News & Reviews:   MCMC

Following the hilarious tweeting comments on the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia Malaysia (MCMC)'s Twitter page just some time ago, the group has just announced that they have set up a committee for the Investigation of Improper Trial Case in 2014 on their Twitter account. The committee is chaired by Deputy Secretary-General (Telecommunication Infrastructure and Digital Economy), Tan Chuan Ou and four members.

MCO 2.0 will begin tomorrow (13 January) in Malaysia and with that, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) would like to once again remind everyone on checking facts instead of sending fake news around, as well as behaving nicely when posting comments online. In fact, MCMC will punish anyone who shares any fake news or threatening social posts online with a hefty fine.

Based on a statement by bernama.com, it seems that MCMC has suspended their customer service line (1800 188 030) and counters from today onwards until further notice. The reason for the suspension is to ensure the safety of their staffs, as well as reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

MCMC has recently posted a tweet on their Twitter account, stating that individuals who use unregistered and non-standard Cellular Booster and Repeater (CBR) will be fined up to RM500000 or imprisonment of no more than 5 years. This is because the usage of a non-standard CBR device lead to an increase in cellular disruption causing many users within the vicinity to lose reception.

Most urbanites in Malaysia don't rely on fixed landline phones these days, but that's not to say that they are completely irrelevant now. A fixed number can be important for companies and organisation, so government authorities are considering ways to make them permanent.

Today, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) just issued a total fine of up to RM750,000 on five local telcos. The reason being is because of their prepaid SIM cards registration was not done properly without any verification on users information.

Recently at the government's meeting in the Malaysia Houses of Parliament, Minister of Communications and Multimedia, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said that they will be ready to launch 5G connectivity by the end of 2022 or early 2023. He stated that there would be no plans to launch until they have a clear and detailed plan for the objective.

Last Friday, we got to learn about some Belanjawan 2021 plans particularly for the B40 groups and how the youth would get an RM50 eWallet credit for financial support. So over the weekend, we got an overall view of the budget in terms of digital and telecommunication. Here's the summary below.

While some states are currently in CMCO or EMCO, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has just announced in their Facebook that our local telcos are once again giving away 1GB of internet data for free. This initiative will be done every day until 31 December 2020.

Based on a recent statement by MCMC, it seems that owners of parody, as well as fake accounts, are liable to be sued on the basis that these accounts are almost similar to well-known organisations which could potentially mislead the general public. But that’s not all, because the name looks very similar to the accounts they are parodying, it could potentially damage the original account’s reputation.