Communications in Malaysia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The primary regulator of telecommunications in the Malaysia is the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission or Suruhanjaya Komunikasi dan Multimedia Malaysia is the regulator for the converging communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia...

(MCMC). It issues licenses under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, the Postal Services Act 1991 and the Digital Signature Act 1997.

Telephony system and usage statistics

Telephones - main lines in use: 4.311 million (2nd Quarter 2009)

Telephones - mobile cellular: 28.545 million (2nd Quarter 2009)

Telephone system: international service good

domestic:
good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia

Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra...

mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio relay network between Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

and Sarawak

Sarawak

Sarawak is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang , Sarawak is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia followed by Sabah, the second largest state located to the North- East.The administrative capital is Kuching, which...

via Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

; domestic satellite system with 2 earth stations

international:
submarine cables to India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

, and Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat

Intelsat

Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...

(1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean)

Cellular communication

The major telecommunication companies in Malaysia are TM Berhad

Telekom Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia Berhad , DBA TM, is the largest integrated solutions provider in Malaysia, and one of Asia's leading communications companies, with a market capitalisation of RM13.9 billion and a workforce of 26,629 employees. Established as the Telecommunications Department of Malaya in 1946, it...

, Celcom

Celcom Berhad

Celcom Axiata Berhad, DBA Celcom, is the oldest mobile telecommunications company in Malaysia. Celcom is one of a member of the Axiata group of companies...

(013, 019 and 0148), Maxis

Maxis Communications

Maxis Communications Berhad is a Malaysian cellular operator company headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was started in the year 1993. It uses the dialing pref ix identifier of "012" , "017" and “0142”. Their mobile services are provided over the 900 & 1800 MHz GSM band and as July 2005,...

(012, 017 and 0142), DiGi (010, 016 , 0146, 014-30, 014-31 and 014-32) and U Mobile

U Mobile

U Mobile Sdn Bhd is Malaysia’s newest 3G service provider and was founded in 1998 as MiTV Networks Sdn Bhd. U Mobile is a wholly owned subsidiary of U Television Sdn Bhd which was formerly known as U Telecom Media Holdings Sdn Bhd and MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd....

(018).

Radio usage statistics

Radio broadcast stations: AM 56, FM 31 (plus 13 repeater stations), shortwave 5 (1999)

Amateur Radio Stations: 2,000 (2006)

Radios: 9.1 million (1997)

Television

Television broadcast stations: 27 (plus 15 high-power repeaters) (1999)

Televisions: 3.6 million (1997)

Terrestrial television stations

The following channels are free-to-air:

TV1
TV2
TV2 (Malaysia)
RTM2, also known as TV2 is a television station in Malaysia owned and operated by the Radio Television Malaysia, a division of the Malaysian Government. RTM2 is now broadcasting for 24 hours a day effective January 2006.- History :...
TV3
TV3 (Malaysia)
Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad or TV3 began broadcasting on 1 June 1984 as Malaysia’s first commercial television station. It is part of Media Prima Berhad group of companies. It now transmits opened broadcasting business private 24-hours a day, 7 days a week since 1 January 2010...
ntv7
Ntv7
Natseven TV Sdn Bhd or better known as ntv7 is a terrestrial television channel in Malaysia. It was launched nationwide on 7 April 1998 and was the country's third private free-to-air TV station after TV3 and Astro. Its mission is to promote a happier and more enlightened Malaysia...
8TV
8TV (Malaysia)
8TV is a private Malaysian Chinese television station, previously known as MetroVision Channel 8. Metrovision closed on 1 November 1999. 8TV was officially launched on Thursday, 8 January 2004 as 8TV after being acquired by Media Prima Berhad....
TV9
TV9 (Malaysia)
TV9 is a free-to-air private television station in Malaysia. TV9 began broadcasting on 22 April 2006, as a subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad. It formerly existed as Channel 9, which began airing on 9 September 2003 and ceased transmission on 1 February 2005 due to financial difficulties faced by the...
TV AlHijrah
TV Alhijrah
TV AlHijrah is a state-owned free-to-air television network in Malaysia, which is owned and operated by Al Hijrah Media Corporation, a government owned company. It broadcasts from its headquarters in Pusat Islam, Kuala Lumpur...

DVB-IPTV based

MiTV
MiTV
U Television Sdn. Bhd. is Malaysia's third pay television operator. It was launched in September 2005 after having obtained all the necessary approvals from the censorship board on its broadcast contents...

- uses IP over DVB
IP over DVB
IP over DVB or IP over MPEG implies that Internet Protocol datagrams are transferred over the MPEG transport stream, and are distributed using some digital television system, for example DVB-H, DVB-T, DVB-S or DVB-C.-Application examples:...

, pending rebranding as U Television and switch to encrypted DVB-T

Internet

Internet
Internet in Malaysia
The year 1995 was considered the beginning of the Internet age in Malaysia. The growth in the number of Internet hosts in Malaysia began around 1996. The country's first search engine and web portal company, Cari Internet, was also founded that year...

Users: 16.902 million (2009)
Internet - Dial-up: 3.86 million (2nd Quarter 2008)
Internet - Broadband: 2.115 million (2nd Quarter 2009)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
- JARING
  Jaring
  JARING is a Malaysian internet service provider based in Technology Park Malaysia . It was the first internet service provider in the country and was formerly owned by MIMOS Berhad....
  
  - Dialup and broadband
- Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications
  Maxis Communications Berhad is a Malaysian cellular operator company headquartered at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was started in the year 1993. It uses the dialing pref ix identifier of "012" , "017" and “0142”. Their mobile services are provided over the 900 & 1800 MHz GSM band and as July 2005,...
  
  - Broadband, Utopia (Wi-fi), Blackberry
- Nasionet
- PersiaSYS
  PersiaSYS
  PersiaSYS Sdn Bhd is the name of a telecommunication company based on Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia licensed by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission...
  
  - Cable and Wireless Broadband
- Time - Webbit (Wireless broadband)
- TM Net
  TM Net
  TM Net is an internet service provider in Malaysia. It is the largest fixed line broadband provider in Malaysia It also provides Internet Protocol television and other multimedia services. TM net is a wholly owned subsidiary of Malaysia's main telecommunication provider, TM Bhd.TM Net was...
  
  - Dialup and Streamyx (broadband)
- DeConneXion - WiFi (Only in Sarawak) http://www.deconnexion.com.my
- Packet One - WiMAX http://www.p1.com.my
- AMAX - WiMAX http://www.amax.my
- Yes 4G
  Yes 4G
  Yes is the brand name of YTL Corporation's foray into the telecommunications industry in Malaysia. Yes promises to be the fastest 4G internet with voice and is set for commercial launch on the 19th of November 2010. Yes claims to have speeds of 3 to 5 times faster than current 3G networks and will...
  
  - WiMAX http://www.yes.my
Country code (Top level domain): MY
.my
.my is the Internet country code top-level domain for Malaysia. The Malaysia Network Information Centre is currently the registry and registrar for the domain, in charge of registration, billing, system administration, and policies and operation of the domain...