SIM sales stagnate as internet use soars

Mobile SIM card sales slowed to a crawl in 2015 while the number of new subscribers using mobile internet services leaped by 30 per cent, according to a Ministry of Telecommunications factsheet.

The report, released late last week, shows that the number of SIM card subscribers at the end of 2015 reached 20.9 million, up just 2 per cent compared to 2014. However, mobile internet usage showed a rapid increase, with 6.3 million subscribers using their mobile phones to access online content last year – nearly a third more than a year earlier.

Im Vutha, director of the regulation and dispute unit at the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia, said while SIM card ownership was nearing its saturation point, there was still room to grow in mobile internet services as millions of Cambodians upgrade to smartphones.

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