As an organisation that is responsible for preparing the Nation to compete in a world of
digital service, MCMC has worked tirelessly to achieve all of its targets in 2016. At the
Town Hall session held on 9 January 2018, the Chairman of MCMC, Tan Sri Dr Halim
Shafie, announced the 12 Key Performance Results achieved in 2017.
In the Budget 2017, the Prime Minister announced that the speed of fixed
broadband service will be doubled, at the same price. Thus, service
providers began the implementation of internet speed upgrade in stages
in December 2016. All Unifi and Streamyx customers who were eligible
have been upgraded as at 31 December 2017.
The MCMC also monitors that broadband packages are being offered at
affordable prices to the public. In 2017, the basic package for fixed
broadband is offered at as low as
RM38 for 1Mbps with a 1GB quota per
month
. This package is 1.06% of Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
Under the 11th Malaysia Plan, the target is to have the basic package price
of fixed broadband to drop to the level of 1% of GNI per capita by 2020.
In addition, the National Broadband penetration rate has increased to
84.5% per 100 households at the end of 2017, compared to 81.5% in
2016.
BROADBAND COVERAGE, SPEED AND ABILITY EXCEEDED
TARGET
The
1Malaysia People's Cable System Initiative (SKR1M)
was
initiated in 2015 through public-private partnership between MCMC and
Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and was fully completed in May 2017,
ahead of the target set in June 2017. The submarine cables covered a
distance of 3,819 kilometers including 6 submarine cable landing stations
which link the Peninsula to Sarawak and Sabah.
The
High Speed Broadband 2
(HSBB 2)
project which provides 480
thousand connections throughout the country has exceeded the target of
390 thousand connections. This achievement has boosted the rate of
expansion of high speed broadband coverage for up to 100Mbps across
the country.
With the two projects completed, the provision for high speed broadband
access will have improved and indirectly helped to stimulate the growth of
the Nation’s digital economy. SKR1M is also part of the National
Transformation Programme through the National Key Economic Areas in
under the Content and Communication Infrastructure sector (NKEA CCI).
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
Fiber Optics.
SKR1M Pantai Tanjung Aru, Sabah.
This Year’s 12 Key Performance Results
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2017 Annual Report
www.mcmc.gov.my/2017AnnualReport