Ministries and other national bodies
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
TRC curbs phone service offers
A new deadline has been set for mobile operators Cellcard, Smart and Metfone to stop their promotional money exchange program by March 30, according to the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36631/trc-curbs-phone-service-offers/
Phone regulator issues ultimatum
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) issued a second directive on Wednesday to all mobile phone operators in the country instructing them to stop placing misleading advertisements in the media that could cause public confusion. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35556/phone-regulator-issues-ultimatum/
Telcos called to pay debts
Frustrated with the lack of compliance, the government has given the Kingdom’s mobile operators an ultimatum: declare their company revenue shares and settle all outstanding debts owed to the government by the end of the month or face swift and severe punitive action. ...
Kali Kotoski and Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/telcos-called-pay-debts
Regulator gears up for mobile pricing showdown
Cambodia’s telecommunications regulator yesterday stepped up efforts to avert a brewing price war between the country’s six mobile network operators, ordering the companies to submit profitability statements within the next 10 days and summoning all operators to a meeting at the end of the month ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/regulator-gears-mobile-pricing-showdown
Postal service to launch e-commerce
The state-owned Cambodia Post will launch an online shopping platform in March in a move to tap the current rise in e-commerce activity. Ork Bora, director-general of the Cambodia Post, told Khmer Times yesterday that after about a year of studying e-commerce, the state-owned enterprise decided ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33904/postal-service-to-launch-e-commerce/
Government’s post service increases
Cambodia Post’s services grew this year, thanks to a rise in foreign investment in Cambodia, more overseas tourists, and the rising trend of online markets. Ork Bora, Cambodia Post general director, said yesterday that the increase over all previous years was due to increased confidence of ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/33441/government---s-post-service-increases/
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/
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
Walkie-Talkie licenses required
The Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) warned last week that it would take legal action over people selling, repairing and using walkie-talkies without permission and in dangerous ways, such as using frequencies reserved for officials. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/30812/walkie-talkie-licenses-required/
ICT Federation overhauled
Trying to stay in sync with Cambodia’s rapid information and communication technology (ICT) growth, the Kingdom’s ICT Federation has been overhauled and is now fully chaired by industry insiders. ...
Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ict-federation-overhauled
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
Phone subscriptions exceed 21 million mark
The total number of telephone subscriptions in Cambodia surpassed the 21-million mark earlier this year ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/phone-subscriptions-exceed-21-million-mark
Federation sees opening on digital path
Cambodia’s young, tech-enthusiastic population is a gateway to accessing the global market digitally, according to the ICT Federation of Cambodia, with its president – Steven Path – estimating that the information and communication technology sector is already nearing about $1 billion in sales. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24307/federation-sees-opening-on-digital-path/
ICT wants to connect Cambodian youngsters to the world
The ICT Federation of Cambodia (ICTF) is aims to promote young entrepreneurs and bring Cambodia into the digital world by connecting domestic and international IT businesses to the Kingdom. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24262/ict-wants-to-connect-cambodian-youngsters-to-the-world/
Ministry hits back at rebuke of contentious telecoms law
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications has defended the controversial new Telecommunications Law following a biting legal analysis by rights group Licadho, which says the legislation is a veiled tool to silence critics and potentially criminalize private expression. ...
Sonia Kohlbacher and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-hits-back-at-rebuke-of-contentious-telecoms-law-110921/
Rights groups warn of tough Telecoms law
Local rights groups have raised major concerns about Cambodia’s sweeping new Telecommunications Law, which gives the government virtually unchecked spying powers and criminalizes any electronic communication deemed to cause “national insecurity.” ...
Zsombor Peter and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-groups-warn-of-tough-telecoms-law-109837/
Third undersea cable to plug kingdom into data fast lane
The government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/third-undersea-cable-plug-kingdom-data-fast-lane
SIM sales stagnate as internet use soars
Mobile SIM card sales slowed to a crawl in 2015 while the number of new subscribers using mobile internet services leaped by 30 per cent, according to a Ministry of Telecommunications factsheet. ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sim-sales-stagnate-internet-use-soars
Smart moves on tech education
Telecom operator Smart Axiata Co. Ltd. and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding that will see Smart donate more than $320,000 to build a facility for students at the National Institute of Post, Telecom & ICT (NIPTICT). ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21597/smart-moves-on-tech-education/
Postal service delivers new partner
Kerry Express, a subsidiary of WorldBridge International (Cambodia), yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Cambodia Post to expand delivery services in the Kingdom, executives and officials said after signing the MoU yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21220/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/
Online crime ring raid nets ‘23’ Koreans
Police working with Ministry of Post and Telecommunications officials yesterday arrested more than 20 South Korean nationals allegedly running an illegal telecom operation, an officer said yesterday, though an embassy representative said the bust related to online gambling. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/online-crime-ring-raid-nets-23-koreans
Telecom law opens door for investment: official
The new Telecom Law recently approved by the Senate will open the sector for more investment as the government moves to ensure infrastructure for telecom services is provided nationwide by 2020, a senior official told a regional telecom forum yesterday. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18475/telecom-law-opens-door-for-investment--official/
Draft telecoms law gives Gov’t broad spying powers
A new draft of the proposed Telecommunications Law would give authorities the right to eavesdrop on any conversation, along with a host of other powers that a rights group has warned would effectively nationalize private service providers. ...
Mech Dara and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/draft-telecoms-law-gives-govt-broad-spying-powers-101351/
Cambodia regulator to cancel inactive telecom licenses
The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has urged 34 domestic telecom operators and ISPs to submit their business performance reports by end-November. The watchdog plans to ensure the companies comply with their licensing agreements, Khmer Times reports, citing Im Vutha, director of regulation at TRC. ...
Telecompaper News Staff
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/cambodia-regulator-to-cancel-inactive-telecom-licenses--1114622