Malaysians have to wait for another 10 years for broadband internet

Jun 24, 2009 Technology

According Dr Ongkili high-speed broadband Internet infrastructure was being rolled out currently and would take about 10 years to complete. He said it’s going to cost RM11.2 billion of which RM2.4 billion from the government another RM8.9 billion from Telekom Malaysia.

“We need major roll-out of the broadband plan in order to reduce costs. Pikom (Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia) has proposed that the cost should be no more than RM30 a month to make broadband accessible to all and increase Internet access.

He said he believed that target broadband speeds of 20Mbps for the commercial sector and not less than 2Mbps for the general population could be achieved within the next three years.

He added that while high-speed broadband Internet development was in the purview of the Information, Communications and Culture Ministry, his ministry was responsible for content development.




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