The COVID-19 pandemic had resulted in a new approach to be explored to address the new norm and cater for future connectivity demands. The government has come up with a comprehensive national digital infrastructure plan known as Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA) to accelerate improvement of coverage and quality of broadband nationwide.
JENDELA was implemented in phases i.e. Phase 1 from 2020 to 2022 and Phase 2 from 2023 to 2025. For Phase 1, the focus is to optimise existing resources and building new sites to achieve 7.5 million premises passed with gigabit access, 96.9% 4G coverage in populated areas and 35 Mbps mobile broadband speed.
Under Phase 2, the targets have been stretched further to achieve 9 million premises passed with gigabit access, 100% internet coverage in populated areas and 100 Mbps mobile broadband speed leveraging on 5G technology by the end 2025. The targets are also in line with the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP).
JENDELA requires commitment from all parties involved including federal and state governments, local authorities and the industry. To facilitate the project deployment, certain policy recommendations are required to ensure all plans can be completed on time to achieve the targets.

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Policies, regulatory guidelines, legislation and initiatives on digital infrastructure development.

The accomplishments of JENDELA as of the third quarter of 2022 indicates that all planned initiatives are on track to realise the country's desire to ensure that the public can receive more comprehensive and high-quality broadband services so that the public's socioeconomic status can be improved.

JENDELA will bring Malaysia up to level with developed markets like Australia, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea. What is most important is, that people can continue their living by leveraging on better quality internet connectivity despite of future potential challenges in light of the slowing trend of global economic growth, instability of currency as well as inflation.