During the period, he said, companies providing telecommunications services and industry players would carry out their 5G technology tests assisted by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Services (MCMC).

“Malaysia will certainly become the focus of the world to see how we create two areas activated via 5G technology.

“This initiative or test is most important for us to determine the subsequent measures in aspects of 5G technology usage in future,” he told reporters after officiating the Cyberjaya Infra Conference and Exhibition today.

The 5G or fifth generation mobile network is a new technology that will replace the 4G technology introduced in 2009. It is 100 times faster than 4G.

Gobind said although no specific period was fixed for the implementation of the test, it was hoped a new indicator could be achieved within six months.

Asked whether 5G could open up space for information leakages and spying, he said the security aspect was the government’s priority in making all decisions, including the aspect of new technology infrastructure development.

Gobind said the government could not ignore the fact that the world was moving towards 5G technology, which was recommended as offering more options in the services provided.

“We want to provide infrastructure that is accessible, of high quality and with reasonable cost but, at the same time, we also want to provide infrastructure that is secure.

“Security concerns are at the top of our consideration and this is why MCMC is doing the study on 5G infrastructure,” he said.

The study is being carried out by MCMC on the issue of the 5G infrastructure development by Huawei, the giant telecommunication company from China.