MAP > Internet Providers in Cambodia

Although the status of Cambodia is a highly developed country, its efforts to be able to expand as well as upgrade the telecom infrastructure has been bearing fruits in recent days. There were between eight-ten mobile operators competing with everyone in the market segment which was growing at a very rapid rate. The process of rationalization followed, hence reducing the number of the operators only to six. By the year 2018, about the other Asian countries, this country has low fixed line as well as the fixed broadband penetration. A number of the fixed telephone lines in this country has slowly been declining from the small base as the mobile segment continues to grow and the fixed broadband penetration gets to remain low as well as underdeveloped.

The fixed broadband market has remained underdeveloped in Cambodia. Over the last few years, the fixed broadband penetration has expanded moderately from the small base. The fixed broadband penetration has been predicted to develop well over the coming five years from this small base. In the year 2018, MPTC went on to launch the free Wi-Fi service for the residents as well as visitors of the Phnom Penh. The customers get to access the free Wi-Fi services in the selected parks around the town.

Mobile subscriber market peaked in the year 2015, but since then, there has been the penetration decline as a result of the maturing market and the market consolidation amongst mobile operators as well as the stricter implementation of the laws about the SIM card registration. Over the coming five years to the year 2023, the market is going to move back to a positive trajectory but a fairly slow rate. This country has goals to launch its first communication satellite into the orbit in the year 2021. The country’s mobile broadband has developed sharply over the last five years from the small base being driven by the mature mobile market. The huge growth has been predicted over the coming five years to the year 2023 but at a fall rate.

The mobile broadband market is going to be driven by the increasingly fast speeds that are offered by mobile operators as they go on and roll out 4G networks and later in launch the 5G networks.
Some of the key developments that are included in the report includes MPTC forging ahead to launch the free Wi-Fi service.