Cambodia - Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts

Synopsis

Cambodia has a flourishing mobile market and, in relative terms, a progressively diminishing fixed-line market. There is a huge discrepancy between the number of mobile subscribers compared with fixed-line subscribers, the former totalling around 3.9 million by end-2008, while fixed lines remained at an almost insignificant 40,000. This report examines the obstacles that Cambodia has had to tackle in order to rebuild its telecommunications infrastructure following years of instability resulting from civil war and the consequent turmoil. The government’s major challenge has been to attract more foreign investors. It is starting to succeed in this. Obtaining reliable statistics continues to be difficult.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Cambodia’s telecom market
    
  • 3.2 Scenario forecasts
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.1.1 Ministry of Posts & Telecommunications (MPTC)
      
  • 4.2 Opening up the market
    
• 5. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 5.1 National telecom network
    
  • 5.2 Forecasts – fixed-line market to 2018
    
  • 5.3 International infrastructure
    
    • 5.3.1 Greater Mekong Subregion Telecommunications Cooperation Group
      
• 6. Internet market
  
  • 6.1 Overview
    
    • 6.1.1 Internet access locations
      
    • 6.1.2 MediaRing’s acquisition of AngkorNet
      
  • 6.2 Forecasts – Internet services to 2018
    
• 7. Mobile communications
  
  • 7.1 Overview of Cambodia’s mobile market
    
    • 7.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
  • 7.2 Forecasts – mobile services to 2018
    
  • 7.3 Regulatory issues
    
  • 7.4 Major mobile operators
    
    • 7.4.1 Cambodia GSM (MobiTel)
      
    • 7.4.2 CamShin
      
    • 7.4.3 TMIC (formerly Casacom)
      
    • 7.4.4 AZ Communications
      
    • 7.4.5 Viettel
      
    • 7.4.6 Star Cell
      
    • 7.4.7 CadComms
      
  • 7.5 Mobile services
    
    • 7.5.1 Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
      
• 8. Cambodia’s broadcasting market
  
  • 8.1 Overview
    
  • 8.2 Free-to-air broadcasting
    
  • 8.3 Cable TV
    
  • 8.4 Satellite TV
    
• 9. Notes on scenario forecasts
  
• 10. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Mobile statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 6 – Fixed lines in service – 1995 - 2008
• Table 7 – Forecast fixed line growth – 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018
• Table 8 – Internet users – 1997 - 2008
• Table 9 – Internet subscribers – 1999 - 2008
• Table 10 – Broadband subscribers – 2005 - 2008
• Table 11 – Total international Internet bandwidth – 1999 - 2008
• Table 12 – Forecast Internet subscriber growth – 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018
• Table 13 – Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual change – 2008
• Table 14 – Mobile subscribers and market share by operator – 2008
• Table 15 – Mobile subscribers – 1993 - 2009
• Table 16 – Mobile services sector estimated ARPU – 1998 - 2007
• Table 17 – Forecast mobile subscriber growth – 2007 - 2008; 2013; 2018
• Table 18 – Cambodia GSM (MobiTel) subscribers – 1998 – 2008
• Table 19 – CamShin subscribers – 1998 - 2008
• Table 20 – TMIC subscribers – 1998 - 2008
• Table 21 – Key broadcasting statistics – 2008

• Exhibit 1 – Overview of telecom service and operators – 2007