TC surpasses revenue target

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

STATE-Owned enterprise Telecom Cambodia’s revenues have exceeded the target for 2010, despite strong market competition.

Indonesian telco ‘planning acquistion in Kingdom’

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

INDONESIA’S largest telephone company plans to acquire a telecommunications company in Cambodia, according to its commissioner Tanri Abeng, Bisnis Indonesia newspaper reported yesterday. The Cambodian company in question was not identified by Abeng, but according to sector insiders a number of domestic telecommunications companies are said to be actively seeking buyers. Officials from PT Telekomunikasi [...]

Computer Game Saves Children From Landmine Scourge

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Decades of war have left Cambodia with millions of landmines and unexploded ordnance that kill and injure hundreds each year. A new approach to educatingchildren about mines was tested last week in Phnom Penh, and is likely to be rolled out to other nations in the coming years. There is nothing unusual about children clustered [...]

Beeline still facing Mobitel lawsuit

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

NEW evidence has emerged that mobile-phone operator Beeline is subject to an ongoing US$2.5 million lawsuit filed by market leader Mobitel, despite assurances made by company representatives this week that the high-profile dispute reached a “satisfactory situation” earlier in the year. On Monday, Gael Campan, Beeline’s general director, said relations between the providers were “back [...]

Star-Cell sales tripled in past year

Friday, April 9th, 2010

TELIASONERA, the managing company of mobile-phone provider Star-Cell, declared dividends to shareholders Wednesday, following a boom year with its Cambodian business. Following an annual general meeting Wednesday, Stockholm-based TeliaSonera said it would issue dividends of 2.25 kroner (US$0.31) per share, after a rise in Star-Cell net sales of $4.26 million, up from $1.37 million in [...]

Ezecom launches its first five Net cafes

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

INTERNET service provider Ezecom opened five “e-cafes” on Monday, linking fibre-optic cables to coffee shops in Mobitel service centres across Phnom Penh, according to a company press release obtained by the Post last week. The cafes serve food and drink and provide faxing, printing and scanning services. Customers can also seek technical assistance, pay bills [...]

Rural IT project progresses

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

FARMERS in 20 remote areas could find themselves surfing the Internet for facts about seeds and insecticide in the next few years, as a rural information and communications technology project gets under way. Over the next three years, 20 pilot “telecentres” will be set up in the provinces of Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Cham [...]

ICT conference set to begin

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

CAMBODIA’S international ICT and telecoms conference will kick off on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island Thursday, with tens of thousands expected to attend. The three-day World Expo, organised by International Data Group (IDG) Indochina with the National ICT Development Agency (NiDA), will include representatives from leading firms and government organisations. Expected highlights include a speech by [...]