In November 1998, Malaysia adopted a convergence regulation model with regards to the communications and multimedia industry whereby two new legislations were enacted to give effect to the new regulatory model: the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 which set out a new regulatory licensing framework for a convergent communications and multimedia industry and the Malaysian Communications an...

MYNIC Berhad, incorporated on 24 May 2006 as an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, functions as the registry and registrar for the ‘.my’ domain.. The Malaysian Network Information Centre (MYNIC) was previously a division of MIMOS Berhad....

In January 1998, the National Information Technology Council (NITC) made the decision to establish a national network security and accreditation agency. This led to  the National ICT Security and Emergency Response Centre (NISER) being officially launched as a unit within MIMOS Berhad (Malaysian Institute of Microelectronics System) on 10 April 2001.   This was followed on 28 September 2...

From an idea spearheaded by Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, the man credited as the founder of Mimos, the concept paper for the formation of Institute of Microelectronics R&D was introduced to the Prime Minister in August 1984. Subsequently the paper on the formation of the Malaysian Institute of Microelectronic Systems was tabled and approved by the Cabinet on 17th October 1984. Finally...