Internet In Malaysia Article Index for
Internet In
Website Links For
Internet
 

Information About

Internet In Malaysia





3G Cellular in Malaysia

  • Celcom 3G - A subsidiary of TM. 3G coverage in major cities in East Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah. Maintain a widespread coverage of 3G in Peninsula Malaysia.

  • Digi EDGE - EDGE services, coverage is more widespread and include major cities in both Peninsula Malaysia as well as Sarawak and Sabah in East Malaysia.

  • Maxis 3G - Wide 3G coverage in Kota Kinabalu, Klang Valley, Penang, Johor Bahru & Kuantan. Some areas are High speed 3G covered using HSDPA which up to 768 kbit/s.



DSL in Malaysia

  • TMnet Streamyx - ADSL and SDSL connection by TMnet. Have the highest number of broadband subscribers in Malaysia due to lack of other ISP in non-metro area.

  • Jaring Flite Wired - ADSL connection. Limited coverage, mainly available in Klang Valley .

  • Maxis Communications Wired Broadband - ADSL connection. Limited coverage, mainly available in Klang Valley .

  • Time Biznet - SDSL connection for business subscription only. Speed up to 2 Mbit/s.

  • Time HomeNET - SDSL connection for home user. Very limited coverage area and speed up to 448 kbit/s only.

  • giga broadband - VDSL connection, highest speed at 5+5 Mbit/s. Available packages are for corporate and enterprise only.



Fibre optic in Malaysia

  • 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.

  • Time Fusion - Malaysia's first super-high bandwidth services offered to the public by deploying DWDM (Dense Wave Division Multiplexers) and utilizing Optical Ethernet technology. Available within Peninsular including Metro areas such as Klang Valley and the cities along the North South Express Highways.



Fixed wireless in Malaysia



Hotspot in Malaysia

  • Time ZONE - More than 120 FREE hotspots in the country. Utilises IEEE 802.11b technical standard. Speed up to 2 Mbit/s.

  • TMnet Hotspot - Prepaid hotspot services, and also as Value added service for TMnet Streamyx and TMnet 1515 dialup. More than 1100 hotspots in the country. Utilises IEEE 802.11b technical standard. Speed up to 384 kbit/s only.



Leased line in Malaysia



VSAT in Malaysia

  • Smart - C-band and Ku-band satellite connection.

  • H-Vision Smart - C-band and Ku-band 2-way satellite broadband connection.

  • Sabah.Net Smart - C-band and Ku-band 2-way satellite broadband connection.



Wimax in Malaysia

On 16th March 2007, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)had granted 4 wimax license to the following company.
  • Bizsurf (M) Sdn Bhd

  • MIB Comm Sdn BhD

  • Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd

  • Redtone-CNX Broadband Sdn Bhd


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