The Internet is rapidly becoming a key ingredient in our economic infrastructure, akin to electricity and roads as well as our social structures. And its significance is poised to dramatically increase as we usher in a new era of ubiquitous sensor networks using technologies such as RFID to connect the physical world, supply chains, items, and people in real-time. The opportunities offered by faster, more capable, and increasingly pervasive IP-based applications, both wired and wireless, promises reliability and manageability, security and privacy, interoperability of the network of networks, and enabling the global exchange of information and views.
Projects
Projects such as Multimedia Super Corridor, CyberJaya, Smarthome, Smartschool, MyKad, E-Government and others are initiative of the government to implement a long term vision of achieving and turning Malaysia into a Knowledge Based Society. Government policies are being planned, developed, implemented and deployed as means that would expedite the realization of the above said vision.
Invitations by the Malaysian Government to multinational corporations from the world over such as Microsoft Corp, Fujitsu Ltd, Alcatel SA and others to invest and setup physical presence in the Malaysian Multimedia Supercorridor eg. CyberJaya would also help to quickly leapfrog Malaysia to the forefront of ICT.
Telcos Participation, Contribution & Involvement
Telecommunation providers in Malaysia such as Telekom Malalysia Berhad, Maxis Communications Berhad, Digi Telecommunication Sdn Bhd are also involved in the deployment of the latest state of telecommunication infrastructure in meeting the soaring demand of a more sophisticated corprate, government and public users. Telcos are investing their top bucks into laying major fibreoptic backbones and microwave systems and other core equipments throughout the nation.
The successful implemetation of High Speed Broadband Internet Conncetivity offers greater opportunies and potentials for new forms of services such as e-banking, tele-medicine, distance learning and education, e-library and a lot more. ICT have no doubt developed and brought about a brand new lifestyle to the society.
End User Hardware
With all the infrastructures being developed and newer forms of online government, private and commercial services being introduced to the masses the only outstanding tasks left are for the end users to procure IT hardware that would enable them to tap and access the overwhelming potentials of these services be it for official, busineess or even entertainment purposes. Only with the right types of quality devices would enable the end users such possiibilies and benefits. As such, IT gadets as there are seen today are no longer gizmos or toys for the affluent but in due time would be considered essential tools for families in the new society to go about their daily lives. |
