Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has exceeded the target set under the National Digital Infrastructure Plan (JENDELA) for the deployment of fixed broadband infrastructure by achieving 124% of its overall committed premises for the year 2020. Group chief executive officer Imri Mokhtar said TM had managed to deploy fixed broadband infrastructure to 272,185 premises nationwide as of Dec 9, 2020.
Thursday, 14 Jan 2021 06:24 PM MYT
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) has exceeded the target set under the National Digital Infrastructure Plan (Jendela) for the deployment of fixed broadband infrastructure by achieving 124 per cent of its overall committed premises for the year 2020.
Group chief executive officer Imri Mokhtar said TM had managed to deploy fixed broadband infrastructure to 272,185 premises nationwide as of December 9, 2020.
“We are now excited to continue our roll-out plan to achieve 2021’s target with another 300,000 premises to be fiberised by the first half of the year,” he told Bernama after appearing in Bernama TV’s ‘The Nation’ programme today.
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More scrutiny on Jendela’s next phase 07 Jan 2021 / 10:07 H. It also represents our nation’s significant initiative to close the digital gap between the urban and rural areas through better digital connectivity for the rakyat.
ALTHOUGH Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah confirmed that implementation of the National Digital Infrastructure Plan (Jendela) has met the targets set for 2020, implementation strategies and mechanisms for the next phase in 2021 and subsequent years must be continuously and adequately monitored since this is crucial for sustainability and longevity.
This includes issues relating to challenges, performance and progress to ensure the primary goal of providing all Malaysians with quality access to digital connectivity nationwide is not disrupted or slowed down.
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