Internet in Malaysia - Fibre Optic

Fibre Optic

• Cyberjaya Metro Fibre Network, CMFN - Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB) and Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH). CMFN leases dark fiber connectivity services to telcos and enterprises in Cyberjaya. Employing a ring topology, it offers redundancy throughout the network. CMFN also provides fiber optic connection to office buildings, residential houses, condominiums and apartments in Cyberjaya for the delivery of City Broadband Ethernet broadband-over-fibreoptic.
• Metrofon - Fiber to the Home (FTTH). Provide fiber optic connection to condominiums and apartments in Kuala Lumpur city and Selangor area.
• Penangfon - Same company as above. Provide services only in Penang island.
• Maxis High Speed Home Broadband- Officially launch on 31 March 2011. True fibre optic connectivity to home with speeds of 10 Mbit/s and 30 Mbit/s. Availability of service is based on the coverage of the TM UniFi service.
• TIME Fibre Broadband- Officially launch on 2 February 2010. True fibre optic connectivity to home with speeds of 2 Mbit/s, 5 Mbit/s and 10 Mbit/s with BOOST up to 50 Mbit/s. Available at Mont' Kiara Pines, Mont' Kiara Astana, Mont' Kiara Sophia, Mont' Kiara Pelangi, Mont' Kiara Palma, Mont' Kiara Damai and Mont' Kiara Bayu. More locations to come.
• TM Unifi- Telekom Malaysia Bhd has spent about RM1.9 billion, with the inclusion government funds amounting to RM990 million in the installation of high-speed broadband services throughout Malaysia. The four initial areas that will be covered by high speed broadband services, that is being launched in March 2010 are Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, Taman Tun Dr Ismail and Bangsar. The benefits announced with the implementation of high speed broadband include smoother e-commerce activities, Internet-based health services, improved Voice-over-Internet Protocol (web-based telephone service), websites with more detailed pictures and graphics, as well as faster data downloads. It has been promised that video-streaming will be smoother and Internet Protocol Tele­vision (IPTV) could take off in Malaysia. As of 2012, unifi has 300,000 subscribers.