Mega-speed Internet to benefit 1.2m
2009/11/11 (new straits times)
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 Internetconnection. 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.”
satu lagi berita pasal HSBB (High speed Broadband)
tapi bagaimana keberkesanannya?
boleh settle ke masalah customer?
ada lagi ke masalah "saya punya line tak boleh naik la bos"..?
akan ada lagi ke
harapan yang sangat menggunung supaya malaysia tidak lagi ketinggalan dengan lain-lain negara membangun.
sebab customer kat kepong nie,tak habis-habis compare ngan negara lain..
sama-sama la kita doa ye..is..
Datuk Mohamad Aziz
Ni budak2 transformer bagi....Tradisonal sikitlah..
