New MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab Opens at Multimedia University in Malaysia

 

 

Innovation leader shares technology and experience to assist students and faculties in their study of advanced wireless broadband technologies

Oct. 29, 2008  
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – 29 October, 2008 – Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Motorola Technology Sdn Bhd (“Motorola Penang”) has set up a new MMU-Motorola Wireless Broadband Technology Lab at Multimedia University (“MMU”), Cyberjaya, providing a conducive wireless network environment for students and faculty members to conduct applied research on the latest wireless broadband technologies. The Wireless Broadband Technology Lab is the first of its kind in Malaysia and supports MMU’s goal to “Enable the Knowledge Society through WiMAX”.

The lab at MMU is Motorola’s latest contribution to the education community, strengthening the company’s support to human capital development at universities around the world. The Wireless Broadband Technology Lab provides academics and researchers with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience with various fixed, nomadic and mobile MOTOwi4^TM wireless broadband technologies and applications, keeping them up-to-date with the latest developments.

Mr. Yew Tian Tek, managing director of Motorola Penang said, “Motorola always looks for opportunities to collaborate with universities in innovative technology areas in which MMU has distinct competencies. Motorola decided to join force with MMU as the two parties have enjoyed a long-term and constructive working relationship over the past 10 years. We also share a mutual appreciation of the advantages and benefits of Wireless Broadband Access technology including WIMAX. The Lab strategically aligns with MMU’s plans to further expand its WiMAX research interests.”

“As an innovation leader in wireless and broadband technologies, we believe we have a corporate responsibility to share our knowledge and expertise in Wireless Broadband Access technology with local universities as part of the industry-university technology collaboration program. Transferring Motorola’s know-how and technical expertise to MMU is a crucial step toward achieving our objectives,” Yew added. “Through this Lab, we hope to share Motorola’s experience in developing various innovative wireless broadband technologies such as WiMAX with students and faculty members.”

Dr. Lee Sze Wei, former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University said, “MMU’s vision is to be a premier university that propagates the generation and dissemination of knowledge in cutting edge technologies. In order to support our strong research culture and deliver quality academic programmes based on state-of-the-art R&D, we need support from industry leaders like Motorola who not only supply us with equipment but also knowledge and experience. We are glad to work with Motorola on this project, and we look forward to collaborating and forging even stronger ties with Motorola in the future.”

Motorola is sponsoring MOTOwi4 wireless broadband equipment including Canopy®, MOTOMESHTM Duo, wi4 WiMAX access points and customer premises equipments (CPEs) for the Lab. The infrastructure provides an opportunity for faculty members and students to explore new frontiers in state-of-the-art wireless technologies, such as discovering new applications and developing new software.

Motorola’s systems serve multiple purposes for MMU. The MOTOMESH Duo system enables a WiFi service which covers indoor and outdoor areas of MMU’s Cyberjaya campus. It is a full community based service as the installation and maintenance of the system is carried out by a team formed by MMU students and staff. Motorola’s WiMAX system will allow MMU to conduct various wireless broadband related training and research activities.

In addition, Motorola is establishing a seamless campus-wide wireless broadband network by using its MOTOMESH Duo and Canopy network solutions, allowing more than 10,000 MMU students and faculty members to access the Internet anywhere in the MMU campus.

MMU began the set up of the Wireless Broadband Technology Lab and deployment of the MOTOMESH Duo network in June 2008. Motorola is also training MMU staff and students to maintain and manage the Canopy, MOTOMESH Duo and WiMAX equipment. By working closely with Motorola’s engineering team, MMU’s team has an opportunity to learn first-hand from technical experts in setting up state-of-the-art wireless broadband networks.

Motorola is a global leader in mobile WiMAX. It now has 23 contracts for commercial WiMAX networks in 18 countries around the world. For more information about Motorola wi4 WiMAX solutions, please visit: www.motorola.com/wimax.

KLIUC Improves Internet User Experiences with SANGFOR

Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University College (KLIUC), the well-known Malaysia tertiary education institution, has improved the Internet accessing experiences for campus users by deploying SANGFOR's IAM solution. IAM's bandwidth management feature based on application guarantees smooth web accessing speed and provide an enjoyable Internet environment for students and staffs.

KLIUC which was established in 1998, is the focus of Kumpulan Ikram's tertiary education activities. Guided by motto of "For Knowledge, For Humanity", KLIUC aim to produce graduates with outstanding technological and management skills, possess high moral values to meet the challenges of Vision 2020 and the K-economy.

Enhanced with up-to-date academic facilities, highly qualified lecturers among whom are industry practitioners, KLIUC strives to ensure high quality education in areas of Engineering, Business and Information Technology. 3 years into the business of education, KLIUC is already recognized for its quality management system achieved through ISO 9001 :2000 certification in December 2000.

By deploying SANGFOR Internet Access Management solution, KLIUC is able to audit the the Internet flow situation through detailed reports. It is identified large amount of P2P download and on-line video stream occupying bandwidth and causing slow Internet accessing speed. Therefore, IAM performs the bandwidth limitation for P2P and on-line media, which make sure enough bandwidth for campus related applications.

There’s a great future for ICT enthusiasts

 

Miri – 13 May 2011 – There is a great future for individuals interested to pursue careers in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), according to Assistant Minister of Communications and Assistant Minister of Sports and chairman of the management board of Curtin University, Sarawak Malaysia (Curtin Sarawak), Datuk Lee Kim Shin.
Datuk Lee said this when addressing the participants of the recent ICT Career Awareness Day held at the Curtin Sarawak campus. The participants comprised 310 students from 10 secondary schools in and around Miri.
The event, which was aimed at sparking the interest of secondary school students in ICT and raising awareness of career opportunities in the ICT industry, was jointly organised by Curtin Sarawak and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). It follows a highly-successful 2-day Curtin ICT Career Camp for 59 secondary school students in March, which was supported by MDeC.
“Talented individuals should pursue careers in ICT because I foresee a great future for them. We should not limit ourselves to being consumers of ICT, but also be producers of ICT,” said Datuk Lee, who also emphasised the need to continuously drive initiatives to spread awareness of ICT among the younger generation.
The event kicked off with a presentation by Pravena Periasamy, Senior Executive - Programme Management of K-Infrastructure Enterprise Function, MDeC. Her presentation on ‘ICT as a Career of Choice’ focused on exploring career options in ICT, including Internet-based business, software engineering, computer and multimedia systems and mobile computing.
This was followed by a session titled ‘Engineers are Wonderful’ facilitated by Dr Shahrul Yazid Yahaya, Head of Department for Reference Platform Development, Intel Malaysia. Dr Shahrul spoke at length about software engineering and also conducted a game quiz for the participants.
Meanwhile, Terence Tan from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Curtin Sarawak’s School of Engineering and Science shared his perspective on the field of electrical and computer engineering.
Nik Naharudin Mohd Nasir, Senior Manager of Talent, K-Infrastructure Enterprise Function, MDeC, in his presentation remarked that there is a huge demand for talent in the ICT sector nationwide.
“We anticipate about 50,000 ICT-related job opportunities in the following years. Thus, you can look forward to an excellent job prospect in this field,” he said.
In addition to the presentations, the participants also viewed demonstrations of electrical and computer engineering projects by students and staff of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
The collaboration between Curtin Sarawak and Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), the agency responsible for the management of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC Malaysia), has created excellent opportunities in reaching out to secondary school students in Sarawak.
For more information of Curtin Sarawak, visit its website at www.curtin.edu.my.

Al-Madinah International University – Elevate knowledge through new technologies

 

 

12th October, 2009

 

Al-Madinah International University (MEDIU) with its headquarters in Shah Alam, Selangor is an Islamic University-based learning through online (virtual) or better known as e-learning. MEDIU has introduced a new method of education in this era of globalization, a learning management system with technology infrastructure, to make MEDIU as Malaysia’s First Islamic Online University and most comprehensive in the world.

In MEDIU, students do not have to leave their home and place of their own to gain knowledge as learning session is conducted at any time in accordance with the broad student. In the technology adopted by MEDIU system known as Advanced Learning and Interactive Management(ALIM) System, students and lecturers can communicate face to face through lecture sessions(video conferencing) and it can be discuss even anywhere.