Investment options for Cambodian telcos

With Myanmar’s telecom industry showing signs of gradually opening, operators in Cambodia’s overcrowded telecom market see opportunities for potential investment. But in stride with the market’s latent potential come challenges, industry experts say, and lessons learned locally need to be applied overseas. “Myanmar remains one of the last frontiers and least touched telecom markets,” said Anthony Galliano, CEO of Cambodian Investment Management. … According to Ashraf Mokhtar Sahab, chief commercial officer at Beeline, the firm would not relocate to Myanmar and believes in the Cambodian market, but a possibility would be to extend the business. “Myanmar has a much bigger population, so that is actually a quite significant opportunity right there,” he said. The Myanmar government has asked interested parties to submit an expression of interest for two nationwide telecommunication licences. …

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