News & Reviews:   Ministry of Communications and Multimedia

Bad Internet mobile performance is a norm amongst many Malaysians and we love complaining about it. But that might change because the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will start imposing regulatory action on service providers who have failed to offer quality Internet services.

Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa yesterday revealed that the 4G network coverage in Sabah has now reached 86.9% at its populated areas. This is thanks to the concerted efforts in strengthening broadband service infrastructure in the state, especially through the National Digital Network Plan (JENDELA).

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) has revealed that negotiations are still ongoing between telco companies and Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) on the 5G network service agreement in Malaysia. This is according to its minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) said that the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia device assistance may be expanded to B40 students outside of institution under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). For now, the programme is only open to students studying under MOHE, namely public and private institutions of higher learning.

Earlier this month, the government announced that it would distribute tablets to students. The plan is to provide B40 students taking courses in local colleges and universities with a device that can be useful for their studies.

But what can you do with such a tablet? Based on the info provided, the distributed tablets are entry-level tablets with decent specs. If there are no locks or restrictions in place, you should have the freedom to install any apps you need. Here's what you students can do with the PerantiSiswa tablet.

The Minister of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM), Tan Sri Annuar Musa has reiterated that the tablets under the PerantiSiswa programme will be of high quality. Furthermore, Annuar also stressed that the manufacturer of the devices is a well-known and trusted brand in the market.

The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (K-KOMM) together with the Finance Ministry (MOF) and the Higher Education Ministry (KPT) officially launched the PerantiSiswa Keluarga Malaysia programme today at MMU, Cyberjaya. However, application for the programme will only start tomorrow (15 April) via its official online portal here.

During the event, K-KOMM minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa guaranteed that the devices under the programme will be of high quality and not be ‘cap ayam’ (low quality). He also reiterated that the devices will be distributed starting from mid-June, as we’ve reported previously.

The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) yesterday denied the authenticity of an alleged PerantiSiswa application link which has gone viral on social media. Instead, the ministry stresset that the website is only an unofficial individual website and not from any official channel.

K-KOMM secretary-general Datuk Seri Muhammad Mentek further clarified that the application system for PerantiSiswa is currently under development. It will only be launched this 15 April.

It looks like Malaysia won’t be recognising cryptocurrency as legal tender anytime soon as despite the urging to do so by the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM). Previously, K-KOMM deputy minister called crypto ‘the future of finance’ and urged for the relevant authorities to held discussions in order to legalise it.

However, the proposal was unceremoniously turned down by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) confirmed that the federal government has no intention of recognising crypto as legal tender. This was asserted by the ministry’s first deputy minister, Shahar Abdullah in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.

Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister, Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin yesterday revealed in Parliament that two compounds have been issued to mobile service providers in Malaysia for not meeting the standard set by his ministry. As reported by national news agency Bernama, the two compounds include one amounting to RM60000 and the other compound amounting to RM20000 that is currently beng processed.

Zahidi further revealed that the two service providers compounded were Celcom, which failed to meet the standard in Sabah and the other one is Unifi Mobile, which failed to meet the standard in Melaka and Pahang. The Deputy Minister also confirmed that the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has opened 20 investigation papers on mobile service providers in our country.