MSC status is granted under certain conditions by the Malaysian Government to those companies that typically are at the forefront of ICT research, development and usage.

The MSC or Multimedia Super Corridor itself is a dedicated 15 X 50 km Corridor, stretching from the Petronas Twin Towers in the north to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in the south; and encompasses Cyberjaya (the Technology Core) and Putrajaya (the new administrative capital of Malaysia).

An MSC status company is eligible to certain financial and non-financial incentives. Among others:

• Guided by the Malaysia's Promotion of Investment Act (PIA) 1986, amended 1997, MSC Status companies, institution or faculties may enjoy the following financial incentives: Pioneer Status -100% exemption from taxable statutory income. This incentive is granted for a period of 5 years for the first round.

• A 100-percent Investment Tax Allowance (ITA).

• Duty-free importation of multimedia equipment (DFI)

• Intellectual property protection and a pioneering and comprehensive framework of cyberlaws can be enjoyed by MSC-status companies irrespective of location.
  

• Excellent R&D facilities, including the region's first Multimedia University if companies are located within the MSC.

Adrenalin Internet Systems MSC Sdn. Bhd. has been granted MSC status in December 2002, based on our extensive research and development in the area of H.323 based VoIP applications. Currently, we are hard at work to mate the fruits of this labor with another exciting field: biometrics.

If you want to know more about the MSC in general and MSC status in particular, we encourage you to visit www.mdec.com.my, the website of the Multimedia Development Corporation, which is the all-encompassing regulatory body for the MSC.