Cambodia Review

Last night, Nerd Night Phnom Penh performed the Mao's a pub near Phnom Penh Night Market. It was a really great show for both Cambodian and expats to relax and listen to interesting topic from various presenters. The most important point for the Nerd Night is we can catch things that we never know or experience. It is like a short to find something new. Great Show!

According to IMF and WB studying about GDP of G8, G20, and ASIEN, Cambodia GDP growth is at second place after Singapore. Based on Mr Heng Vanda, President of Vanda Institute, the three main factors that help the growth of Cambodia GDP are tourism, export, and agriculture. The growth will keep continue because the factors above are in good health. Mr Vanda added Singapore has the highest GDP growth which 8.3, while Cambodia's growth is in the middle of 6.7 to 6.9 and it grows to 7. Source: Koh Santepheap Daily

In Cambodia, there are 7 main mobile phone operators running. The most active in the media market are Cellcard, Hello, Beeline, and Smart. Below is the list of the mobile phone operators: 1. Cellcard 2. Hello 3. Smart (Starcell was purchased by Smart) 4. Beeline 5. Metfone 6. Mfone 7. Excel By: Pisith Phal

Revenues per user in Cambodia’s mobile phone sector will drop sharply over the next five years, according to global research and consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan. The company said the average revenue per user – ARPU, a key metric for the industry – would fall to US$3.68 in 2016 from $5.14 last year, as more and more lower-income Cambodians adopted the technology and  increased competit-ion drove down revenues. “The indication is that things will get worse,” Marc Einstein, Frost & Sullivan’s industry manager for information and communications technologies in the Asia-Pacific, said. “Profitability growth declines over time in this industry.” Einstein said the trend could be one catalyst for consolidat-ion in the sector, as less-profitable firms sought to merge with stronger competitors. He noted that Frost & Sullivan’s figures were based on average revenue per SIM card, and not per person. As many Cambodians use more than one SIM card, Einstein estimat

Everyone in the world dreams of having and iPhone, and so as Cambodian. iPhone is considered as one of the coolest gadgets. When the iPhone 4 first launch, the price was from 800USD to more than 1000USD. It's crazy! Why they like iPhone? Because of the coolest feature of games, touch-screen, video, camera... The most used app is facebook! Even Prime Mister Hun Sen, he also owns an iPhone. And he told everyone in public that he likes it! Now, Cambodians are excited with iPhone 5 rumor. Let's see how much it cost a Cambodian to get an iPhone 5? However Android is also a best choice for them. Let's in next post! Which one is best for Cambodian iPhone or Android? By: Pisith Phal

Since Cambodia is a developing country; the number of TV set in a house is limited. Usually there is only one TV per house. So who decides what to watch? The head of a Cambodian family is a father who is the one that control TV channels and contents to watch. Mostly the dad like watching: Chinese Series (Fighting), News, Khmer Boxing, comedy, and sport programs. After the dad, here come the mom! This is her turn to control the TV after her beloved husband. Her favorite programs are: Khmer Drama, classic concerts, Korean Series, comedy and beauty program. So how about the kids??? They have to watch what their parents watch! And the kids say "That SUCKS!" By: Pisith Phal

An Old Fashion Internet Shop in Phnom Penh With availabilities of mobile internet, the number internet shops is dropping in Cambodia. The target of internet shop are students and foreigners. The internet shop in Cambodia is simply old fashion now. But now many students in Phnom Penh have own laptops, smartphones, and feature phones that can access to the internet. At the same time, telecom companies offer reasonable internet package which is killing the internet cafe. In contrast to the dropping number of simple internet shop, modern internet coffee shops that offer free wifi hotspot are boosting its number. It create a new lifestyle for young generation. Here are some famous coffee shop in Cambodia: T&C, Cafe Sentiment, Luck Cafe, The Blue Pumpkin, Gloria jean's Gourmet coffee...etc. Next post we will look in details on coffee and wifi shop. By: Pisith Phal

Fast food business is incredibly increasing from day to day. Worldwide brands like Pizza Company, KFC, Sapino Pizza now available in Cambodia. People who eat fast food are students, teens, young executive, and families. Pizza Company is now one of Cambodian's favorite fast food restaurants. Local brand Lucky Bugger, Lucky Seven, and lucky Sandwich cover quite a big market share of fast food market. For KFC, the feedback from consumers is that the taste is not match with Cambodian. However, this brand is also gaining market share. Sapino is just arriving, let see how it like! Cambodia is looking forward to see McDonald and Pizza Hut. Below are the main fast food brands in Cambodia:   Lucky Burger, Seven, Sandwich Pizza Company KFC Pizza World BB World Sapino Pizza By: Pisith Phal

Cambodian like watching movies, especially young generation who is really into modern and cutting-edge movie from Hollywood. If you ask a young Cambodian teenage, do you know Transformers? S/he will answer "YES". Because the availabilities of DVD everywhere in Phnom Penh, Hollywood movies are being watched by Cambodian. By seeing the new demand on movies, Legend Cinema will be launched soon in early July to entertain Cambodia. The very first movie is Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon. And ticket will cost about $3 up, accordingly to local news. For the start up cost of Legend Cinema is around 1 million dollars based on the same local news. Cambodia Enjoy!!! By: Pisith Phal

Angry Birds the most popular game on iOS and Android smartphones is getting very popular in Cambodia market. Many people heard about and experienced the most fantastic game Angry Birds, even kids aged 3 years old. Not just about the game, the movie itself is also one of urban Cambodian's favorites. By Pisith Phal

Facebook is becoming one of the Cambodian youth mainstream, and it has become a part of their life. The number of Cambodians sign up for Facebook account is significantly increasing. Main telecoms in Cambodia created  Facebook pages to communicate with theirs young generation subscribers. Those telecoms are Cellcard, Hello, Smart, Beeline, Metfone, Mfone. Cellcard, Hello, and Smart are very active with theirs fans on Facebook. Before young subscribers spends most of their time on talking via phone. But now Facebook has reshaped the a new for them in term of communication. Data usage is critically increasing. The reason they like Facebook is because they can express more themselves, and they can get more interaction from many friends. There are many more information about Facebook and Cambodian to update. Stay tune! By: Pisith Phal

Coffee is well-known across Cambodia. The reason people drink coffee is simple 'keeping them awake'. Before most coffee shops are running by Vietnamise families. Morning and evening are peek times; people go to coffee shop to watch news, sports, and chinese series. Now drinking coffee is a becoming a very cool life style for young adults. Drinking coffee is even more than keep them awake. It is becoming a new way of life. At the modern time, people go to modern coffee shop to relax, work, check email, online chatting, playing online games... most modern coffee shop offer free wifi, so people can bring their laptops, tablets, and smartphone to go online. Here are a some coffee shop names that you will fine in Cambodia: T&C, Cafe Sentiment, and Lucky Cafe... Although morden coffee shops are boom now, traditional coffee shops are still available in many places. Hope Starbucks arrive here soon. Coffee? By: Pisith Phal

Fast food is not that new in Cambodia. Most people know what it is, but some are still new with it. Young people like to hang out with friends and eat fast food. They spend around $3 or more for  each. Most old people are not fans of fast food, but they have to go to fast food store sometimes because of their little kid. Now eating fast food is becoming Canbodian way! By: Pisith Phal

In Cambodia, TV is the main media to reach people.  More and more people spending there time on TV, especially housewives. The most popular contents showing on Cambodia television are Khmer Drama, Korean Series, Korean Music, Comedy, Chinese Series, Concert...etc. There are seven terrestrial television stations in Cambodia - TV3 Cambodia - Apsara Television (TV11) - Bayon Television (Channel 27) - Cambodian Television Network (CTN) - Khmer Television (TV9) - National Television of Cambodia (TVK and TVK2) - MYTV There are three main cable TV in Cambodia. Those cable TV showing both local and foreign contents, and the number of household subscript to cable TV is significantly increasing due to rich contents of cable TV. - DTV STAR Co., Ltd (TV, Internet, IP Phone) - Cambodian Cable Television (CCTV) - Phnom Penh Cable Television (PPCTV) According to suggestion by ASEAN, Cambodian televisions will be switched to DVB-T in 2015. By: Pisith Phal Reference: www.wikipedia.com

Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and it is also considered as  the heart of the country. Long ago, Phnom Penh was just a man-made mountain where Doun Penh (Grandma Penh) and people created to be a pagoda. After Cambodia became an independent country in 1953, Phnom Penh had changed to be a very beautiful city in Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, Phnom Penh was a dead city during Pol Pot Regime. Luckily, after the Pol Pot Regime, Phnom Penh is now being developed step by step. According to the government strategy and my imagination in 2020, Phnom Penh will progress in many factors. Primarily, Phnom Penh will has many sky scrapers which make Phnom Penh look like a morden city in Europe and America. Condos, apartments, large shopping malls, high grade hotels, science museums will appear in Phnom Penh city. We will see a lot of sky trains, toll ways, U-turns, sub ways, high way around this city. Moreover, the city will become very crowded. In the streets, there will be lots of mode