MYREN provides high-capacity broadband to universities, colleges, research organisations and scientific laboratories.  A government-funded programme, MYREN aims to provide accessible broadband to the Malaysian researchers to achieve the country’s k-economy aspiration.  This networking super highway enables researchers to run data-intensive applications, share computing equipments and run advanced applications within Malaysia as well as overseas.

MYREN was launched by the Minister of Energy, Water & Communications, Minister of Science, Innovation &  Technology and Deputy Minister of Higher Education on the 28th March 2005.   MYREN has been operational since  then and currently being spearheaded by the MInistry of Information, Communication & Culture (MICC). MYREN links seventeen(17) academic research institutions throughout Malaysia.  MYREN is also linked to several other National Research & Education Network (REN) overseas, including Asia Pacific, Europe & the United States.