PHNOM PENH, Jul 05, 2010 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Cambodia on Monday officially launched the operation of the fiber-optical cable network with Laos, officials said the cable operation would help to develop telecommunications between the two countries and help boost economic development among the countries in the Greater Mekong Sub- region.
The Cambodian Minister of Posts and Telecommunications So Khun said that the construction of the fiber-optical network in Cambodia section, under the soft loan of 17.5 million U.S. dollars from the EXIM Bank of China, had begun in December 2007 and finished in July 2009, with the length of 651 km along the No. 6 Road from Skun town to Siem Reap, and No. 7 Road from Kampong Cham to Trapeang Kreal of Stung Treng province bordering Laos.
The fiber optic cable network has formed as a backbone connecting Cambodia to the existing fiber optic cable in Laos, Thailand, China and Vietnam.
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