The mobile telecommunication penetration, although increasingly popular, was lower compared to the national figure per 100 inhabitants, 130.9 against national figure 143.8. Cellular coverage expansion in Pahang is served by 207 communication towers, with 3G mobile broadband coverage has been expanded to 150 sites and LTE mobile broadband to 42 sites respectively. To accommodate the demand for high-speed mobile broadband, the core network capacity has been upgraded, with fibre-optic network has been expanded in 2015 to a total 45.6 km. In 2015, an initiative was announced by the federal government to connect the Peninsular and the East Malaysia states, Sabah and Sarawak with submarine fibre optic cable network bringing 4 terabits per second capacity with a total distance of approximately 3,800 kilometres. The planned submarine cable will connect the state of Pahang and Sabah through connecting points in Cherating and Kota Kinabalu respectively.
The mobile telecommunication penetration although increasingly popular was lower compared to the national figure per 100 inhabitants 1309 against national figure 1438 Cellular coverage expansion in Pahang is served by 207 communication towers with 3G mobile broadband coverage has been expanded to 150 sites and LTE mobile broadband to 42 sites respectively To accommodate the demand for high-speed mobile broadband the core network capacity has been upgraded with fibre-optic network has been expanded in 2015 to a total 456 km In 2015 an initiative was announced by the federal government to connect the Peninsular and the East Malaysia states Sabah and Sarawak with submarine fibre optic cable network bringing 4 terabits per second capacity with a total distance of approximately 3800 kilometres The planned submarine cable will connect the state of Pahang and Sabah through connecting points in Cherating and Kota Kinabalu respectively