Another Benefit of Wireless: Less to Steal

Filed in archive Wi-Fi by jeff goldman on February 19, 2007

The Malaysia Star reports that Telekom Malaysia is switching some of its customers from wired to wireless access, specifically "in some areas of Sarawak that are badly affected by the theft of telephone cables."

"We have this problem everywhere in the state," says Telekom Malaysia's Omar Zaki Mustafa. "We have cable theft in Sibu, in parts of Kuching like Matang Jaya, in Miri, Bintulu, all over."

"To overcome it, he said TM was in the process of switching customers from fixed line to wireless service in areas where there is coverage," the article states.

"It costs us more than RM1mil to put up one base station for our wireless network with a capacity of 500 to 1,000 customers," Omar says. "We have no choice becase cables are being stolen so many times. In some places we have replaced the cables repeatedly and still they get stolen."

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Response from: Telekom Malaysia Review (01/30/09 1:17pm)

That's the problem of Telecom Companies in the Philippines too. I hope authorities and people should be watchful. :(

Response from: sirgeraldbirkin (08/06/09 12:12pm)

INVESTORS BEWARE OF FLORIDA PONZI SCAMMERS!!!! Recent articles state that "FMC Telecom is adding SMS to the company fold". This is nothing but MORE name-dropping and empty technology dribble to form ANOTHER "shell" holding company for Florida Ponzi schemer Ed Berkhof. Who does he think he is? Bernie Madoff? Allen Stanford? Florida Ponzi schemer, Ed Berkhof and fellow Ponzi schemer, Sidney D. "Trip" Camper used name dropping, donations to St. Jude's, stamped passports, and falsified tax documents to gain trust and get private investors to hand over thousands of dollars in cash, company paid trips to England, and ultimately control of their company. Ed berkhof is NOT a president or COO of anything - Ed Berkhof is a third rate bass player looking to bully another victim into giving him money so he can pay his creditors = PONZI. His fellow scammer, Trip Camper was fired from Elandia by Allen Stanford when they were busted for cheating the Ahkoy family business of investment money. Google "SEC Trip Camper Elandia resignation letter" . FMC Telecom founder Frank Cassidy is either a NEW partner in crime for Ed Berkhof OR he is simply ANOTHER victim fallen prey to Ed Berkhof's web of lies and empty promises to "take a company public". The FBI has nabbed Allen Stanford and is now looking for the rest of Allen Stanford's den of investment scammers like Sidney "Trip" Camper and Edward Berkhof. Don't let this happen to you.