Cambodia’s cyberbullied children

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has released the results of a five-week poll involving one million young people and suggestions from a series of student-led #ENDviolence Youth Talks. Among the findings from the poll and youth talks was that 85.7 percent of young ...

Sheith Khidhir
https://theaseanpost.com/article/cambodias-cyberbullied-children

Unicef calls for ‘concrete action’ on online bullying in Cambodia

The UN Children’s Agency has called for a new policy to protect Cambodian children from bullying. In a statement released to coincide with Safer Internet Day on Tuesday, Unicef said young people between the ages of 15 and 25 years olds were particularly at risk. Natascha ...

Kann Vicheika
https://www.voacambodia.com/a/unicef-calls-for-concrete-action-on-online-bullying-in-cambodia/4775248.html

Internet users rise as network coverage expands

There has been a spike in the number of internet connections in the Kingdom, with nearly two million new subscribers registered in the first half of 2018, an official with the Telecommunication Regulator Cambodia said yesterday. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50514827/internet-users-rise-as-network-coverage-expands/

Free Wi-Fi boost for buses

Public buses in Phnom Penh are to get free Wi-Fi in the pilot phase of an operation to increase convenience for passengers. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority, which operates the buses, says it will cooperate with the Space Media company to install Wi-Fi routers for ...

Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50513321/free-wi-fi-boost-for-buses/

Reducing the digital divide with free Wi-Fi at schools

Telecom Cambodia aims to enhance access to the internet for students across the nation with a recently launched programme that seeks to equip high schools in the provinces with modern equipment, including free Wi-Fi. ...

Sok Chan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50508863/reducing-the-digital-divide-with-free-wi-fi-at-schools/

Ministry seeks help of ICT sector to end hacks

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is calling for the cooperation of all stakeholders in the ICT sector to solve a vulnerability in mobile phone networks that has led to a rise in the number of hacks in the kingdom. ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113853/ministry-seeks-help-of-ict-sector-to-end-hacks/

UN extolls power of tech in goals to development

Private-sector investment into technology can help developing countries meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), representatives said yesterday at a conference, sparking debate on how Cambodian entrepreneurs can incorporate humanitarian goals into core business operations. ...

Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/un-extolls-power-tech-goals-development

Kingdom targeted by new malware

The Kingdom’s computer networks, including government servers, are reported to be the targets of a virus unique to Cambodia and deployed through spam emails and phishing campaigns, which lure victims with emails disguised as official communications, though officials yesterday maintained they were unaffected. ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-targeted-new-malware

Malware vulnerability high in Kingdom, report notes

Cambodia is among the most vulnerable countries in Asia when it comes to viruses, spam, spyware and other cyberthreats, according to a recent report from Microsoft. ...

Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malware-vulnerability-high-kingdom-report-notes

Police hold 200 Chinese in scam

About 200 Chinese people were arrested yesterday in two Poipet guesthouses in a bust on a scam operation that targeted civil servants in China with blackmail, according to police. ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-hold-200-chinese-scam

ISP licences pulled by telecom regulator over inactivity

The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has revoked the licences of three internet service providers (ISPs) after finding that the companies were no longer operating. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/isp-licences-pulled-telecom-regulator-over-inactivity

Final call for ISP that seems to have skipped town

The Kingdom’s telecom regulator has threatened to strip the operating licence of a local internet service provider (ISP) whose owners appear to have shut down operations and skipped town. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/final-call-isp-seems-have-skipped-town

Investors start to see potential returns in Cambodian Startups

Lack of trust from investors has so far limited the growth potential of the growing number of Cambodian technology startups. Five-year old Khmerload, a Cambodian entertainment news website modeled after the American media giant Buzzfeed, has become one of the country’s first local tech startups ...

Sophat Soeung and Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/investors-start-to-see-potential-returns-in-cambodian-startups/3804195.html

$5 mil Smart fund launched for start-ups

Smart Axiata, Cambodia’s leading telecommunications company, yesterday launched a $5 million venture capital fund for digital service companies and start-ups in the country. The Smart Axiata Digital Innovation Fund aims to meet demands for cash and expertise as the number of Cambodian digital entrepreneurs increases rapidly. ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37001/-5-mil--smart-fund-launched-for-start-ups/

First submarine cable launched

Cambodia’s first submarine telecoms cable, costing $100 million, that will strengthen existing internet capacity and greatly increase connectivity speed at lower cost, was officially launched yesterday. ...

May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36511/first-submarine-cable-launched/

Encryption aid deal inked

Vietnam inked a deal with Cambodia on Friday to provide more than half a million dollars’ worth of training in encryption coding, prompting some to question the wisdom of accepting foreign help to protect state secrets. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/encryption-aid-deal-inked

PM wants fast data satellite

Cambodia should have its own satellite to make high-speed broadband available to all, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday. The prime minister also proposed that the Royal Group, a local conglomerate, partner with other  companies to make the Kingdom’s satellite dream a reality. Addressing about 600 ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33238/pm-wants-fast-data-satellite/

Internet freedom ranking slips

Cambodia fell four spots in a 2016 ranking of internet freedom across the world released yesterday, with the organization behind it tying the drop to a spate of arrests for nothing more than Facebook posts and a much-maligned telecommunications law that critics say gives the ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/32011/internet-freedom-ranking-slips/

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

Cheaper internet next year

A new submarine telecoms cable due for completion in early 2017 will strengthen existing internet networks, increase capacity and lower costs, according to the company installing the cable. Yves Shaeffer, CEO of EZECOM, which owns Telcotech that is installing the Malaysia-Cambodia and Thailand (MCT) submarine cable, ...

Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/31246/cheaper-internet-next-year/

US offers tips for cybercrime team

Cambodian police, prosecutors and policymakers were hosted in Washington recently by the US government, as part of America’s efforts to support the drafting of the Kingdom’s controversial cybercrime law. ...

Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-offers-tips-cybercrime-team

More investors plug in to Kingdom’s online growth

Cambodia’s fixed-line internet services market continues to attract new players despite limited infrastructure and a crowded playing field, new data show. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/more-investors-plug-kingdoms-online-growth

US to train Cambodian government on combating cybercrime

The United States has invited senior Cambodian officials to learn about cybercrime from U.S. experts. Numerous countries and nongovernmental organizations have expressed concern in recent years over the drafting of a Cambodian cybercrime law, which critics say could be used to restrict freedom of expression and ...

Phorn Bopha
http://www.voanews.com/content/united-states-train-cambodian-government-combat-cybercrime/3396048.html

Hope for solving community-level problems as ICT reshapes life in Cambodia

Just ten years ago, Cambodians relied on dingy, storefront Internet businesses if they wanted to get online. Computers were old, power cuts were frequent, and overhead fans creaked along in a failing attempt to keep customers cool as they paid per minute to “surf” the ...

Aun Chhengpor
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/hope-for-solving-community-level-problems-as-ict-reshapes-life-in-cambodia/3360641.html

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