KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is looking to have the fastest internet access speed with the 5G platform in Southeast Asia via the Enhanced Malaysia International Internet Gateway High-Speed Broadband, expected to be ready by 2022.
Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the RM5.45 billion project encompassed the installation of the world’s largest optical fibre involving a 110,000km line.
She said the first phase of the project was expected to be ready in November, with the internet line linking Pengerang, Johor, to Putrajaya, where consumers can enjoy a speed of up to one gigabit per second.
“Now, at a speed of 13 megabits per second, it will take 51 minutes to download a 5GB high-definition video, but with the implementation of the project, the video can be downloaded in just eight minutes,” she said in a speech read by Deputy Speaker Mohd Rashid Hasnon at the project launch here today.