Cellphone use in Cambodia Cambodia is the first country in the world where the number of mobile phone users has surpassed the number of fixed landlines. The number of mobile subscribers in Cambodia reached 20 million at the end of 2013, surpassing the country's population by about 5 million. In a survey of 2,597 youth aged 15-24 drawn from all 24 provinces in Cambodia, 96% declared that they had access to a phone, with 68% reporting that they owned a personal mobile phone, and 72% had a mobile in their home. There are seven mobile phone service providers who continue to lower prices causing mobile phone use to become more affordable and penetration increases. Of the seven cellphone companies, SMART phone is the leader in overall number of subscribers, and Metphone has the most youth subscribers (68%).