Internet in Malaysia

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The year 1995 was considered the beginning of the Internet age in Malaysia. The growth in the number of Internet hosts in Malaysia began around 1996. The country's first search engine and web portal company, Cari Internet, was also founded that year.[1] According to the first Malaysian Internet survey conducted from October to November 1995 by MIMOS and Beta Interactive Services, one out of every thousand Malaysians had access to the Internet (20,000 Internet users out of a population of 20 million) (Beta Interactive Services, 1996). In 1998, this number grew to 2.6% of the population. The total number of computer units sold, which was 467,000 in 1998 and 701,000 in 2000 indicated an increasing growth (Lee, 2000c).

Malaysia was listed among the slowest countries in the world for loading Web pages on desktop computers as well as mobile computers, according to a 2012 report by Google. Malaysia, with an average Web page loading speed on desktops of 14.3 seconds, was named the world’s fifth slowest, even more plodding than the connection speeds of nations like Colombia, Argentina and Peru.[2][3]

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission sets a low threshold for broadband.[4] It defined broadband as:

  • Any service beyond the scope of existing PSTN/ISDN and 2G cellular networks
  • With data rates that exceed the normal voice-related speed (56 kbit/s for PSTN and 64 kbit/s for ISDN)

This definition is far below the primary rate interface lower limit defined by the International Telecommunications Union in ITU-R F.1399.[5]

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Cellular broadband [edit]

ISP Technology Package download speed
Celcom 3G, 3.5G (HSDPA), 4G LTE 384 kbit/s - 100 Mbit/s
Digi EDGE, 3.5G (HSPA) 384 kbit/s - 700 kbit/s
Maxis 3G, 3.5G (HSDPA), DC-HSPA+, 4G LTE 384 kbit/s - 100 Mbit/s
U Mobile 3G, 3.5G (HSDPA), DC-HSPA+ 384 kbit/s - 42 Mbit/s

DSL [edit]

As of June 2012 there are 1,705,000 DSL connections. TMnet, a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, is Malaysia's largest Internet service provider. While there are many ISPs in Malaysia, Telekom Malaysia's ownership of the nation's last mile connections restricts competition to densely populated areas in major cities. Since there is no local loop unbundling, TMnet enjoys a virtual monopoly of the broadband market.

ISP Technology Package download speed
Giga Broadband VDSL 2 Mbit/s, 3 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 5+5 Mbit/s
Jaring Flite Wired ADSL 1 Mbit/s
Maxis Wired ADSL 256 kbit/s, 512 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 9 Mbit/s
PersiaSYS Ultraband Cable (ETTH) 700kbit/s, 900kbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 8 Mbit/s
TIME Business DSL SDSL 2 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s[6]
TIME Broadband(Consumer) ADSL 1.5 Mbit/s, 3 Mbit/s, 6 Mbit/s[6]
TM Broadband(Streamyx) ADSL, SDSL 384 kbit/s, 512 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 4 Mbit/s , 8 Mbit/s
TM UniFi VDSL/Fibre 5 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 20 Mbit/s

Fibre optic [edit]

  • City Broadband offers broadband-over-fibreoptic (fibre optic broadband) on Ethernet and GPON technologies to office buildings, residential houses, condominiums and apartments in Cyberjaya and The Horizon, Bangsar South City, Kuala Lumpur at competitive rates. City Broadband offers both best-effort and dedicated broadband services. City Broadband Corporate packages offers dedicated bandwidth that are tailored to customer's bandwidth requirements from as low as 1Mbps and up to 50Mbps. In Cyberjaya, City Broadband services are delivered to the customer premises via Cyberjaya Metro Fibre Network, CMFN
  • Cyberjaya Metro Fibre Network, CMFN - Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB) and Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH). CMFN leases dark fiber connectivity and Metro_Ethernet (Metro-E) services to telcos and enterprises in Cyberjaya. Employing Open-access_network (neutral carrier) with ring topology, it offers neutrality and redundancy throughout the network. As of December 2012, CMFN has connected more than 60 buildings including 9 Data Centres and more than 3,000 home passed in Cyberjaya.
  • Metrofon - Fiber to the Home (FTTH). Provide fiber optic connection to condominiums and apartments in Kuala Lumpur city and Selangor area.
  • Penangfon - Same company as above. Provide services only in Penang island.
  • Maxis High Speed Home Broadband- Officially launch on 31 March 2011. True fibre optic connectivity to home with speeds of 10 Mbit/s and 30 Mbit/s. Availability of service is based on the coverage of the TM UniFi service.
  • TIME Fibre Broadband- Officially launch on 2 February 2010. True fibre optic connectivity to home with speeds of 2 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s and 10 Mbit/s with BOOST up to 50 Mbit/s. Available at Mont' Kiara Pines, Mont' Kiara Astana, Mont' Kiara Sophia, Mont' Kiara Pelangi, Mont' Kiara Palma, Mont' Kiara Damai and Mont' Kiara Bayu. More locations to come.[7][8]
  • TM Unifi- Telekom Malaysia Bhd has spent about RM1.9 billion, with the inclusion government funds amounting to RM990 million in the installation of high-speed broadband services throughout Malaysia.[9] The four initial areas that will be covered by high speed broadband services, that is being launched in March 2010 are Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Bangsar.[10] The benefits announced with the implementation of high speed broadband include smoother e-commerce activities, Internet-based health services, improved Voice-over-Internet Protocol (web-based telephone service), websites with more detailed pictures and graphics, as well as faster data downloads. It has been promised that video-streaming will be smoother and Internet Protocol Tele­vision (IPTV) could take off in Malaysia. As of 2012, unifi has 300,000 subscribers.
ISP Technology Package download speed
City Broadband Enterprise FTTO (Office) 5 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 20 Mbit/s
City Broadband Residential FTTH 5 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s
TM UniFi FTTH 5 Mbit/s, 10 Mbit/s, 20 Mbit/s
Jaring Flite Fibre FTTH 2 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s
TIME Fibre Broadband FTTH 8 Mbit/s, 15 Mbit/s, 30 Mbit/s, 50 Mbit/s, 100Mbit/s
Maxis Home Broadband FTTH 10 Mbit/s, 20 Mbit/s, 30Mbit/s

Wireless broadband [edit]

ISP Technology Package download speed
Airzed WIMAX 1 Mbit/s, 1.5 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s
AsiaSpace WiMAX (AMAX) WIMAX 1.0 Mbit/s， 1.5 Mbit/s
Redtone WiMAX WIMAX 512 kbit/s, 1.0 Mbit/s
Axis Broadband Unknown 512 kbit/s
Izzi Broadband- closed IBurst 1 Mbit/s
Hotgate Technology Inc Various broadband technologies
JARING Flite Wireless SOMA FlexMAX Mobile WiMAX System 1 Mbit/s
Packet One WIMAX 1 Mbit/s, 2 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s , 10 Mbit/s
YTL Communications WIMAX uncapped up to 20 Mbit/s

Hotspot [edit]

ISP Technology No. of hotspots Download speed Remark
JARING Flite Wifi 802.11b Approx. 60 384 kbit/s
P1 Hot Zone 802.11b/g/n More than 200 512 kbit/s
TM WiFi™ 802.11b/g/n More than 17000 512 kbit/s Prepaid, and VAS for TMnet Streamyx and TMnet 1515

Leased line [edit]

  • City Broadband - City Broadband provides high speed dedicated Ethernet broadband-over-fibreoptic in Cyberjaya with Gigabit speed capacity. City Broadband customers don't need to lease a separate line a.k.a. "leased line" to get the required dedicated bandwidth since the digital fibreoptic link/line comes together with City Broadband dedicated bandwidth at no additional leased line charge. That's why City Broadband is also known as broadband-over-fibreoptic provider.
  • TM METRO-e - Dedicated internet access from 4Mbit/s to 1Gbit/s.
  • TIME Ethernet Leased Line - TIME Ethernet Leased Line provide businesses with a permanent connection for mission critical applications that demand guaranteed bandwidth performance to support voice, data, video and Internet applications. It is able to deliver point to multipoint connectivity for greater flexibility.[11]
  • TIME International Leased Line (IPLC) - TIME International Leased Line provide dedicated interconnection solution that enables transmission of all data types through telecommunication network in digital format, including voice, text, image, video and graphics with high secure and reliable connection.

VSAT [edit]

WiMAX [edit]

On 16 March 2007, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission granted 4 WiMAX license to the following companies.

  • Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd
  • MIB Comm Sdn BhD
  • Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd
  • Redtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd

MCMC expected the companies to roll out their WiMAX services to 25% of the population in the areas given to them by the end of 2007. By the end of 2009, the companies are expected to provide their services to at least 40% of the population in the areas they control. The Internet access speed is expected to be no less than 1 Mbit/s.

Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication targeted 50% household penetration by 2010 from the current household penetration of 18% as of May 2008.

Internet Censorship in Malaysia [edit]

On 30 May 2011, Malaysia government has started to ban some of websites, mostly file sharing websites,[12][13] despite a promise not to censor Internet made by the sixth Prime Minister, Najib Razak.[14]

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Sreejit Pillai (2001-11-13), "M'sia oldest search engine upbeat in trying times", ZDNet, retrieved 2011-07-08 
  2. ^ Malaysia among the worst for Internet connection speed Yahoo Newsroom – Mon, Apr 23, 2012
  3. ^ Global Site Speed Overview: How Fast Are Websites Around The World? Google analytics, April 19, 2012
  4. ^ http://www.mcmc.gov.my/what_we_do/spectrum/SRSP/BWA-%20802.16-WiMAX-a.pdf
  5. ^ Microsoft Word - ABFL Groupe Intellex.doc
  6. ^ a b TIME broadband
  7. ^ TheStar.com.my: TIME Fibre Broadband, source: Thestar.com.my.
  8. ^ TIME Fibre Broadband
  9. ^ "TM To Launch HSBB Retail Service March 24". Bernama. Retrieved 2010-03-26. 
  10. ^ "TM Invests RM1.9 Billion, To Date, To Develop HSBB". Bernama. Retrieved 2010-03-26. 
  11. ^ Wikipedia: TIME Ethernet Leased Line
  12. ^ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/6/10/nation/20110610161330&sec=nation
  13. ^ http://www.zeropaid.com/news/93682/malaysian-govt-orders-isps-to-block-pirate-bay-megaupload/
  14. ^ http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/8/nation/4484504&sec=nation

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