24 Dec 2020 / 16:04 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2020 has been a large-scale field-test for the country’s Internet connectivity and bandwidth capabilities, especially as more than 32 million Malaysians began adapting to the new norms during Covid-19 pandemic.
The use of the Internet as a medium to deliver information and to communicate has been key to embracing the new norms, including in the education and business sectors.
Even the simple practice of scanning MySejahtera QR codes before entering any premises would not possible if the user or the area concerned did not have a good Internet connection.
In fact, since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was enforced by the government in March, Internet usage has skyrocketed as people spend more time online, with some taking the opportunity to build a presence on social media as an alternative source of income.