COUNTRY Heights Holdings Bhd allocated RM50 million to fund its digital transformation plan within the Mines Resort City, including the development of a cryptocurrency payment infrastructure.
The group yesterday announced the stepping down of its founder and chairman Tan Sri Lim Kim Yew effective Jan 1, 2021, with new appointments to top management positions made to execute the group’s new transformation plan.
Read more: MY: Country Heights allocates RM50m for digital plans
Maxis is recognised as Penang’s trusted technology partner for the state’s various smart state initiatives.
Maxis chief executive officer Gokhan Ogut said the collaboration between the two parties focuses on two areas in line with the Penang2030’s vision blueprint to strengthen the connectivity and digital infrastructure of the state.
Read more: MY: Penang recognises Maxis as its trusted technology partner
Two initiatives of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) - MyGov*Net and Digital Document Management System (DDMS) 2.0 - received recognitions in two main categories at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva, Switzerland from Sept 7 to 10.
Mampu director-general, Datuk Dr Yusof Ismail (pix), in a statement today said the initiatives were declared ‘Champion Top 5’ in two categories, namely the Information and Communication Infrastructure and the Enabling Environment.
Read more: MY: Mampu initiatives - MyGov*Net, DDMS 2.0 - get international recognition
With large-scale and international events as well as conferences unlikely to take place for the foreseeable future, the Selangor government is providing a virtual networking platform for businesses in the state through the Selangor Business Hub (SBH).
The SBH digital platform is expected to provide another channel of communication for businesses to engage and network with stakeholders, especially from the region, amid the movement restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Malaysia’s priority in expanding existing 4G and fibre networks over 5G rollouts is positive for operators, given that there is still scope to further monetise existing 4G networks, and migrate 2G and 3G subscribers to 4G, but the downside is that Malaysia will be a late adopter of 5G services in the region, trailing peers Thailand and Singapore.
The new digital infrastructure plan named Jendela will focus on widening the availability of 4G and fibre networks through a phased approach through to 2022 while delaying to 2022 the launch of 5G networks, which was previously scheduled for 2020.
Read more: MY: Jendela – a window of opportunity for mobile services providers