Friday April 24, 2009

RM234m Govt funds for Terengganu telecom projects

KUALA TERENGGANU: The Federal Government has allocated RM234.3mil to implement various telecommunication infrastructure projects in Terengganu over the three years from last year.

State Public Amenities and Infrastructure Committee chairman Yahaya Khatib Mohamad said the funds were for the construction of new towers, setting up 48 community broadband centres, upgrading 21 rural libraries into community broadband libraries and providing the disabled access to basic telecommunications.

“We expect all the projects to be completed by 2010,” he told reporters after launching the Civil Works Preparation Guideline for telecommunication infrastructure in new development areas here recently.

Also present was Malaysian Communica-tions and Multimedia Commission eastern regional office manager Mohd Shafie Harun.

Yahaya said the biggest project was the construction of 98 new towers costing RM137.4mil.

He said, besides Federal Government initiatives, the state was doing its part in supporting the national broadband plan.

This included the T@WAN project, a wireless broadband service in Terengganu, and a government proposal to provide fibre optic cables at all district offices statewide, said Yahya. — Bernama