The second largest telecommunication exhibition in Cambodia opened on May 4, 2006, aimed at promoting the nation’s development of telecommunication industry.
About 30 companies from 10 countries attended the two-day exhibition, Cambodia ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) World Expo 2006, organized by the National ICT Development Authority (NiDA) and the International Data Group (IDG) in cooperation with the Cambodian Post and Telecommunications Ministry.
The rapid of growth of mobile phone users in recent years is amazingly remarkable. According to secretary of state of the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications about 8 percent of 14 million population, now use mobile phones.
This May also marks a new Internet Service Provider in the country’s lowest Internet penetration in Southeast asia. Joint venture between Singapore-based VoIP company Media Ring and Cambodia-based Anana Computer has recently officially launched its Angkor Net ISP. This new company is the first ISP in Cambodia to offer WiMAX wireless broadband services. The question of whether the new player will bring about competition is yet puzzled.
A decade ago, the Internet–the global computer network connected Cambodia to the rest of the world. CamNet of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) was the only to make the country debut. Soon later it was joined by a Big Pond, a service operated by Telstra, the Australian telecommunications company. More new competitors of Big Pond, presently Online owned by Cogetel Limited, are TeleSurf, Camintel, City Link, Camshin, and PPCTV.
So pleased to hearing that! The internet fee is still far expensive from our neigboring Vietnam or Thailand, though.
Coz of the high value of electricity in cambodia,this country has to face everything expensive involving with electricity. Especially , the countryside!!
For instance , my province-Banteay Mean Chey,its electricity costs about 0.5$ per kwh…so the internet service reachs 1 $ or more per hour…
Over here in SHV, our broadband connection goes up to more than $200/mo., 24/7, but only 64kbps - that’s still primitive judging from Asian standards… at other South East Asian cities you could get this for more than half the price… but if the competition keeps coming the price will go down hopefully in the near future.
>> At some internet cafe in Phnom Penh, 1500 Riel per hour is the cheapest while the other is 2000 Riel per hour. There is no single player in this business area, so hopefully better service quality and price will change in the course of time.
>> Thanks for the info about the Internet access in Banteaymean Chey. I have not been for a couple of year, so I am blank.
>> $200 per month equals to one month salary of a project officer at local non-government organization.
There is a gap here: people can afford more mobile phones than desk phone.