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Dato’ Seri Utama
Dr. Rais Yatim
Minister of Information,
Communications and
Culture
NKEA: Communications Content and Infrastructure Minister’s Message
As the Minister responsible for the Communications Content and
Infrastructure NKEA, I am pleased to share with you some of the key
milestones that we have achieved after one year of its implementation.
In communications content, more than 30,000 hours of national archives,
films, documentaries, visual and audio content have been digitised to
promote and commercialise Malaysia’s cultural richness, a departure from
past practices of just archiving. In addition, more than RM300 million worth
of content and intellectual property rights have been exported globally by
the industry through Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), Astro, Media Prima,
Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and Film Development
Corporation Malaysia (Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia –
FINAS) during the first half of the year.
To continuously expand the infrastructure and reduce the digital divide,
more than 1,500 Kampung Tanpa Wayar and Community Broadband Centres
(CBCs) are operational nationwide, benefiting more than one million people
in the rural areas. As for the urban community, two initiatives i.e. Connected@
KL (Kuala Lumpur) and Connected@KK (Kota Kinabalu) were launched to
promote broadband proliferation at business premises and residential areas.
To make our bandwidth price more competitive, a network consortium
named Konsortium Rangkaian Serantau Sdn Bhd has been established
comprising 24 companies licensed in network facilities provision and
network service provision by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia
Commission (MCMC). The consortium will begin to consolidate its aggregate
bandwidth purchase to leverage on the economies of scale while examining
the viability of venturing into development of additional cable systems
for Malaysia. All the initiatives mentioned will further assist in achieving
the broadband penetration target of 75 per cent by 2015. Currently, the
broadband penetration is 62 per cent.
I am also pleased to announce that more than 100 Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) have benefited directly and indirectly through some
of the projects implemented under the Communications Content and
Infrastructure NKEA. The journey has just begun. The Communications
Content and Infrastructure NKEA will continue its efforts under the ETP
towards a highly connected and culture-rich society.
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