KOTA BAHARU, Feb 28 (Bernama) — TMNet Streamyx subscribers reached the 500,000 mark nationwide early this year through various innovative products and improved services.

TMNet Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Michael Lai said the company has set a target of one million subscribers by end of this year.

Lai said the company would continue with its efforts as the pioneer broadband services provider to cover all segments of society.

“This is in line with the government’s aim under the National Broadband Plan,” he said.

“For this year, we will focus on development and improving the Internet content in order to attract more people to migrate to broadband,” Lai said in his speech to recognise loyal TMNet Streamyx subscribers in Kelantan Monday night.

“We will also continue to improve our services to ensure that subscribers remained loyal to TMNet,” he added.

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TM Net Sdn Bhd is on track to achieve its target of having one fifth of Malaysian households logged on to the broadband network by next year, having achieved the half million customer mark recently.

TM Net chief executive officer Michael Lai said the targets would translate in 20.1% of households or 4.5% of the population using broadband by 2007.

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The new low-cost broadband package allows home users to connect to the Internet on an average of 2.5 hours per week without cost of the call, which equates to less than 70 sen daily.

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“There are three ways that the industry measures success. One is total capacity; how long your network stretches. Another way is how much fibre-optics you can squeeze through the piping. Lastly, it’s the number of fibres ‘lighted’, ie actually being used.”

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“This development brings the advantages and pervasiveness of the GSM platform to the notebook market, where sales of more than 60 million laptops have been forecasted worldwide this year,” he said in a statement.

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