Apr 21 2010, 12:41 AM
TM launches Malacca broadband project
By STEVEN DANIEL
MALACCA: Telekom Malaysia Berhad ™ launched its first state-led broadband infrastructure initiative in Malacca following the state government’s aim to achieve broadband port availability of 75% of its households by the end of the year.
The project dubbed the “Melaka Broadband Project” is the second joint initiative in the country between a state government and an Internet service provider (ISP).
TM Malaysia Business chief executive officer Datuk Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said the sharing of the RM31.5mil infrastructure costs with the Malacca state government would allow them to provide an additional 25,000 broadband ports and reduce the subscription rates.
In the news: TM Content and Digital Home assistant manager Zaiton Ayub reading the headlines at The Star Online as Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam (left) and Zamzamzairani (right) look on.
He added that the additional ports would be installed in two phases and be completed by the year end.
“This will help encourage the people here to sign up for broadband, while enjoying the benefits of a faster Internet connection,” he said before the launching at Dataran Pahlawan Megamall recently.
He said this initiative falls in line with the government’s target of achieving a 75% household broadband penetration rate nationwide by 2011.
Zamzamzairani said the reason TM had chosen Malacca as the first state to develop this concept was because they already had everything in place.
“We chose Malacca because in terms of infrastructure, they are well ahead compared to the other states and we had agreed to develop this project on Aug 15 last year,” he said.
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