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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Metfone provides 2000 free connections to Cambodia - VOVNews.vn
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Friday, December 11, 2009
UNESCO enters partnership to advance on-line linguistic diversity
UNESCO enters partnership to advance on-line linguistic diversity: "A big step towards promoting linguistic diversity on the Internet was taken today, with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) signing an agreement to help put the first multilingual domain names into operation."
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បច្ចេកវិទ្យាថ្មី "BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009"
ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បច្ចេកវិទ្យាថ្មី បានប្រព្រឹត្តទៅមានរយៈពេលពីរថ្ងៃ គឺថ្ងែទី៣ និងទី៤ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩នេះ នៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យបញ្ញាសាស្ត្រ។
អ្វីទៅជា BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009? ខាងក្រោមនេះជាអត្ថបទរបស់ "អំពីស្ត្រី"។
BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009 គឺជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍សន្និសីទបើកចំហរយៈពេល២ថ្ងៃ គឺថ្ងៃទី៣-៤ខែ តុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ នៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យបញ្ញាសាស្ត្រ ស្ដីអំពីបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាមធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនង និងគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិត។ វាជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ជួបជុំគ្នារវាងអ្នកជំនាញកុំព្យូទ័រ អ្នកធុរកិច្ចលើវិស័យបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍វិបសាយ និងកម្មវិធីកុំព្យូទ័រ អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងសន្តិសុខព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា អ្នកសារព័ត៌មាន និងសារព័ត៌មានសង្គម (Social media) សហគ្រិនវ័យក្មេង និស្សិតព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា-ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម និងសារព័ត៌មាន (Media) ជាដើម ហើយអ្នកទាំងនោះនឹងមកធ្វើការចែករំលែកបទពិសោធន៍ចំណេះដឹង និងរៀនសូត្រ ពីគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកជាមួយប្រធានបទនានាដែលទាក់ទងទៅនឹងបច្ចេកវិជ្ជា ថ្មីៗ ការបង្កើតគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិតផ្សេងៗ ការប្រើប្រាស់មធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនងនានាដើម្បីបង្កើនភាពរីកចម្រើន ក្នុងស្ថាប័ន ឬអង្គភាពអាជីវកម្មរបស់ខ្លួន។
នេះគឺជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍លើកទី២ហើយ យើងឲ្យឈ្មោះថា BarCamp Phnom Penh ២ (bcpp2)។ ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ BarCamp Phnom Penh លើកទី១ បានធ្វើឡើងកាលពីថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០០៨ នៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសហប្រតិបត្តិការកម្ពុជា-ជប៉ុន ដែលមានអ្នកចូលរួមប្រហែល៣៥០នាក់ ក្នុងនោះមានអ្នកចូលរួមមកពីប្រទេសសិង្ហបុរី ម៉ាឡេស៊ី ថៃ វៀតណាម ជាដើម និងមានប្រធានបទជាច្រើនដែលបានលើកឡើងដូចជា Web 2.0 tools ការទំនាក់ទំនងសង្គម (Social Networking) online marketing ណែនាំអំពី Programing language វិធីសាស្ត្រសរសេរកម្មវិធី វិធីរកចំណូលតាមអ៊ីនធឺណិត ការសិក្សាពីចម្ងាយ (Elearning) កុំព្យូទ័រយូរដៃសម្រាប់ក្មេង Open Source Software,កុំព្យូទ័រស៊ីភ្លើងតិចជាដើម។
BarCamp Phnom Penh លើកទី២នេះនឹងផ្ដល់ប្រយោជន៍ជាច្រើនដល់អ្នកចូលរួមដូចជា
អ្វីទៅជា BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009? ខាងក្រោមនេះជាអត្ថបទរបស់ "អំពីស្ត្រី"។
BarCamp Phnom Penh 2009 គឺជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍សន្និសីទបើកចំហរយៈពេល២ថ្ងៃ គឺថ្ងៃទី៣-៤ខែ តុលា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ នៅសកលវិទ្យាល័យបញ្ញាសាស្ត្រ ស្ដីអំពីបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាមធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនង និងគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិត។ វាជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ជួបជុំគ្នារវាងអ្នកជំនាញកុំព្យូទ័រ អ្នកធុរកិច្ចលើវិស័យបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា អ្នកអភិវឌ្ឍន៍វិបសាយ និងកម្មវិធីកុំព្យូទ័រ អ្នកគ្រប់គ្រងសន្តិសុខព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា អ្នកសារព័ត៌មាន និងសារព័ត៌មានសង្គម (Social media) សហគ្រិនវ័យក្មេង និស្សិតព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា-ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម និងសារព័ត៌មាន (Media) ជាដើម ហើយអ្នកទាំងនោះនឹងមកធ្វើការចែករំលែកបទពិសោធន៍ចំណេះដឹង និងរៀនសូត្រ ពីគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកជាមួយប្រធានបទនានាដែលទាក់ទងទៅនឹងបច្ចេកវិជ្ជា ថ្មីៗ ការបង្កើតគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិតផ្សេងៗ ការប្រើប្រាស់មធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនងនានាដើម្បីបង្កើនភាពរីកចម្រើន ក្នុងស្ថាប័ន ឬអង្គភាពអាជីវកម្មរបស់ខ្លួន។
នេះគឺជាព្រឹត្តិការណ៍លើកទី២ហើយ យើងឲ្យឈ្មោះថា BarCamp Phnom Penh ២ (bcpp2)។ ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ BarCamp Phnom Penh លើកទី១ បានធ្វើឡើងកាលពីថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០០៨ នៅមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសហប្រតិបត្តិការកម្ពុជា-ជប៉ុន ដែលមានអ្នកចូលរួមប្រហែល៣៥០នាក់ ក្នុងនោះមានអ្នកចូលរួមមកពីប្រទេសសិង្ហបុរី ម៉ាឡេស៊ី ថៃ វៀតណាម ជាដើម និងមានប្រធានបទជាច្រើនដែលបានលើកឡើងដូចជា Web 2.0 tools ការទំនាក់ទំនងសង្គម (Social Networking) online marketing ណែនាំអំពី Programing language វិធីសាស្ត្រសរសេរកម្មវិធី វិធីរកចំណូលតាមអ៊ីនធឺណិត ការសិក្សាពីចម្ងាយ (Elearning) កុំព្យូទ័រយូរដៃសម្រាប់ក្មេង Open Source Software,កុំព្យូទ័រស៊ីភ្លើងតិចជាដើម។
BarCamp Phnom Penh លើកទី២នេះនឹងផ្ដល់ប្រយោជន៍ជាច្រើនដល់អ្នកចូលរួមដូចជា
- បានដឹងអំពីបច្ចេកវិជ្ជា និងបច្ចេកទេសថ្មីទាក់ទងទៅនឹងវិស័យបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា និងបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាទូរស័ព្ទ ព្រមទាំងមធ្យោបាយទំនាក់ទំនងផ្សេងៗទៀត។
- អាចបង្ហាញពីសមត្ថភាពផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន (ទេពកោសល្យ) លើវិស័យបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា និងគំនិតច្នៃប្រឌិតថ្មីៗ។
- ដឹងអំពីការធ្វើពាណិជ្ជកម្មក្នុងយុគសម័យនៃការរីកចម្រើនលើវិស័យអ៊ីនធឺណិត និងបច្ចេកវិជ្ជាគមនាគមន៍ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យា។
- ដឹងអំពីគុណសម្បត្តិ និងគុណវិបត្តិរបស់ Commercial Software និង Open Source Saftware
- ដឹងអំពីសារព័ត៌មានសង្គម និងទំនាក់ទំនងសង្គម (Social Media, Social Network)
- ដឹងអំពីការប្រើប្រាស់ web tools ឥតគិតថ្លៃសម្រាប់អង្គភាព ស្ថាប័នមិនស្វែងរកប្រាក់ចំណេញ និងអង្គភាពពាណិជ្ជកម្មធុនតូច (Non-Profit and Small Business)
- អាចបង្កើតជាសហគមន៍ព័ត៌មានវិទ្យាដើម្បីអភិវឌ្ឍន៍លើវិស័យសង្គម-ពាណិជ្ជកម្មផ្សេងៗ
- បង្កើតទំនាក់ទំនង (Networking) ជាមួយ BarCampers (អ្នកចូលរួមកម្មវិធី BarCamp) នៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជានឹងអ្នកមកពីបណ្ដាប្រទេសផ្សេងៗដូចជា សិង្ហបុរី ម៉ាឡេស៊ី ថៃ វៀតណាម ជាដើម៕
Friday, September 25, 2009
Future is TV-shaped, says Intel
By Maggie Shiels
Technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisc
The world's biggest chip maker predicts that by 2015 there will be 12 billion devices capable of connecting to 500 billion hours of TV and video content.
Intel said its vision of TV everywhere will be more personal, social, ubiquitous and informative.
"TV isout of the box and off the wall," Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner told BBC News.
"TV will remain at the centre of our lives and you will be able to watch what you want where you want.
"We are talking about more than one TV capable device for every man and woman on the planet. People are going to feel connected to the screen in ways they haven't in the past," said Mr Rattner.
Intel's developer forum in San Francisco was told that the success of TV is down to the fact there are a growing number of ways to consume content.
Today that includes everything from the traditional box in the corner of the living room to smartphones, laptops, netbooks, desktops and mobile internet devices.
Attendees were also told to get set for an explosion of content by Cisco's vice president of video product strategy, Malachy Moynihan.
"We are seeing an amazing move of video to IP (internet) networks. By 2013 90% of all IP traffic will be video. 60% of all video will be consumed by consumers over IP networks," said Mr Moynihan.
"Infinite choice"
At the conference, developers were told by Intel's digital home group boss Eric Kim "keep it simple and easy".
"Don't make my TV act like a PC. This is what we hear consistently from the consumer. The key challenge is how to bring the power and richness of the internet but keep it TV simple," said Mr Kim.
During the event, Mr Kim told developers "you now have the power to build the best of allpossible worlds " after he had unveiled the company's Atom CE4100 system-on-a-chip (SoC) to bring internet content and services to digital TV's, DVD players and advanced set top boxes.
Codenamed Sodaville, it is the first 45 nanometer manufacturedconsumer electronics SoC based on Intel architecture.
The audience heard from a number of speakers on what promises to be a new kind of TV experience as broadcast content, video content, internet content and personal content is all blended together.
Eric Huggers who is behind the success of the BBC's iPlayer said "it's about unlocking a whole raft of new capabilities and services.
Think of TV as an opportunity to give consumers a gateway to infinite choice," he added in a video presentation.
"IMAX quality"
When it comes to technology that looks like gaining ground, Mr Rattner spotlighted 3 dimensional (3-D) TV.
"It seems like there is an announcement every week on 3-D," he told developers.
The Intel cto said he had planned to use a high-definition TV during his presentation but changed his mind when he heard about aSilicon Valley start up called HDI.
HDI is claiming a world first with the launch of its 100 inch 3-D laser set earlier this month.
HDI said its TV delivers the quality of IMAX to the living room with 1000 frames per second compared to the standard 240 frames per second.
The big manufacturers like Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to release 3-D TV sets next year, while Samsung and Mitsubishi have recently released their products.
At aconsumer electronics show in Berlin, Sony's chief executive office Howard Stringer said "3-D is clearly on the way to the mass market. The train is on the track and Sony is ready to drive it home."
Screen Digest is forecasting 1.2 million 3-D capable sets in American homes by the end of next year.
That figure is expected to rise to 9.7 million, or 8% of households, by 2013.
"Fading fast"
Another highlight of Mr Rattner's presentation was a live 3-D broadcast. While he was inside the auditorium, Mr Rattner spoke to a 3-D version of Howard Postley, the cto of 3ality Digital who was outside in the hallway.
The two men talked about a new high speed optical technology from Intel codenamed Light Peak aimed at improving bandwidth and flexibility while significantly reducing the complexity and cost of digital downloads.
The conference was told that 50 copper-based cables on the set of a 3-D shoot today may one day be replaced with a single optical cable with Light Peak technology.
Intel hopes to have the product ready to ship next year.
The overall 3-D market is expected to grow to an estimated $25 Bn by 2012 according to the research firm Piper-Jaffray.
"The old TV world is fading fast and the future is here," said Mr Rattner.
Technology reporter, BBC News, San Francisc
The world's biggest chip maker predicts that by 2015 there will be 12 billion devices capable of connecting to 500 billion hours of TV and video content. Intel said its vision of TV everywhere will be more personal, social, ubiquitous and informative.
"TV is
"TV will remain at the centre of our lives and you will be able to watch what you want where you want.
"We are talking about more than one TV capable device for every man and woman on the planet. People are going to feel connected to the screen in ways they haven't in the past," said Mr Rattner.
Intel's developer forum in San Francisco was told that the success of TV is down to the fact there are a growing number of ways to consume content.
Today that includes everything from the traditional box in the corner of the living room to smartphones, laptops, netbooks, desktops and mobile internet devices.
Attendees were also told to get set for an explosion of content by Cisco's vice president of video product strategy, Malachy Moynihan.
"We are seeing an amazing move of video to IP (internet) networks. By 2013 90% of all IP traffic will be video. 60% of all video will be consumed by consumers over IP networks," said Mr Moynihan.
"Infinite choice"
At the conference, developers were told by Intel's digital home group boss Eric Kim "keep it simple and easy"."Don't make my TV act like a PC. This is what we hear consistently from the consumer. The key challenge is how to bring the power and richness of the internet but keep it TV simple," said Mr Kim.
During the event, Mr Kim told developers "you now have the power to build the best of all
Codenamed Sodaville, it is the first 45 nanometer manufactured
The audience heard from a number of speakers on what promises to be a new kind of TV experience as broadcast content, video content, internet content and personal content is all blended together.
Eric Huggers who is behind the success of the BBC's iPlayer said "it's about unlocking a whole raft of new capabilities and services.
Think of TV as an opportunity to give consumers a gateway to infinite choice," he added in a video presentation.
"IMAX quality"
When it comes to technology that looks like gaining ground, Mr Rattner spotlighted 3 dimensional (3-D) TV.
"It seems like there is an announcement every week on 3-D," he told developers.
The Intel cto said he had planned to use a high-definition TV during his presentation but changed his mind when he heard about a
HDI is claiming a world first with the launch of its 100 inch 3-D laser set earlier this month.
HDI said its TV delivers the quality of IMAX to the living room with 1000 frames per second compared to the standard 240 frames per second.
The big manufacturers like Sony and Panasonic have announced plans to release 3-D TV sets next year, while Samsung and Mitsubishi have recently released their products.
At a
Screen Digest is forecasting 1.2 million 3-D capable sets in American homes by the end of next year.
That figure is expected to rise to 9.7 million, or 8% of households, by 2013.
"Fading fast"
Another highlight of Mr Rattner's presentation was a live 3-D broadcast. While he was inside the auditorium, Mr Rattner spoke to a 3-D version of Howard Postley, the cto of 3ality Digital who was outside in the hallway.
The two men talked about a new high speed optical technology from Intel codenamed Light Peak aimed at improving bandwidth and flexibility while significantly reducing the complexity and cost of digital downloads.
The conference was told that 50 copper-based cables on the set of a 3-D shoot today may one day be replaced with a single optical cable with Light Peak technology.
Intel hopes to have the product ready to ship next year.
The overall 3-D market is expected to grow to an estimated $25 Bn by 2012 according to the research firm Piper-Jaffray.
"The old TV world is fading fast and the future is here," said Mr Rattner.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Yahoo's new web portal goes live
By Tim Weber
Business editor, BBC News website
Internet giant Yahoo has relaunched its web portal, supported by a $100m global advertising campaign.
The company hopes the website refresh will boost both traffic and revenues.
Yahoo will also open its home page to rivals, allowing users to integrate third-party web services like Facebook or Hotmail into its portal.
Yahoo has been struggling to turn its position as the world's most popular website into profits. The portal is the first move of new boss Carol Bartz.
From openness to profit
When Yahoo first announced its relaunch plans, many analysts derided the idea, arguing that most web users now ignore portals and use search engines to go directly to the page they want.
However, the vast majority of Yahoo's customers still go to the portal first, insists Yahoo's senior vice-president for Europe, Rich Riley. That also makes it the most attractive place for Yahoo to sell advertisements.
"Frontpage adverts are incredibly powerful," said Mr Riley, and can cost millions of dollar for a single day of global advertising.
At the same time, Yahoo believes that a new openness to rival brands will actually increase its profits.
The new "customisable applications" allow users to see a snapshot of their favourite websites and services within the Yahoo portal - whether it is a social networking site, a rival web mail service, or their favourite website.
This is supposed to make the Yahoo portal "stickier" and the centre of web users' internet experience.
Fittingly, the advertising campaign has the catch phrase "It's Y!ou", featuring the exclamation mark that is part of the Yahoo brand.
"The [new] home page is a powerful way to get a view into your life on the internet," said Mr Riley, quoting surveys that suggest that 60% of Yahoo users in the UK want a one-stop shop to organise their life on the internet.
In the United States and the United Kingdom, a majority of users have already been testing the new website, but from 23 September the new look will be the default worldwide.
"We expect more traffic, the number of unique users to go up... an increase in audience engagement and more repeat visits," which in turn will drive advertising income, said Mr Riley.
Partnerships
The new portal, however, also has an unprecedented number of links to non-Yahoo websites, potentially taking traffic away from Yahoo's sprawling network of news, weather, finance, email, messaging, and picture services and more.
In the UK, for example, the Yahoo website features top headlines from the Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Mail newspapers.
Since the beta version of the Yahoo website was launched in the UK, Yahoo has become the second-largest source of online traffic to the newspaper's website, said Mr Riley.
Yahoo is getting a share of the advertising revenue generated by this traffic to partners.
Ten focus markets
The $100m advertising campaign accompanying the relaunch is global, but will focus on 10 key markets: United States, United Kingdom, India, France, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Canada.
The strong emphasis on emerging markets reflects Yahoo's belief that it is "where the next billion people are coming online", according to Mr Riley.
The portal's relaunch is accompanied by an overhaul of the user interface of Yahoo's search engine, which does not yet profit from Microsoft's new search engine Bing.
The results page of Yahoo's search engine will show not just the usual list of search results and sponsored links, but also a left-hand navigation that helps users to narrow down their search further.
In July, Microsoft and Yahoo agreed a deal that will see Yahoo's websites use both Microsoft's search technology and search advertising.
Yahoo in turn will become the sales team for banner advertising for both companies. However, the deal still awaits regulatory approval and is not expected to be finalised before spring 2010.
Unlike rival and erstwhile suitor Google, Yahoo has been struggling to turn its dominant position on the web into comparable profits.
During the three months to June, Yahoo made a mere $141m profit on revenues of $1.57bn.
The change of direction is driven by new chief executive Carol Bartz, who replaced co-founder Jerry Yang in January this year.
Business editor, BBC News website
Internet giant Yahoo has relaunched its web portal, supported by a $100m global advertising campaign.
The company hopes the website refresh will boost both traffic and revenues.
Yahoo will also open its home page to rivals, allowing users to integrate third-party web services like Facebook or Hotmail into its portal. Yahoo has been struggling to turn its position as the world's most popular website into profits. The portal is the first move of new boss Carol Bartz.
From openness to profit
When Yahoo first announced its relaunch plans, many analysts derided the idea, arguing that most web users now ignore portals and use search engines to go directly to the page they want.
However, the vast majority of Yahoo's customers still go to the portal first, insists Yahoo's senior vice-president for Europe, Rich Riley. That also makes it the most attractive place for Yahoo to sell advertisements.
"Frontpage adverts are incredibly powerful," said Mr Riley, and can cost millions of dollar for a single day of global advertising.
At the same time, Yahoo believes that a new openness to rival brands will actually increase its profits.
The new "customisable applications" allow users to see a snapshot of their favourite websites and services within the Yahoo portal - whether it is a social networking site, a rival web mail service, or their favourite website.
This is supposed to make the Yahoo portal "stickier" and the centre of web users' internet experience.
Fittingly, the advertising campaign has the catch phrase "It's Y!ou", featuring the exclamation mark that is part of the Yahoo brand.
"The [new] home page is a powerful way to get a view into your life on the internet," said Mr Riley, quoting surveys that suggest that 60% of Yahoo users in the UK want a one-stop shop to organise their life on the internet.
In the United States and the United Kingdom, a majority of users have already been testing the new website, but from 23 September the new look will be the default worldwide.
"We expect more traffic, the number of unique users to go up... an increase in audience engagement and more repeat visits," which in turn will drive advertising income, said Mr Riley.
Partnerships
The new portal, however, also has an unprecedented number of links to non-Yahoo websites, potentially taking traffic away from Yahoo's sprawling network of news, weather, finance, email, messaging, and picture services and more.
In the UK, for example, the Yahoo website features top headlines from the Telegraph, Guardian and Daily Mail newspapers.
Since the beta version of the Yahoo website was launched in the UK, Yahoo has become the second-largest source of online traffic to the newspaper's website, said Mr Riley.
Yahoo is getting a share of the advertising revenue generated by this traffic to partners.
Ten focus markets
The $100m advertising campaign accompanying the relaunch is global, but will focus on 10 key markets: United States, United Kingdom, India, France, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Canada.
The strong emphasis on emerging markets reflects Yahoo's belief that it is "where the next billion people are coming online", according to Mr Riley.
The portal's relaunch is accompanied by an overhaul of the user interface of Yahoo's search engine, which does not yet profit from Microsoft's new search engine Bing.
The results page of Yahoo's search engine will show not just the usual list of search results and sponsored links, but also a left-hand navigation that helps users to narrow down their search further.
In July, Microsoft and Yahoo agreed a deal that will see Yahoo's websites use both Microsoft's search technology and search advertising.
Yahoo in turn will become the sales team for banner advertising for both companies. However, the deal still awaits regulatory approval and is not expected to be finalised before spring 2010.
Unlike rival and erstwhile suitor Google, Yahoo has been struggling to turn its dominant position on the web into comparable profits.
During the three months to June, Yahoo made a mere $141m profit on revenues of $1.57bn.
The change of direction is driven by new chief executive Carol Bartz, who replaced co-founder Jerry Yang in January this year.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Telecom Industry Booming, as Competition Rises
, Original report from Phnom Penh
21 September 2009
One year later , five more players entered, Cube, owned by Cambodian-Israeli Cambodia Advance Communication; Excell, owned by Cambodia’s GT-TELL; Metfone, owned by Vietnamese’s Viettle; Smart Mobile’s Latelz and Beeline, with investment from Russia’s VimpelCom.
21 September 2009
Advertisements for every mobile phone network in Cambodia
Nine companies in fact are fighting for customers in the most competitive environment in a decade.
Gary Foo, chief of marketing manager of Hello, which is owned by Malaysia
“It is one of the most competitive markets in the world, actually, just because of the fact that there are too many players in the market,” he said. That has led led to a slowdown in new subscribers, he said.
Thomas Hundt, CEO of Smart Mobile, which is invested in by Russia
“At the present moment, the market is giving enough room to grow,” he said. “A lot of people are using more than one sim card. They are even using more than three sim cards. Especially the young people: they have plenty of choices, and they are jumping from one to another operator.”
Consumers are benefiting from the increase in competition.
Telecom investment increased from $30 million in mid-2008 to $234 million in mid-2009, according to figures from the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The investment brings some $30 million dollar annually to Cambodia
Prior to 2008, only four mobile phone operators existed in Cambodia
That’s nine mobile phone operators for 14 million people, compared to China ’s three state-run companies for 1.3 billion people, or four companies each in Vietnam and Thailand
(More than 4 million Cambodians use mobile phones, an increase of 1 million in the past year alone.)
However, without a telecommunications law, a tough competitive market has led to disputes. Beeline, for example, was accused of violating pricing regulations by Mobitel and others.
The competition “will bring the prices down, and users will have m ore choices from that,” said Sarak Khan, undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunication.
The ministry has created a special team, which is preparing new regulations to ensure fair competition, he said.
Simon Perkins, CEO of Beeline, said mobile operators have to look at their finances in order to survive in this environment, and some companies will likely not make it.
“Some people entering the market, trying to compete and to survive, they don’t often succeed, because they face stronger opponents,” he said. “It is a natural way for some companies to go into bankruptcy.”
Sam Kong Kea, corporate affairs officer of Star-Cell, agreed. He said companies are now hardly generating revenue and only huge financial operators will be able to survive this market.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Got a dream but no cash? The Internet can help
Fri Sep 4, 2009 12:40pm EDT
By Claudia Parsons
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams.
A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise sums ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars to fund anything that captures the imagination of Internet users with a little money to spare.
It worked for Emily Richmond, a 24-year-old living in Los Angeles who plans to sail solo around the world for two years.
She has raised $8,142 from 148 people who will receive rewards such as Polaroid photos from the trip, an origami sailboat or a telephone call when she crosses the equator.
Landon Ray, who runs a marketing software firm called SendPepper.com, gave $500 after showing his 5-year-old daughter Richmond's video promising to keep donors updated by blog and send rewards such as a coconut mailed from a far-flung port.
"I thought this was a perfect learning experience for my daughter," Ray said, adding that he also dreamed of sailing the world himself, so it was partly about living vicariously.
Ray also plans to use his sponsorship as a marketing tool.
Many of the projects on the site are by filmmakers, musicians, artists and writers. Project creators set a time limit and a target. If they don't reach it, they get nothing.
COMMUNITIES ONLINE AND OFFLINE
Jason Bitner's pitch for $7,500 to pay for post-production of a documentary about the small Midwestern town of La Porte, Indiana, was so popular it raised $12,153.
The film is about an archive of portraits by a photographer who died in 1971. Bitner came across boxes of the pictures in the back room of a diner and has published a book. The film features interviews with the subjects 40 or 50 years later.
"This film is very much about community," Bitner said. "We decided early on we wanted to do community-based funding, sort of crowd-sourced things."
About a third of his 149 backers were friends and family. Others include residents of La Porte but also people from as far afield as Denmark and Australia.
Jonathan Scott Chinn, who is seeking $16,500 to make a short comedy-horror film called "Always a Bridesmaid," said the site was an efficient "creative marketplace."
"You're given the opportunity to make your pitch, and if it's really interesting, it will take off," Chinn said.
Independent singer-songwriter Brad Skistimas, 26, has been using the Internet for eight years to promote his one-man band Five Times August. He used Kickstarter to raise $20,000 to finance his new album "Life As A Song," due out October 13.
Donations amounted to pre-orders of the album, giving fans early access as well as additional material such as handwritten lyrics, photos and, for $1,000, dinner with the singer.
"It's a great way to get involved with fans," Skistimas said. "I was marketing to my own fans, so I said 'If you guys want more music from me, now's a great time to help me out.'"
Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen said around $500,000 had been donated in the four months since it was launched, with more than 60 percent of projects achieving their goal. Until now the site has charged no fee, but from mid-September it will charge 5 percent of funds donated to successful projects.
Chen said so far there had been no scams that he knows of, though plenty of projects simply don't take off.
"The model works really well to prevent any type of misbehavior because the people who fund these projects; there's always a core group of the person's social network," he said. "Those are bridges people will work very hard not to burn."
(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Eric Walsh)
By Claudia Parsons
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chris Waddell wants to climb Kilimanjaro in a wheelchair; George Del Barrio wants to make a film in Cambodia; Jeff Edwards wants to write a book about a science fiction writer: they want you to fund their dreams.
A website called Kickstarter.com is making it possible for people like this to raise sums ranging from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars to fund anything that captures the imagination of Internet users with a little money to spare.
It worked for Emily Richmond, a 24-year-old living in Los Angeles who plans to sail solo around the world for two years.
She has raised $8,142 from 148 people who will receive rewards such as Polaroid photos from the trip, an origami sailboat or a telephone call when she crosses the equator.
Landon Ray, who runs a marketing software firm called SendPepper.com, gave $500 after showing his 5-year-old daughter Richmond's video promising to keep donors updated by blog and send rewards such as a coconut mailed from a far-flung port.
"I thought this was a perfect learning experience for my daughter," Ray said, adding that he also dreamed of sailing the world himself, so it was partly about living vicariously.
Ray also plans to use his sponsorship as a marketing tool.
Many of the projects on the site are by filmmakers, musicians, artists and writers. Project creators set a time limit and a target. If they don't reach it, they get nothing.
COMMUNITIES ONLINE AND OFFLINE
Jason Bitner's pitch for $7,500 to pay for post-production of a documentary about the small Midwestern town of La Porte, Indiana, was so popular it raised $12,153.
The film is about an archive of portraits by a photographer who died in 1971. Bitner came across boxes of the pictures in the back room of a diner and has published a book. The film features interviews with the subjects 40 or 50 years later.
"This film is very much about community," Bitner said. "We decided early on we wanted to do community-based funding, sort of crowd-sourced things."
About a third of his 149 backers were friends and family. Others include residents of La Porte but also people from as far afield as Denmark and Australia.
Jonathan Scott Chinn, who is seeking $16,500 to make a short comedy-horror film called "Always a Bridesmaid," said the site was an efficient "creative marketplace."
"You're given the opportunity to make your pitch, and if it's really interesting, it will take off," Chinn said.
Independent singer-songwriter Brad Skistimas, 26, has been using the Internet for eight years to promote his one-man band Five Times August. He used Kickstarter to raise $20,000 to finance his new album "Life As A Song," due out October 13.
Donations amounted to pre-orders of the album, giving fans early access as well as additional material such as handwritten lyrics, photos and, for $1,000, dinner with the singer.
"It's a great way to get involved with fans," Skistimas said. "I was marketing to my own fans, so I said 'If you guys want more music from me, now's a great time to help me out.'"
Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen said around $500,000 had been donated in the four months since it was launched, with more than 60 percent of projects achieving their goal. Until now the site has charged no fee, but from mid-September it will charge 5 percent of funds donated to successful projects.
Chen said so far there had been no scams that he knows of, though plenty of projects simply don't take off.
"The model works really well to prevent any type of misbehavior because the people who fund these projects; there's always a core group of the person's social network," he said. "Those are bridges people will work very hard not to burn."
(Editing by Ellen Wulfhorst and Eric Walsh)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Nokia to enter PC industry with first netbook
Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:55pm IST
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondent
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Nokia had earlier this year said it was considering entering the laptop industry, crossing the border between two converging industries in the opposite direction to Apple, which entered the phone industry in 2007 with the iPhone.
Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin, could hurt Nokia's profits further.
"We are fully aware what has the margin level been in the PC world. We have gone into this with our eyes wide open," Kai Oistamo, the head of Nokia's phone unit, told Reuters.
"There's really an opportunity to bring fresh perspective to the PC world," he said, adding that Nokia would introduce extended battery life and continuous connectivity.
Nokia has produced PCs before, but divested the unit in 1991 when it started to focus on the mobile phone industry.
But Nokia's first netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft's Windows software and Intel's Atom processor to offer up to 12 hours of battery life while weighing 1.25 kilograms.
Netbooks are low-cost laptops optimised for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions. Pioneered by Asustek with the hit Eee PC in 2007, netbooks have since been rolled out by other brands such as HP and Dell.
"The question is: How will Nokia differentiate? This is already a crowded market. If they manage to differentiate it's going to give them competitive advantage," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.
CUT-THROAT SEGMENT
Research firm IDC expects netbook shipments this year to grow more than 127 percent from 2008 to over 26 million units, outperforming the overall PC market that is expected to remain flat and a phone market which is shrinking some 10 percent.
"Nokia will be hoping that its brand and knowledge of cellular channels will play to its strengths as it addresses this crowded, cut-throat segment," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.
"At present we see Nokia's foray into the netbook market as a niche exercise in the context of its broader business."
Nokia's choice of Windows software surprised some analysts who had expected the company to use Linux in its first laptop.
Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics said the technology choices were a good win for the U.S. companies.
"We believe ARM and Symbian are among the main losers from the Nokia Booklet announcement," he said.
Shares in ARM were 0.2 percent lower at 1400 GMT, underperforming slightly firmer DJ Stoxx European technology shares index. Shares in Nokia were 1.6 percent stronger at 8.91 euros, while Microsoft was 0.6 percent firmer.
Nokia said it would unveil detailed specifications, market availability and pricing of its new device on Sept 2.
A source close to Nokia said the new netbook would use the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft says a stripped-down version of Windows 7 will be introduced to netbooks the same time as its general release on Oct. 22.
Local media reports in Taiwan have said that Compal, the world's No. 2 contract laptop PC maker, has pitched netbook models to Nokia, but there has been no official confirmation from either side.
Nokia declined to comment on the manufacturer it uses.
Most of the world's top electronics brands typically do their own design work, but outsource the manufacturing process to contract manufacturers such as Compal and its larger rival Quanta.
(Additional reporting by Kelvin Soh in Taipei)
By Tarmo Virki, European technology correspondentHELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Monday it would start to make laptops, entering a fiercely competitive but fast-growing market with a netbook running Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Nokia had earlier this year said it was considering entering the laptop industry, crossing the border between two converging industries in the opposite direction to Apple, which entered the phone industry in 2007 with the iPhone.
Nokia has seen its profit margins drop over the last quarters as handset demand has slumped, and analysts have worried that entering the PC industry, where margins are traditionally razor-thin, could hurt Nokia's profits further.
"We are fully aware what has the margin level been in the PC world. We have gone into this with our eyes wide open," Kai Oistamo, the head of Nokia's phone unit, told Reuters.
"There's really an opportunity to bring fresh perspective to the PC world," he said, adding that Nokia would introduce extended battery life and continuous connectivity.
Nokia has produced PCs before, but divested the unit in 1991 when it started to focus on the mobile phone industry.
But Nokia's first netbook, the Nokia Booklet 3G, will use Microsoft's Windows software and Intel's Atom processor to offer up to 12 hours of battery life while weighing 1.25 kilograms.
Netbooks are low-cost laptops optimised for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions. Pioneered by Asustek with the hit Eee PC in 2007, netbooks have since been rolled out by other brands such as HP and Dell.
"The question is: How will Nokia differentiate? This is already a crowded market. If they manage to differentiate it's going to give them competitive advantage," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.
CUT-THROAT SEGMENT
Research firm IDC expects netbook shipments this year to grow more than 127 percent from 2008 to over 26 million units, outperforming the overall PC market that is expected to remain flat and a phone market which is shrinking some 10 percent.
"Nokia will be hoping that its brand and knowledge of cellular channels will play to its strengths as it addresses this crowded, cut-throat segment," said Ben Wood, director of research at CCS Insight.
"At present we see Nokia's foray into the netbook market as a niche exercise in the context of its broader business."
Nokia's choice of Windows software surprised some analysts who had expected the company to use Linux in its first laptop.
Analyst Neil Mawston from Strategy Analytics said the technology choices were a good win for the U.S. companies.
"We believe ARM and Symbian are among the main losers from the Nokia Booklet announcement," he said.
Shares in ARM were 0.2 percent lower at 1400 GMT, underperforming slightly firmer DJ Stoxx European technology shares index. Shares in Nokia were 1.6 percent stronger at 8.91 euros, while Microsoft was 0.6 percent firmer.
Nokia said it would unveil detailed specifications, market availability and pricing of its new device on Sept 2.
A source close to Nokia said the new netbook would use the upcoming Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft says a stripped-down version of Windows 7 will be introduced to netbooks the same time as its general release on Oct. 22.
Local media reports in Taiwan have said that Compal, the world's No. 2 contract laptop PC maker, has pitched netbook models to Nokia, but there has been no official confirmation from either side.
Nokia declined to comment on the manufacturer it uses.
Most of the world's top electronics brands typically do their own design work, but outsource the manufacturing process to contract manufacturers such as Compal and its larger rival Quanta.
(Additional reporting by Kelvin Soh in Taipei)
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