...
Asina Pornwasin
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/RTB-Technology-to-refocus-on-connected-devices-30262946.html
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