Malaysia to exceed 25.5% digital GDP by 2025 with expanded 5G, says Gobind

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The government is confident that Malaysia can surpass the digital Gross Domestic Product target of 25.5% by 2025 through the expansion of 5G to services beyond telecommunications, said Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo in the Dewan Rakyat on Thursday (June 27).  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00As of the end of May this year, the 5G network coverage in residential areas across the country

00:11has reached 81.7% coverage.

00:18The availability of this 5G network is not only in high-density areas and cities alone.

00:26As of now, around 54% of the 5G network coverage has been covered in both urban and rural areas.

00:40The Ministry of Digital through the DNB

00:46is collaborating with telecommunications companies,

00:49the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia,

00:53and the industry so that we can promote and increase the use of 5G.

01:02As of April this year,

01:07the data shows that there are around 13 million 5G providers across the country

01:15and we have an adoption rate of 39.2%.

01:24Also for your information,

01:28a total of 3,826 sites out of a total of 7,114 5G sites that have been prepared

01:38are located in urban and rural areas.

01:42Regarding whether or not the DNB will provide external services from telecommunications services,

01:50that is a good question.

01:52We all know that 5G is an effort to increase the development of our industries.

02:01So it should be industry-focused and that is where we see the real value.

02:06So what we are doing now is we are doing a gathering

02:09to ensure that every industry in this country has access to 5G

02:16so that new businesses that are moving forward in this country

02:20can ensure that the infrastructure they use is an infrastructure

02:24that can use new technologies, especially 5G,

02:28and they can ensure that their factories have new technology.

02:36In that situation, I think we can see more output

02:40and this will have a direct impact on the condition of our country's GDP.

02:46And we hope that moving forward,

02:48even though my ministry has released data,

02:52in 2022, we broke through 23.5% of GDP.

02:57Our target for the end of 2025 is 25.5%.

03:03But I am sure that if there is a higher adoption by industries,

03:11we can see that the target is higher.

03:15What is needed is for us to ensure that we provide infrastructure,

03:19we also ensure that the infrastructure costs or the costs used to use this new technology, 5G,

03:26are cost-effective and we can assure and also encourage all industries

03:31to see how they can ensure that their business is technology-ready

03:37so that they can use new technology and that will increase their business performance.

03:42So DNB is indeed planning, along with SKMM,

03:45a plan on how we can ensure that we look at all industries that need access to 5G

03:52and we will take steps to provide our country

03:56with what is called a revolution of industries and challenges in the future.

04:01I hope that answers your question. Thank you.

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