Landline connection is vital to develop Sungai Asap into digital village

BELAGA: To realise the Sungai Asap Digital Village initiative, the open network implementation in Sungai Asap needs to be stepped up to parity with the Sebauh open network model. Murum assemblyman Kennedy Chukpai Ugon pointed out that the Sungai Asap area is not served by the optical fibre Internet network link that is present in […]

Telang Usan rep lists 68 villages in need of Internet access

MIRI: The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the importance of being digitally connected. Demand for Internet access and fast bandwidth is increasing. Without access or low speed, folk in rural areas, especially students and teachers, are struggling to keep up. Recently, the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) agreed in principle to […]

One smartphone to share for online learning

SEMPORNA: There is no other option for some students but to wait in line with their other siblings to participate in the online Learning and Facilitation (PdPc) session using only one smartphone during the closed school session following the movement control order (MCO). Like it or not, this situation is being faced by a number of students living in […]