PUTRAJAYA: More than 1.2 million households and business premises in the country will be wired up with optical fibre to enable them access to mega-speed Internet
connection. Telekom Malaysia has been tasked with laying the optical fibre and is expected to complete half the job by next year.
Telekom Malaysia has been tasked with laying the optical fibre and is expected to complete half the job by next year.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the high-speed broadband network of between 10Mbps and 1Gbps would give the public, businesses and government agencies a competitive boost via cutting edge communications.
(At these speeds, it will be possible to offer, among others, highdefinition TV online, live video chat and e-health services. Downloading a full-length feature film to your PC, for example, can take less than two minutes compared with at least two hours under the current speeds of 2 to 4Mbps).
It will also give the country the platform to develop the information and communication technology of tomorrow, Najib said at the opening of the 12th Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) International Advisory Panel meeting here ye s t e r d ay.
Najib, who is also IAP chairman, said the move would also help Malaysia catch up with global leaders in industrial developm e n t s.
He said Malaysia needed a new paradigm to not only help the country catch up from where it was left behind but also take on a quantum leap to the ranks of developed nations.
“Malaysia has done well in the past by growing an industrial base while expanding our agricultural sector. At the same time, we have also nurtured a strong oil and gas industr y.
“But our prior focus on attracting foreign investment as a lowcost producer has now created a dilemma.
“Our industrial advancement has not kept pace with global leaders and we remain somewhat under- developed in this respect.” A new economic model would be introduced by the year-end with emphasis on innovation, creativity and high-value activities.
So far, Malaysia had already put in place a comprehensive reform of its capital market and introduced sweeping measures to liberalise its service sector.
It is also in the midst of putting in place a system to drive high performance at all levels of society.
Najib said the push for MSC Malaysia as a platform for developingworld- class ICT applications and a seeding ground for Silicon Valley-type entrepreneurs was vital, saying no economy could claim to be developed without having a significant technological component.
“Countries which are technologically advanced have and will continue to triumph while those that fail to make innovation a centrepiece of the economy will fall behind.
“It is no accident that technologically- advanced countries, like the US, Japan, Switzerland, Sweden, Canada and Australia, also dominate the list of the world’s wealthiest nations.” He said MSC Malaysiawas on its way to become a bustling creative multimedia hotspot with more than 200 digital content companies generating US$200 million (RM676 million) in revenue.
Najib cited the MyKasih programme, which incorporates the use of MyKad for needy families to use as a document to buy groceries, as another milestone for the MSC Malaysia initiative.
He said MSC Malaysia was entering its third phase of its development and would expand its ICT vision for industries and society.
“The next phase of MSC Malaysia will build upon our success and accelerate the use of ICT to boost the nation's economic growth and societal well-being.”
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BGG:
How about affordable real 10 Mb speed with full nation coverage first rather than 1GB for 1.2 million households? I don't want to know how much will the subscription cost for the 1Gb speed and you dont need a MBA to figure it out, but a 1Gb router cost more than US14500.
Heinrich Hawel:
What do we gain with higher Internet speed if
1.)the connections to the world-web are not efficient? This part of the local Internet is solely in the hands of Telecom Malaysia
and even with 1Gbps I will not get much
improvement
2.)the maintance of the Malaysian part will
stay "Truly Malaysian".
megaguy88:
All of u critics please use your head.better than gov didnt do anything to improve the current state.let all wait and see what the result and evaluate from that.not just playing the blame game. at least they try to do something now.
Suffian:
Of course Singapore can have the 10mbs earlier. It is a small country, probably 1/100000 the size of Malaysia they practically can implement everything faster and cheaper. No need bury thousand kilometres of fibre optic wire in the ground and set up hundred transmission point to met the demand from the public�duh�
Samond:
We are using overcharged internet services...Singpore can go up to 15 mbps with cheap rate...
Hope the mega speed will be affordable..otherwise serve no purpose
jp:
Download a movie in 2 minutes? please be serious, with p1wimax i need 5 minutes each evening to open a page and 1 or 2 days to succeed to send an email with 2mega attachment...i stay in bandar puteri puchong, when i call to complain, they say: "your area is very congested, we can do nothing", they can't provide now but everywhere they still sell their p1wimax.
janson:
speed what?!? firstly improve your 512 or 1m speed that we deserve for god's sake!
Menaka Baskara:
Mega speed internet of 10Mbps and IGbps? I will believe it when I see it. Other countries like our neighbour Singapore has been having 10Mbps for some time now and at very competitive prices while we poor Malaysians have been languishing at 1Mbps for ever. And we are the ones who have the MSC! Our broadband speed is a pathetic joke!
sean:
we have always been overcharged for using internet by these telcos.. everybody knows that.. even the minister admit that.. but why can't the ministers do anything about it? are these companies too powerful or too big that they are untouchables? we know that they are making heaps of profits by providing a low quality broadband(the lower the quality the more profit they get) and yet charging us at the price of high quality broadband. What a scam!
Si Polop:
TMNet shall provide free Content Filtering Service. All porno sites shall be blocked at ISP level long-long time ago. No question ask! Itu pun susah ke? Contohi negara China tp jgnlah strict sangat. Rakyat dia lebih fokus ke arah pembangunan sains & teknologi. Nak pergi bulan boleh buat roket sendiri. Generasi muda kita sibuk tengok porno. Sekolah rendah pun dah pandai merogol !!! Lebih teruk lagi, sek bebas !!!
Good news ??
Adam N Eve:
When is DIGI going to improve theirs? Their Internet connection is very slow in Sg.Long, Kajang, Selangor.
thomas:
Its a piece of good news for internet users. Hopefully Telekom Malaysia will expedite the progress in the project. Syabas
to Telekom Malaysia!
mawi wawi:
just another excuse for them to take our money...
Such increase of broadband speed will encourage teleworking, reducing traffic on roads, and reduce pollution in the process.
video conference will definitely help when come to bandwidth.
and more bandwidth is always helpful for local media provider to create new content. not just to us, but to everyone out site the country.
it will support the industry in so many way. which in return is a money maker to the country, especially when the country is trying to be a service support hub.
for those that actually stay in the cave,
this is the 21 century, and we cannot support the country using 20th century infrastructure
guzzal:
Please take into consideration also providing safety net over the porns etc taking from 10 billions spending spree money. Government oblige to protect citizens from -ve values now rather than be sorry.
Rajakumar:
This whole project at the cost of 10 billion dollars is a total waste because i am not sure how the economy can benefit by our people watching high definition TV online (we already have astro what?), doing live video chat (we already using text chat what?), getting e-health services (does this mean the doctor can check my heartbeats from where he his???) and downloading a full-length feature film (encouraging video piracy??)
Even if it will benefit us, what will be the internet subscription cost?? can all the households afford it? I rather prefer the conventional streamyx with the price cut down to somewhere RM10 per month so that everyone can atleast reach the internet which is the most important thing of all.
zaharibb:
It might end up like P1Wimax.Just promises of high speed but I am not getting any speed at all.
Ubiquitous:
The web has no borders. It is impossible to control. Politicians who say it can be done are lying through their teeth. Guidance and teaching has to start from home, from parents, from as soon as the young ones can see the monitor images, from as soon as the young ones can use the keyboard to type. The power of the 100 Mbps symmetrical is immense. 10 Mbps is not good enough for many applications in three years. All of us, parents, schools, etc do our part in guiding the innocent and Malaysia can be the best society in the world. Porn, extremism, ... will not be a problem here if we do our part. Cheers.
Syaril:
Good for right purpose. Bad if it be using for surfing porno. Save our children & teenagers. Filter porn websites.
