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CHAPTER 3 C&M INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
LICENSING REGIME IN MALAYSIA
Regulatory Regime in Malaysia
C&M Industry – SKMM Regulator Role
The C&M industry licensing regime is based
on the Communications and Multimedia Act
1998 (CMA) and its subsidiary legislations.
The SKMM executes the CMA and
implements the accompanying legislations,
and is both a regulator as well as an
industry developer.
As a result of SKMM and industry
stakeholder efforts, there is the facilitation
of a conducive C&M market environment
for further growth to be charted. The
details of the instruments and core area
emphasis are shown in Figure 3.1.
Facilitating Conducive Market Environment
*Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission
Source: SKMM
Fig. 3.1 Facilitating Conducive Market Environment
Licensing In 2009
The licenses issued by SKMM are categorised under individual or class for the various C&M
economic market segments of network facilities provider (NFP), network services providers
(NSP), content application service providers (CASP) and the applications service providers
(ASP). Noteworthy is that the individual licenses have a validity period of up to ten years while
class licenses issued are renewable annually.
Category of
licence
Individual
Class
NFP
4
24
NSP
1
24
ASP
-
394
CASP
0
28
Category of
licence
Number of Individual
Licensees Issued*
NFP
84
NSP
88
CASP
24
Total
196
*Cumulative
Source: SKMM
Fig. 3.2 Licensing Issued 2009
License Fees Collected in 2009
Types of fee
RM (million)
Application fee
0.24
Approval fee
0.45
Annual licence fee
81.63
Class licence registration
1.20
Miscellaneous
0.22
Source: SKMM
Fig.3.3 License Fees Collected in 2009
Implement CMA
• Licensing
• Economic Regulation
• Technical Regulation
• Social Regulation
• Consumer Protection
SKMM*
A statutory corporation
• Established by
Malaysian
Communications and
Multimedia
Commission Act 1998
(MCMCA)
• Effective 1 November
1998