Malaysia Internet Subscribers to Double by 2012

January 30, 2007 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- The number of the Internet subscribers in Malaysia is expected to reach the 10 million mark in the next five years according to Telekom Malaysia (TM) Bhd General Manager of Strategic Development Division, Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek. His statement is based on the growing trend of Internet users in the last three years as Malaysia moved towards advanced information, communications and multimedia services.

In 2004 the number of subscribers was 2.9 million, in 2005 it increased to 3.5 million subscribers, and in 2006 the number of subscribers in Malaysia was close to five million. This is an encouraging growing trend, and most of the Internet subscribers were eyeing for high speed broadband infrastructure.

Regarding the number of fraud cases involving Internet transactions are relatively small and Malaysia has sufficient laws to deal with such fraud cases. 

Internet Usage and Population Growth:

YEAR	Users	Population	Usage Source
2000	3,700,000	24,645,600	ITU
2005	10,040,000	26,500,699	C.I.Almanac
2006	11,016,000	28,294,120	ITU
2007	13,528,200	28,294,120	MCMC
2008	15,868,000	25,274,133	MCMC
2009	16,902,600	25,715,819	ITU
2010	16,902,600	26,160,256	ITU

Malaysia Search Engines and Local Directories:

NETWORK MALAYSIA	English	Malaysia Directory and Search Engine.
CARI	English	The first Malaysian search engine, in English and Malay.
GOOGLE	Malay and English	Google, Malaysian search engine. Site in Malay.
CATCHA	English	Catcha, the Malaysian Search Engine.
MALAYSIA CENTRAL	Bi-lingual	Bi-Lingual: English Search & Carian Bahasa Malaysia.
MALAYSIA DIRECTORY	English	Malaysian directory and search engine.
Colossus	English	Search Engine Directory for Malaysia.
YELLOW PAGES	English	Malaysian Yellow Pages. Also searches white pages, government, and embassies.
NOW SELL	English	Directory of Malaysian search engines. It Features the links for sending your URL.

Telecommunications and Internet in Malaysia:

Malaysia - Internet and E-Services Report

There is an increasing awareness of technology in Malaysia. With the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project and the government’s commitment to a technological society, a large number of high tech companies from around the world have started to set up in Malaysia. Get the complete report

Malaysia - Data and Broadband Services Report

Malaysia has been heavily promoting itself as an Information Technology hub in the Asia region. On the back of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project, high tech companies have been setting up in Malaysia. But efforts by the government at encouraging the wider community to embrace technology have so far met with limited success. See summary.

Malaysia - Key Telecommunications Statistics Overview and Report

Many of the players in Malaysia’s telecommunications sector were seriously affected by the economic crisis of the late 1990s. Despite this, there has been strong growth in the sector over the last decade. Fixed-line services jumped from around 2 million in 1990 to about 4.7 million in 2002, resulting in a penetration approaching 20%. See summary.

Malaysia - Telecommunications Infrastructure Report

The building of Malaysia’s telecommunications infrastructure has seen extensive fibre optic networks installed across the length and breadth of the country. See summary.