History of communications in Malaysia
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The first telegraph line
The first telegraph line connecting from the British Resident at Perak house in Kuala KangsarKuala Kangsar
Kuala Kangsar is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia, located at the downstream of Kangsar River, where it flows into the Perak River. It is the main town in the administrative district of Kuala Kangsar.-History:...
to the house of Deputy British Resident in Perak at Taiping
Taiping, Perak
Taiping is a town located in northern Perak, Malaysia. With a population of 191,104 , it is the second largest town in Perak after Ipoh, the state capital. Taiping took over Kuala Kangsar's role as the state capital from 1876 to 1937, but was then replaced by Ipoh...
by the Department of Posts and Telegraph in 1874. This telegraph line measured 42.5 km and travelled across forest at Bukit Berapit, it signalled the beginning of the era of telecommunications in Malaysia. However, during Japanese occupations, the telegraph lines were nearly broken down by the Japanese army.
The telecommunications in Malaysia
- In 1968, the SEACOM cable line was introduced, connecting the Peninsula Malaysia to SarawakSarawakSarawak 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 the South China Sea. - In 1983, the Data Telecommunications System (DatelDatelDatel is a UK-based electronics and game console peripherals manufacturer. The company is best known for producing a wide range of hardware and peripherals for home computers in the 1980s, for example replacement keyboards for the ZX Spectrum, the PlusD disk interface and the Action Replay series...
) was introduced. - In 1985, the ATURAturAtur may refer to:* Atur, Dordogne, a commune in France* Assyria, a region on the Upper Tigris river...
, first wireless telephone system was introduced by Jabatan Telekom Malaysia (JTM). - In 1987, JTM was incorporated as Syarikat Telekom Malaysia Berhad (STMB) or Telekom MalaysiaTelekom MalaysiaTelekom 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...
(TM) following the National Corporatization Policy, which was launched in the 1980s. - In 1988, Celcom Malaysia Sdn Bhd was founded under its name STM Cellular Communications Sdn Bhd. The first to provide GSM based mobile services.
- In 1992, Celcom was controlled by Technology Resource Berhad (TRI)
- In 1997, Telekom Malaysia introduced CDMA based mobile homeline services
- In 2003, Celcom Malaysia Sdn Bhd became the first provider to introduce video call base on 3G WCDMA technology.
- In 2008, Packet One NetworksPacket One NetworksPacket One Networks is a Malaysian converged telecommunications, broadband and Wimax service provider. The company was founded in 2002 and is a subsidiary of Green Packet Berhad. In March 2007, P1 was one of four companies awarded 2.3 GHz spectrum licenses by the Malaysian Government to deploy...
Malaysia Sdn Bhd became the first provider to introduce WirelessWirelessWireless telecommunications is the transfer of information between two or more points that are not physically connected. Distances can be short, such as a few meters for television remote control, or as far as thousands or even millions of kilometers for deep-space radio communications...
WimaxWiMAXWiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
Service on 802.16e spectrum technology.