KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's 2017 Budget announcement that fixed line broadband service providers will offer services at higher speeds for the same price, is in line with Telekom Malaysia Bhd's business plans going forward. TM group chief executive officer Tan Sri Zamzamzairani Mohd Isa said that the telecommunications giant has factored in the growth of its fixed line broadband services over the next three years. “We welcome the recent announcement by our prime minister of the government's aspiration to make high speed broadband access more affordable for the rakyat. At the media briefing today, TM Consumer and SME's executive vice president Imri Mokhtar said TM will communicate developments in this direction (i.e. On Friday, during the presentation of the 2017 Budget, Najib announced that within the next two years, the speed of internet connection will be doubled with reduction in prices by 50 per cent.

Source: New Strait Times October 24, 2016 08:52 UTC