KUALA LUMPUR, 10 DECEMBER 2009 – Malaysian telecommunications provider Telekom Malaysia (TM) and communications firm YTL Communications signed a wholesale ethernet service and master tenancy sharing agreement as a step to making nationwide 4G network connectivity available.
The 15-year agreement would leverage on TM’s nationwide wholesale ethernet service, while riding on the high speed broadband (HSBB) infrastructure, and TM’s other telecommunications facilities, to deliver 4G services nationwide by 2010, according to YTL Communications chief executive officer, Wing K. Lee.
“YTL Communications’ nationwide 4G services will help Malaysia’s economy be truly innovation-led and will enable the country to be a centre of excellence for mobile Internet technology,” said YTL Group managing director Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh.
YTL Communications, which is a subsidiary and the communications utility of YTL Power International (YTL Power International), has obtained approval from the government regulator Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to operate a 2.3 GHz WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) wireless broadband network in Malaysia.
“This signing ceremony will see TM become a key service provider to YTL Communications in the setting-up of its network and coverage, and will be the enabler in driving it towards realising its vision of delivering a nationwide wireless broadband service to Malaysians,” said TM group chief executive officer, Dato’ Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa.
“By making the network infrastructure open to all licensed access seekers such as YTL Communications, TM is keeping its promises for open access and continuing its support for the government’s initiative to provide information and communications technology (ICT) accessibility to all, while increasing the broadband penetration rate to 50 per cent by end-2010,” said Isa. “We see this collaboration as our contribution to the nation’s aspirations for higher broadband penetration in the country.”
