KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia will invest significantly in the latest generation telecommunications and other technologies to achieve a high-income nation status, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.
He said so far, Malaysia has 71 5G use cases demonstration led by private companies, namely Celcom, Digi, edotco, Maxis, Petronas, Telekom Malaysia, U Mobile, and YTL, as well as their ecosystem partners consisting of digital solution providers, ministries, agencies, integrators and vendors.
“These use cases were demonstrated across seven states (Kedah, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Selangor, Terengganu and the Federal Territories) with a total industry investment of RM131 million.
“These projects focus on facilitating and cultivating the development of a holistic and inclusive 5G ecosystem, which stimulates the demand as well as adoption,” he said in his keynote address at the Invest Malaysia 2020 — Virtual Series 3, here today.
