KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 (Bernama) — It is most imperative for digital inclusion efforts be implemented for rural communities, vulnerable populations and marginalised groups, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
He noted that urban populations were gearing up towards the environment of smart cities and that urban lifestyles were increasingly becoming more digital.
“Rural communities and those who have yet to be connected or who are less connected than others stand to be left further behind if this digital disparity between the rural and the urban is not addressed accordingly,” he said.
Muhyiddin said this when opening KL Converge 2014, a three-day multi-platform creative industry conference and exhibition at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) in the capital, Wednesday.
Present were Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek and International Telecommunication Union deputy secretary-general Houlin Zhao.
Muhyiddin pointed out that as far as Malaysia was concerned, the household broadband penetration was at 68 per cent, thanks to the concerted effort of all players, namely policymakers, regulators and those from the industry.
–BERNAMA
