Today, we are to find what Internet and e-commerce infrastructure in such Southeast Asian country as Malaysia is currently like. The country is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also participating in many international organizations such as the United Nations. As a former British colony, Malaysia is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Malaysia also ranks among the Developing 8 Countries. Malaysia is also one of the region’s top education and healthcare destinations. Malaysia is recognized as a newly industrialized country with GDP per capita equaled $8,141 in 2008 ranking it no. 65 globally. Malaysia is one of the key “Asian Tigers” as a consequence of its energetic efforts to transform itself into an information age nation.
Malaysia’s telecommunications and broadband network is advanced relatively compared to other countries in South-east Asia. Thus, according to the worldstats.com data related to the second quarter of 2008 Malaysia accounted 16,900,000 Internet subscribers occupying the ninth position far behind China with 338,000,000 users taking the first place, Japan with 94,000,000 and India with 81,000,000 taking second and third places, respectively. Malaysia takes just 2,4% of Asian broadband market share.
As for the Internet penetration, 356.8 % growth is seen for the period of 2000-2009. Thereby, for instance, in 2000 it was accounted 3,700,000 subscribes, or just 15% of the population. In 2005 the amount of subscribers doubled and reached 26,500,699, 37.9 %. Currently, over 60% of Malaysians can use Internet connection actively, with almost 17 million subscribers accounted. Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication targeted 50% household penetration by 2010.
There is an increasing awareness of ICT progress in Malaysia. The ICT development plays an essential role in the government’s plans for the economy. The government has targeting to position Malaysia as a regional and global ICT and multimedia hub, by providing tax breaks to attract multinational corporations and increase the companies’ competitiveness through the development of the Multimedia Supercorridor (MSC) near Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital. As the result, a large number of high tech companies from around the world have started setting up in Malaysia.
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Today, we are to find what Internet and e-commerce infrastructure in such Southeast Asian country as Malaysia is currently like. The country is a founding member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations also participating in many international organizations such as the United Nations.
As a former British colony, Malaysia is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Malaysia also ranks among the Developing 8 Countries. Malaysia is also one of the region’s top education and healthcare destinations. Malaysia is recognized as a newly industrialized country with GDP per capita equaled $8,141 in 2008 ranking it no. 65 globally. Malaysia is one of the key “Asian Tigers” as a consequence of its energetic efforts to transform itself into an information age nation.
Malaysia’s telecommunications and broadband network is advanced relatively compared to other countries in South-east Asia. Thus, according to the worldstats.com data related to the second quarter of 2008 Malaysia accounted 16,900,000 Internet subscribers occupying the ninth position far behind China with 338,000,000 users taking the first place, Japan with 94,000,000 and India with 81,000,000 taking second and third places, respectively. Malaysia takes just 2,4% of Asian broadband market share.
As for the Internet penetration, 356.8 % growth is seen for the period of 2000-2009. Thereby, for instance, in 2000 it was accounted 3,700,000 subscribes, or just 15% of the population. In 2005 the amount of subscribers doubled and reached 26,500,699, 37.9 %. Currently, over 60% of Malaysians can use Internet connection actively, with almost 17 million subscribers accounted. Ministry of Energy, Water and Communication targeted 50% household penetration by 2010.
There is an increasing awareness of ICT progress in Malaysia. The ICT development plays an essential role in the government’s plans for the economy. The government has targeting to position Malaysia as a regional and global ICT and multimedia hub, by providing tax breaks to attract multinational corporations and increase the companies’ competitiveness through the development of the Multimedia Supercorridor (MSC) near Kuala Lumpur, the country’s capital. As the result, a large number of high tech companies from around the world have started setting up in Malaysia.
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