Suraya Princess: July 2012

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

IPTA : Innovative software system lands researcher major award from UNIMAS

KUCHING: His love for research work has led Dr Tay Kai Meng to develop a software system similar to the human mind. The artificial intelligence called the fuzzy system is widely used in machine control and it has the advantage in which the solution to a problem can be cast in terms that human operators can understand, so that their experience can be used in the design of the controller. This ultimately makes it easier to mechanise tasks that have been successfully performed by humans. It is this idea that Tay was awarded the “Young Researcher Award” by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) during its Excellence Awards ceremony here yesterday. “We are still working on this idea, although we have started on it two years ago. We strive to develop an alternative approach to make it user-friendly, especially for mathematical modelling where, once developed, it can be used in industries and universities,” said Tay, who has previously worked with several multinational firms such as Intel, Motorola and Panasonic. Tay holds a doctorate degree in electric from University of Science Malaysia (USM). The researcher award was the second received by him since he joined Unimas in 2006. Last year, he won the “Best International Conference Paper Award”. A total of 170 staff members were given awards for their excellent performance last year, while 42 received the “Loyalty Service Award”. Among the awards presented were “Outstanding Online Course Award” and “Best Researcher Award”. Unimas vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Khairuddin Abdul Hamid said the commitment shown by the staff had enabled Unimas to be ranked among the top 170 universities in the Asian region. The ranking, he added, was the best achievement among all the universities in the country. Unimas climbed 30 rungs to reach the top 170. “People cannot take us for granted or simply ignore us anymore. “We deserve to be proud and celebrate our achievement,” he said. During the ceremony, a coffee table book entitled A Plethora of Success was also launched. The book is a pictorial compilation of various achievements of Unimas and its history. Source : thestar

IPTA : UMP Jalin Kalobrasi Amal Perkongsian ICT

IPTA : UniKL Hosted the 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC) 2012

Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur (MIIT, UniKL City Campus) auspiciously hosted the esteemed 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (ICUIMC) 2012 held at Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa from 20 till 22 February, 2012.

This annual international conference jointly hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and Sungkyunkwan University Korea (SKKU) was organised with the aim to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information in promoting new visionary approaches and interdisciplinary researches in various facets of information management and communication technologies appropriate for ubiquitous computing and application environments.

The conference anticipated 456 submissions from countries worldwide, selected 131 papers to be presented at the conference. As the review process was competitive and rigorous, papers presented were intellectually distinguished not only in novel ideas, new results and techniques but also stimulate future research activities in the area of information management and communication technologies.

The three day conference included two outstanding keynote speeches, 14 presentation sessions and three poster sessions. The two world-renowned keynote speakers were, Prof. Sajal K. Das, Director, Centre for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN), University of Texas, Arlington, USA and Prof. Abdullah Mohd Zin from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Prof. Sajal K. Das, Director, Centre for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN), University of Texas, Arlington, USA delivering his keynote speech.

One of the participants from Kyoto University presenting his paper during the oral presentation session.

In conjunction with the conference, UniKL also hosted a welcoming reception dinner at Plam Garden Hotel Putrajaya to celebrate the participants and foster networking opportunities for researchers. UniKL Chairman, Y.B. Datuk Dr. Adham Baba and UniKL President/CEO, Prof. Dato' Dr. Abdul Hakim Juri were present at the welcoming reception. Besides cultivating opportunities for collaborative research, the conference also fostered both research excellence and recreational content. ICUIMC 2012 also co-hosted by Kyung Hee University, Kyungwon University, Ajou University and Yonsei University Korea.

UniKL Chairman, Y.B. Datuk Dr. Adham Baba who graced the welcoming reception, mingling with the participants.

Cultural performance by MIIT, UniKL City Campus students.

IPTA : Creating Malaysia's First 4G Campus-wide Network

Skudai, 1 July 2010 – YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YTL Comms) today entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in a joint collaboration to provide 4G campus-wide network in UTM Skudai. This effort is in support of the National Broadband Initiative (NBI) aim to reach 50% broadband penetration rate by end-2010.

Creating Malaysia's First 4G Campus-wide Network

This landmark initiative will be the first of an extensive program spearheaded by YTL Comms to bring 4G converged service, offering data, voice and mobility into all public universities in Malaysia.

As a result, YTL Comms will make available that high-speed wireless broadband connectivity to more than 400,000 students by year-end and correspondingly increase broadband penetration rate throughout the country.

“The signing of our agreement with UTM today marks an important milestone to build a new generation of immersive and progressive students that are able to access information and knowledge instantly at their finger tips. The YTL Comms Education Partner Program (EPP) provides the ability for these students to access the IntraNET and Internet anytime, anywhere within the campus. The EPP allows our students to do things differently and bring about a wave of positive changes in a YTL Comms 4G enabled education environment that will eventually contribute to the larger future success of the nation. ” said Tan Sri Dato’ (Dr) Francis Yeoh, Executive Chairman of YTL Communications.

Under this arrangement, YTL Comms will at its own cost undertake the following:

Design, build, operate and manage a 4G campus-wide network (for the provision of data and voice services within the university’s Skudai campus).
To complement and enhance UTM’s existing ICT infrastructure.
Provides free broadband access to every student, allowing data and voice services of 300 megabytes per user per month within the campus.
Provides the program for a period of 3 years from launch.

The 4G campus-wide network is a high performance, high-capacity wireless network, which is optimized for dense mobile broadband access with voice services. It will support UTM’s commitment to develop a highly advanced learning environment for all their students and help the University, to enhance its position as a cradle of technology excellence in the nation and the world. Thus, this will make UTM to be more competitive in attracting top-class student applicants and faculty staff.

“We’re on the cutting edge of new technology, the first university in Malaysia to gain exposure to high-speed 4G broadband wireless connectivity,” said Prof. Dato’ Dr. Ir Zaini Ujang, Vice Chancellor of UTM.

“Having 4G campus-wide network makes UTM unique, it provides a competitive edge to demonstrate to prospective students that we are progressive in developing new technologies and also provide current students with immersive learning”, added Dato’ Dr. Zaini.

The low latency, high bandwidth 4G technology supports fast data rates, is highly spectrally efficient, and is developing a robust device ecosystem. As an all-IP technology, it is optimized for web services. Members of UTM Skudai community will soon be using and evaluating new learning approaches enabled by high speed wireless broadband. In particular, they are focusing on immersive learning environments harnessing advanced multimedia techniques.

The event commemorates the launching of YTL Communications EPP and the signing of the MoA with UTM, the first university under this program by YB Dato’ Seri Utama Dr. Rais bin Yatim, Minister of Information, Communications and Culture.

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

UK Sending IT jobs abroad means better jobs at home? That's What's Being Proposed

A recent article on ICT in Silicon.com has pegged the UK government as looking at outsourcing IT as a viable proposition, saying it will create 'better' jobs at home.

In a recent paper, the Cabinet Office has published guidance to help Government procurers consider supplier proposals called: “Government ICT Offshoring (International Sourcing) Guidance” (PDF).

This paper is targeted at Chief Information Officers (CIOs), Senior Information Risk Owners (SIROs), Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and procurers in Government Departments and exchequer funded bodies, to help themmull over supplier proposals which include offshore provision and which may offer value for money.

The guidance is focused primarily on situations in which suppliers of a procured service would wish to use offshore capability to deliver some or all of the service in question. It is not intended to deal with proposals to relocate inhouse services.

The document says,

"Arguably, jobs which are lost in the short term are often gained back as a result of a growing economy. So the medium long-run impact on UK employment is likely to be far less severe than the number of jobs apparently lost."

"Indeed, the net long-term impact might be for UK employment to rise as a result of the efficiency gains if the reallocation leads to higher growth as people/firms move into higher value-added activities."And... "...offshoring can create IT jobs in highly skilled areas such as requirements specification, security, architecture and commercial management".

And the paper numbers showing that a senior software engineer in the UK earns on average £38,750, compared with an average annual wage of £9,703 for an equivalent post in the top five offshoring destinations of India, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.

Link : https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/ictktn/articles/-/blogs/4661973;jsessionid=3303243EB3F32C616B941C6778D52751.9OphEwv4

Author : Richard Kastelein

Singapore helping to seed ICT initiatives abroad

Ever since Singapore embarked on a unique initiative to take the lessons learnt from its forays into eGovernment and eCitizen enablement, a slew of governments from around the world are seeking Singapore’s help to get their ICT schemes up to speed in the public space.

Much of the initiative to export Singapore’s success in the ICT arena comes from IDA International that was set up as an arm of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore in February 2009. IDA International is the first such government initiative in the public service ICT space worldwide and is attracting interest from both big and small countries.

“We have received interest from more than 30 countries so far,” IDA International’s CEO Seah Chin Siong told BizIT in an interview.

“We’ve been engaged by 10 of them in the areas such as eGovernment master planning, consultancy and program management. We have tied up to do eGovernment-based projects in the Middle East, South-east Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and we have also received interest from large countries such as China and Russia.”

Mr Seah, who previously helmed Accenture Singapore, said IDA International currently offers consultancy to governments in areas such as ICT master-planning, program management and ICT infrastructure.

However, emerging areas of interest include cloud computing, intelligent land transport systems, online business licensing systems, smart power grids, and integrated healthcare.

“IDA International draws on Singapore’s ICT experience from both the public and private sectors to deliver expertise and skills that are transforming Singapore into an intelligent digital nation,” Mr Seah said. “We are also in an ideal position to sense and identify the market demand for eGovernment solutions and service.”

In November 2010, IDA International signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the World Bank to develop support programmes for countries sponsored by the bank to use ICT to sharpen their eGovernment capabilities.

The initiative is called STAP (Strategic Technology Accelerator Program) and has Singapore providing assistance to the public sector on technical issues. STAP does seminars, workshops and study trips for officials from selected countries to come to Singapore and learn from its ICT experience and expertise.

“It is not just the smaller states that seek Singapore’s help,” Mr Seah said. “In June 2010, IDA International and Singbridge International (part of Temasek Holdings) tied up with the Guangzhou Municipal Government for the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City. The aim is to develop next-generation economic and social sectors using leading-edge ICT. In effect, the three entities will work on a ‘Knowledge City Digital City Masterplan’, including building a vibrant and globally competitive ICT industry as an engine of economic growth for Guangzhou.”

And in September 2010, an MoU was signed with Russia’s Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications to help boost eGovernment programmes in Russia through master planning, diagnostic workshops, and consultancy services including business process re-engineering and enterprise architecture design.

The collaboration will run for three years.

Over the years, Singapore has achieved consistently high rankings in global ICT and eGovernment surveys. Singapore retained its top position in the 2010 Waseda University World e-Government Ranking and was ranked second in the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report.

According to Chan Lai Fung, Permanent Secretary (Finance Performance) in Singapore’s Ministry of Finance, the government is building on this foundation to move to the next level of eGovernment.

“Singapore’s eGovernment efforts have evolved over the years,” Ms Chan said at the iGov Forum in May 2010. “We have moved from simply harnessing the power of ICT for task automation to providing integrated e-services to the public. In the next phase, we hope to see greater collaboration with the industry and the wider community to create even more compelling e-services for our citizens and businesses.”

Going after consulting projects abroad is a new phase of Singapore’s ICT exports. So far Singapore has always focused on exports of infocomm products more than services.

In 1998, out of a total of $20 billion in ICT revenues, about 46 per cent ($9.2 billion) came from exports. Exactly a decade later in 2008, of the $58 billion in total ICT revenues, about 61 per cent ($35.4 billion) came from exports.

“That’s an excellent showing and proves that the ‘Made in Singapore’ brand is well accepted worldwide,” Mr Seah said. “It is high time that we focused on exports of services, especially eGovernment related where we have a unique edge.”

Link : http://www.eco-business.com/news/singapore-helping-seed-ict-initiatives-abroad/

Author : The Business Times

Nigeria: ICT - Foreign Ministry Connects 66 Missions Abroad

At last the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is now securely connected to 66 embassies and high commissions abroad following the launch of its Global Communication Network (GCN) and ICT training centre.
Launching the GCN on Monday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, said the project was designed to bring real-time secure communication with embassies and missions abroad.
Also, Amb. Ashiru said the ICT training centre would enhance the technological skills of his staff and place Nigeria's diplomatic service in the forefront of international visibility. In a demonstration, Ashiru had real-time communication with two missions.
Speaking exclusively to LEADERSHIP, the ministry Director, ICT with Mr. Mohammed Danjaji, said the GCN would provide a secure communication link with its missions abroad.
"The ministry wants to establish a secure communication link with its missions abroad.This is a modern up-to-date technology that involves voice, video and data communication. About 60 missions are currently connected and this is real time communication," Danjaji said.
He said that the work was in three phases with the second phase just concluded and the third phase would involve completing the interconnectivity of 33 missions. Nigeria has 103 missions abroad.
Also, speaking with LEADERSHIP, the Managing Director of RTcom Nigeria Limited, Nico Steenkamp, said the project began in December 2009 with each phase scheduled to take one year. RTcom is the Israeli company that is the technical consultant to the project.

Link : http://allafrica.com/stories/201203141091.html
Author : Ezra Ijioma

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Council of Europe on ICT education

These days I've been following an exciting discussion on ICT in education on Twitter networking website. Read a summary of the discussion on InvesTICant by Isabel Ferrer Arabí. This discussion started after the Spanish government announced an ambitious plan to network all schools in the country. And this is definitely OK, but the problem arouse about how it was going to be developed. It seems now that the Spanish government has read all these opinions and some changes are being introduced to the plan -as for example,in relation to free software, according to this piece of news.

And, because of all that, I wondered what the Council of Europe could have said about this topic. And, of course, I have found some interesting Recommendations on ICT in education. So, here, I link three documents and highlight some ideas in relation to open-source software.

Recommendation 1586 (2002). The digital divide and education.

The Assembly recommends to join forces with other international bodies that are currently considering access to digital material on the Internet in order to establish the public service principle in the digital environment and in particular to develop norms for the use of such material for educational and other socially necessary purposes.

Recommendation 1836 (2008). Realising the full potential of e-learning for education and training.

E-learning can be a powerful means of creating open educational resources accessible to everybody, thus counteracting a society divided by unequal skill levels. In this regard, the Assembly calls on member parliaments to support the so-called “open-source” movement in software development and initiatives for open educational resources – freely accessible on the Internet – and to adopt measures to combat the digital divide in order to close the gap between those who have access to ICT and the acquisition of ICT skills and those who do not, thus ensuring digital literacy for all.

Doc. 11846. Realising the full potential of e-learning for education and training.

The Committee of Ministers also takes note of the Assembly’s recommendation to examine the standardisation of the technical infrastructure and software concerning e-learning, including free open-source software on the Internet, in order to facilitate their use and ensure their interoperability.

Although the open-source software is not the key concept in any of these documents, the fact is that it is considered in all of them as an important element when introducing ICT in all levels of educational systems.

Article : http://teachingenglishtoprimarychildren.blogspot.com/2009/05/council-of-europe-on-ict-education.html

Author : Gemma Tur Ferrer

Project abroad supports ICT education

Projects Abroad runs an ICT program that offers volunteers the opportunity to visit schools around the country and help students develop their computer skills.

The project has proven to be quite popular, with 100 volunteers having already participated since January.

Despite its popularity there are a number of issues associated with the program, a major one being lack of resources.

Although IT is, part of the national curriculum many schools, particularly within the smaller regions and communities only have blackboards as a teaching resource. According To Grant Appiah, Project Abroad co-coordinator for the Central Region, most schools are fortunate to have a single computer; some do not even have electricity.

This is particularly true in public schools in which a lack of resources means their education is greatly disadvantaged.

Schools try to teach IT as best as they can but often it is only theory and when it actually comes down to practicing computer skills, a majority of students lacks any knowledge or confidence in what is quickly becoming globally recognized as a vital skill. Often the subject is altogether overlooked.

During the recent school holidays, Grant Appiah came up with an initiative to hold a specialist IT program, which encouraged students to take some time out from their holidays to participate in a computer skills workshop.

The first step in putting this plan into action, was finding a space with the necessary resources to hold the IT workshops. Grant and the Projects abroad team made a partnership with FODACH Foundation, a humanitarian organization that exists to further the development of Ghanaian youth, and were then able to get their hands on a space once used as an internet caféwith 12 computers.

Letters were sent out to schools in 3 communities in Abura, Kakumado and Essuekyir. The program was targeted at students aged around 10 to 15 or 16 and was to run from the 16th of April to the 2nd of May.

George Derhitoee a High school teacher from Los Angeles in the United State of America joined the Projects Abroad IT program in Cape Coast fresh from 4 months in Sri Lanka where he had been involved in a similar program with Projects Abroad. Georges experience both with volunteering and as a teacher made him the ideal candidate for the specialist holiday program. According to Grant George basically pioneered the project. His role involved everything thing from writing the lesson plans to supervising the other three volunteers who also helped with the workshops.

The program had a great first response with 200 plus students signing up for the program initially. During the actual program, the workshops had about 60 participants all up, with around 40- 45 sticking attending consistently and actually completing the program.

According to Grant Appiah the Regional Coordinator, the idea of the project was not just to teach IT to the students but to engage them and encourage them with their learning.

Of course there were a few complications involved in the execution of the IT workshop. Technical issues were somewhat of an inconvenience at times but the main challenge overall was only having 12 computers with up to 60 kids, the students had to make do with sharing, taking turns to observe and actually operate the machine throughout the workshop.

Despite the difficulties, Appiah believes the kids have responded really well, a test completed at the end of the course produced mostly average and some above average scores. Considering that, according to George, many of the students had never used a computer before; this is a very positive outcome.

To further the success of this IT program, Mr. Appiah noted that the project needs commitment from the community.

The schools have the responsibility to make the kids aware of the program, and encourage them to participate. Families must also allow their children to be involved in this program for the benefit of their education.

As this project is being funded wholly by projects abroad and is completely non-profitable, he disclosed that donations of resources from institutions within the community would be extremely beneficially to the cause.

Overall, Mr. Appiah believes the project was quite successful and is hoping to continue the program with another workshop taking place throughout August.

Article : Project abroad supports ict education
Author : Central Press Newspaper

Tap ICT wealth - Najib

KUALA LUMPUR (June 21, 2012): The ICT and creative sectors are now being touted as the new sources of wealth for the country.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said the government has given leverage for the ICT sector since 1996 via the Multimedia Super Corridor and presently via the ETP Communications Content and Infrastructure and 10 EPPs.

Speaking at the opening of the NEF Bumiputra Technopreneurs dialogue today, he said the government has done its part through various agencies to help entrepreneurs start and develop interesting ideas and products that can help generate income.

Bumiputra entrepreneurs must unite and combine their expertise, strengths and uniqueness towards forming a strong entity, Najib said, citing the merger and acquisition programme between NEF and Malaysia Venture Capital.

“Such cooperation is much needed in addition to out-of-the-box ideas for solving the problems of funds and scalability faced by bumiputra companies,” he said, adding that the merger and acquisition initiative could be used as a model by Teraju and other industries.

Najib said in an era of globalisation and heightened competition, the government acts as a facilitator to create a conducive environment for entrepreneur development, and to remove obstacles to good ideas and creativity.

Earlier, at the launch of SMIDEX 2012, Asean-India SME Conference and SME Week 2012, Najib said the government has drawn up a master plan to chart the direction and progress of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), reports Bernama

He said the plan will focus on accelerating the growth of SMEs through productivity gains and innovation. “One of the strategic goals under the plan is to promote innovation and the adoption of technology by SMEs,” he said.

He said a national SME Development Council under the PM’s Department was also set up to oversee the national SME effort.

The inaugural SME Innovative Award with a RM1 million prize was introduced in 2010 for an SME deemed most innovative to inspire businesses.

Najib also said Malaysia is ready to facilitate the entry of Indian entrepreneurs into Southeast Asia and serve as its gateway into the grouping.

He said the Asean-India Free Trade Area Trade in Goods agreement, which came into effect on Jan 1, 2010, was a key factor in facilitating the creation of an open market in the region, which has a combined population of about 1.8 billion.

“Since its beginning about a decade ago, business relations between Asean and India have seen tremendous growth and development,” he said.

Article : Tap ICT wealth - Najib

Author : Maria J. Dass

Do ICT business with us, Koreans told

SEOUL: South Korean companies are encouraged to explore the information and communications technology sector in Malaysia, saidDeputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

He said the companies should take advantage of Malaysia’s curent promotion of ICT products and new technologies particularly wireless technology.

“Another significant prospect for growth lies in renewable energy. This is a new and emerging industry that requires modern infrastructure and support facilities, which are available in Malaysia.

“Global manufacturers in this industry have already established production facilities in Malaysia, and are producing components such as solar cells.

“We would like to invite Korean companies to explore the potential in this new area,” he told captains of industry here yesterday.

Muhyiddin said Malaysia was also giving attention to capital intensive and value-added industries, which also provide opportunities for Korean companies to invest.

To date, 300 South Korean companies have invested in Malaysia with cumulative investment totalling US$1.6bil (RM5.09bil).

Earlier, Muhyiddin called on South Korean Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sikin his office at the Jongrohu Government Complex here. —Bernama

Article : Do ICT business with us, Koreans told

Author : Bernama

Students show more interest in learning through ICT — Puad

MIRI: The use of information communication technology (ICT) has made children more interested and responsive to learning.
In fact, the application of ICT as a teaching aid is one of the packages in the national education policy in line with efforts to transform the education system, said Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi.
“We noticed that they are more creative and brave in their communication when using ICT in their learning programmes,” he said after visiting two classes at SJK(C) Chung Hua Krokop here.
Impressed with the positive development, Puad said: “The school is among schools in the country that implemented ICT and I noticed the project is very good and suitable,” revealing that the school was one of the two in the state and 36 in Peninsular Malaysia covered by the ICT project.
“We are currently carrying out the national education dialogues and the last one will be carried out in Johor Bahru on July 15,” he added. Saying to date they had conducted 17 such dialogues, he pointed out among the objectives was to increase ICT usage among students.

Article : Students show more interest in learning through ICT — Puad

ICT sector to remain bullish in 2H

Malaysia's information and communications technology (ICT) industry is projected to remain bullish for the second half of
this year, says Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).

Its Chief Executive Officer Datuk Badlisham Ghazali said the industry would see growth in the second half year amid increased demand for ICT services as well as consumer spending.

He also said the growth forecast for the sector of between eight and 10 per cent for 2012 by the National ICT Association of Malaysia (PIKOM) lent support to the outlook.

The projection was also supported by the increase in the number of applications submitted to MDeC for multimedia super corridor (MSC) status, which showed that the industry is growing, he added.

“To date, we have received a total of 3,000 applications from multinational companies for the MSC status.

“The figures keep increasing and we expect it to reach 3,200 by year-end,” he told reporters on the sidelines of the Mobile App Developers Conference 2012, here today.

The two-day conference was jointly organised by IT training companies – Info Trek Sdn Bhd and Instep Learning Asia Sdn Bhd, as well as value-added services provider, FrenClub Mobile Sdn Bhd. Bernama

ARTICLES : Business Times

Malaysian ICT to grow as economy recovers, says minister

Malaysia’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector could grow by 7% if economic recovery and business confidence continues, says Malaysia’s Science, Technology and Information Minister Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili. ICT contributed as much as RM48 billion (US$15.8 billion) or 10% of Malaysia’s GDP in 2007, but only RM40 billion ($13.2 billion) last year.

Before the financial crisis ICT in Malaysia had been projected to grow 10% per year, one of Asia’s fastest, he said.

Ongkili made his comments at Mimos, a major R&D center for ‘frontier technologies’ and advisor to the Malaysian government, which focuses on technology that can be commercialized for growth. Mimos yesterday held a ceremony to transfer technology platforms to three local companies to be developed for market by the private sector: Jaring Communications Sdn Bhd, Mutiara.com and Smart Computing Sdn Bhd.

Six other Malaysian companies also signed deals to licence and develop Mimos’ technology: Disability Solutions Sdn Bhd, Alam Teknokrat Sdn Bhd, Innovision Business Solutions Sdn Bhd, Phytofolia Sdn Bhd, Quantum Beez Sdn Bhd and Fabtronic Sdn Bhd.

131 ‘WiFi Villages’ for Sandakan

Meanwhile, in Malaysia’s far eastern city of Sandakan, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said it was halfway through a project to provide minimal-charge wireless internet access to 131 area villages, enabling urban and rural populations equal access to online services. MCMC has also distributed 49,800 netbooks to students in Sabah province on Borneo under the 1Malaysia project.

source & articles: The Star online, Mimos

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