Malaysia’s Internet Usage Stats and Marketing Report -as it is now…

Malaysia Internet Usage Stats and Marketing Report   Internet Usage Statistics: 16,902,600 Internet users as of June, 2009, 64.6% of the population, according to ITU. Latest Population Estimate: 26,160,256 population for 2010, according to US Census Bureau. Gross National Income: GNI per capita is US$ 7,547 according to the I.M.F. Country Area: 329,758 sq km – Population density is 79 per sq km. Internet Usage and Population Growth: YEAR Users Population % Pen. Usage Source 2000 3,700,000 24,645,600 15.0 % ITU 2005 10,040,000 26,500,699 37.9 % C.I.Almanac 2006 11,016,000 28,294,120 38.9 % ITU 2007 13,528,200 28,294,120 47.8 % MCMC 2008 15,868,000 25,274,133 62.8 % MCMC 2009 16,902,600 25,715,819 65.7 % ITU 2010 16,902,600 26,160,256 64.6 % ITU

Malaysia Internet Subscribers to Double by 2012 January 30, 2007 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The number of the Internet subscribers in Malaysia is expected to reach the 10 million mark in the next five years according to Telekom Malaysia (TM) Bhd General Manager of Strategic Development Division, Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek. His statement is based on the growing trend of Internet users in the last three years as Malaysia moved towards advanced information, communications and multimedia services. In 2004 the number of subscribers was 2.9 million, in 2005 it increased to 3.5 million subscribers, and in 2006 the number of subscribers in Malaysia was close to five million. This is an encouraging growing trend, and most of the Internet subscribers were eyeing for high speed broadband infrastructure. Regarding the number of fraud cases involving Internet transactions are relatively small and Malaysia has sufficient laws to deal with such fraud cases.

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Malaysia Search Engines and Local Directories NETWORK MALAYSIA English Malaysia Directory and Search Engine. CARI English The first Malaysian search engine, in English and Malay. GOOGLE Malay and English Google, Malaysian search engine. Site in Malay. CATCHA English Catcha, the Malaysian Search Engine. MALAYSIA CENTRAL Bi-lingual Bi-Lingual: English Search & Carian Bahasa Malaysia. MALAYSIA DIRECTORY English Malaysian directory and search engine. Colossus English Search Engine Directory for Malaysia. YELLOW PAGES English Malaysian Yellow Pages. Also searches white pages, government, and embassies. NOW SELL English Directory of Malaysian search engines. It Features the links for sending your URL. Telecommunications and Internet in Malaysia: Malaysia – Internet and E-Services Report There is an increasing awareness of technology in Malaysia. With the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project and the government’s commitment to a technological society, a large number of high tech companies from around the world have started to set up in Malaysia. But efforts at encouraging the wider community to embrace technology have so far not been totally successful. Dial-up Internet access is growing steadily, but there has been very little interest in broadband Internet. And e-commerce activity can only be described as sluggish. This report looks at the take-up of Internet and e-commerce in Malaysia, some of the key players and where the market is likely to go. Get the complete report Malaysia – Data and Broadband Services Report Malaysia has been heavily promoting itself as an Information Technology hub in the Asia region. On the back of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Project, high tech companies have been setting up in Malaysia. But efforts by the government at encouraging the wider community to embrace technology have so far met with limited success. There has been surprisingly little interest in broadband Internet, the national broadband penetration being only slightly over 1% by early 2005. One bright spot in the market has been WiFi, and service providers start to rollout their ‘hotspot’ services. This report looks at data services and the development of high-speed Internet access in Malaysia. See summary. Malaysia – Key Telecommunications Statistics Overview and Report Many of the players in Malaysia’s telecommunications sector were seriously affected by the economic crisis of the late 1990s. Despite this, there has been strong growth in the sector over the last decade. Fixed-line services jumped from around 2 million in 1990 to about 4.7 million in 2002, resulting in a penetration approaching 20%. The mobile market has been more spectacular, jumping from 3 million subscribers in 1999 to reach 14.5 million by end-2004 and it was continuing to grow at an annual rate of about 25%. This report looks at that growth. It also presents a view of the industry players and, in so doing, notes that the market has probably moved into a major consolidation phase. See summary. Malaysia – Telecommunications Infrastructure Report The building of Malaysia’s telecommunications infrastructure has seen extensive fibre optic networks installed across the length and breadth of the country. This report describes how the country has continued to allocate capital to invest in information technology and telecommunications infrastructure despite the setback of the economic crisis of the late 1990s. A prime example has been the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project. No matter how difficult the economy became, during this period the government continued to find funding for this project. The end result has been the MSC strategy appears to have come through the economic crisis reasonably intact. See summary.