Nationwide Broadband by 2020

A high-speed broadband internet service will be within the reach of all Cambodians by 2020 in a master plan approved by the Council of Ministers, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Tram Iv Tek announced in a statement yesterday. “We have a 4G LTE system in Phnom Penh and certain provincial capitals, but it is yet to be accessible by everyone in all the provinces,” said Mr. Iv Tek, adding that his ministry had developed a master plan to expand high-speed internet all through Cambodia by 2020.
 

Fourth-generation Long Term Evolution or 4G LTE is the fastest mobile broadband internet standard in Cambodia, designed to handle massive volumes of data. “There are about seven million people accessing the internet through their smartphones as well as computers. So the current rate of internet penetration is about 45 percent,” said Mr. Iv Tek.
 

“In the master plan developed by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and adopted by the Council of Ministers, we plan to make that penetration reach a target of 70 percent or more,” he pointed out. Access to broadband networks is a fundamental part of city life, but not necessarily in rural areas where many have no access to the internet, said Mr. Iv Tek in the statement.

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