KUCHING (Aug 14): The nation’s first 5G Test Bed situated at the Centre of Technical Excellence Sarawak (Centexs) here serves as a testament of Sarawak’s progressive approach in digital economy transformation, said Centexs chairman Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohd Morshidi Abdul Ghani.
Abang Johari (second right) is seen visiting a Maxis booth, testing the Virtual Reality (VR) headset, while Morshidi (left), Maxis Sarawak region head Ben Ting (second left) and others look on. Photo by Roystein Emmor
The testbed was the government’s initiative through Centexs, Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) and Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC) to promote and coordinate the test and research into the development of 5G, he explained.
“The testbed is also designed to help everyone, especially in the industry (to) understand the challenges and needs involved in deploying new 5G techology and applications,” he said when speaking at the launch of the 5G testbed today.
In order to drive early adoption and innovation of 5G technology, the 5G testbed acts as a nucleus and trigger to stimulate the people to explore and deploy new use cases and innovation of 5G technology, he said.
He added that Centexs’ role was to utilise the testbed for the development of training programmes for students as well as develop digital talent in various use cases of the 5G technology.
“(Meanwhile), SDEC will bring together partners that include global technology leaders, developers, government and private sectors and academia to assist in the industries to understand the opportunities and challenges in deploying the new 5G technologies and develop solutions.
“These solutions later on can then be rolled out to industries for commercialisation and to the public at large,” he added.
(Taken from https://www.theborneopost.com/)
In April 2017, The Right Honourable Chief Minister of Sarawak, Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg has announced a major paradigm shift in Sarawak development strategy namely Sarawak Transformation through the Digital Economy.
In line with the Sarawak State development strategy, CENTEXS has identified its part to support the Digital Economy in talent development by establishing the Digital Training Unit in June 2017.
CENTEXS Digital Training Unit focus is on the development of technical manpower that will create sufficient digital skills and human resource required for the Sarawak Digital Economy. In March 2019, the Chief Minister of Sarawak, has announced the establishment of the Digital Academy.
The Digital Academy is envisioned to play a crucial role in producing digital talent pool to the industry. The Academy is an Industry relevant education program, focusing on reskilling and upskilling training, targeting school leavers, university graduates and industry employees.
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His Excellency
The Governor of Sarawak
Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud
“The biggest opportunities lie in technical education. We will need more people with technical qualification. Technical and vocational education will be very challenging but then again the remuneration and rewards will be just as great. They will be our passage towards attaining a high-income society status by 2020.”
YAB Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Datuk Abang Haji Openg
Chief Minister of Sarawak
“I applaud the collaboration between CENTEXS and Huawei to assist in the transformation of the State Economy toward Digital Economy. When we have the new technology, we can meet the needs of ASEAN and ASIA markets. Also, through this collaboration, Huawei will have laboratory outside China, in Sarawak, which we can name ‘CENHUA Lab’ (CENTEXS-HUAWEI) “.
Allahyarham YBhg Datuk Patinggi (Dr) Haji Adenan bin Haji Satem
Former Chief Minister of Sarawak
“We are very much aware of the importance of Technical Education in our quest for industrialisation. We don’t have enough people to man our industries because we have not been emphasising on technical education. Nevertheless, it is not too late for us to focus on technical and vocational education. So, we can meet the needs of thousands of technical hands in our industries.”
