TM to review broadband rates periodically

Published: 2010/08/06



Telekom Malaysia (TM) will review broadband rates from time to time to keep the Internet service cheap to enable more people to subscribe to the service, says chairman Datuk Dr Halim Shafie.



He said TM was giving this commitment in tandem with the government's goal to ensure Internet penetration in the country, especially in rural areas, isincreased to 75 per cent by the end of 2015.



TM however has no plans to reduce the broadband subscription rate in the near future owing to service cost and the service provided by other companies in the market place was still at competitive level, he said.



"Actually, Telekom Malaysia's Streamyx broadband service is cheap. There is a package for only RM38 a month. The people can subscribe to this affordable rate with a speed of 384 kilobit per second," he told reporters after the launch of TM's smart school adoption programme by Kedah Education Director Shahidan AbdulRahman at Sekolah Kebangsaan Tembak in Kuala Ketil.









Dr Halim said the people can subscribe to a faster broadband service by paying a bit more or sign up for the High Speed Broad Band (HSBB) at RM149 a month. - Bernama



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