Malaysian 5G rollout: Bending the truth like no other — Rais Hussin
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- 02 May 2023
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The Malaysian 5G rollout saga that, despite all the deadlines, as we now enter May 2023, demonstrates what a daunting task it is for the current administration to rescue Malaysia from the tenacious grip of the global and local colonialists of the modern days zealously working in perfect tandem across all verticals (officials, business elites and diplomacy). Once again, this truly highlights the deplorable state of our national sovereignty resulting from decades of corruption.
It is particularly despicable how business elites dare to dictate, in an ultimatum-like fashion, to the current administration, what should be the way forward for the nation — and this is despite ministerial warning against such lobbying.
In its research-driven articles on the matter (supported by verifiable and publicly available data as well as by science and economics), EMIR Research has already exposed countless times how the proponents of the Single Wholesale Network (SWN) rollout model for 5G in Malaysia mislead the public through shameless overstretching, misplacing, misrepresenting and cherry-picking of facts and arguments.
DNB proponents appear to have desperately run out of arguments, as the Malaysian public, including the current administration, already knows that the purported “low cost” of 5G infrastructure under DNB and therefore, the eventual low price to the consumer is severely misrepresented (see, e.g., “Malaysian 5G Rollout: Camouflaged Costing Acrobatics” for details), “solving digital divide” through this rollout model is a complete whitewash (e.g., “Malaysian 5G Rollout: Digital Divide Whitewash”), SWN is a proven failure elsewhere (e.g. “Malaysian 5G Rollout — Topsy Turvy Innovation”), and there is a quick credible way forward without causing any delays to the 5G rollout or other complications (e.g., “Malaysian 5G Rollout: Credible Way Forward”).
Therefore, as of recent advertorial themes, the argument comes down to a new low, which is blaming the Malaysian Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) for “poor track record in rolling out 4G” — over-charging Malaysian consumers, profiteering, underinvesting and therefore, providing substandard quality of the network. Read More…
