Cambridge, Massachusetts – June 8, 2011 - Having surpassed 57 percent household broadband penetration at the end of the first quarter of 2011, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) now plans to reach the 75 percent penetration milestone by the end of 2015 – a goal that is well within reach, according to a new report from Pyramid Research (www.pyr.com).

Malaysia: Fiber and LTE Rollouts Pave the Way for a Broadband Bonanza offers a precise profile of the country’s telecommunications, media and technology sectors based on proprietary data from Pyramid’s research in the market. It provides detailed competitive analysis of both the fixed and mobile sectors, tracks the market shares of technologies and services and monitors the introduction and spread of new technologies.

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has made increasing broadband connectivity a top priority, creating the National Broadband Initiative to foster development and adoption of fixed and mobile broadband services. Among its main initiatives are the granting of rights to Telekom Malaysia (TM) to build Malaysia’s High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) network and cooperating with local governments on its Broadband for the General Population (BBGP) network.

“Continued build-outs of mobile broadband networks will give operators capacity to improve service and add more customers,” says Emily Smith, Analyst at Pyramid and author of the report. “Mobile connectivity will be an important means by which the MCMC will reach its goal of 75 percent household penetration in 2015, and it is a determining factor in our projected rise in data ARPS through the forecasting period,” she adds. Mobile data and fixed broadband will therefore be the most important sources of growth in Malaysia over the forecast period, with CAGRs for the 2011-2016 period of 14.6 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively.

“Pyramid believes that this goal will be well within reach, with 90 percent of all mobile subscriptions on 3G or 4G networks at that time,” says Smith. “However, mobile broadband continues to grow in popularity, and as the ecosystem around LTE matures Pyramid expects to see LTE absorb more first-time mobile broadband subscribers.”

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