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Budget 2016: Startup goodies, MaGIC boost, ho-hum broadband
Recognising that the majority of Malaysian mobile phone users, especially youth, are on prepaid accounts, the Government will be providing rebates on the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for prepaid cards, Finance Minister Najib Razak said while tabling the national Budget 2016 in Parliament.
Pikom: Malaysians do NOT prefer slower broadband
The National ICT Association of Malaysia (Pikom) became just the latest to question a minister’s assertion that Malaysians ‘prefer’ slower broadband speeds, arguing that whatever government officials may say, the country's broadband infrastructure plays an integral role in attracting foreign investments.
Grave concern over tinderbox that is new media
Industry regulator MCMC said it is deeply concerned over how misinformation in the new media landscape could cause political and economic instability, and wants online news portals to be both cautious in its reporting and to educate the public, writes Karamjit Singh.
What Malaysia bought from spyware maker Hacking Team
The Hacking Team leaked emails should concern every Malaysian citizen: They show not only possibly illegal actions by certain of our government agencies, but also a scary degree of incompetence, writes Keith Rozario.
AT&T-MCMC Developers’ Day is back, with IoT focus
US tech giant AT&T and industry regulator the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have announced their third annual Malaysia Developers’ Day hackathon will be held from Aug 27-28.
Malaysian Govt spyware use unconstitutional, call for action
The news that the Malaysian Government uses spyware developed by a Milan-based company called Hacking Team has got an Internet rights organisation calling for an independent probe, while a lawyer pointed out that such use on citizens is unconstitutional.
Ricoh Malaysia acquires managed services provider Nassion Systems
Ricoh (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd said it has completed its acquisition of Nassion Systems (M) Sdn Bhd, an ICT managed services and telecommunications solutions provider. Financial terms were not disclosed.
It’s a wrap for Telco Deep Dive 2015
DNA's Telco Deep Dive 2015 comes to a close with a wrap-up by Karamjit Singh.
TM on Internet disruption: We took all necessary action
Telekom Malaysia (TM) said it took all necessary action to quickly mitigate the routing issue that inadvertently caused disruptions to Internet access across the globe last week, and would take further steps to prevent a recurrence.
MCMC looking into TM outage behind global Internet slowdown
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it is looking into the issue of a Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) outage that reportedly caused a slowdown in Internet services across the globe.
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