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Wednesday, 2.07.2025
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Chipmaker Intel Malaysia and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (SKMM) have joined hands to push for higher broadband Internet adoption among local suburban and rural communities.

SKMM — which regulates the converging communications and multimedia industries in the country — and Intel are promoting the setup and use of community broadband centres (CBCs) in those areas.

Read more: Malaysia: Giants help drive broadband to rural folk

Oracle Corp is helping the public sector — which it regards as its biggest customer — improve on the efficiency and responsiveness of its services through its iGovernment roadmap.

The Oracle vision, which was first uncovered last year during the company’s annual conference and exhibition known as Oracle OpenWorld, is a roadmap that government agencies can use to make their services and policies better and more targeted.

Read more: Malaysia: Taking governments from ‘e’ to ‘i’

Students interested in furthering their secondary education at the Mara Junior Science Colleges (MRSM) can now submit their application for the 2010 intake online.

Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the introduction of the online system was in line with the development in information technology, besides simplifying and saving time processing applications using the existing process.

Read more: Malaysia: MRSM Application Can Now Be Made Online

The time is right for governments to invest heavily in information technology, said Springboard, a Singapore-based research company.

“Many think the recession is the worst since World War II but it is also the best time since then to invest in technology,” said Dane Anderson, Springboard CEO.

Read more: Malaysia: Push for government spending

The Malaysian state government of Terengganu has announced the completion of phase one of the Broadband Wireless Network Project (BWNP), which is part of the state’s e-government initiative, T-eG (Terengganu e-government).

As part of T-eG, the local government has planned to use wireless infrastructure to connect all government offices to improve its service offerings for the public and increase service efficiency.

Read more: Malaysian state wirelessly connects public services

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