All three mobile phone operators continued to enjoy strong subscriber growth in the first three months of the year, collectively adding just under a million users to reach 20.51 million as at end-March.
May 24 2006 || 12:00 pm
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor said the Government hopes that the laying out of the WiMAX infrastructure will help improve the uptake of broadband access here which is currently less than 1% of the population.
He said WiMAX could also help bring broadband Internet to the rural areas.
May 24 2006 || 11:40 am
The Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry wants to amend the Multimedia and Communications Act to enable the RM1.6 billion universal service provision (UPS) fund to build broadband infrastructure in rural areas.
May 23 2006 || 12:46 pm
TM said WMC was the world’s first alliance of WiBro and mobile WiMAX operators and the objective was to develop relevant business models for WiBro global roaming belt and wide adoption of the technology.
May 22 2006 || 12:11 pm
Time dotCom Bhd (TdC) posted a net loss of RM42.4 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2006, compared with RM54.72 million in losses a year ago as initiatives to manage costs took effect.
It would offer a new concept of 3G broadband based on the fixed-mobile convergence platform, using the high speed downlink packet access or 3.5G technology and complemented by its 5,200-km of fibre optic network across Peninsular Malaysia.
May 19 2006 || 12:25 pm
Lundal said DiGi’s EDGE services were well suited for the current market demand and said true mobile broadband would only take off in Malaysia in the next three to four years.
May 18 2006 || 12:45 pm
Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd is looking to grow its high-speed Internet broadband subscriber base through strategic partnerships with housing developers.
It has tied up with property developer, Asia Pacific Land Bhd (AP Land) and Internet service provider, BTP Wireless Sdn Bhd, to provide wireless broadband services at AP Land’s Bandar Tasik Puteri township development.
May 17 2006 || 12:00 pm
According to the Ministry, the student-to-computer ratio in most of the smart schools in 2:1. “97% of these schools are also equipped with broadband Internet connections,” a spokesman for the Ministry said.
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