PHNOM PENH, Feb 25, 2011 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Cambodian government said that as many as 111,000 Cambodians are accessed to Internet per day, an indication of a big increase in the use of new and modern information technology.
According to a report of Ministry of Information, a copy of it received Friday showed that 111,000 Cambodians are accessed to the Internet per day.
In 2008, a survey conducted by internet industry showed that there were only 13,000 Cambodians subscribed to the internet.
The report said internet is being popularly used and accessed mostly among civil servants and the youths in most populated or crowded places.
However, it said less Cambodians are reading print media on daily basis or only about half of those accessed to the internet.
Khieu Kanharith, minister of information said in a two-day annual congress of Information Ministry which ends Friday that some 99 percent of Cambodian households access to information tools of all kinds.
He said the percentage is not included with the information tools equipped with vehicles, the internet and mobile phones which are being popularly used among civil servants and the youth in populated areas across the country.
The minister recalled that according to the 2008 census, 1,645, 891 families had television or 58.41 percent of all families across the country, while 1,149,807 families had radios and tape or digital recorders or equivalent to 40.81 percent of all families nationwide.
The report also indicated that there were a total of 623 newspapers, magazines and bulletins in Cambodian language in 2010, compared to 556 in 2009.
For radio, it said, there were 40 stations in Phnom Penh and 51 in provinces, while there were 10 televisions in Phnom Penh and 7 in provinces.
According to a report of Ministry of Information, a copy of it received Friday showed that 111,000 Cambodians are accessed to the Internet per day.
In 2008, a survey conducted by internet industry showed that there were only 13,000 Cambodians subscribed to the internet.
The report said internet is being popularly used and accessed mostly among civil servants and the youths in most populated or crowded places.
However, it said less Cambodians are reading print media on daily basis or only about half of those accessed to the internet.
Khieu Kanharith, minister of information said in a two-day annual congress of Information Ministry which ends Friday that some 99 percent of Cambodian households access to information tools of all kinds.
He said the percentage is not included with the information tools equipped with vehicles, the internet and mobile phones which are being popularly used among civil servants and the youth in populated areas across the country.
The minister recalled that according to the 2008 census, 1,645, 891 families had television or 58.41 percent of all families across the country, while 1,149,807 families had radios and tape or digital recorders or equivalent to 40.81 percent of all families nationwide.
The report also indicated that there were a total of 623 newspapers, magazines and bulletins in Cambodian language in 2010, compared to 556 in 2009.
For radio, it said, there were 40 stations in Phnom Penh and 51 in provinces, while there were 10 televisions in Phnom Penh and 7 in provinces.
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