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Overview
TIME dotCom Berhad (TIME) is the second-largest but fastest growing fixed-line telecommunications network and solutions provider in Malaysia.
TIME has been listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia since 2001. The Group underwent a management change in October 2008 and has since completed its business turnaround, recording strong quarterly of profits since mid-2009.
As a data-centric operator, TIME’s business is anchored at providing backhaul and wholesale bandwidth solutions to leading local, regional and global operators. The Group also offers extensive fibre optic-based telecommunications services to large corporations, government organisations and enterprises that demand uncompromising reliability. Within the consumer space, TIME offers 100% fibre-based broadband services.
The TIME business is built on its advance fibre optic network, the Cross Peninsular Cable System (CPCS™) - the most robust transborder terrestrial system ever built. Designed as a fully meshed network over five dedicated fibre routes traversing from Thailand to Singapore, the CPCS™ delivers a guaranteed 99.999% up time availability – validating it as a network built with the future in mind.
TIME's wholesale business encompasses the sale of bandwidth to support the data traffic between Indochina and Singapore. TIME also provides the crucial fibre backbone to at least 70% of regional and global Services Providers located in the Asia Pacific region.
Within the Corporate and Government sectors, TIME focuses on providing highly reliable data solutions.
With its core network designed to meet all the future demands of the market, TIME embarked on an aggressive expansion of its 100% Fibre network direct to premises to provide the reliable Internet products and services to the consumer and enterprise market.
In 2010, TIME Fibre Internet™ and TIME Fibre Broadband™, a 100% fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) high-speed broadband, became widely available to over 60,000 premises. This product offers Malaysian home and office users the fastest broadband connectivity in the country with speeds of up to 50Mbps.
The strength of its fibre optics capabilities and network footprint has positioned TIME as the preferred partner for mobile node fiberisation, providing the critical backhaul capacity to mobile operators. TIME’s fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) technology is utilised by a leading pay TV operator to deliver IPTV directly into homes.
The combination of TIME's high performing CPCS™ network, its wide range of 100% fibre-based data products and services, its unwavering customer service and major industry coups has positioned the Group to face future challenges in the wired-line telecommunications market well in the country.
After strengthening its domestic presence, TIME is now set to transition itself into a regional wholesale service provider by proposing the acquisition of a group of companies within the telecommunications industry.
The proposed acquisitions are subject to shareholder approval and scheduled for completion in mid-2011.
Board of Directors
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Abdul Kadir Md Kassim
Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director and Chairman
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Abdul Kadir Md Kassim,
a Malaysian, aged 71, was
appointed to the Board
of TIME on 22 October
2001 and as Chairman on
15 January 2010. He is
a member of the Tender
Board Committee.
Kadir holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the
University of Singapore. He served in the Malaysian
Administrative & Diplomatic Service and in the Judicial
and Legal Service between 1966 and 1973 holding
various positions and has been in private practice
since then. Currently, he is the managing partner and
practising at Messrs Kadir, Andri & Partners.
He is currently a Director of UEM Land Holdings
Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. Apart from
being the Chairman of Cement Industries of Malaysia
Berhad (CIMA) and UEM Builders Berhad, he is also a
Director of UEM Group Berhad, Danajamin Nasional
Berhad, Federation of Investment Managers Malaysia
and a few private companies. He also serves as
Chairman of The Committee Exchange of Labuan
International Financial Exchange and sits on the
Investment Panel of Lembaga Tabung Haji and on the
Corporate Debt Restructuring Committee.
He has no securities holdings in the Company and/
or its subsidiaries. He also has no family relationship
with any Director and/or major shareholders nor any
conflict of interest with the Company.
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Afzal Abdul Rahim
Non-Independent, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
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Afzal Abdul Rahim, a Malaysian,
aged 34, was appointed as
Director & Chief Executive Officer
of TIME on 7 October 2008.
He holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering with
Electronics, specialising in Acoustic Wave Theory from
the University of Sussex, United Kingdom.
Afzal started his career in the automotive industry
culminating in a regional role with Group Lotus
PLC. A technology entrepreneur, he also founded
the Malaysian Internet Exchange (MyIX), which was
established in 2006.
Afzal has interest in the securities of the Company
through Pulau Kapas Ventures Sdn Bhd. He has no
family relationship with any Director and/or major
shareholders nor any conflict of interest with the
Company.
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Elakumari Kantilal
Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director
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Elakumari Kantilal, a Malaysian,
aged 55, was appointed to
the Board of TIME on 8 March
2001. She is the Chairman of the
Nomination and Remuneration
Committee. She is also a member
of the Audit Committee and the
Tender Board Committee.
Elakumari holds a Master of Science in Finance &
Accounting from University of East Anglia, United
Kingdom and a Bachelor of Accounting from Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia. She is also a member of the
Malaysian Institute of Accountants. She started her
career in the Accountant General’s Department and
served in various senior positions in the Ministry of
Finance. She joined Khazanah Nasional Berhad in
1994 and currently holds the position of Director in the
Investment Division in Khazanah. She also sits on the
Board of TIME Engineering Berhad and Faber Group
Berhad.
She has no securities holdings in the Company and/
or its subsidiaries. She also has no family relationship
with any Director and/or major shareholders nor any
conflict of interest with the Company.
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Ronnie Kok Lai Huat
Senior Independent, Non-Executive Director.
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Ronnie Kok Lai Huat, a Malaysian,
aged 57, was appointed to the
Board of TIME on 31 January
2008. He is the Chairman of the
Audit Committee and a member of
the Nomination and Remuneration
Committee.
Ronnie holds a Degree in Business Administration from
the University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom. Prior to
joining the Board of TIME, Ronnie held the position of
Global Head of Marketing at Sampoerna International
from September 2004 to January 2007 and was
Sampoerna Malaysia’s Marketing Director from June
2002 to August 2004. Between 1996 and 2002, he
served as the Vice President of Marketing & Sales at
JT International Tobacco Sdn Bhd where he also held
the position of Executive Director on the Board of the
company. He has been appointed as a Director of
Cement Industries of Malaysia Berhad recently.
He has no securities holdings in the Company and/or
its subsidiaries. He also has no family relationship with
any Director and/or major shareholders nor any conflict
of interest with the Company.
Shareholders and investors are welcome to contact Ronnie on shareholder matters at ronnie.kok@time.com.my.
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Balasingham Namasiwayam
Independent, Non-Executive Director
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Balasingham A. Namasiwayam,
a Malaysian, aged 60, was
appointed to the Board of TIME on
13 July 2009. He is the Chairman
of Tender Board Committee. He
is also a member of the Audit
Committee and the Nomination
and Remuneration Committee.
Balasingham holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in
Electrical Engineering from Portsmouth Polytechnic,
United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of The Institution of
Engineers, Malaysia and is a Professional Engineer,
Malaysia (P. Eng). He is also a Member of The
Institution of Engineering and Technology, United
Kingdom.
Balasingham has been involved in the
telecommunications industry for more than 30 years.
Prior to joining the Board of TIME, he served as the
Chief Executive Officer of Fiberail from September
2003 to June 2008. Balasingham began his career
as an Assistant Controller of Telecoms with the then
Jabatan Telekom Malaysia and served in various
capacities until December 1986. He continued his
career with Telekom Malaysia from 1987 to 2003.
His last position with Telekom Malaysia was General
Manager of Specialised Network Services.
Balasingham has interest in the securities of
the Company through his spouse. He has no
family relationship with any Director and/or major
shareholders nor any conflict of interest with the
Company.
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Afzal Abdul Rahim |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Lee Guan Hong |
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Chief Engineering Officer |
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Long Sher Neng |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Anand Vijayan |
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Chief Services Officer |
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Arjun T. Arasu |
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Chief Marketing Officer |
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Strength, innovation and leadership skills encompassed by our Board of Directors makes Time dotCom a leading IT, Internet and Communications Solution Provider