Mobile market still growing

7 September 2011
The Phnom Penh Post
Economy and commerce
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Cambodian mobile operators added more than 1 million new subscribers between May and July, with Smart Mobile seeing the largest percentage increase for the period, according to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications figures obtained by the Post. Marc Einstein, a Tokyo-based analyst at research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan, said Cambodian mobile subscribers should reach 7.6 million by the end of 2011, or 5.8 million fewer than reported in July. The prospect of selling out to other telecoms leads some operators to inflate their subscriber numbers, Einstein said. “The operators in Cambodia are struggling right now,” he said. “There will definitely be some more [mergers and acquisitions] in the Cambodian market.”

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