4G network launched in Cambodia



Mobile internet speeds in Cambodia are ratcheting up a notch.

Smart Mobile, the country’s second largest operator by subscribers, is making 4G LTE internet available to customers this week, the company announced yesterday during the launch of the service at NagaWorld Casino.

Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart, said 4G LTE access is now operational in six “Experience Zones”, including NagaWorld, Sovanna Shopping Centre, Ratana Plaza Shopping Mall, De Castle Toul Kork, Phnom Penh’s airport and the firm’s Boeung Trabek store.

People wishing to access the network, which promises mobile internet speeds up to 10 times faster than 3G-capable devices, will need to swap their existing SIM card with Smart’s new 4G LTE SIMs.

Hundt said that in order to use the network, new Smart subscribers must either already have a 4G-capable device or purchase one at a local branch, which offers models starting at $150. A basic plan goes for $5 per for 1 gigabyte of data. Use all the data before the month is up and the telco offers a pay-as-you-use system, which will charge at the rate of 500 kilobytes per US cent.

While the announced 4G LTE footprint is restricted to only a few locations, Hundt said the company plans to expand the network to Sorya Shopping Centre, Phnom Penh Tower, Vattanac tower and Siem Reap International Airport by March.

By June, he said, the network will be available in nearly all of downtown Phnom Penh.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/4g-network-launched-cambodia/


-- Thai PBS 2014-01-24

So Thailand get's the technology later than its poorer neighbor?

LOL..........Cambodia ... the new hightech capital of southeast asia.

yeah but we all know that T-3G is so much better than 4G

So Thailand get's the technology later than its poorer neighbor?

It was the same with 3G, Cambodia had countrywide coverage before Thailand got it's act together and finally issued 3G licenses. Considering half the roads in the country are still a mess the coverage is amazing. I work in really remote areas and quite often get reception when in the jungle. The speeds I get here are much better than anyone I know back home in the UK.

''Amazing, Cambodia!''

Even when (if) Thailand gets 4G it is still restricted by the limits on the Intl gateway.

I remember having read Vientiane having 4G maybe a year ago...

Then sure Cambodia has better 3G than Thailand since long time.

Ousting Thaksin has kept LOS in a stone age of telecom.