News & Reviews:   National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan

Today, Budget 2020 was announced and if you only want to know if there are any upcoming changes in the tech industry, you've come to the right place. The list is quite long and we managed to look through the relevant ones so without further ado, check out our Budget 2020 Tech Round-Up below!

Malaysia's National Fiberisation and Connectivity  plan (NFCP) recently got announced in August 2019 and this was quickly followed by allegations of it being an RM21.6 billion mega project to be chaired by OPCOM. MCMC has stepped forward to clarify though, with the first clarification being that the NFCP is not a mega project but a plan consisting of strategies, various infrastructure projects and more to be implemented over a period of 5 years. The earlier announced RM21.6 billion is also just an estimation and this can be reduced as more cost effective ways of deployment are carried out.

In efforts to make high speed internet accessible to everyone - even in rural areas, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has proposed to provide high-speed broadband in the rural areas of Perak. They will be the first state to introduce the National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP).