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Extreme Broadband announced the launch of Malaysia’s second Internet Exchange, the Johor Bahru Internet Exchange (JBIX), free peering for the 1st 12-months.

MyIX has recorded 288Gbps of data travelling per second through its network nodes, the highest bandwidth recorded so far now in the year 2018.

Tan Sri Halim Shafie has tendered his resignation as chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

IDC believes that the recent proposal to include the right to internet access in the Federal Constitution will create a positive impact in Malaysia.

Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM) shares some tips for those facing mobile network congestion issues on their mobile phones.

Malaysia Internet Exchange - also known as MyIX, held its 10th Annual General Meeting on 15th March, 2018 at The Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. The AGM resulting in the following line up of the new Committee Members for the Year 2018 – 2020 term.

Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM) received 4,746 complaints related to communications and multimedia services from all over Malaysia in 2017. Among the top five categories reported by consumers to CFM in 2017 and 2016, Billing and Charging remains as the highest complaints category.

Households having access to the Internet have increased by 15.6 percentage points to 85.7 per cent in 2017 as compared to 70.1 per cent in 2015.

It is learnt that about 1.6 million prepaid users whose particulars are suspect may have their lines terminated by early next year if they do not come forward to verify their information.

CFM urges consumers to be more cautious when receiving suspicious calls and to be always aware of the scam techniques used by the syndicates.

Personal data stolen from telecommunications companies (Telcos) may have been destined for the MCMC public cellular blocking service.

A new Guidelines on Registration of Prepaid Public Cellular Services was issued by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) recently.

CFM 2016 Annual Report: complaints on Telekom Malaysia (TM) was the highest at 23.6%, followed by Celcom Axiata (18.77%), Maxis (15.85%).

GfK reported that consumers bought around MYR 6.8 billion worth of smartphones in 2016, with the biggest spike in sales contributed by mid-range models.

Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM) recorded 7,556 valid complaints and 2,385 general enquiries received in the 2016.