Metfone eyes sites in Areng

In what could be the latest sign that authorities are pushing ahead with the Areng Valley hydropower dam, Vietnam Military Telecommunications Group has sent engineers into the valley in Koh Kong province to scout for locations where its local subsidiary, Metfone, could build mobile phone signal towers.

Nhong Dinthan, vice managing director of Metfone, last week confirmed that the company intends to expand its mobile phone coverage to the valley, before he met with officials overseeing studies on the viability of the controversial Stung Cheay Areng dam. …

Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/metfone-eyes-sites-areng