Telekom Malaysia lost RM500,000 to cable thieves in the first two months compared to RM2mil for the whole of last year in Kelantan.

Its general manager Abdul Rashid Che Osman said 144 cases were detected from January to March this year, mostly in rural areas such as Bachok, Rantau Panjang, Pasir Puteh and Machang.

Kelantan is the sixth highest state after Kedah, Perlis, Perak, Johor and Selangor in cable theft cases.

Abdul Rashid said TM would take a week to restore power for consumers affected by the theft.

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Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) and T-Systems Singapore Pte Ltd today announced their plan to provide joint telecommunications services in Malaysia.

The services provided by TM will allow T-Systems to have direct access to its Global Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) IP-based network, which delivers state-of-the-art global IP solutions to 266 cities in 50 countries.

"The collaboration between the two companies offer a seamless connection from Malaysia via T-Systems' global network to regions like Europe, Americas and the rest of Asia," TM and T-systems said in a joint statement.

"The service will provide global interconnection for Malaysia, and customers will be able to enjoy network services of the highest quality in terms of performance, with lower latency and a more cost-effective global backbone," they said.

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By Michelle Remo

MANILA, Philippines--AFTER STAYING well below target last year, inflation is expected to break into the 4-percent territory this year amid soaring oil prices in the world market.

In its 2008 outlook, think tank Global Source said the inflation rate would hit an average of 4.1 percent this year. This is still within the government's official target range of 3 percent to 5 percent.

Last year, the average inflation rate was 2.8 percent, well below the official target of 4-5 percent.

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Penang is expected to achieve 50 per cent broad band penetration ahead of the target set for the whole country due to the greater public awareness on the facility in the country.

Chairman of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Datuk Dr Halim Shafie said Malaysia was targeted to achieve the 50 per cent broad band penetration in 2010 but Penang could be ahead as current usage of the facility had now reached 30 per cent.

In view of the rapid penetration, it was possible that Penang could achieve the target next year, he told a press conference after the launching of the Streamyx 2.0Mbps and 4.0Mbps package, which offered free trials of the IPTV for selected areas in Penang and Kulim, by Deputy Information Minister Datuk Seri Chia Kwang Chye, who is also Chairman of the Penang K-ICT Awareness Committee, here Sunday.

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Telekom Malaysia Bhd’s (TM) ratings are unlikely to change as a result of its demerger exercise, although greater clarity is required on several issues, a global ratings agency said.

Fitch Ratings yesterday reiterated its initial view that TM’s long-term issuer default rating and instrument ratings were unlikely to change due to the exercise. However, more light had to be shed on issues such as the final terms of TM’s public-private partnership with the government for the high-speed broadband (HSBB) project before a final rating decision could be made.

“Any material divergence from the information currently available to the agency could result in a negative rating action or a change in the outlook, although a scenario is not anticipated,” Fitch said.

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Telekom Malaysia Berhad wishes to inform its customers about TM's initiative in combating spam in its Internet Protocol (IP) network to improve our quality of service. Recently, many anti-spam organizations have blacklisted a large number of IP addresses from TM’s network.

We wish to inform our Streamyx customers that Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) will be performing a service upgrading exercise on its Streamyx system at Sri Iskandar, Perak from 10:00 p.m. on Friday, 7 December 2007 until 6:00 a.m.

This message is addressed to all JARING Customers especially in Bukit Jalil. Please be informed that some maintenance works will be conducted as
below:

Date : 08-12-2007 (Saturday)
Time : 3:00am - 6:00am

The maintenance works will not affect any of JARING services. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you. Full article Jaring

Customers,

In JARING's continuous effort to improve our products and services, we have cease the Nationwide Call Plan and International Call Plan that was previously bundled with the JARING Wireless Broadband and MY015 packages. You are required to use your credit balance, if any, by 31st December 2007.

Best Regards,
JARING Communications Sdn Bhd.
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PIKOM PC Fair 2007 (III)

Dates and Venue

30 Nov - 2 Dec 2007 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Penang International Sports Arena, Penang
Jalan Tun Dr Awang, 11900 Relau
Sabah Trade Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Jalan Istiadat, Teluk Likas, 88400 Kota Kinabalu
Terminal One Shopping Centre, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Jalan Lintang, 70000 Seremban
Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan, Pahang
Jalan Tun Ismail, Sri Dagangan, 25000 Kuantan

7 - 9 December 2007 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50888 Kuala Lumpur
Mahkota Parade Melaka
Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Bandar Hilir
Central Square, Sungai Petani, Kedah
Jalan Kampung Baru, 08000 Sungai Petani

14 - 16 December 2007 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Persada Johor International Convention Centre, Johor Bahru, Johor
Jalan Abdullah Ibrahim, 80000 Johor Bahru
Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh, Perak *Ipoh Cancelled*
Jalan Stadium Perak, 31400 Ipoh
Kemaman Centre Point, Kemaman, Terengganu
Jalan Dato' Omar Chukai, 21100 Kemaman
Dewan Wawasan 2020, Kangar, Perlis
Persiaran Wawasan, 01000 Kangar
Dewan Suarah Bintulu, Sarawak *New Dates*
Jalan Tun Ahmad Zaidi, 97008 Bintulu

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Despite the hype, the wireless broadband technology will not go mainstream until 2009, says a local operator. Michael Lai, CEO of PacketONE International, said there is still some way to go before mobile WiMax can be seen as a mainstream offering.

A square jaw and edgy brow give a distinctive profile to this boxfish, one of many exotic marine creatures recently found by scientists exploring Southeast Asia's Celebes Sea.

The international team of researchers recently returned from two weeks in the Celebes, a little-explored sea between Malaysia and the Philippines that is home to one of the world's deepest ocean basins.

The Celebes's relative isolation and chilly depths make it one of the world's most richly diverse marine habitats, likely hosting species that have lived in seclusion for millions of years, expedition leader Larry Madin told the Associated Press.

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Dengue, a mosquito-transmitted disease which causes fever, headaches and agonising pain in muscles and joints, has killed 389 people and infected more than 38,000 in Cambodia, which is battling one of the worst outbreaks in years.

Here are some facts about dengue, which poses a threat to 2.5 billion people, or two-fifths of the world's population, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

WHAT:

-- A severe, flu-like illness, caused by four distinct, but closely related, viruses. Known colloquially as bone-break fever for the severe muscle and joint pains it induces, the disease causes death only when it develops into a more severe form, dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).

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Telekom Malaysia has been awarded the RM15.2bil High Speed Broadband (HSBB) services project to be rolled out under a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Malsysia Government.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the service, which will enable speedier Internet connectivity, would offer competitive rates to encourage more broadband usage.

“If the rate is too high people will not subscribe,” he told reporters after receiving contributions at Mindef from Bakti (Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers) and 61 other bodies for Hari Raya goodies to be presented to armed forces personnel.

»thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?fi···c=nation

SINGAPORE : Connect Holdings is planning to eventually merge Pacific Internet with Asia Netcom and C2C. The comment came as Connect announced that it was merging the operations of Asia Netcom and C2C.

MALAYSIA - The slow uptake of broadband services has led the Malaysian government to revise its earlier optimistic penetration targets, prompting industry observers to call for market reform. The government had previously set a target of 75 percent adoption rate by 2010, but only 11.7 percent of Malaysia's 5.5 million households currently have broadband access, up from 7 percent in 2005.

1. This message is addressed to all JARING Customers.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) would like to inform its customers that its Internet services are experiencing some degradation in performance due to fault with circuits on APCN and SMW3 cable systems linking Malaysia to Taiwan and Japan. As a result, Internet services customers may experience slow browsing when accessing websites hosted in Taiwan and Japan at this time.

We wish to inform our Streamyx customers that Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) will be performing a service upgrading exercise on its Streamyx system at Subang Jaya, Selangor from 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 11 September 2007 until 6:00 a.m.

We regret to inform our Streamyx customers that TM will be performing an email upgrading exercise on Friday, 7 September 2007, from 11.00 p.m. till 6.00 a.m.