MALAYSIAN FIRMS SIGN MOUs WITH S. KOREAN E-LEARNING SOLUTIONS PROVIDER

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 (Bernama) -- Telekom Smart School Sdn Bhd (TSS) and Zeal Hi
Tech Sdn Bhd have signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with South Korean
e-learning solutions provider, Dunet Inc, on Internet protocol television
(IPTV).

The Dunet-TSS MOU focuses on IPTV e-learning contents and covers activities
such as sharing market trends related to e-learning contents and sharing
technological know-how for the development of e-learning contents.

Meanwhile, the Dunet-Zeal collaboration focuses on IPTV solutions and
platforms and covers areas such as joint projects for IPTV solution and
co-expanding for the overseas market.

Chief executive officer of Multimedia Development Corp (MDeC), Badlisham
Ghazali, said MSC Malaysia acknowledged that the Korean firms were capable of
enriching IPTV e-learning initiative, particularly for programmes aimed at
post-secondary and life-long learning.

"This experience is invaluable for MDeC as we spearhead the Integrated
Content Development Taskforce that assists the government in generating content
for the High-Speed Broadband initiative," he said at the signing ceremony here
Tuesday.

The MOUs are the indirect result of the signing of a MOU in 2008 between
MDeC and South Korea's National IT Industry Promotion Agency to collaborate on
smart school programmes.

The MOU, signed in conjunction with the World Congress on Information
Technology, has led to exchanges and deliberations between Malaysian and South
Korean consortiums, ultimately contributing to the IPTV project framework.

Badlisham said the collaboration between the two countries would generate a
revenue of RM10 million (US$2.9 million) and create some 2,000 jobs.

Meanwhile, MDeC senior manager, Smart School Department, Dr Norrizan Razali,
said the signatories had to put in place various activities from August.

Dr Norrizan said the signing of the MOUs today would result in the setting
up of IPTV e-learning standard and the prototype utilising it.

"We would like to unveil the standard during Education and Innovation
Fair in October," he said.
-- BERNAMA