Telekom Malaysia

Synopsis

Archived report: this report was archived 29th July 2009 and has not been updated.

Listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, state-controlled Telekom Malaysia is the country’s telecommunications incumbent. Despite market deregulation in 1994, the company continued to dominate the fixed-line voice, data and Internet sectors. In April 2003, it acquired number two GSM mobile operator Celcom. In January 2004, it launched a 3G service using the WCDMA standard. Its ISP, TM Net, was one of the largest in Southeast Asia, with ADSL exchanges installed throughout the country. Its international arm, TM International, had telecom investments, mainly mobile, in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Cambodia.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Telekom Malaysia company information
  • 2.1 Operating results – 2006
  • 2.2 Financial results – 2006
  • 2.3 Company history
• 3. Company structure
• 4. Fixed-line voice and data
  • 4.1 Local exchange
  • 4.2 Domestic
  • 4.3 International
  • 4.4 Satellite
• 5. Mobile operations
  • 5.1 Third Generation (3G)
  • 5.2 Timeline
• 6. Multimedia
  • 6.1 TMNet
  • 6.2 Internet backbone
  • 6.3 Internet data centres
  • 6.4 BlueHyppo.com portal
  • 6.5 Corporate Information Superhighway (COINS)
  • 6.6 The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)
  • 6.7 Leased lines
  • 6.8 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
  • 6.9 Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • 6.10 WiFi hotspots
  • 6.11 Internet cafes
• 7. International ventures
• 8. Services
  • 8.1 Fixed-line
  • 8.2 Mobile
  • 8.3 Data networks
  • 8.4 Internet access and e-commerce
  • 8.5 Maritime services
• 9. Related reports

• Table 1 – Fixed lines in use, annual change and penetration – 1999 - 2006
• Table 2 – Mobile (Celcom) subscribers and annual change – 1999 - 2006
• Table 3 – Mobile (Celcom) subscribers, prepaid, postpaid and annual change – 2006
• Table 4 – TMNet Internet access lines and annual change – 1999 - 2006
• Table 5 – TMNet broadband subscribers and annual change – 2002 - 2006
• Table 6 – Operating revenue and annual change – 1997 - 2006
• Table 7 – Proportion of revenue by service and annual change – 2006
• Table 8 – Proportion of revenue by geographical region – 2006
• Table 9 – Fixed-line network statistics and annual change – 2006
• Table 10 – Fixed-line network access lines in use and annual change – 2006
• Table 11 – Celcom mobile network statistics – 2006
• Table 12 – Celcom subscribers and annual change – 2003 - 2006
• Table 13 – Internet subscribers and annual change – 2006

• Exhibit 1 – Telekom Malaysia at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Telekom Malaysia’s international investments – 2006