Smartphone ownership exploded since ’13: study

The number of Cambodians who own at least one smartphone has almost doubled since 2013, helping put the Kingdom on track to having more than half of its population accessing the web in about a year, according to a new study.

Almost 95 per cent of Cambodians say they own some kind of phone, while the percentage of Cambodians who own at least one smartphone now stands at 39.5 per cent, according to the study Mobile Phones and Internet in Cambodia 2015, released yesterday.

The higher number of smartphones is playing a key role in boosting internet connectivity, which could help push the percentage of Cambodians who access the internet from about a third today to over half by the end of 2016, says the study, which was written by staffers from the Open Institute in Phnom Penh.

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