What is MYREN?
MYREN provides high-capacity broadband to universities, colleges, research organisations and scientific laboratories. A government-funded programme, MYREN aims to provide accessible broadband to the Malaysian researchers to achieve the country's k-economy aspiration. This networking super highway enables researchers to run data-intensive applications, share computing equipments and run advanced applications within Malaysia as well as overseas.
MYREN was launched by the Minister of Energy, Water & Communications, Minister of Science, Innovation & Technology and Deputy Minister of Higher Education on the 28th March 2005. In 2009, MYREN was managed by the Ministry of Information, Communication & Culture (MICC). MYREN has been operational since then and currently being spearheaded by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE). MYREN links twenty eight (28) institutes of higher learning and research entities and as well as twenty two (22) polytechnics and thirty six (36) community colleges throughout Malaysia. MYREN is also linked to other National Research & Education Network (REN) overseas, including Asia Pacific, Europe & the United States.
