KUALA LUMPUR (April 7): The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said today the country’s 4G coverage had improved to 93.51% as at March 31, 2021 from 92.03% as at end-2020, putting the nation on track to reach its target of 96.9% coverage by end-2021 under the Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA) initiative.
JENDELA’s website indicates that the plan was formulated to provide wider coverage and better quality of broadband or high-speed Internet to the people while preparing the country for 5G technology.
At the MCMC’s virtual media briefing today in conjunction with JENDELA’s second quarterly report, MCMC chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek said that in terms of fibre connectivity to premises, 5.7 million premises had been passed as at March 31, 2021, up from 5.4 million as at Dec 31, 2020.
“From a KPI (key performance indicator) standpoint for the premises passed, we hit 132% of the planned target for the first quarter [ended March 31, 2021] (1Q21),” Fadhlullah said.
On the progress of sunsetting the 3G network in Malaysia, Fadhlullah said 629,018 3G customers migrated to 4G during 1Q21 and the figure exceeded the MCMC’s target of 562,490 customers for the quarter.
Meanwhile, a total of 20,492 3G carriers were switched off, surpassing the MCMC’s target of 19,607 for the quarter, according to Fadhlullah.
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