Why MSC Malaysia Status?
Why should your company have
MSC Malaysia Status?
The MSC Malaysia Status benefits ICT and ICT facilitated businesses through a host of privileges that entail world class services and infrastructure as well as financial incentives.
As a MSC Malaysia Status company, your business will enjoy the following advantages :
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 World-class physical infrastructure
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| With the development of Cybercities and Cybercentres
nationwide, MSC Malaysia has opened opportunities
for companies to locate their business within these
premises. Cybercities are audited annually to comply
with a set of minimum standards and criteria which
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The Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)
administers the minimum standards to ensure that
MSC Malaysia Cybercities are always adopting the
latest in intelligent cities standards. |
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Cutting-edge communications infostructure
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| MSC Malaysia is supported by a high-capacity, digital telecommunications
infrastructure designed to meet the highest international standards in capacity,
reliability and pricing. |
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| Key telecommunications network features that will link the MSC Malaysia to
regional and global centres include: |
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A fibre-optic backbone with an unprecedented 2.5-10 gigabits per
second capacity. |
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High-capacity links to international centres. |
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Open standards, high-speed switching, and multiple protocols
including ATM. |
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Best-in-class performance guarantees. |
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Competitive telecommunications pricing. |
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Integration into new transportation projects. |
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Cyberlaws
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With the implementation of MSC Malaysia, the Government makes a commitment
to MSC Malaysia-Status companies in one of the 10-Point Bill of Guarantees to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework of intellectual property
protection and cyberlaws to facilitate and assist the development of a
truly ICT and multimedia environment. |
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A brief description of the Malaysian statutory framework for intellectual
property protection and cyberlaws is as follows: |
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Financial incentives
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Guided by the Malaysia's Promotion of Investment Act (PIA) 1986, amended
1997, MSC Malaysia-Status companies, institutions or faculties may enjoy the
following financial incentives: |
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A brief description of the Malaysian statutory framework for intellectual
property protection and cyberlaws is as follows: |
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Pioneer Status - 100% exemption from taxable statutory income. This incentive is granted
for a period of 5 years for the first round. |
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A 100% Investment Tax Allowance (ITA). |
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Eligibility for R&D grants (for majority Malaysian ownership MSC Malaysia- Status companies) |
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Freedom to source capital and borrow funds globally. |
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Duty-Free Importation of multimedia equipment (DFI). |
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Non-financial incentives
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No censorship of the Internet. |
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High-powered implementation agency to act as an effective one-stop super shop, the MDeC. |
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Globally competitive telecommunication tariffs and service guarantees if MSC Malaysia-Status
companies are located within MSC Malaysia. |
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High-quality planned urban developments if MSC Malaysia-Status companies locate
within MSC Malaysia. |
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Excellent R&D facilities, including the region's first Multimedia University, if companies are
located within MSC Malaysia. |
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Green environment protected by strict zoning if located within MSC Malaysia. |
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