Tag Archives: Cell phone

Only MPTC can licence airwave use, official says

THE Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) is now the only body that can issue frequency licences to businesses, its director general said Thursday when quizzed on a series of sector controversies. The telecoms industry came under scrutiny last month when leading Internet service providers (ISPs) wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen to raise concerns … Continue reading

MPTC puts an end to free mobile call promotion

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 … Continue reading

Telecom War Prompts Ministry Price Floor

A telecom price war that saw rates for callers plummet amid steep competition will cease, thanks to a government-directed floor that analysts say runs counter to the ideas of a free market. An influx of companies into the country’s nascent phone market produced deep reductions in per-minute charges in recent years, with some rates offered … Continue reading

Blackberry Smart phone entered Cambodia

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 … Continue reading

Telecoms dispute solved

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 … Continue reading

Smart Mobile launched its Roaming service

In the last few years, the telecommunications sector is increasing after several mobile phone service providers have made investment in Cambodia. In addition, there are completions for control of Cambodia’s mobile phone market. In order to facilitate its users, Smart Mobile recently launched Roaming Service for its users who are using Smart.Corporate postpaid tariffs. All … Continue reading