Malaysia

There were 16,902,600 internet users in Malaysia (representing 65.7% of the population) in September 2009, according to Internet World Stats.

Number of internet users in Malaysia:
- 2007: 14,904,000 (59% of the population)
- 2008: 15,868,000 (62.8%)
- 2009: 16,902,600 (65.7%)

This was up by 356.8% since 2000. (Internet World Stats, April 2010)

The projected number of Malaysian mobile subscribers was expected to reach the 26 million mark at the end of 2008, representing 93% of the Malaysian population, according to IDC.

Over the next five years, IDC anticipates that the compound annual growth rate for total mobile subscribers in Malaysia will grow by 4% from 2008-2012. Prepaid users will continue to dominate the mobile subscriber market share despite efforts by mobile operators to convert prepaid users to postpaid users.

Most mobile users are currently skeptical of using mobile data services because of the perception that data services are expensive. (IDC, February 2009)