Internet Connectivity through the Wireless Bridging System

In the pandemic era, having an internet access is no longer a luxury but a necessity for many reasons, including online schooling and education. However, many rural areas in our country do not have internet connectivity, negatively impacting the community’s quality of life, especially school children who were unable to join online classes.

With that in mind, ASM together with Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Ramlee Kamarudin, the Top Research Scientists Malaysia Recipient from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and an expert in 5G/6G Antennas for Wireless Communications Systems, has come up with a simple solution to provide internet connectivity in rural areas. The simple and inexpensive technology is called “Frugal Internet Connectivity” and it uses a wireless bridging system. This approach extends the internet accessibility and connectivity from a main internet facility to rural areas. Further discussions are under way to bring this technology to urban areas for the underprivileged segment of the population.

ASM and UTHM in cooperation with the Ministry of Rural Development  and TM One will be implementing the Proof-of-Concept of this technology on a small scale to 5-8 houses with different configurations in Kampung Kuala Pajam, Beranang Selangor from February until June 2022.