YTL Communications Sdn. Bhd. announced today the launch of Terragraph market pilot in Georgetown, Penang to deliver a reliable, affordable and high-speed broadband connection to the heritage city. The deployment, supported by Facebook, would be the first large-scale market pilot in Asia and is aligned with the government's efforts to invest in and further improve on the country's digital infrastructure to ensure greater availability of broadband services.... ›› more

YTL Communications launched a large-scale Terragraph market pilot in the heritage city of George Town here today. This is the first time that the newly introduced technology, supported by Facebook, is being introduced in Asia.

"Out of eight million households, only 18 per cent have access to high speed fibre broadband,” said Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo. While mobile broadband space has very high penetration rate, Gobind said there is an urgent need for more high-speed fixed broadband infrastructure.

"This Terragraph pilot project is a timely one as it is in line with the National Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan," he said. Malaysia is the second country in the world after Hungary to be running Terragraph trials.... ›› more

YTL Communications has kicked off its trial launch of Terragraph in Penang. This is a new wireless technology developed by Facebook which aims to provide gigabit speeds in urban areas without the complexities of laying fibre. Malaysia is the second country in the world to kickoff large scale Terragraph trials after Hungary.... ›› more

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