Telecommunications Regulatory Body Launched
With a proposed telecommunications law yet to be approved, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications yesterday launched the Telcom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) to handle disputes between mobile phone companies and Internet providers, although officials admitted that the body will have limited powers. .. But unless Cambodia passes a telecommunications law – a draft of which is currently at the Council of Ministers – The TRC will not have the legal authority to resolve disputes between mobile phone companies and Internet providers, the research firm Business Monitor International noted in a report released in June. … The TRC was proposed by the Ministry of Telecommunications in march as an independent but government-endorsed body to regulate the telecommunications sector, with the ministry retaining responsibility for collecting revenues and concession fees.
