Russian trade increased 30pc

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Since the bilateral trade between Cambodian and Russia increased 30 percent, even though the Russian investment in Cambodia is estimated to be lower this year, compared to the last year. Dilyara Borovik, a counselor at the Russian Embassy, gave a speech at the an event to mark the 30th anniversary of the Russian Cultural Center [...]

MPTC puts an end to free mobile call promotion

Friday, December 25th, 2009

Putting an end to a month-long dispute between mobile phone service providers MobiTel and Beeline by trading accusations over price dumping and blocking of between-network calls, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) issued a directive dated Friday, 04 by setting a minimum charges of US$0.045 per minute for calls within an operator’s network and $0.0595 [...]

Free mobile call promotions end, ministry said.

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) plans to announce a new directive by setting a minimum calling prices and putting an end for free call promotion, after the ongoing dispute between mobile phone service providers Beeline and MobiTel. In September, Beeline accused leading phone operator, MobiTel, of blocking calls from its network to MobiTel’s [...]

The presence of Blackberry in Cambodia

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Blackberry, produced by Canada’s Research in Motion (RIM), is the kind of smart phone in the biggest global suppliers with 19.9 percent of the global market in the first quarter, according to the Bloomberg. At the end of April 2009, 2G Blackberry has been imported into Cambodia by phone operator Hello owned by Kuala Lumpur-based [...]

End to Mobile phone dispute

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Cambodia’s ongoing feuding between Mobile Phone firms happened more than one month, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hen Sen released statement dated Oct 21 by warming that mobile phone service providers will face with lose of license if they still block cross-network calls and sell call below costs. Leading mobile phone service provider, MobiTel, last month accused [...]

Telecom Industry Booming, as Competition Rises

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

Advertisements for every mobile phone network in Cambodia can be seen in newspapers, on television, on the street and in supermarkets. Companies are reducing prices, giving away air time and, in some cases, giving away phones. Nine companies in fact are fighting for customers in the most competitive environment in a decade. Gary Foo, chief [...]

Mobile phones to be used for flood alert

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

The Mekong River Commission (MRC) have used mobile phones as a new tool to monitor Mekong flooding, providing 14 phones to 14 villages flanking the Mekong river in order to send flood forecast and reports to the government via SMS text messages. The villages that received the phones are in Kandal province’s Loeuk Deck district [...]