KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 2): Awanbiru Technology Bhd (KL:AWANTEC) has secured a one-year extension to its cloud framework agreement (CFA 1.0) with the government, under which it manages and delivers Google cloud services to the government.

Awantec said in a bourse filing on Thursday that the extension will be effective from Jan 1 until Dec 31, or until the launch of CFA 2.0, whichever comes earlier. The value of the extension was not detailed.

The cloud-based service provider initially entered into the agreement with the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu) and Google Cloud Malaysia Sdn Bhd in March 2022, to provide the specified service for up to 35 months until Dec 31, 2024. Mampu is a government agency responsible for modernising and reforming the public sector.

The contract value was not disclosed when it first announced the agreement. It only said the agreement was to establish the scope and basic terms for the government's purchase of Google's cloud services.

“This extension underscores the continued and strengthened collaboration between all parties involved to support the government of Malaysia’s cloud initiatives, ensuring continued progress and innovation in cloud infrastructure and solutions,” it said.

Shares of Awantec closed unchanged at 32 sen on Thursday, giving the Main Market-listed group a market capitalisation of RM252.8 million.