Consumers enjoy cheaper fixed broadband prices

PUTRAJAYA: Consumers will enjoy cheaper broadband services with the announcement by four telecommunications companies to reduce the price of their fixed broadband packages by up to 56 per cent.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said the announcement by the four telecommunication companies, Telekom Malaysia (TM), Maxis, TIME dotcom (TIME) and Celcom follows the call by Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo that with the implementation of the Mandatory Standard on Access Pricing (MSAP), they should offer cheaper broadband services with increased speed.

“All the telecommunications companies are currently offering packages which start from less than RM100 as well as packages which offer higher-speed with cheaper prices,” the statement said.

According to MCMC, TM’s starter pack of 30 Megabits per second (Mbps) before MSAP at RM139 was now priced at RM79, while Celcom’s 40 Mbps starter pack has been reduced to RM80 from RM180, Maxis’ 30 Mbps starter pack now at RM89 from RM139 and TIME’s 100 Mbps starter pack now RM99 from RM149.

Meanwhile, TIME’s package of 500 Mbps was now priced at RM139 while its 1 gigabit (Gbps) package was now RM199.

The statement also said the implementation of the MSAP and reduction of prices was in line with the government’s efforts to provide high-quality world-class broadband services at reasonable prices.

“The MCMC will continue to work with the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia to improve the quality of broadband services in Malaysia,” it said. – Bernama