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By STEVEN PATRICK

KUALA LUMPUR: If you are an ICT (information and communications technology) graduate and having a hard time getting a job, e-business specialist Skali has an offer for you.

It will train you and give you a job in the Managed Portal Services (MPS) project, which involves the maintainance and upgrading of the 102 state government and 471 federal government websites.

Skali announced that it was awarded the six-year project, which is worth RM258mil, on Wednesday and has openings for 4,000 graduates in its training programme.

Through the programme, called Spike (short for Skali Pioneers and Innovators in Knowledge Economy), the company hopes to help unemployed graduates further develop their ICT knowledge and become entrepreneurs.

“The trainees will undergo practical training in multimedia and business, programming, IT networking systems, and project management,” said Aimi Aizal Nasharuddin, president of Skali (also known as Alam Teknokrat Sdn Bhd).

During the first three months, the trainees will be paid an allowance of RM500 per month. Once they reach apprentice stage, they will receive salaries of between RM1,200 and RM4,000, depending on their level of skill and competency.

The training will be conducted at MPS support centres in Selangor, Terengganu, Kedah, Pahang, Johor and Perak, and has already started with a group of 300 graduates.

Applicants should surf to www.spike.com.my for more information.

Aimi said that at the end of the contract period, more than 400 companies would be set up to take over the managing of the government websites.

“The graduates we train will get the opportunity to become entrepreneurs because they will be encouraged to form those companies,” he said. Skali will also outsource other work to them.

There is an estimated 8,000 unemployed ICT graduates in the country, out of an overall 150,000 graduates in total looking for jobs.

According to Skali, the lack of working experience and “very bad English” are the main reasons why there are so many unemployed ICT graduates.

“If they sign up for Spike, we will be upfront and tell them where they are going wrong so that they can improve,” said Skali co-founder and group CEO Tengku Farith Rithauddeen.

The programme, he added, is also designed to push these graduates out of their comfort zone so that they will start to strive for themselves.

Source: Star Online

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More homes to get broadband

PUTRAJAYA: The national high-speed broadband implementation plan is targeting 50% of Malaysian households to have broadband Internet access by 2010.

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said currently, only 12% of the 5.5 million households that had online access were broadband users.

Source: [Star Online]

Read how I feel about this here in my other blog.

Technorati Tags: Streamyx, broadband, National Broadband Implementation Plan

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AirAsia maybe just a low cost carrier, but it will be the first in Asia to offer in-flight mobile communication services to its passengers.

The service will be deployed across AirAsia’s entire fleet beginning early 2009, following a signing of a memorandum of understanding recently between it and mobile service provider OnAir at the Paris Air Show.

“Users of the service will also be able to send e-mail via their Blackberry devices or smartphones during flights,” said the spokesman.

Now, everyone with mobile devices can communicate with AirAsia… well done Tony. But please make sure your airplanes reach the destinations on time.. will you?

Technorati Tags: AirAsia, Tony Fernandez, mobile communication, low cost carrier

Read [Star Online]

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You may be asking why do they want to to that? I think that because someone screwed up… and considering the parties and technology involved, the extent of damage possibly done, I’d say some one had comitted a big time screw-up. The government had issued four licenses to four service providers to operate on the 3.5-Gigahertz (GHz) frequency, only to find out that it had interfered with the operations of the Measat-3 communications satellite.

Are these guys telling us they didn’t know about the potential problems? Come on guys… you can do better than that.

On Thursday, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said use of the 3.5GHz frequency by the wireless broadband service providers was interfering with the operations of the Measat-3 communications satellite.

He blamed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), which had given out the licences, for the predicament.

Measat-3 also uses the frequency, which is employed by the broadband service providers to offer fast wireless Internet access to the corporate sector, as well as other related services.

The other 3.5GHz frequency licence holders are Airzed Broadband Sdn Bhd, TM Bhd, Maxis Communications Bhd, EB Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, TTDotCom Sdn Bhd and Atlas One, according to the MCMC website.

So another finger pointing will just show how capable these people are in carrying out projects of national interest. Malaysia Boleh!!

Read [Star Online]
Read [Jeff Ooi]

Technorati Tags: MCMC, Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission, broadband

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The Pikom’s PC Fair 2007 kicked off last weekend in Penang, Malacca, Sabah, and Sarawak. This weekend the much awaited event will be held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center for folks in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur. You would not want to miss this weekend if you are looking for great bargains of computer products.

Kingston will be celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center so you wil have another reason to bring the family there. There will be lots of fun there with lucky draws, scratch card contest and instant prizes to be won. Share with us what did you buy at this year’s PC Fair.

PC Fair 2007 (I) Dates and Locations:

6 - 8 April 2007
11:00 am - 9:00 pm
Penang International Sports Arena
Jalan Tun Dr Awang, 11900 Relau
Mahkota Parade Melaka
Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Bandar Hilir, Melaka
Dewan Masyarakat Sandakan
Jalan Leila, 90000 Sandakan
Dewan Masyarakat Tawau
Jln Bakau, 91000 Tawau
Level 5, Permata Car Park Building, Kuching
Jalan Padungan, 93100 Kuching

13 - 15 April 200711:00 am - 9:00 pm KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur (Route Map)
Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50888 Kuala Lumpur
City Square Johor Bahru
Jalan Wong Ah Fook, 80000 Johor Bahru
Stadium Indera Mulia, Ipoh
Jalan Stadium Perak, 31400 Ipoh
Summit Shopping Complex, Batu Pahat
Jalan Bakau Condong, 83000 Batu Pahat
Berjaya Megamall, Kuantan
Jalan Tun Ismail, Sri Dagangan, 25000 Kuantan

20 - 22 April 200711:00 am - 9:00 pm Dewan Milenium, Kepala Batas
Bertam, 13200 Kepala Batas
Dewan Perbandaran Taiping
Jalan Taming Sari, 34000 Taiping
Sibu Trade & Exhibition Centre
Power Road, 96000 Sibu
Miri Indoor Stadium
Jalan Sukan, 98000 Miri
Dewan Dato’ Hormat, Tanjong Karang
Tanjong Karang, Kuala Selangor
Dewan Jubli Intan, Muar [carried forward from PC Fair 2006 (III)]
Jalan Arab, 84000 Muar

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CJCMedia Network had launched four of its network blogs. Check it out here:

Street-IT by Arman
Web Programming by Arejae
Musing Mother by Elviza
Woman vs Sports by Junita

In the mean time, CJCMedia Network is looking to expand it network to cover Malaysian cities. If you live in any of the Malaysian state capitals, have passion for writing and would love to tell the world about the cities you live in, check out how you can partner with CJCMedia Network.

If you are not from Malaysia, don’t despair. CJCMedia Network is not all about Malaysian bloggers. We are also looking for international bloggers. Tell us what you would like to write about and we will consider.

Technorati Tags: Malaysian city bloggers, blog network. CJCMedia Network, city blogs

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