Telecommunication in Malaysia

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 90.89 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Malaysia ranks 36th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 50.74 Mbit/second (35th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Malaysia comes 45th with a download speed of 43.46 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 12 Mbit was only enough for 48th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the internet in Malaysia from 1990 - 2021

Broadband internet in Malaysia 2001 - 2021

Malaysia is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 97 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 11 percent have their own fast internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the internet via mobile communications.