Jaring-TMNet merger to enhance Internet service

INTERNET service provider Jaring will be merged with TMNet, a unit of Telekom Malaysia Bhd, to create a larger entity to provide wider and more efficient Internet services in the country, the Prime Minister said in his Budget 2004 speech. 

TMNet is Asia’s largest Internet provider with about 1.5 million users while Jaring – operated by Mimos Bhd – has about 700,000 users. Some users have both TMNet and Jaring accounts.