KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 169 Sarawak Multimedia Authority Rural Telecommunication (SMART) towers are functioning well in providing 4G Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN) services in the state as of March 22, said Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil.

He said that this was part of the 600 telecommunication towers planned to be erected in the state through several stages of allocations provided by the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and telecommunications companies (telcos).