Internet users surge to 17.5M as gov’t moves to digital economy

Cambodia has over 17.6 million internet subscribers as of October, increasing from 1.6 million registered as of 2020, according to the report of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia. The report stated the mobile internet users are 17.2 million. As of October last year, the mobile phone subscribers were 20 million, 125 percent compared to the total population of 16 million.

In Cambodia, there are 5 mobile internet service providers and 35 fixed internet service providers, of which 2G mobile coverage covers 92 percent of the total population. 3G mobile coverage is 85 percent and 4G mobile coverage is 82 percent.

There are two submarine fiber optic cables, of which the first submarine fiber cable connects Cambodia to Thailand and Malaysia and the second cable connects Cambodia to 18 countries of Asia, Africa and Europe. However, the telecommunications structure does not yet cover the whole country, as the fourth generation (4G) mobile network is serving about 80 percent of the population.

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