Malaysia - Key Statistics, Telecommunications Overview and Major Players

Synopsis

Many of the players in Malaysia’s telecommunications sector were seriously affected by the economic crisis of the late 1990s. Despite this, there has been strong growth in the sector over the last decade. Fixed-line services jumped from around 2 million in 1990 to about 4.7 million (penetration of 20%) in 2002, but there has been virtually no growth since. The mobile market has been more spectacular, jumping from 3 million subscribers in 1999 to reach around 28 million by end-2008. This report looks at that growth. It also presents a view of the main fixed network players and, in so doing, notes that the overall market is no doubt moving into a consolidation phase.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 Privatisation and liberalisation
    
  • 4.2 Telecom legislation
    
  • 4.3 Regulatory authority
    
    • 4.3.1 Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
      
    • 4.3.2 MCMC policy
      
    • 4.3.3 MCMC’s Five-year planning
      
  • 4.4 Universal Service Obligations (USO)
    
  • 4.5 Equal access
    
  • 4.6 Number portability
    
  • 4.7 Licences
    
  • 4.8 Tariffs
    
  • 4.9 Specialised courts
    
• 5. Major operators in Malaysia
  
  • 5.1 Overview of operators
    
  • 5.2 Telekom Malaysia
    
  • 5.3 TRI Celcom
    
  • 5.4 Time dotCom
    
  • 5.5 Maxis Communications
    
  • 5.6 DiGi Telecommunications
    
• 6. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2007
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities

• Exhibit 1 – ICT targets in Ninth Malaysian Plan – 2000 - 2010
• Exhibit 2 – Telekom Malaysia’s major shareholders – March 2009