Metfone tests 3G network in Cambodia

Vietnamese military-owned operator Viettel, which operates Metfone in Cambodia, is testing a third-generation mobile network in preparation to launch later this year, local daily Phnom Penh Post reports, according to TeleGeography CommsUpdate.

Metfone’s managing director Nguyen Duy Tho was cited as saying the company hopes to install 1,500 3G base stations in the first quarter and plans to expand coverage to all districts.

A further 3,000 2G cell sites and 13,000km of fiber-optic cable will be rolled out by the end of March.