CAMBODIA

STATEMENT BY H.E. Mr. Khun So
MinistER of Posts and Telecommunications

Mr. Chairman,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is indeed of great honor that the Royal Government of Cambodia is readily represented amongst this prestigious union, upon invitation of the Government of the Republic of Turkey, to this 17th world policy event, here in this historic city of Antalya.

On its behalf and in my high esteem, I would like to thank the City’s Government and the people of Antalya, and the Government of the Republic of Turkey as a whole, for their successful hosting of the conference, and for warm hospitality as being extended to the delegation.

Cambodia in its belief in implementing the Government’s strategy as existed, would praise the entire International Telecommunication Union (ITU) as firmly behaved in fulfilling such a Four year achievement for the purpose of telecommunication and information flows to the people, would then preserve that the union be playing a gear wizard within and between the telecommunication industry and the people.

As the result, since the last decade the technology was booming in numerous
plural system-based mobile technologies, which became enormously accessed as to information superhighway. In Cambodia, it was growing far fast in most cellular mobile phone operator companies so as allowing ever fast growth over twenty times the number of fixed phone subscribers up to this milestone.

Cambodia in such a spirit as above, has gained its great efforts to sharing the activities of the union, in respect of repayment of its contribution, especially; and to sustaining the actual strength of its membership in the other regional communities and the world societies as their relations will pave the path admitted for both the truth in competition and the abundance of development.

Mr. Chairman,
Distinguished Delegates,

It is quite evident while following the milestones of the union, continual initiatives emerge from local communities to become regional trends, and then possibly have to be sector proposals worldwide to be decided by the union, i.e. on the issues of development strategy, technology integration, cyber law elaboration etc…otherwise, the course of investment will be poisoned firstly probably by wrong competition or competition as straight out spelled against the world trade organization (WTO) commitment.

Cambodia is a case devoting the market incentives to promote the development of physical information communication technology infrastructure, which will serve for platform in the strategy on services liberalization within the framework, as for the leading element to be founded to bridging the digital divide between the people, before any further advanced applications and approaches.

Let me conclude on behalf of the delegation, by warmly expressing best wishes that the entire union would further succeed in this 17th Plenipotentiary Conference here in Antalya, and best wishes for all delegates of the Conference.

Thank for your attention.