Advanced technology and the digital transformation in Cambodia are set to usher in a bright future. And businesses in the Kingdom should react to this changing landscape to improve their competitiveness, experts said on Tuesday.
Speaking at the Digital Transformation Workshop, “Leveraging on Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Cloud Computing”, on Tuesday, Tram Iv Tek, the minister of posts and telecommunications, said the time had come to start planning for the future, and build skills and infrastructure in artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) to take advantage of such new technologies.
“The last few decades have seen an explosion of the information and communications technology [ICT] sector, which has transformed many economies [across the globe].
“The drivers of economic growth have become more information-intensive and less dependent on natural resources, with ICT affecting virtually every aspect of economic activity,” he said.
Tuesday’s workshop was organised by the National Institute of Posts, Telecoms and ICT (Niptic) and Kepstar Data Centre Management Co Ltd (Kepstar).
It served to bring together and connect the government, corporate and banking sectors, startups, private companies and technology leaders to share ideas and discuss Cambodia’s digital transformation.
According to Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications data, about 30 percent of the Cambodian population was offline at the end of 2017.
The government has set a target of 100 percent broadband coverage in urban areas and 70 percent in rural areas by 2020. It also aims for an 80 percent internet penetration rate.
