Telekom Malaysia to expand its HSBB services

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Coverage of the high speed broadband network (HSBB) has been planned to be expanded by Malaysian fixed line incumbent Telekom Malaysia (TM) and it has planned to launch commercial HSBB services at a further 18 exchanges by the end of next month, adding to the four exchanges where it already offers speeds of up to 20Mbps, and both residential and industrial zones are included in the new regions of operation.

Wangsa Maju, Sungai Buloh, Melawat and Kepong in Selangor, and Cyberjaya, Putrajaya and Damansara in the Federal Territory are the residential areas to be covered.

According to TM, it has spent a total of MYR2.3 billion (USD695 million) on the HSBB project, and the network rollout currently reached around 375,000 premises, with around 3,200 having signed up for high speed services so far.