Table of Contents 

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• Abstract

 
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1 Preamble
• 1.2 Concept Summary
• 1.3 Supporting Topics
• 2. The NIG Concept
• 2.1 The Information Grid
• 2.1.1 Information Types
• 2.2 Information Delivery - Logical Aspects
• 2.2.1 Multiple Delivery Modes
• 2.2.2 Single Access to Multiple Information Providers
• 2.3 The Information Market
• 2.4 NIG - Physical Aspects
• 3. Business Environment
• 3.1 Telecommunications Infrastructure
• 3.2 Increasing Trend in Networking
• 3.3 Current Information Service Industry
• 3.4 Industry Growth - Associated Segments
• 3.5 Other Parties to be Involved in the NIG
• 4. The Need for NIG
• 4.1 Accelerated Development
• 4.2 Planning and Coordination
• 4.3 Support for the Service Industries
• 4.4 Increasing Productivity
• 5. Potential Benefits
• 5.1 National Information Infrastructure
• 5.2 Socio-economic
• 5.3 Government
• 5.4 Users
• 5.5 Information Providers
• 6. Implementation
• 6.1 Technology
• 6.2 Initial Implementation Phase
• 6.2.1 Public Payment system
• 6.2.2 Connecting Current Information Providers
• 6.2.3 User Networking, E-mail and Internet
• 6.3 Secondary Implementation Phase
• 6.4 Future Implementation - Multimedia Phase
• 6.5 Geographical Roll-out
• 6.5.1 Klang Valley Economic Region
• 6.5.2 Regional Economic Hubs
• 6.5.3 Rest of Malaysia
• 7. Next Steps