Six city councils across Malaysia are set to enhance their smart city and urban development plan through real-time data, communication, and digital technology through the country’s first centralised citizen services project. The project is one of the fundamental steps toward an inclusive digital ecosystem as part of the Malaysia Smart City Framework (MSCF) under PLANMalaysia.
The city councils that will receive the roll out are Putrajaya, Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Petaling Jaya and Kulim. Phase one of the project – expected to be completed by December 2025 – includes creating a central platform that unifies urban observatory and digital citizen services platforms; and integrates with IoT and non-IoT components across these city councils.
The platform will enable authorities to access unlimited insights and data analytics on a single dashboard. The overall vision for subsequent phases is to target 155 city councils across Malaysia, with use case in multiple smart city domains such as security, mobility, health, energy, water, and waste management.
Digital infrastructure solution provider Quantela Inc. entered into a strategic partnership with Malaysian-based Geographic Information System (GIS) provider MAP2U Sdn Bhd to roll out the platform for PLANMalaysia.
According to Dato’ Gs. Azhar Ismail, Chief Executive Officer, Map2U Sdn Bhd, the partnership with Quantela offers unlimited value to PlanMalaysia by promoting the Standard Smart City Indicator ISO 37122 as part of Malaysia Urban Observatory (MUO) responsibilities.
PLANMalaysia is an agency under the Ministry of Housing and Local Government tasked with urban planning services for the well-being of Malaysians. Under its Smart City agenda, it is involved in developing the Smart City blueprint, introducing the national Smart City platform, Smart City accreditation as well as promoting Smart City awareness and capacity building efforts.
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