Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of the Kingdom of Cambodia (MPTC)

CHEA ManitUnder Secretary of State

Deputy Director of the Cabinet of H.E. Minister

Overview of Cambodia

• Location: Southeast Asia• Capital: Phnom Penh• Currency: Cambodian riel (៛)• Population: 15,957,223 (January 2017)• Religion: Buddhist (96.9%), Muslim (1.9%),

Christian (0.4%)• Ethnic group: Khmer (98.0%), Chinese (2.0%)

National ICT Vision:q To integrate ICT activities in the government, public and private sectors to

ensure national optimal economic and social incentives, which includes promoting an awareness against global warming.

q Providing conducive legal and regulatory frameworks for public and private infrastructure investments by promoting national ICT;

q Promote national framework and policy that will enable ICT to contribute towards the achievement of national development goals;

q Provide universal services and accessibility to information and communication facilities in the country that will inevitability lead towards global competitiveness in output and productivity;

q Transforming Cambodia into a knowledge based society through the implementation of ICT.

National ICT PolicyICT Frameworks

§ Develop a national ICT legal and regulatory framework to ensure a national economic and social stimuli

ICT Services

§ Improve government services through the application of ICT§ Support the use of ICT in the private sector and the growth of e-commerce§ Encourage the growth of a national ICT industry and its links among the ASEAN region

ICT Infrastructure

§ Develop a reliable national ICT Infrastructure

ICT Development

§ Enhance the level of ICT literacy among the population§ Develop regionally competitive ICT experts and ICT savvy human resources§ Support WID (Women in Development)in the ICT Sector

Commitment to Global Issues

§ Encourage an awareness of ICT as a tool for fighting Global Warming

MPTC in BriefVISION

q To promote effective network infrastructure connectivity andaccessible services of Posts, Telecommunications, and ICT sectorsacross the Kingdom of Cambodia, the region and the world in orderto contribute to socio-economic development and povertyreduction.

MISSION

q Manage Posts, Telecommunications and ICT sectors in the Kingdomof Cambodia based on free market and social equity principles.

q Expand effective, reliable and secure backbone infrastructurenationwide.

q Further modernize Posts, Telecommunications and ICT sectors withhigh-quality, affordable price and nationwide service coverage.

q Develop e-Government at the national and sub-national levels toimprove administrative management of the governmentinstitutions and to enhance timely, transparently, effectively, safelyand economically public services.

MPTC in Brief (Con)

MPTC in Brief (Con)MISSION

q Mainstream awareness on the use and the benefits of ICT through wider dissemination, training, and capacity building for officials, students, and the private sector.

q Encourage investors to modernize the posts, telecommunications and ICT sector, and organize efforts to promote research and development in the ICT sector.

q Encourage posts, telecommunications and ICT operators to comply with relevant regulations ensuring fair competition and protecting the consumers’ rights.

VALUES

q Effectiveness, transparency, and equity

MPTC in Brief (Con)

Statistic

Network Licenses• Mobile Operators – 6• Fixed Operators – 8• Optical Fiber Network – 3• Tower Sharing – 2• ISP – 33• International Telecom Gateway – 3• Submarine Cable Network – 3

Statistic (Con)

Service Licenses• VOIP – 22• VSAT – 2• Toll Free – 1• Directory – 1• Value Added Service - 1

Statistic (Con)

Telecom Operators & Market• Mobile subscription : 19.17 millions Subscribers• Penetration: 130 %• Fixed and Fixed WLL : 234,799 Subscribers.• Penetration: 1.60 %Total tele-density : 150.92%• Internet user : 7,25 millions users• Penetration: 46.4 %

Statistic (Con)

Statistic (Con)

Statistic (Con)

Thank You.

Chea ManitUnder Secretary of State of MPTCDeputy Director of the Cabinet of H.E. Minister

Mobile: +855 89 686 168+855 71 20 77777

E-mail: chmanit@gmail.com/manit-chea@mptc.gov.kh