PETALING JAYA: All Internet messaging and social media service providers with eight million or more users in Malaysia will be considered to be registered Application Service Provider Class or ASP(C) licensees from next year.
According to a statement from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), providers that are subject to the ASP(C) licensing framework will be deemed as such through a dispensation of formalities under Section 46A of the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Deeming Provision).
