Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC Malaysia)

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The Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC Malaysia) was establish in 1996 with the aspiration of becoming global hub for ICT and multimedia innovation, operation and services and to transform Malaysia into a knowledge- economy and achieve develop nation status in line with vision 2020. The number of companies that have status MSC rise in 1994 to 1997 approximately 2000 companies join it. Malaysia is the nations that live by guiding in five years developments master plan. Providing the ultimate background to these programmes is Vision 2020, a national agenda sets out specific goals and objectives for long-term development which is related with MSC. The chief architect of this vision is Malaysia's Prime Minister, Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Malaysians have responded robustly to his challenge to become a fully developed and knowledge-rich society by year 2020. The length of the Multimedia Super Corridor is 15 kilometer wide and 50 kilometre longs and call as ‘greenfield corridor’. MSC location starts from the Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) and down south to the site of the region’s largest international airport, the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) which launched on the 27 Jun 1998. Putrajaya and Cyberjaya is the two of the world’s first smart cities that being developed in the corridor. Now Putrajaya is the new seat of government and administrative capital of Malaysia where the concept of electronic government. Cyberjaya become an intelligent city because have multimedia industries, R&D centres, a Multimedia University and operational headquarters to direct their worldwide manufacturing and trading activities through multimedia technology.

Besides, Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) is committed to dr...

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...evelop with the growth environment for Malaysian ICT SMEs to transform themselves into world-class companies. Moreover, MSC Malaysia becomes countries that use highly infrastructure facilities as a global test bed for ICT application in Asia. Malaysia become unique corridor because attract the world’s leading ICT companies to locate their industry in Malaysia. MSC Malaysia has succeeded in producing major the companies in Malaysia. MSC Malaysia also has a significant contribution to economic growth. Some achievement we can observed from MSC flagship application like e-government, My card , Smart School and Tele medicine. With this achievements it will improved socio-economic and benefited public society. Multimedia Super Corridor flagship is based on the three key elements which are a high capacity, new policies and cyber laws and an interactive living environment.

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