http://khmerian.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:22:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://khmerian.com/2010/11/sim-cards-as-status-symbols/ http://khmerian.com/2010/11/sim-cards-as-status-symbols/#comments Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:52:57 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=1069 CELL phone numbers are becoming a sign of social status in Cambodia, and a new firm aims to collect on the trend by offering SIM cards for up to thousands of dollars. KhmerSim.com’s Managing Director Kong Piseth said demand for SIM cards with  “lucky” or “VIP” numbers was coming primarily from the Kingdom’s businessmen, who … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2010/11/sim-cards-as-status-symbols/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2010/07/malaysian-company-to-expand-e-commerce-in-cambodia/ http://khmerian.com/2010/07/malaysian-company-to-expand-e-commerce-in-cambodia/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2010 09:09:59 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=996 MobilityOne, which is Malaysian-based e-commerce Company, is looking online business in Cambodia by linking between banks and telecommunications. It is hopeful to launch an online mobile-banking, top-up and bill-payment system, accessible on the internet, mobile phones and ATMs within 2 to 3 months. Prakash Rao, Cambodia business development manager, was quoted by the Post as … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2010/07/malaysian-company-to-expand-e-commerce-in-cambodia/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2010/02/only-mptc-can-licence-airwave-use-official-says/ http://khmerian.com/2010/02/only-mptc-can-licence-airwave-use-official-says/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:37:31 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=931 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]]> http://khmerian.com/2010/02/only-mptc-can-licence-airwave-use-official-says/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/mobile-phone-operators-face-the-levelling-force-of-the-free-market/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/mobile-phone-operators-face-the-levelling-force-of-the-free-market/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:01:33 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=382 AS the global economy slips into recession, domestic mobile-phone operators remain confident that Cambodia – a country with low mobile penetration rates and large untapped markets – will see mobile-phone usage continue to boom. But with 11 mobile operators currently licensed in Cambodia, eight of which are operating, industry insiders say consolidation is likely once … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/mobile-phone-operators-face-the-levelling-force-of-the-free-market/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/03/another-mobile-company-launches/ http://khmerian.com/2009/03/another-mobile-company-launches/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 09:57:38 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=255 CAMBODIA’S eighth mobile service provider, Smart Mobile, launched on Friday with an unspecified investment from its parent company in Russia, the company said. Owned by Latelz Co Ltd, a subsidiary of international telecommunications holding firm Timeturns Holdings Ltd, Smart Mobile will operate with the 010 and 093 prefixes. The company owns telecommunications licences in Southeast … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/03/another-mobile-company-launches/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/02/mobile-news-network-to-launch/ http://khmerian.com/2009/02/mobile-news-network-to-launch/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:26:22 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=195 MEDIA company Khmer Express plans to launch a new mobile phone news service allowing users to receive instant bulletins on their mobile phones in Khmer, the company said. Starting March 1, subscribers will receive 24-hour bulletins on their mobile phones, written by a team of reporters located in Phnom Penh, it said. The service is … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/02/mobile-news-network-to-launch/feed/ 0 http://khmerian.com/2009/02/viettel-launches-service-500000-subscribers-gained/ http://khmerian.com/2009/02/viettel-launches-service-500000-subscribers-gained/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:04:48 +0000 Cambodia Economy http://khmerian.com/?p=154 THE latest mobile phone company to start up in Cambodia, Viettel, officially launched its Metfone service Thursday after a major nationwide drive to gain a foothold in the Kingdom’s increasingly competitive mobile market. Viettel – which is wholly owned by the Vietnamese military – has gained more than 500,000 subscribers in the Kingdom since beginning … Continue reading]]> http://khmerian.com/2009/02/viettel-launches-service-500000-subscribers-gained/feed/ 0