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Telecommunications Reforms in Malaysia

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  • Lee, Cassey

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The article examines the range and scope of physical and structural changes that have taken place in the telecommunications sector in Malaysia in the past 15 years. It reviews the main policy reforms that have shaped the sector, including corporatization and privatization, and liberalization in fixed line and cellular services. The article documents the increase in competition, particularly in the cellular phone service market. Major regulatory reforms were introduced in the 1990s with the passage of the Communications and Multimedia Act and the establishment of the Malaysia Communications and Multimedia Commission. The key principles for regulating the sector are reviewed, including those directed towards economic regulation and consumer protection. With the absence of a formal competition law in Malaysia, the onus for addressing competition issues in the telecommunications sector rests with the sectoral regulator.
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  • Lee, Cassey, 2002. "Telecommunications Reforms in Malaysia," Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers 30648, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:idpmcr:30648
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.30648
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    1. Dato’ Abdul Latif Bin Haji Abu Semam & Hank Lim & Shahriza Bahari, 2016. "Regulatory Coherence: The Contrasting Cases of Malaysia and Singapore," Chapters, in: Derek Gill & Ponciano Intal, Jr. (ed.), The Development of Regulatory Management Systems in East Asia: Country Studies, chapter 9, pages 393-430, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
    2. Lee, Cassey, 2002. "The Institutional and Policy Framework for Regulation and Competition in Malaysia," Centre on Regulation and Competition (CRC) Working papers 30699, University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM).
    3. Wisuttisak, Pornchai & Kim, Chul Ju & Rahim, Mia Mahmudur, 2021. "PPPs and challenges for competition law and policy in ASEAN," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 291-306.
    4. Amassaghrou, Soumaya & Gutiérrez-Hita, Carlos & Zhukova, Vita, 2022. "An assessment of the liberalization and the evolution of competition in the Moroccan mobile market," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(5).
    5. Amiruddin BIN MUHAMED & Rebecca STRÄTLING & Aly SALAMA, 2014. "The Impact Of Government Investment Organizations In Malaysia On The Performance Of Their Portfolio Companies," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 85(3), pages 453-473, September.
    6. Quamrul Alam & Mohammad Abu Yusuf & Ken Coghill, 2010. "Unilateral liberalisation and WTO GATS commitments: the telecommunications sector in selected countries," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 24(1), pages 43-64, May.
    7. Derek Gill & Ponciano S. Intal, 2016. "The Development of Regulatory Management Systems in East Asia: Country Studies," Books, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), number 2015-rpr-04 edited by Derek Gill & Ponciano Intal, Jr., July.

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