Phase one of Jendela on track

Chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek(pic) said 292,826 premises have been passed for fixed broadband, while 29 new mobile broadband sites and 3,278 upgraded mobile broadband sites were completed during the January-March 2021 period.i

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 5.7 million premises have been approved for fiberisation in the second stage of phase one of the National Digital Network (Jendela) as at March 31, with 4G coverage at 93.51%, according to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

Chairman Dr Fadhlullah Suhaimi Abdul Malek said 292,826 premises have been passed for fixed broadband, while 29 new mobile broadband sites and 3,278 upgraded mobile broadband sites were completed during the January-March 2021 period.

“We are on track. From the KPI (key performance indicator) standpoint in premises passed for fixed broadband, we hit 132% of the target in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021.

“For new commercial mobile broadband sites, we managed to get 116% achievement, and 101.7% success for the upgrading of mobile broadband sites, ” he said during the Jendela second quarterly report briefing yesterday. — Bernama