Camintel to join mobile scramble

A ninth telecoms operator would enter the Cambodian market next year, officials said yesterday, surprising insiders who claimed the sector was already overcrowded. Camintel, a joint Cambodian state- and Korean-owned company, would offer mobile services in 2012, CEO Kang Namkook said yesterday at a telecommunications conference in Phnom Penh. “Although we are a fixed-line player now, ultimately our plan is to be in mobile,” he said, adding the service was linked to what would be a two-pronged business strategy combining fixed-line and mobile services. Our goal is to be the number-one telecoms operator in Cambodia.”…

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