Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Malaysia - Telecoms, Mobile, Broadband and Forecasts" report to their offering.Malaysia has been working towards a clear national objective to see it ranked as a fully developed nation by the year 2020. This Vision 2020 was a concept introduced by the former Prime Minister Mr Mahathir in 1991 when he launched the Sixth Malaysia Plan. And the task of building an advanced telecom sector has strong relevance to achieving this national objective. It has also been a matter of national pride.
For a period in the 1990s the country was busy promoting itself as a regional high technology hub. In recent times, however, it has adopted a quieter profile and simply gone about the task of putting what might be described as a technologically progressive economy in place. With the widespread application of modern technologies such as fibre optics, wireless transmission, digitalisation and satellite services, Malaysia has been steadily moving towards achieving its national goals.
The generally strong growth across the country's telecom sector inevitably brought with it a flurry of investment interest and activity.
Key Highlights
- Malaysia's population of almost 29 million people had a mobile telephone penetration of 129% by March 2012;
- after a slow start following launch in 2008, 3G services were having a big impact on the mobile market by 2012;
- following a period of surprisingly little interest in broadband access, Malaysia's broadband internet penetration increased rapidly between 2009 and 2011;
- broadband (fixed and mobile) in Malaysia had achieved a 17% population penetration by end-2010;
- the key indicator broadband household penetration had surged to around 63% by early 2012;
- most significantly, the government was able to claim one of its national development targets 50% broadband household penetration had been achieved with over 55% coming into 2011;
- the strategy for building a National Broadband Network was well underway by 2011, with Telekom Malaysia (TM) moving rapidly on the roll-out of its government-sanctioned High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) project;
- by July 2012, TM had signed up 400,000 subscribers to its fibre-based network;
- growth in Malaysia's fixed-line services, however, has continued to flat-line' and even decline, with national fixed-line penetration stalled at around 14% in early 2012.
Publication Overview
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the trends and developments in the telecommunications and digital media markets in Malaysia.
Subjects covered include:
- Key Statistics;
- Market and Industry Overviews;
- Regulatory Environment and Development;
- Major Telecom Players (fixed and mobile);
- Infrastructure;
- Digital Media;
- Mobile Voice and Data Market;
- Internet, including VoIP and IPTV;
- Broadband (fixed, wireless, mobile);
- Scenario Forecasts (fixed-line, mobile and broadband subscribers).
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