Telecommunications in Malaysia
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The primary regulator of telecommunications in the Malaysia is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). It issues licenses under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the Postal Services Act 1991 and the Digital Signature Act 1997.
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Telephony system and usage statistics
Telephones - main lines in use: 4.311 million (2nd Quarter 2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 28.545 million (2nd Quarter 2009)
Telephone system: international service good
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations
international: submarine cables to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)Cellular communication
The major telecommunication companies in Malaysia are TM Berhad, Celcom (013, 019 and 0148), Maxis (012, 017 and 0142), DiGi (010, 016 , 0146, 014-30, 014-31 and 014-32) and U Mobile (018).
Radio usage statistics
Radio broadcast stations: AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)
Amateur Radio Stations: 2,000 (2006)
Radios: 9.1 million (1997)Television
Television broadcast stations: 27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)
Televisions: 3.6 million (1997)Terrestrial television stations
The following channels are free-to-air:
Hotel-only in-house video channel
Pay-per-view providers
Satellite
DVB-IPTV based
- MiTV - uses IP over DVB, pending rebranding as U Television and switch to encrypted DVB-T
IPTV based
- Fine TV
- DeTV
- Hypp.TV
Internet
- Internet Users: 16.902 million (2009)
- Internet - Dial-up: 3.86 million (2nd Quarter 2008)
- Internet - Broadband: 2.115 million (2nd Quarter 2009)
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- JARING - Dialup and broadband
- Maxis Communications - Broadband, Utopia (Wi-fi), Blackberry
- Nasionet
- PersiaSYS - Cable and Wireless Broadband
- Time - Webbit (Wireless broadband)
- TM Net - Dialup and Streamyx (broadband)
- DeConneXion - WiFi (Only in Sarawak) [1]
- Packet One - WiMAX [2]
- AMAX - WiMAX [3]
- Yes 4G - WiMAX [4]
- Country code (Top level domain): MY
See also
- Broadcasting in Malaysia
- History of Communications in Malaysia
- Internet in Malaysia
- Malaysian telephone codes
- Malaysian mobile phone codes
- Malaysia
Telecommunications in Asia Sovereign
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- Armenia
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- Cambodia
- People's Republic of China
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- Egypt
- Georgia
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- Iran
- Iraq
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- Russia
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- Syria
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- Thailand
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- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
States with limited
recognition- Abkhazia
- Nagorno-Karabakh
- Northern Cyprus
- Palestine
- Republic of China (Taiwan)
- South Ossetia
Dependencies and
other territories- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Hong Kong
- Macau
Categories:- Telecommunications by country
- Communications in Malaysia
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