Malaysia to build broadband facilities

Mon, 26 Jul 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will sink 800 million ringgit (US$210.52
million) into broadband facilities to expand the service to rural
areas and roll out faster access to the Internet, reports said
Saturday.

Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Lim Keng Yaik
was quoted by the New Straits Times as saying broadband
penetration nationwide was very low at only 0.44 percent,
compared with 48 percent in neighboring Singapore and 60 percent
in South Korea.

The broadband access would be expanded also to connect
schools, government offices, universities and research
institutions for telemedicine in local clinics, he added.--AFP

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