Telecommunications in Cambodia

Telecommunications
Communications towers in Kampong Thom
Telephone land lines	54,200 (2009)
Mobile lines	5,593,000 (2009)
Telephone country code	+855
Internet Users	175,000 (2010)
Internet country code	.kh

Communications in Cambodia specifically the postal, telegraph and telegram services are regulated under the Ministry of Telecommunications, transport and posts were restored throughout most of the country in the early 1980s during the People's Republic of Kampuchea regime after being disrupted under the Khmer Rouge.

In January 1987, the Soviet-aided Intersputnik space communications station began operation in Phnom Penh and established two-way telecommunication links between the Cambodian capital and the cities of Moscow, Hanoi, Vientiane and Paris. The completion of the earth satellite station restored the telephone and telex links among Phnom Penh, Hanoi, and other countries for the first time since 1975.

Although telecommunications services were initially limited to the government, these advances in communications helped break down the country's isolation, both internally and internationally.

Today, with the availability of mobile phones, communications are open to all, though the country's Prime Minister Hun Sen decreed that 3G mobile phones would not be allowed to support video calling.

Telephones

The government state communications corporation is Telecom Cambodia, founded in 2006 as an expansion of the telecom operating department of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. Landline service in Phnom Penh and other provincial cities is available; mobile phone coverage is rapidly expanding in rural areas.

Mobile-phone systems are widely used in urban areas to bypass deficiencies in the fixed-line network; fixed-line connections stand at well less than 1 per 100 persons; mobile-cellular usage, aided by increasing competition among service providers, is increasing and stands at nearly 20 per 100 persons.

International calling access is adequate but expensive. Landline and mobile service is available to all countries from Phnom Penh and major provincial cities.

• Main lines in use: 54,200 (2009)
• Mobile cellular: 5,593,000 (2009)
• Satellite earth station - 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region)
• International access code: 855

Mobile networks

• Cellcard [CamGSM Co.,Ltd.] incorporates the former Mfone with mobile prefixes: 012, 017, 077, 078, 089, 092, 095 and 011, 061, 076, 085, 099

• Smart [Latelz Co., Ltd.] merged with former [Hello Axiata Co., Ltd. (HACL)] with mobile prefixes: 010, 069, 070, 086, 093, 096, 098 and 015, 016, 081, 087 and landline prefixes: 45, e.g. the telephone number +855 23-451-234 is a Phnom Penh number from Smart

• Metfone [VTC or Viettel (Cambodia) Pte., Ltd.] with mobile prefixes: 097, 088

• Beeline [Sotelco Ltd. ] with mobile prefixes: 060, 066, 067, 068, 090 and landline prefixes: 46, e.g. the telephone number +855 23-461-234 is a Phnom Penh number from Beeline

• qb [Cambodia Advance Communications Co., Ltd. (CADCOMMS)] with mobile prefixes: 013, 080, 083, 084

• Excell [GT-TELL (Cambodia) Investment Co., Ltd.] 018

Radio

Broadcast stations

Phnom Penh

• Apsara Radio FM 97
• National Radio Kampuchea
• Phnom Penh Radio FM 103
• Hang Meas Radio FM 104.5
• Raksmey Hang Meas Radio FM 95.7000
• Radio Beehive FM 105
• Radio FM 90.5
• Family FM 99.5
• Voice of America Khmer
• Radio Town FM 102.3 MHz
• Radio Free Asia
• Radio Khmer FM 107
• Radio Love FM 97.5
• Royal Cambodia Armed Forces Radio FM 98
• Women's Media Centre of Cambodia (WMC) Radio FM 102
• Koh Santepheap Daily FM 87.75
• DAP Radio FM 93.75

Provincial stations

There are radio stations in each of the following provinces: Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Kampot, Kandal, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Pailin, Preah Vihear, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Svay Rieng

Television

Broadcast and Cable television network

• Apsara Television (TV11)
• Bayon Television
• Bayon News Television
• Cambodia Cable Television (CCTV)
• CTV 8 HD
• Cambodian News Channel (CNC)
• Cambodian Television Network (CTN)
• DTV STAR (Digi)
• Hang Meas HDTV
• My TV
• National Television of Cambodia (TVK)
• One TV (Royal Media Entertainment Corporation, LTD)
• Phnom Penh Municipal Cable Television (PPCTV Co., LTD)
• Phnom Penh Television (TV3)
• Royal Cambodia Armed Forces Television (TV5)

Provincial television stations

• Kandal Province - Broadcasting on channel 27, Bayon Television is Cambodia's only UHF channel. A private television company belonging to Prime Minister Hun Sen, it also operates Bayon Radio FM 95 MHz. It was established in January 1998.
• Mondulkiri - Established in 1999, relays TVK on channel 10.
• Preah Vihear - Established in 2006, broadcasts on channel 7.
• Ratanakiri - Established in 1993, relays TVK on channel 7.
• Siem Reap - Established in 2002, relays TV3 on channel 12.

Internet

Internet Hosts: 5,452 (2009)

Internet Users: 78,500 (2009)

Country code: .kh

Internet service providers

• Digi (DTV Star)
• PPCTV Broadband Internet Service
• EMAXX TELECOM
• Wicam
• Cellcard (Mobitel)
• ClickNet
• Ezecom
• Metfone
• AngkorNet
• MekongNet
• Camintel
• Telecom Cambodia's Camnet
• Mfonenet
• Everyday
• TeleSURF
• Clicknet
• PCP
• AZ (Online)
• Hiway Telecom
• Cambodia Internet Corp
• EmCom
• Bereline (SOTELCO)
• Latelz
• Dragon Royal Telecom
• Citylink
• Vimean Seile
• Chuan Wei
• MekongNet (Angkor Data Communication Group)
• NTC - NeocomISP Limited
• WirelessIP
• Cambo Technology (ISP) Co., Ltd
• Dianlany Internet Telecom
• CIDC IT
• AncoBrothers
• CB (Cambodian Broadband)
• Mobilastic
• Wireless Internet Provider
• MKN
• PP Net Phone
• Neocom ISP (NTC)
• WIP
• Angkor Net
• GTD
• CDC
• Cambotech
• Cam-Broad
• Open Net

See also

• Cinema of Cambodia
• Current events in Southeast Asia
• Media of Cambodia
• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Cambodia

References

• "3G phones banned in anti-porn drive", Reuters, May 26, 2006.
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External links

• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications
• Cambodia Cultural Profile (Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts/Visiting Arts)

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.