Rural Broadband Initiatives in Malaysia

Roshda Md Yunan

Ministry of Information Communication and Culture Malaysia

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Communication and Multimedia Outlook In Malaysia

National Broadband Initiatives

Bridging The Digital Divide

COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA OUTLOOK IN MALAYSIA

34.5 MILLIONCELLULAR SERVICE SUBSCRIPTION

9.7 MILLION 3G SUSBCRIPTION

2 .9 MILLION MOBILE BROADBAND SUBSCRIPTION

17.5 MILLIONINTERNET USERS64% PC USAGE

5.4 MILLIONBROADBAND SUSCRIPTION AS AT 24th AUGUST 2011

95% CELLULAR COVERAGE IN POPULATED AREAS

10.1 MILLIONFACEBOOK USERS

• 75% household penetration • 5.3 million household subscription

•60.7% household penetration• 4.04 million household subscription•60.7% household penetration• 4.04 million household subscription

Supply Demand

AffordabilityBroadband for GeneralPopulation (BBGP)

Penetration target :

2011 – 60%2015 – 75%

High Speed Broadband (HSBB)

Awareness

Attractiveness

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NBI Strategies

To drive the national broadband penetration rate

NATIONAL BROADBAND INITIATIVE (NBI)

2008

2002

Initial coverage for only 89

districts 2010

2014

EVOLUSI USP2002

2008Pilot phase: 89

districts

Coverage expansion to 135 districts/ mukims

Basic communications service for

underserved groups

i) Broadband – Areas where penetration rate for broadband is below national broadband penetration rate;

ii) Public Cellular –Areas with population below 80 pop/ sq km

Underserved Groups

The Disabled

Children under protection

Women under rehabilitation

Low cost housing

Basic Telephony: Areas 20% below

national penetration rate for fixed line

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Bridging the Digital Divide

Completed 246 Community Broadband Centers & 105 Community Broadband Library

Bridging the Digital Divide

Initiatives Under The 10th Malaysia Plan Projects

• Backbone/Backhaul Infrastructure Project• Development of the backbone and backhaul link by

extending the broadband coverage to populated areasin rural and suburban areas in Zone 2 and Zone 3.

Netbook 1Malaysia

Public CellularTime 3

Kampung Tanpa Wayar

Initiatives Under The Universal Services Provision

Community Broadband Centre (CBC)

Community Broadband Library (CBL)

Bridging the Digital Divide

Bridging the Digital Divide

Implementation of Community Broadband Centres

• Community Broadband Centres had been set up to provide collective community internet access to underserved areas identified under the Universal Service Provision (USP) programme

• Each CBC is equiped with IT equipments and personal computers connected to internet broadband access. Software and training are also provided

• Setting up of these CBCs help to bridge the digital divide between urban and rural communities

• Target is to set up a CBC in each underserved area identified under the USP programme

1Malaysia Netbook Distribution

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• Implemented to increase the broadband penetration rate and also to increase the ownership and usage of computer amongst the people in the rural and suburban areas

• Distribution of these computers help to increase the ICT literacy and hence decrease the digital divide between towns and rural areas.

• Implemented in 3 phases• Phase 1 and phase 2 completed with 472,900 netbooks

distributed to students and low income citizens in rural and suburban areas

• Another 527,100 netbooks are being distributed under Phase 3

• to increase the broadband coverage and penetration especially in rural areas

• Main features are Provision of Broadband access of within 2-4 Mbps to selected villages and backhaul link either through fixed or wireless network.

• Through this implementation, the broadband access especially to rural areas is widen and receivers of 1Malaysia netbooks would benefit from the availability of broadband access

• KTW is also the nucleus in implementation of digital district that use the approach of block building at the district level in the development of the Digital State and thus the Digital Nation

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Implementation of KTW

Total 3100

2012 : 827

2011 :2273 Completed sites:

As at 8 Julai 2011 : 1310 sites

Implementation of KTW

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PHASE 2 (ii) 451 location (sites

under study)

CONSTRUCTION OF 1000 TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERSExpansion of cellular coverage throughout the whole country and focussed to rural areas and increasing the cellulur coverage to populated areas to 97%

Phase 1 -completed

127 sites

PHASE 2 (i)422 SITES expected to complete at end of October 2011

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