KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14 — The government expects ICT services and eCommerce to be the largest contributors to the Malaysia Digital Economy, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

This, he added, is to achieve its aspirational goal of 17 per cent contribution to the country’s gross domestic product.

He said Digital Malaysia will address with a holistic framework, four pilot applications for societal and government purposes, and a fund for economic Big Data Analytics (BDA)to drive ICT services.

“Multimedia Development Corporation Sdn Bhd (MDeC) will kick-start the private sector lead in the BDA project with a RM10 million budget to create 20 applications for the business community,” he told reporters here after chairing the 25^th MSC Malaysia Implementation Council Meeting here today.

Najib said the Multimedia and Communications Ministry with the support of the Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit and MDeC will jointly implement four government initiated BDA pilot projects by 2015.

As for eCommerce, he said the intervention is planned for SMEs to grow their exports by tapping into global demand in e-marketplaces, where buyers congregate. — Bernama