News & Reviews: Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
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May 09, 2023
A few hours ago, Dato’ Mohd Ali Hanafiah Mohd Yunus who is the Chief Operating Officer of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was in an interview on Bernama TV. In the short clip, he mentioned that a new entity will eventually take over Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) after achieving 80% of the 5G population coverage.
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Apr 30, 2023
As you all know, scammers have different methods to con you into giving them money. One of these methods is including URLs in SMS, which can redirect you to websites that either steal your information or money. Well, Maxis has already confirmed when it will start blocking this.
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Apr 03, 2023
The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) has instructed all telco companies in Malaysia to block any URL links in short message services (SMS). The directive, made through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) was to ensure that no malicious URL is being spread that would possibly make people become victims of scams.
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Feb 06, 2023
The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) has instructed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to resolve service quality issues affecting telco companies in Malaysia. Its Minister, Fahmi Fadzil asserted that MCMC has until June 2023 to complete this task.
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Feb 06, 2023
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) revealed that it has blocked a total of 6,381 gambling sites from 2020 until the end of 2022. The sites were blocked at the request of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM).
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Jan 31, 2023
The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) has announced that the government is planning to set up the Malaysian Cyber Security Commission. Its Minister, Fahmi Fadzil said that the commission is part of efforts to strengthen cyber security in our country.
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Jan 22, 2023
The Minister of Communications and Digital (KKD), Fahmi Fadzil has revealed that a whopping 1.8 billion scam calls have been blocked by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) from 2017 to 2022. Furthermore, a total of 300 million scam messages via SMS were also blocked since 2018.
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Jan 17, 2023
The Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) has announced that our country recorded its highest-ever bandwidth demand in December 2022 at a peak of 1.9 terabytes per second (Tbps). That is more than triple the 588 gigabytes per second (Gbps) recorded in May 2020.
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Jan 14, 2023
The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) has revealed that 350 telecommunications towers nationwide that had been affected by floods since 2014 have been upgraded. The upgrading works were done through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).
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Jan 04, 2023
Previously, we reported on Digital Nasional Bhd’s (DNB) statement that the 5G network coverage in Malaysia reached almost 50 per cent in 2022 and that it is on track for up to 80 per cent coverage in 2024. However, it looks like DNB may have jumped the gun or didn’t disclose its data or sources for the claim as the Communications and Digital Ministry (KKD) has today questioned the figure’s validity, revealing that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) had not yet verified the information.
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