Service Provider Licensing System in the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Industry

In1998 the Malaysian government enacted the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) to cater for the convergence era of telecommunications, broadcasting and information technology. This Act changed the definition of these three previously distinct industries into the communications and multimedia industry. One of the reason behind this was the contention on the part of the government that to differentiate these three industries will do more harm than good due to the fact that technological advances no longer makes it viable to draw the line differentiating them.