Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa speaks to the media after attending an appreciation ceremony for volunteers in Putrajaya, February 18, 2022. — Bernama pic
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM) through the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will build more cellular base stations in an effort to help the people in Johor, especially in Kota Tinggi.
Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the move, which was in line with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s commitment and directive, was aimed at improving the living standards of the people through online business.
Apart from that, Annuar said telecommunication service providers were also instructed to improve their services, apart from building new telecommunication structures, upgrading existing base stations, improving fibre-optic network connectivity and having more Keluarga Malaysia Digital Economy Centres (PEDi).
“One of the 13 new telecommunication towers has been completed while 12 others are under construction. For the work of upgrading existing stations, 70 have been completed and three more stations are in the process of being upgraded,” he said in a statement here today.
Annuar said the fibre-optic connection work had seen a total of 3,934 premises being equipped with the facility, while another 669 premises were already equipped with a fibre-optics network. — Bernama