KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — A total of 2,338 new telecommunication towers out of the 3,884 planned via the National Digital Network Plan (Jendela) to upgrade broadband networks nationwide have been completed and operational as of the fourth quarter of last year.
The Communications Ministry said the 39,979 transmitting stations out of the planned 40,214 have also been upgraded, and 3.31 million premises out of the planned 4.19 million have been made available with fibre optic networks.
"The rest of all planned initiatives are expected to be completed and operational in stages by the end of 2025," it said in a written reply posted on the Parliament's website today.
The ministry was responding to Tanjong Karang MP Datuk Zulkafperi Hanapi's query concerning the latest results of the government's plans to expand the broadband network throughout Malaysia.
It said the government also implemented the Point of Presence (PoP) fibre optic hub method to expand the broadband implementation, with 653 PoPs out of 677 PoPs for Phase One and 294 PoPs out of 3,693 PoPs for Phase Two completed nationwide as of February 15.
In other developments, 155 complaints were received and investigated by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) regarding offences under Section 233 of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) throughout last year.
66 cases or 43 per cent involved fake content, 47 cases (30 per cent) offensive content, 36 cases (23 per cent) obscene content, and three cases each (two per cent) of threatening and indecent content.
Of the total cases, 108 have the status of No Further Action (NFA) and No Offence Disclosed (NOD), 33 are still being investigated, eight have been issued with Warning Notices, three have been charged in court, and three have been offered a compound.
"Cases classified as NFA or NOD are because there is no strong evidence to link the suspect to the offence investigated under Section 233 of Act 588," said the ministry.
It was responding to Bukit Bendera MP Syerleena Abdul Rashid's query on the statistics of cases under Section 233 of Act 588.
In addition, the ministry said MCMC had blocked 1,122 pornographic and obscene sites from January 1 last year to February 15 this year.
— Bernama
