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Taking the Company to the Next Level
Ian Watson | CEO
Ian joined the company in 2012 as the CEO. He is recognized
within the telecommunications community as one of the leading
figures in relation to 5G and digital transformation and has built a
30-year career in the industry across global markets.
His most recent industry recognition was the 5G Asia People’s
Choice Award for Operator CXO of the Year. He has also gained
significant exposure in the past year as the driving force behind
one of the most aggressive 4G roll-outs in the SE Asian region,
achieving for three years running both the Ookla and Open signal
Ian Watson, CEO
Awards. His focus now is firmly set on driving the digitalisation
of Cambodia with early adoption of pre5G and the introduction of 5G across the key segments of Consumer,
Government and Corporate.
In addition to his role as CEO of Cellcard (CamGSM) he also holds a number of key Executive positions within
the Royal Group of Companies, the largest conglomerate in the Kingdom of Cambodia, reporting directly to the
Chairman.
He is Group Chief Executive for the cluster of companies within the communications and Technology
Division with responsibility for the business’s units covering mobile network operations, mobile commerce,
broadcasting, broadband and internet services and satellite cable network.
and give them affordable health
care and monitoring. Also enhanced
mobile broadband will be launched
on its 5G platform allowing people
in even the remote areas access to
affordable mobile broadband, again
bridging the digital divide. Water
monitoring and flood prevention
sensors will be introduced to
vulnerable areas to give early
warning of rising water levels
which can have a disastrous effect
on people’s livelihoods. An exciting
range of entertainment services
too will be launched. Cambodia’s
first digital TV platform will be
introduced in the 3rd Quarter of
2019, in conjunction with a range
of tailored content services i.e.
gaming and music platforms. Many
of these new services will feature
speeds of up to 1.5GBPS as well
as 5G technology for far greater
bandwidth and speed with zero
latency. Cellcard is collaborating
closely with the Cambodian
government and large enterprise
customers to deploy technologies
that will rely on 5G.
Cellcard very much sees itself as
leading the Digitalization process
of Cambodia and working across
all segments including Consumer,
Enterprise and Government to build
the bridge to 5G. The company
is one of the first big Cambodian
corporates to drive a mindset
of the culture of innovation in
its workforce and value cross-
functional collaboration across
departments. The firm will continue
to lead the country into the era
of digitization, allowing people
to communicate to whomever,
whenever and wherever they are. It
will continue to introduce a range of
digital services to help its customers
with affordable prices, creating
real and tangible benefits for its
customers to build their businesses.
The firm further plans on creating
new revenue streams from
digital services and partnerships
that will bring excitement,
rich content, as well as safety
and security for its customers.
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