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Corporate Profile
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| Milestones |
1800s | 1900s | 2000s |
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2001
- Launch of Bluehyppo.com, Telekom Malaysia’s lifestyle Internet portal, which records more than 290 million searches a year
- Introduction of broadband services
- Telekom Malaysia becomes a major partner in the launch of the state-of-the-art submarine cable Asia Pacific Cable Network 2 (APCN2)
- Establishment of TM Net as the largest Internet Service Provider in the South-East Asian region
- Launch of CDMA service fixed wireless telephony
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| 2002 Award of the 3G spectrum to Telekom Malaysia |
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| 2003 Merger of Celcom and TMTOUCH forming Malaysia’s largest cellular operator |
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| 2004 Restructuring of TM TelCo into two Strategic Business Units (SBUs) – TM Wholesale and TM Retail |
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2005
- Telekom Malaysia undergoes a major re-branding exercise and TM is adopted as the new brand
- Launch of 3G Services – first in Malaysia
- Acquisition of 27.3% interest in PT Excelcomindo Pratama Tbk of Indonesia
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2006
- TM forges strategic partnership with Vodafone, becoming a Vodafone Partner Network with a global reach of an estimated 179 million mobile customers worldwide
- TM implements its second phase restructuring exercise that organises the Group’s business into 4 groupings – Malaysia Business, Celcom, TM International and TM Ventures
- XL, TM’s Indonesian subsidiary secures 3G licence while Dialog, TM’s subsidiary in Sri Lanka launches South Asia’s first 3G service
- Acquisition of the remaining 49% in Telekom Malaysia International (Cambodia) Company Limited, (formerly known as Cambodia Samart Communications Ltd), Cambodia and 49% interest in Spice Communications Private Limited, India
- TM initiates consortium to develop an undersea cable system, Asia-America Gateway, linking SE Asia and the USA
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2007
- TM Group undertakes Demerger exercise resulting in two distinct entities – TM (FixedCo) and TMI (RegionCo)
- TM becomes the first Malaysian company to be named Service Provider of the Year at 2007 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
- The first commemorative book titled “Transforming a Legacy”, was launched by YAB Dato’ Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Divestment of TM’s Payphone business to Pernec Corporation Berhad
- TM’s affiliate in India, Spice Communications Limited commences trading on the Bombay Stock Exchange and receives the National and International Long Distance licences
- TM Group undertakes Demerger exercise resulting in two distinct entities - TM and TMI
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2008
- TM Group is officially demerged in April and TMI listed as a separate entity on Bursa Securities
- IRDA and TM sign MOU appointing TM as the preferred Telecommunications Provider for the Iskandar Malaysia region
- TM privatises VADS as part of its strategic growth plan
- TM bags 3 awards at 2008 Frost and Sullivan Malaysia Telecom Awards including The Alternative Voice Service Provider of The Year for the first time
- TM signs the Public Private Partnership Agreement with the Government to roll-out the High-Speed Broadband (HSBB) project
- TM grabs five NACRA 2008 awards, including the Gold Award for Overall Excellence, Silver for Corporate Social Responsibility and Best Designed Annual Report
- TM and Verizon collaborate to develop and improve Local IP capabilities
| 2009
- TM discloses Indicative Terms & Conditions for HSBB (Wholesale) service
- TM wins three awards at the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia Telecoms Awards, including Broadband Service Provider of the Year for the fifth year
- MMU makes the Top 200 Asian Universities in QS.com Asia Universities Rankings 2009
- TM signs Wi-Net on as its first HSBB (Wholesale) customer
- TM joins a new submarined cable consortium to develop the Asia Pacific Gateway (APG)
- TM's core network infrastructure is upgraded to Next-Generation-Network (NGN) technology
- TM commences physical work for HSBB access infrastucture
- Asia-America Gateway (AAG), a new undersea cable linking South-East Asia to USA, starts commercial traffic
- TM wins four awards at NACRA 2009, including Gold for Overall Excellence, Corporate Social Responsibility and Best Annual Report in Bahasa Malaysia
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