Four Malaysian telcos agree to use state 5G network
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- 31 Oct 2022
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Four Malaysian mobile operators said on Monday they had agreed to use the government's state-owned 5G network, paving the way for 5G services to be rolled out to customers after months of delayed talks.
Malaysia's 5G plans had been repeatedly set back since last year amid an impasse between the government and major carriers over pricing and transparency, including concern that a sole state-run network would result in a nationalised monopoly.
The government has said a single shared network would reduce costs, improve efficiency and speed up infrastructure works.
Celcom Axiata (AXIA.KL), DiGi Telecommunications (DSOM.KL), Telekom Malaysia (DSOM.KL) and U Mobile said on Monday they had signed agreements to access the 5G network run by state agency Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) for 10 years.
In its statement, U Mobile said it would begin making 5G services commercially available to its customers from Thursday.
DiGi said the access agreement incorporated "improvements to a few key terms" in the government's "reference access offer" (RAO) - a document published earlier this year setting out pricing, service commitments, and other details of DNB's wholesale 5G model.
The updated RAO was expected to be published upon approval by Malaysia's communications regulator, DiGi said. Read More…
