SarawakNet was designed and developed as a secured State-wide intranet for the Sarawak Government and related agencies. It provides efficient communication, easy sharing and collaboration and fast transmission of information for over 16,000 government employees and with external parties via the Internet. The network covers all the 11 State Administrative Divisions from cities and towns to rural sub-district level; connecting hundreds of government building networks via telecommunication leased lines, wireless metro links and direct satellite links to rural government outposts.