7. Next Steps

The next step in pursuing the development of the NIG is to conduct a study that encompasses:

The legal reforms needed to enable the NIG’s implementation and future regulatory and monitoring functions of the government pertaining to the NIG and the (emerging) information services industry in Malaysia.
Detailed business feasibility study and implementation schedule.
Resource integration in terms of financial, technology, corporate partners and human resources.
Impact analysis on the NIG implementation by and to other associated national infrastructure plans.

The study process should also be conducted with the government’s involvement through interaction with a government contact group that represents the various bodies involved in information technology and telecommunications namely:

Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the Prime Minister’s Department.
Jabatan Telekom Malaysia (JTM)
Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU).
Malaysian Institute for Microelectronic Systems (MIMOS)
Malaysian National Computer Confederation (MNCC)
National Council for Scientific Research and Development (MPKSN)
National Information Technology Council (NITC)
Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM)

This paper is a condensation of:

“A Preliminary Proposal to Build and Operate a National Information Grid (NIG)”

dated April 1995,
also by RenCorp Sdn. Bhd.

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