UNCTAD

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UNCTAD ESCAP ASIA PACIFIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE
ON E-COMMERCE STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPMENT November
21, 2002 Bangkok, Thailand
MALAYSIA The New Economy Technology Powering
Economic Transformations
BY Rahayu Ezrani ABDUL RAHMAN E-Business
Department, Multimedia Development Corporation
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Agenda
MSC
The MSC Vision
Challenges
Strategic Policy Directions for the ICT Sector
Development
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• A knowledge and idea-based economy where the key
  to wealth and job creation are the extent to
  which information, ideas, innovations and
  technology are embedded in all the various
  sectors of the economy

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Strategic Policy Directions

• 1999 Consultant engaged to study and propose
  future policy directions
• Policy options proposed
• delayed transition towards full competition or
• rapid transition towards full competition.
• Factors taken into account
• Global trends
• Status of infrastructure
• Regulatory readiness
• Industry readiness

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CURRENT STATUS OF MALAYSIANICT INDUSTRY
POLICY FRAME WORK
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POLICIES TO FACILITATE RAPID TRANSITION

• Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) initiatives
• Universal service provision- policy framework in
  place with funding from industry and Government
• Moves towards cost based tariff started with
  tariff re-balancing implemented on March 1, 2002
  for fixed line services
• Opening up the last mile by issuing new licenses

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POLICIES TO FACILITATE RAPID TRANSITION

• Voice-Over-Internet Protocol legalized which
  serves as an efficient and cheaper voice service
  for international calls
• Control of mobile telephony charges lifted in
  August 2000 which led to exponential growth of
  mobile penetration
• Develop a National Spectrum Plan to maximize
  spectrum usage with 3G as the first block of
  spectrum assignment

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Agenda
MSC
The MSC Vision
Challenges
Strategic Policy Directions for the ICT Sector
Development
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The MSC A Quick Glance

• Multimedia Super Corridor
• 15x50 km garden corridor south of downtown Kuala
  Lumpur
• Special cyberlaws, policies and practices
  tailored to enable residents to achieve the full
  promise of multimedia
• World-class physical infra-structure and
  next-generation 2.5-10 Gb multimedia network
• A one-stop shop to facilitate investment - the MDC

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Leapfrogging Into The Information Age
Go Global
Create the ideal multimedia environment to
attract world-class companies to use MSC as a hub
Leapfrog into success in the Information Age
Enhance domestic productivity
Create value from Information Age businesses
Catalyze a highly competitive cluster of
Malaysian multimedia/IT companies that become
world-class over time
Lead Regional
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Incentives Programs to Create Enablers, Meet
Outcomes
Ten Bill of Guarantees
No.1
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Bill of Guarantees
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MSC Flagship Applications
Smart Schools
Multipurpose Card
Electronic Government
Telehealth
Technopreneur Development
RD Cluster
E-Business
Worldwide Manufacturing Web
Borderless Marketing Center
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Agenda
MSC
The MSC Vision
Challenges
Strategic Policy Directions for the ICT Sector
Development
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We have seen and done things,are seeing and
doing things,

• but are also still learning

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Thank you
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