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Axiata to offer free Wikipedia for mobiles

AXIATA Group Berhad, parent company of local telecommunications provider Smart, and Wikipedia operator the Wikimedia Foundation announced a partnership to offer Wikipedia on mobile devices free of data charges to Axiata customers throughout Asia, a press release said. “Wikipedia is free as such already, but notwithstanding ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032164545/Business/axiata-to-offer-free-wikipedia-for-mobiles.html

Telecom revenue rose in 2012

CAMBODIA Post (CP), which plans to list on the local bourse, earned 8.1 per cent more revenue year-on-year in 2012, driven in part by its recent transformation from a wholly state-owned delivery company into a semi-autonomous entity. Revenues last year hit more than $4 million, compared ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062037/Business/telecom-revenue-rose-in-2012.html

NGOs query Lao’s telco promotion

Four NGOs asked the government yesterday to explain the decision to promote Lao Saroeun to an undersecretary of state position in the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, even though he has not been cleared of alleged corruption. “In proper practice, people under investigation for alleged corruption ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032062034/Business/ngos-query-lao-s-telco-promotion.html

Cambodia reports 60 pct rise in internet users last year

Cambodia recorded about 2.7 million internet users as of December last year, a 60 percent rise year-on-year, a senior official said Thursday. Meanwhile, he said the country has 6 mobile phone operators. As of last year, those operators had sold out 19.1 million SIM cards, ...

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2013-03/14/c_132234173.htm

Anti-Corruption Unit to Investigate Telecom Cambodia Chief

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will launch an investigation into corruption allegations made by staff at Telecom Cambodia against its director-general Lao Sarouen, officials said yesterday. During a meeting with 295 Telecom Cambodia employees at the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, ACU chairman Om Yentieng told staff ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/anti-corruption-unit-to-investigate-telecom-cambodia-chief-12103/

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 ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022061463/Business/investment-options-for-cambodian-telcos.html

The great mobile shake-out

Mobile phone subscribers in Cambodia have had little to complain about in recent years. With six new operators entering the market since 2006, the result was oversaturation and an all-out price war as eight operators fought for a foothold in a country with fewer than ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/telecom/334187/the-great-mobile-shake-out

Mfone $65 million in debt

Failed Cambodian telco Mfone owes at least $65 million to multiple creditors that sources say include the government. A court injunction to freeze Mfone‘s assets, obtained by the Post yesterday, shows Mfone owes Chinese telco provider Huawei Technologies more than $65 million. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013061068/Business/mfone-65-million-in-debt.html

Local ISP claims licence overlap is causing losses

At least one internet service provider in Cambodia still claims to have overlapping frequencies, which means losses for the affected company MekongNet. The company’s chief executive, Sok Channda, reported that the internet service provider can’t use the frequencies that were supposed to cover the WiMAX service, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/Business/local-isp-claims-licence-overlap-is-causing-losses.html

Fixed-line internet providers see growth

Despite the spread of web-enabled smartphones and tablets in Cambodia, internet service providers expected the number of fixed-line applications to grow, two industry insiders said yesterday. “With the advent of tablets and faster smartphones, it’s inevitable that people will use their devices more and more for ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010760646/Business/fixed-line-internet-providers-see-growth.html

Telecommunications Minister Assures Internet Cafe's Futures

More than a month after ordering Internet cafes within 500 meters of schools to shut down, Telecommunications Minister So Khun said yesterday that no cafes would be force to close. “We have no plans to close any cafes. We encourage more to open,” Mr. Khun said ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/telecommunications-minister-assures-internet-cafes-futures-6801/

Telco regulator to launch

A regulator for Cambodia’s telecommunications industry is expected to launch next month with the hopes of putting in order a sector that has seen little regulation during its short history. Industry insiders have called the move positive but many questioned the body’s ability to rein in ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012072757654/Business/telco-regulator-to-launch.html

ICT growth continues

The expansion of Cambodia’s information and communications technology sector was highlighted at the ICT Expo on Diamond Island yesterday, as the sector’s bellwether companies continue to eye the Kingdom. Sony Corp, which took part in the eighth annual expo for the first time this year, set ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012050455965/Business/ict-growth-continues.html

Cambodia post delivers 40% revenue gain

Revenue at Cambodia’s postal service rose 40 percent in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period last year, an official at Cambodia Post said yesterday, attributing the rise to the postal service gaining complete independence from the Ministry of Posts ...

Mobile market still growing

Cambodian mobile operators added more than 1 million new subscribers between May and July, with Smart Mobile seeing the largest percentage increase for the period, according to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications figures obtained by the Post. Marc Einstein, a Tokyo-based analyst at research and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011090751483/Business/mobile-market-still-growing.html

Fashion retail enters the online era

SOURSDEY Fashion occupies a small shopfront near the Russian Market. It looks similar to many of the small boutiques sprouting up across Phnom Penh, packed with  the latest in fashion aimed at young, trendy consumers. But the shop’s business plan differs from that of many ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011080850911/Business/fashion-retail-enters-the-online-era.html

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