KUALA LUMPUR, 9 FEBRUARY 2010 – A new agreement between two Malaysian companies marks a new point in the country's telecommunications landscape, according to the companies—communications firm Maxis and Internet service provider Macro Lynx.
Goldis head of corporate investments & GTower executive director, Colin Ng, said: “The collaboration is to provide end-to-end ICT services to Malaysia’s first Grade A++ commercial complex GTower located within the Kuala Lumpur City Centre perimeter.”
“Maxis and Macro Lynx will provide a full suite of end-to-end fixed solutions to tenants at the first internationally certified green building in Malaysia which represents a new way of doing business in the 21st century," said Ng.
Maxis vice president and head of enterprise and carrier business, Fitri Abdullah, said the agreement marked a new point in Malaysia’s telecommunications landscape as industry players are fast realising the growing potential of collaborative and creative arrangements to improve system and network utilisation.
“This partnership with Macro Lynx is a key milestone for Maxis in our collaboration strategy to broaden the availability of our fixed line services,” said Fitri.
“We realise the tremendous growth potential for green and smart buildings like GTower as business demands grow exponentially,” he said. “Maxis recognises this significant collaboration to boost business connectivity vital for moving vast amounts of data in the most efficient, affordable and secure way possible. In addition, we are pleased to offer customers the convenience of a ‘one stop shop’ service.”
Macro Lynx is the ICT facilities manager for GTower, a green and intelligent building, which has already acquired provisional approval for government MSC [Multimedia Supercorridor] Malaysia Cybercentre status and achieved international Gold Mark Plus certification from the Building & Construction Authority in Singapore for its green and low-energy emission features.
Macro Lynx is a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldis, a public-listed entity specialising in private equity investments with interests in Malaysia and Asia.
Work and play
“Our venture with Maxis means our customers at GTower will enjoy even more value-added service and enhance their multimedia experience at work and play,” said Macro Lynx chief operating officer, Rick Ng.
“Although Macro Lynx has signed a collaborative partnership with Maxis, GTower’s unique secure open network infrastructure means there is a multiple service provider backbone; customers at GTower can choose any telecommunications provider of their choice as befitting an MSC Malaysia-compliant infrastructure,” said Ng, adding that the building has ready-made fibre to the premise, highly scalable and prompt services of up to 10 gigabyte traffic to customers upon request, and a dedicated technical team on call around the clock to ensure a nearly 100 per cent guarantee of no downtime.
“We are delighted with this strategic and collaborative partnership because the end-customers in GTower are the true beneficiaries—our connectivity levels are already one of the best for office space in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.
