Malaysia – A parliamentary leader is quoted as saying that the Information, Communications and Culture Minister must focus on providing better broadband service. Lim Kit Siang said the roll-out of broadband in the country had been slow, and Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim, in his new portfolio, should strive to be the ‘Minister for Broadband’. Lim also said he was sursprised Dr Rais had not yet mentioned broadband in his two weeks of heading up the ministry. September 2008 saw Telekom Malaysia sign a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Agreement with the Government of Malaysia to roll-out HSBB (high-speed broadband) network and services. Infrastructure will be rolled out over a period of 10 years with the Government investing RM2.4 billion, and TM investing RM8.9 billion (totalling US$3 billion) to provide high-speed broadband access to over 1.3 million premises by 2012. Third quarter 2009 will see the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) call for tender bids in “a beauty contest”for the UHF 470-742 megahertz spectrum. The successful bidder, to be announced late this year or early 2010, will build a single digital terrestrial transmission/TV broadcast (DTTB) infrastructure.
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