Telcos to form association

Cambodia’s nine phone service operators plan to establish an independent body to debate issues within the industry, according to a statement yesterday from the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia (TRC).

Forming the Association of Telecommunications Operators in Cambodia, or the ATC for short, was agreed upon in principle at a meeting with the TRC on December 13, the statement said.

The new association is described as providing “a single voice for debate and to improve discussion with the TRC”.​ …

In the same statement, the regulator said that all nine providers had agreed to “follow and implement” government regulations relating to Prakas 232, enforcing fixed mobile phone charges of 4.5 cents per minute inside a network and 5.95 cents between different networks. …

Eddie Morton and May Kunmakara
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