Mobile internet subscribers in Cambodia down due to COVID-19
Cambodia had 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers, accounting for 90 percent of the population, by May, down 2.36 percent from one year ago, the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said in a report released on July 20.
Phnom Penh (VNA) – Cambodia had 14.8 million mobile internet subscribers, accounting for 90 percent of the population, by May, down 2.36 percent from one year ago, theTelecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said in a report released on July 20.
On the contrary, the number of fixed internet subscribers rose 33percent to 249,132 in May, or 1.51 percent of the population.
The TRC spokesperson Im Vutha attributed the drop in mobile internet subscribers to the absence oftourists and foreign investors in Cambodia as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, the rise in fixed internet users was thanksto increasing online business and learning activities, he said.
The report said there are currently six providers of mobile internetservices and 37 providers of fixed services.
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Minister for Economy and Finance Aun Pornmoniroth recently affirmed thatthe digital economy is forming in Cambodia and has given birth to new servicessuch as digital payment, online entertainment and e-commerce. /.
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