{"id":20049,"date":"2019-04-13T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2019-04-13T02:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=20049"},"modified":"2019-04-13T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T02:57:18","slug":"small-medium-enterprises-to-benefit-from-5g-technology-mcm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=20049","title":{"rendered":"Small, medium enterprises to benefit from 5G technology &#8211; MCM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/nsMRP2wD3kg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The advent of 5G technology is expected to improve digital entrepreneurship and e-commerce for the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Al-Ishsal Ishak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5G is the fifth generation mobile technology, operating with a 5Ghz signal, and is set to offer speed of up to 1Gb per second, which will provide better speeds and coverage than the current 4G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Ishsal said the 5G technology would help SMEs to be more resilient and competitive in their business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNinety percent of businesses in Malaysia are SMEs. By adopting technological enhancement, they will be able to increase productivity as well as strengthen the nation\u2019s competitiveness in the global market,&#8221; he told Bernama after appearing as a guest on Bernama News Channel\u2019s Biztalk programme here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al-Ishsal also said it was necessary for SMEs to adopt digital technologies to be part of the digital ecosystem in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said although some SMEs had modernised their operations and businesses, the awareness on using the technology was still relatively low among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hence the upcoming 5G showcase organised by MCMC, to be held in Putrajaya from April 18-21, would be able to educate them, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 5G related test launch will take place on April 18, scheduled to be officiated by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is invited to come and experience the wonders of 5G technology at the 5G showcase on April 20 and 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5G technology would only be launched and used commercially in the country by 2021 or 2022, Al-Ishsal said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; BERNAMA\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 (NNN-Bernama) &#8212; The advent of 5G technology is expected to improve digital entrepreneurship and e-commerce for the small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs), said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Al-Ishsal Ishak. 5G is the fifth generation mobile technology, operating with a 5Ghz signal, and is set to offer speed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":5744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[288,318],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}