KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 -- Those residing outside Sarawak's city centre will soon be able to benefit from 4G internet coverage once all 600 telecommunication towers are reactivated.

Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said some of the towers now still do not have transmitters or radio.

"In English it's called 'naked towers', all these time they don't have transmitters or radio or some call it kuali.

"This has been a longstanding issue, and last October, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Finance Ministry (MOF) has agreed to allocate funds annually alongside telecommunication companies to solve several issues so that the towers' utilisation could be expedited," Fahmi told a press conference at the Parliame...