18 Dec 2020 / 22:10 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has outdone its initial targets for fixed fibre optic for broadband completed installation in the country by 123.1 per cent.
Chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek said MCMC had committed to get 352,101 premises passed by fibre optics, but today it has achieved 433,477 premises, a 123.1 per cent accomplishment as of Dec 16, 2020.
“We continue to lay the fibre and the forecast number for the year would be 435,947 to be completed by Dec 31, 2020, an accomplishment of 123.8 per cent,” he told reporters at MCMC’s virtual media briefing for the first quarterly report on the National Digital Infrastructure Plan (Jendela).
Dr Fadhlullah said delays weren’t entirely the telcos’ fault, as various external factors were also slowing down work. MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star
The National Digital Infrastructure Plan (Jendela) is behind on its 2020 target for new mobile broadband sites, with telcos expected to deliver 93.1% of the Plan’s target, according to its first quarterly report.
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek said 875 of the targeted 940 new sites would be completed by years’ end, although some were still under construction.
He said three telcos were behind schedule namely U Mobile with 54 pending towers, followed by Digi with nine towers and Celcom with three, adding that 746 sites (79.4%) had already been completed as of Dec 16.