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Research and Markets: Malaysia's Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband Markets Report Reveals By the End of 2009 There Were 6.5 M

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Posted June 6, 2010

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b39146/malaysia_telecom) has announced the addition of the "Malaysia - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband" report to their offering.

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;
  • Major Players (fixed and mobile);
  • Infrastructure;
  • Mobile Voice and Data Market;
  • Internet, including VoIP and IPTV;
  • Broadband (fixed and mobile).

With its widespread application of modern technologies such as fibre optics, wireless transmission, digitalisation and satellite services, Malaysia has one of the more advanced telecom networks in the developing world. Of course, the country has a national objective to see Malaysia ranked as a fully developed country 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. In other words, the task of building an advanced telecom sector has had strong links to national pride; certainly 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.

The generally strong growth across the countrys telecom sector inevitably brought with it a flurry of investment interest and activity. The telecommunications market in Malaysia has experienced privatisation in all facets of the industry and a general opening up of the market with a significant number of new licences being granted. While still in an expansion phase the Malaysias telecom sector has undergone some important restructuring. This has involved the regulator progressively introducing reforms. In the meantime, the telecom companies have been doing battle in an increasingly competitive and changing market. It is true to say that the last decade has seen healthy overall growth in Malaysias telecom sector. At the same time, substantial government participation in Information & Communications Technology (ICT) development has also been a particular characteristic of the Malaysian market.

Market highlights:

  • around 106% of Malaysias 29 million people had a mobile telephone service by early 2010;
  • the launch of 3G mobile networks by Telekom Malaysia and Maxis in late 2005 initially saw slow growth in next generation subscriptions;
  • however, by end-2009 there were 6.5 million 3G subscribers signed up, meaning that already one out of every five mobile subscribers was a 3G customer;
  • after surprisingly little interest in broadband Internet for many years, Malaysias broadband penetration had finally started to move in 2008/09;
  • however, broadband subscriber penetration in Malaysia still only represented 9% of the population by end-2009;
  • with the government having launched its strategy for building a National Broadband Network in 2008 by awarding the key contract to Telkom Malaysia, work was proceeding on the High-Speed Broadband project;
  • Telekom Malaysia announced the launch of its HSBB service in early 2010, with the operator offering bandwidth at access speeds of 10Mb/s;
  • whilst the initial phase of the HSBB was to see rapid coverage of major cities and towns, nationwide implementation of project was expected to take 10 years;
  • growth in Malaysias fixed-line services has continued to flat-line with a fixed-line penetration of around 15%.

Data in this report is the latest available at the time of preparation and may not be for the current year.

Key Topics Covered:

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

3. Regulatory Environment

4. Major Fixed Network Operators

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

6. Broadband Market

7. Broadcasting Market

8. Mobile Communications

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b39146/malaysia_telecom



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KEYWORDS:   Malaysia  Asia Pacific

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:   Technology  Telecommunications

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