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Half of Malaysia households have Internet access
Kuala Lumpur
April 12-Total Internet users in
Malaysia stands at 8.6 million, representing almost 35 percent of
Malaysia's total population, according to IDC's recent study.
"The increment of Malaysia Internet population remains to be
underway, with a growth of 60.5 percent annually from 2002 to 2003,"
said Huei Min, Lee, Research Manager, IDC Malaysia, commenting on
the study on "Analysis and Developments of the Internet Market in
Malaysia".
A concerted effort by the government, regulatory bodies, foreign
and local multi-national companies as well as the evolution of
creative ideas by local dot.com companies that has clearly survived
to reap returns and opportunities in the current Internet economy
has certainly taken Malaysia's Internet market to a higher pasture,"
she said in a statement released by IDC Malaysia.
"With the further reduction in broadband pricing and the
recently launched PC Gemilang campaigns that ties up dial up access
from TMNet are some of the key driving factors for a(continuous
growth prospect in the Internet market, where IDC forecasts would
grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 19.9 percent from 2002 -
2007," she added.
As a percentage of Internet users in Malaysia, Internet buyers
also have showed better growth improvements from 24 percent of the
Internet population in 2002 to 28.41 percent in 2003, said IDC the
premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in information
technology and telecommunications industries.
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