Introduction

Today's modern telecommunications and sensing applications require an increasing bandwith to accomodate for the enormous amounts of information being transported over fiber-optic and wireless networks. These requirements place huge demands on the active device and sub-system technologies for millimetre-wave applications in terms of inherent bandwidth and noise performance. For frequencies of 30GHz and higher, new materials and devices are needed. Hence, the research and development (R&D) for microwave devices in Telekom Malaysia was first established in late year 1997.

Apart of TM R&D realignment effort in November 2005, MENT Program was established to include the R&D initiatives of optoelectronics and nano devices development for future telecommunication applications. The MENT R&D activities today’s focusing to drive and develop micro-nano devices for future consumption of fixed, wireless, mobile and fixed-wireless convergence in information communication technology (ICT) market segment. The effort will shove the future deployment of TM’s networks infrastructure with local technology development which focus on IP-based for the wired and wireless communication. The program technology initiatives are now clustered into Epitaxy Materials, Fabrication Process, Microwave Test & Applications, Electron Devices, Optoelectronics Devices and High Speed Interconnect Technology.