About Community Communications Development Programme (CCDP)

The Community Communications Development Programme (CCDP) was initiated and funded by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) with the objective of increasing rural communities' access to telecommunication services.

The focus is on areas with an active community base but with limited or no communication access as well as areas with existing cottage industries or activities that can benefit from communication access.

The main purpose of the programme is to develop and implement a collaborative programme that will help narrow the digital divide which in turn will have a positive socio-economic impact on the community. The programme also aims to serve as a platform for the building of current and future initiatives via community access to communications and network services.

TIME's participation in CCDP

As one of the major players in the telecommunications industry, TIME has been entrusted by MCMC to play a major role in the development of its Community Communications Development Programme , and it has done so through the setting up of "Kedai.Koms" in the Northern region of Malaysia.

To date, TIME has set up 13 Kedai.Koms in Perak, Kedah and Perlis. The facilities include satellite access solutions that provide two payphone services and Broadband Internet Access with a dedicated 128 kbps for download and 64 kbps upload for each of the Kedai.Koms.

A Brief Introduction to Kedai.kom

The role of the Kedai.kom is to deliver communication service especially broadband access to rural areas within their community.

Each Kedai.Kom is furnished with five personal computers, one printer and its relevant peripherals. In an effort to ensure the intended community uses the Kedai.Kom effectively, training is provided in the following areas:

  • Usage of Internet as a medium of communication for local leaders
  • Basic competency in personal computers maintenance and
  • Internet awareness programmes for working adults and school children

Kedai.kom operators run the Kedai.kom as a commercial enterprise, charging the users of its facilities reasonable rates in order to encourage adoption of the technology by the local community.

In addition to provisioning the infrastructure and training, TIME also assisted in the creation of local entrepreneurs by encouraging the operators to manage each "Kedai.Kom" as their own business. A web portal and e-mail addresses for "Kedai.Kom" operators are also provided via the following URL: http://kedaikom.time.net.my/, which is hosted by TIME dotCom's ISP arm, TIMENet.

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