Kota Kinabalu: The incident involving two teenagers who were injured after an 18-metre high suspension bridge they were using as an “Internet station” collapsed on Monday shows how Sabah is lagging behind in telecommunications infrastructure, said Ghazalie Ansing
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The Chairman of Common Tower Technologies Sdn Bhd (CTTSB), a subsidiary of Warisan Harta, said while other states are ready to make the transition from 4G, statistics show that 52 per cent of students in Sabah lack proper Internet access.
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“This renders taking of online classes during the Movement Control Order to be a problem or a major challenge for them, especially those in the rural areas,” he said.
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