KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 4): Time dotCom Bhd (TIME) has launched its TIME Fibre 100Mbps Home Broadband, Malaysia’s fastest home broadband service with speeds up to 100Mbps.

In a statement Tuesday, Time said its package offers 100Mbps priced at RM179 per month, a combination that no other existing home broadband package comes close to. The maximum speed currently offered in Malaysia is just 30Mbps.

Time said its 100% fibre optic network reaches approximately 100,000 homes in the Klang Valley and Penang.

The company said the 100Mbps broadband was up to 5 times faster than its competitors’ best offering to download movies, or share 100 high resolution photos on Facebook.

Avid users of social networking sites will be able to upload YouTube videos in a matter of seconds, it said.

Time dotcom chief executive officer Afzal Abdul Rahim said that at these speeds, the company was offering home users a high-speed internet experience currently unmatched anywhere in Malaysia.

He said Time introduced fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) to the Malaysian market in early 2010, using state-of-the-art fibre optic technology.

“Today, Time remains the only operator to deliver 100% fibre to customers’ premises in high-rise buildings. What’s more, the network will in future be upgradeable to support higher data rates, meeting the ever-increasing demands of a data-hungry market.

“Today, we are bringing Malaysia up to speed,” said Afzal. “We’re raising the bar for Malaysia’s Internet service – it puts us at least on par with – or better than – many developed countries around the world,” he said.