Telekom Malaysia Bhd has opened up its last mile and will deliver broadband access connectivity service to JARING Communications Sdn Bhd's Internet users.

In a statement yesterday, TM said it signed a DSL wholesale service agreement with JARING last Friday, following the determination by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission to unbundle the last mile.

Under the terms, TM will provide DSL ports, a new high-speed last mile access technology that transports data and multimedia over the last mile of copper telephone lines.

"Being our first customer, DSL Wholesale Service will provide JARING an instant nationwide broadband access and opportunity to bundle an independent service package in the shortest time and at minimum cost.

"This will assist JARING and other potential service providers to overcome the high levels of investment, capital cost and other obstacles to capture the potentially large broadband market and drive the take-up of broadband access line to meet the objectives of the National Broadband Plan (NBP)," said TM chief operating officer Datuk Baharum Salleh.

He said in line with the NBP to boost the broadband penetration rate to 10% of population by 2008, TM was aggresively rolling out broadband services on its own through its subsidiary TM Net Sdn Bhd as well as other broadband-related infrastructure nationwide and offering them to other licensed operators.

Source : The Edge

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