Do We Still Dream of Vision 2020?

Sudev Bangah, Managing Director IDC Asean | Randy Roberts, Research Director of IoT and Telco

19-Jul-18 11:00

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According to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir, Vision 2020 is now 2025 as Malaysia look to grow its digital front and boost its GDP. Also, the proposal for Internet access to be a made constitutional right would be brought to the Cabinet in the near future which will allow Malaysians to benefit from the national e-economy and e-commerce. We speak to Sudev Bangah and Randy Roberts of IDC about what has been going right for Malaysia and how do we fare with neighbouring countries in the digital growth/investments.

Produced by: Jeff Sandhu

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