Published: on 23 March 2012
By Cheryl Yvonne Achu
KUALA LUMPUR: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) plans to expand its small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customer base by 10 per cent by end of this year.
The country's largest fixed-line phone company currently has 494,000 SME customers.
TM SME executive vice-president Azizi A. Hadi said TM is committed in their partnership role to supporting SMEs' growth by enabling the enterprises to achieve a competitive edge, leveraging on TM's wide ranging solutions and extensive networks.
Speaking after the launch of the inaugural SME BizFest 2012 here yesterday, he said TM anticipates more than RM1 million in trade deals from the event.
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The event will be held in three major cities, namely Penang (April 13 to 14), Johor Bahru (May 11 to 12) and Kuala Lumpur (May 18 to 19).
Over 30 exhibitors are expected to take part in the two-day expo in each city.
It aims to provide a synergistic information and communications technology (ICT) showcase for Malaysian SMEs to increase product and services knowledge as well as awareness among the fraternity.
The event will also be a platform for SMEs to interact among themselves and open up business opportunities through business matching sessions.
Among the highlights are interactive presentations, plenary style conferences covering a wide range of ICT and SME topics by renowned international and local speakers, la-test technology demonstrations and exhibition.
Over 500,000 SMEs are expected at the event.
Azizi said TM is collaborating with global ICT leaders for the event such as Green Oranges, Google, Microsoft, Intel, Cisco and Panasonic.
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