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Telecommunications

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|style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| 54,200 (2009)
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!align="left" valign="top"|Mobile lines
|valign="top"| 5,593,000 (2009)
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|style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| +855
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!align="left" valign="top"|Internet Users
|valign="top"| 175,000 (2010)
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!style="background:#f0f0f0;" align="left" valign="top"|Internet country code
|style="background:#f0f0f0;" valign="top"| .kh
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Communications in Cambodia specifically the postal, telegraph and telegram services are regulated under the Ministry of Telecommunications

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Cambodia

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is the government ministry that governs the postal system and the telecommunications systems of Cambodia. The current Minister of Posts and Telecommunications is H.E...

, 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

Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

.

In January 1987, the Soviet-aided Intersputnik

Intersputnik

The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications commonly known as Intersputnik is an international satellite communications services organization founded on November 15, 1971, in Moscow by the Soviet Union along with a group of eight formerly socialist states...

space communications station began operation in Phnom Penh and established two-way telecommunication links between the Cambodian capital and the cities of Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Hanoi

Hanoi

Hanoi , is the capital of Vietnam and the country's second largest city. Its population in 2009 was estimated at 2.6 million for urban districts, 6.5 million for the metropolitan jurisdiction. From 1010 until 1802, it was the most important political centre of Vietnam...

, Vientiane

Vientiane

-Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...

and Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

. 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

Prime Minister of Cambodia

The Prime Minister of Cambodia , is the head of government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Prime Minister is appointed by the King under Article 119 of the Constitution and is responsible for leading the government of the Kingdom.-Constitutional powers:The powers of the Prime Minister are established...

Hun Sen

Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...

decreed that 3G

3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...

mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

s would not be allowed to support video calling and did not ban them completely as previously reported on this page.

Telephones

The government state communications corporation is Telecom Cambodia

Telecom Cambodia

Telecom Cambodia is a state corporation of Cambodia, and is the principal telecom company of that country. The company was launched in 2006 as part of the Royal Government's Second Mandate, by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, which up until then had operated the country's telecom...

, founded in 2006 as an expansion of the telecom operating department of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications

Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Cambodia

. Landline service in Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

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
Intersputnik
The Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications commonly known as Intersputnik is an international satellite communications services organization founded on November 15, 1971, in Moscow by the Soviet Union along with a group of eight formerly socialist states...

(Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...

region)
International access code: 855

Mobile networks

cellcard, MobiTel [CamGSM Co., Ltd.] http://www.cellcard.com.kh/
Mfone [Mfone Co., Ltd.] http://www.mfone.com.kh/
hello [Hello Axiata Co., Ltd. (HACL)] http://www.hello.com.kh/
Metfone [VTC or Viettel (Cambodia) Pte., Ltd.] http://www.metfone.com.kh/
Beeline [Sotelco Ltd. ] http://www.beeline.com.kh/
Smart [Latelz Co., Ltd.] http://www.latelz.com.kh/
Star-Cell [Applifone Co., Ltd.] http://www.star-cell.net/
qb [Cambodia Advance Communications Co., Ltd. (CADCOMMS)] http://qbmore.com/
Excell [GT-TELL (Cambodia) Investment Co., Ltd.] http://excell.com.kh/

Phnom Penh

Apsara Radio FM 97
National Radio Kampuchea
Phnom Penh Radio FM 103
Radio Beehive FM 105
Radio FM 90.5
Radio FM 99
Voice of America Khmer
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation that operates a radio station and Internet news service. RFA was founded by an act of the US Congress and is operated by the Broadcasting Board of Governors . The RFA is supported in part by grants from the federal government of the United States...
Radio Khmer FM 107
Radio Love FM 97.5
Royal Cambodia Armed Forces Radio FM 98
Women's Media Centre of Cambodia
Women's Media Centre of Cambodia
The Women's Media Centre of Cambodia , commonly known as WMC or best known by its radio channel Women's Radio, FM102 or FM102 , is a Cambodian non-governmental, non profit media organization...

(WMC) Radio FM 102

Provincial stations

There are radio stations in each of the following provinces: Banteay Meanchey, Battambang

Battambang Province

Battambang is a province in northwestern Cambodia. It is bordered to the North with Banteay Meanchey, to the West with Thailand, and to the East and South with Pursat. The capital of the province is the city of Battambang. The name, meaning 'lost staff', refers to the legend of Preah Bat Dambang...

, Kampot, Kandal

Kandal Province

Kandal is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Ta Khmao town . The province completely surrounds, but does not include, the national capital Phnom Penh...

, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Pailin

Pailin

Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng...

, Preah Vihear, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville

Sihanoukville , also known as Kampong Saom, is a province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. This port city is a growing Cambodian urban center, located southwest of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The province is named after King Father Norodom Sihanouk and grew up around the...

and Svay Rieng

Broadcast and Cable television network

Apsara Television (TV11)
Bayon Television
Bayon Television
Bayon Television is a major television and radio operator in Cambodia. It was established in 1998.Bayon broadcasts from its main station in Phnom Penh but also has 4 sub-stations in Kampong Cham, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville and Stung Treng...
Cambodian Television Network
Cambodian Television Network
Cambodian Television Network was launched in March 2003 as a joint venture between local conglomerate the The Royal Group and Stockholm-based Modern Times Group, this free-to-air terrestrial television channel Cambodian Television Network is now part of Mobitel...

(CTN)
National Television of Cambodia (TVK)
Phnom Penh Television (TV3)
Royal Cambodia Armed Forces Television (TV5)
DTV STAR (Digi)
Cambodia Cable Television (CCTV)
Phnom Penh Municipal Cable Television (PPCTV)

Provincial television stations

Kandal Province
Kandal Province
Kandal is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Ta Khmao town . The province completely surrounds, but does not include, the national capital Phnom Penh...

- Broadcasting on channel 27, Bayon Television is Cambodia's only UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...

channel. A private television company belonging to Prime Minister Hun Sen
Hun Sen
Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...

, it also operates Bayon Radio FM 95 MHz. It was established in January 1998.
Mondulkiri
Mondulkiri
- References :...

- Established in 1999, relays TVK on channel 10.
Preah Vihear - Established in 2006, broadcasts on channel 7.
Ratanakiri
Ratanakiri
Ratanakiri is a province in northeastern Cambodia that borders Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, Mondulkiri Province to the south, and Stung Treng Province to the west. The province extends from the mountains of the Annamite Range in the north, across a hilly plateau between the Tonle San...

- Established in 1993, relays TVK on channel 7.
Siem Reap
Siem Reap
Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor region.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market...

- 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

Wicam http://www.wicam.com.kh/
Cellcard (Mobitel)
ClickNet http://www.clicknet.com.kh/
Ezecom
Metfone
AngkorNet
MekongNet
Camintel
Telecom Cambodia
Telecom Cambodia
Telecom Cambodia is a state corporation of Cambodia, and is the principal telecom company of that country. The company was launched in 2006 as part of the Royal Government's Second Mandate, by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, which up until then had operated the country's telecom...

's Camnet
Mfonenet http://www.mfone.com.kh
Everyday
TeleSURF
PPCTV Broadband Internet Service
Clicknet http://www.clicknet.com.kh/
PCP
AZ (Online) http://www.online.com.kh/
Hiway Telecom
Cambodia Internet Corp http://www.cambodiainternet.com/
EmCom
Bereline (SOTELCO) http://www.beeline.com.kh/
Latelz http://www.latelz.com.kh/
Dragon Royal Telecom
Citylink http://www.citylink.com.kh/
Vimean Seile
Chuan Wei http://www.chuanwei.com.kh/
ezecom http://www.ezecom.com.kh/
MekongNet (Angkor Data Communication Group) http://www.mekongnet.com.kh/
NTC - NeocomISP Limited http://www.ntckh.com/
WirelessIP http://www.wirelessip.com.kh/
Cambo Technology (ISP) Co., Ltd http://cambotech.com/
Dianlany Internet Telecom
CIDC IT http://cidc.com.kh/
AncoBrothers http://www.ancogroups.com/
CB (Cambodian Broadband) http://www.cb.net.kh/
Mobilastic
DTV Star http://www.dtv-star.com/
Wireless Internet Provider http://www.wirelessip.com.kh/
MKN
PP Net Phone
Neocom ISP (NTC) http://www.neocomisp.com/
WIP
Angkor Net http://www.angkornet.com.kh/
GTD
CDC
Cambotech
Cam-Broad

External links

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Telephones

Mobile networks

Phnom Penh

Provincial stations

Broadcast and Cable television network

Provincial television stations

Internet

Internet service providers

See also

External links