Malaysia - Key Statistics, Telecoms Market Overview, Infrastructure and Forecasts

Synopsis

There has been strong growth in Malaysia’s telecom sector over the last decade, but the growth has not been consistent across the sector. The number of fixed-line services, after growing rapidly, has been relatively static for the last ten years. The mobile market has been more spectacular, racing to almost 35 million by early 2011, up from just 6 million subscribers in 2000. After starting off slowly broadband internet has been expanding strongly and coming into 2011 had passed 50% household penetration. This report looks at the growth in the telecommunications sector and where it has reached. The report also describes how the country has continued to allocate capital to invest in information technology and telecommunications infrastructure despite setbacks caused by periods of difficult regional and global economic conditions. The end result is that projects like the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) have continued to flourish.

Companies covered in this report include: Telekom Malaysia; Maxis Communications; Celcom; DiGi.com; Time dotcom; Axiata; Alcatel-Lucent; U Mobile; Asiaspace; Packet One Networks; REDtone; YTL Communications; Fibrecomm

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Country overview
  • 3.1 Background
  • 3.2 Economy
• 4. Telecommunications market
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 Tenth Malaysia Plan and ICT
  • 4.3 Background to development
• 5. Regulatory environment
  • 5.1 Regulatory authority
    • 5.1.1 Telecom legislation
    • 5.1.2 Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC)
    • 5.1.3 MCMC policy
  • 5.2 Privatisation and liberalisation
  • 5.3 Universal Service Provision (USP)
  • 5.4 Licences
  • 5.5 Regulatory developments
    • 5.5.1 Alcatel-Lucent bribery case
    • 5.5.2 Allocation of 700MHz frequency spectrum
    • 5.5.3 Allocation of 2.6MHz frequency spectrum
    • 5.5.4 Universal Service Provision (USP)
    • 5.5.5 Number portability
    • 5.5.6 Quality of Service (QoS)
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 National telecom network development
    • 6.2.1 Fixed-line networks
    • 6.2.2 Forecasts – fixed-line market – 2015; 2020
    • 6.2.3 Customer Access Network (CAN)
    • 6.2.4 Sharing of infrastructure
    • 6.2.5 Fibre optic backbones
    • 6.2.6 Universal Service Provision (USP)
    • 6.2.7 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)
    • 6.2.8 Remote regions
  • 6.3 High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) network
    • 6.3.1 Telekom Malaysia’s HSBB project
    • 6.3.2 Other HSBB proposals
    • 6.3.3 The HSBT project
  • 6.4 International infrastructure
    • 6.4.1 International gateways
    • 6.4.2 Submarine cable networks
    • 6.4.3 Proposed submarine cable networks
    • 6.4.4 Satellite networks
  • 6.5 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
  • 6.6 Notes on scenario forecasts
• 7. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2011
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – March 2011
• Table 3 – Internet user statistics – 2010
• Table 4 – Broadband statistics – March 2011
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – March 2011
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 7 – Malaysia’s GDP real growth rate – 2006 - 2011
• Table 8 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2012
• Table 9 – Fixed-line household penetration rate – 2000 - 2011
• Table 10 – Forecast fixed-line subscribers – 2015; 2020

• Chart 1 - Fixed and Mobile subscribers in Malaysia: 1999 - 2010

• Exhibit 1 – International submarine cable systems with landing points in Singapore - 2011