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By
: Ann Creevey.
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Cambodia
will take another huge stride forward in the race
to compete in cyber space within a few months, when
CamNet acquires wireless broadband access.
CamNet is the first national Internet Service Provider
(ISP) under the auspices of the Ministry of Posts
and Telecommunications (MPTC).
Wireless broadband access (WBA) is a point to multipoint
service and will allow a capacity from 64Kbps up
to eleven megabits per second (11Mbps).
"We are Cambodian and we realize the importance
of developing IT for Cambodia. When we first started
up, we had nothing, so we understand coming a long
way in a very short time," said Mr Chakrya
Moa, CamNet Network Operations Manager. |
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CamNet is a true
Cambodian success story. In 1996, the Ministry of Posts
and Telecommunications entered into a partnership with
Canada's International Development Research Center (IDRC)
under its Pan Asia Networking (PAN) program.
PAN aims to promote development of communications infrastructure
in developing countries. The program donated funds and
expertise to develop the Internet in Cambodia.
Today CamNet is self- supporting and ambitious to extend
beyond its current services, which include email, web
access, web hosting and FTP, web design and leased internet
access. It has nearly 2,000 users out of the estimated
6,000 in Cambodia today.
"Our role is to be both commercially self-sustaining
and to help users in this country who are less able to
pay commercial rates, like school government hospitals
and both local and international non-government organizations",
Mr Chakrya said.
"We are the affordable option for all types of businesses,
including small and medium businesses, and Cambodia needs
these businesses to keep growing, so we serve an important
role."
"Now if one satellite is down, we have another option.
It confirms our position as a reliable, professional ISP
customers can count on," he said. Despite the size
of CamNet's operations, it operates with just 11 staff,
including five network personnel.
"Everyone works really hard, but we all believe in
our service and our customers seem happy; in fact, new
subscribers keep coming aboard," he said.
There is a helpdesk service from 6.30 am until 8 pm every
working day, with slightly shorter hours of operation
on weekends and holidays. CamNet staff will go to customer
premises to troubleshoot for free the first time after
connection, and at very minimal rates from that time on.
"We keep our services affordable for everyone and
we understand that not everyone is an expert. We didn't
start off as experts. We had to grow. Everyone has the
right to have access to the Internet. That's our belief,"
Mr Chakrya said.
Cybernetics Limited, a subsidiary of Red Dot (Cambodia)
Company Limited, is now an agent for CamNet and can help
get you and your company on-line at every level from installation
to web page design.
Cybernetics Limited can be reached on the internet through
the Red Dot link on the CamNet web page, or by calling
(023) 213 133. ( service@cyberneticslimited.com ) |
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