History of communications in Malaysia; introduced by

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008


The first telegraph line

The first telegraph line connecting from the British Resident at Perak house in Kuala Kangsar to the house of Deputy British Resident in Perak at Taiping by the Department of Posts and Telegraph in 1874. This telegraph line measured 42.5 km and travelled across forest at Bukit Berapit, it signalled the beganing of the era of telecommunications in Malaysia. However, during Japanese occupations, the telegraph lines were nearly broken down by the Japanese army.


The telecommunications in Malaysia

  • In 1968, the SEACOM cable line was introduced, connecting the Peninsula Malaysia to Sarawak via the South China Sea.
  • In 1983, the Data Telecommunications System (Datel) was introduced.
  • In 1985, the ATUR, first wireless telephone system was introduced by Jabatan Telekom Malaysia (JTM).
  • In 1987, JTM was incorporated as Syarikat Telekom Malaysia Berhad (STMB) or Telekom Malaysia (TM) following the National Corporatizion Policy, which was launched in the 1980s.
  • In 1988, Celcom Malaysia Sdn Bhd was founded under its name STM Cellular Communications Sdn Bhd. The first to provide GSM based mobile services.
  • In 1992, Celcom was controlled by Technology Resource Berhad (TRI)
  • In 1997, Telekom Malaysia introduced CDMA based mobile homeline services
  • In 2003, Celcom Malaysia Sdn Bhd became the first provider to introduce video call base on 3G WCDMA technology.


Evolution of telecommunications

Today, mobile telecommunications in Malaysia is managed by 3 companies.

Natural History; the natural utilities favored

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Natural history or (in Latin) Naturalis Historia is the scientific study of plants or animals.

Natural History may also refer to:

In science and medicine:

  • Natural History (Pliny) , Naturalis Historia, a 1st-century work by Pliny the Elder
  • Natural History (Lonitzer), a 16th-century work by Adam Lonitzer
  • Naturalis Historia Scotiae, a 1684 work by Robert Sibbald
  • Natural History (magazine), an American magazine
  • Natural History Review, a 19th-century UK quarterly journal
  • Natural History Publications (Borneo), a publishing house based in Borneo
  • Natural history of disease, the uninterrupted progression of a medical condition in an individual
    • Natural history group, subjects in a drug trial that receive no treatment of any kind, whose illness is left to run its course

In music:

  • Natural History (I Am Kloot album), a 2001 album by I Am Kloot
  • Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk, a 1990 album by Talk Talk
  • The Natural History (band), an American rock band
    • The Natural History, the band’s 2002 debut EP

In literature:

  • A 1992 novel by American writer Maureen Howard
  • A 2003 novel by British writer Justina Robson


See also

  • Natural theology
  • Natural (disambiguation)
  • Nature (disambiguation)