Too many players vie in Kingdom’s ISP industry
Like the telecommunications industry in Cambodia, the market for internet service providers (ISP), too, is overcrowded, leading industry experts to say that the situation is preventing new investment. … Data from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications showed that at the end of 2012, Cambodia had 27 ISPs. Internet users in Cambodia numbered more than 2.7 million in 2012, an increase of 60 per cent compared to 2011, when there were 1.7 million users. … Ban Borak, deputy managing director for Online, believes the Cambodian ISP market is much more crowded than the telco market. “If I were an investor, I would not enter into the current Cambodia ISP market,” he said. … However, Ek Vandy, Secretary of State of Ministry of Post and Telecommunication told the Post that the ministry had raised no concerns over the overcrowding of ISPs. …
