BROWSING: malaysia

According to local press in Malaysia, the government said that no less than 85% of rural areas will have 5G coverage by the end of next year The government of Malaysia aims to ensure at least half of rural areas in the country have access...

5G services will be available in Malaysia on some carrier networks as soon as tomorrow After numerous 5G setbacks related to spectrum pricing and transparency, five of Malaysia’s major service providers—Telekom Malaysia, U Mobile, Celcom Axiata, YTL Communications and DiGi Telecommunications—have finalized the terms of...

The Malaysian government established an August deadline for operators to accept the stake in DNB or else lose 5G spectrum access Malaysia’s transition to 5G has been plagued by a significant bottleneck stemming from the government’s decision to forego a spectrum auction and instead launch...

Malaysian Prime Minister not afraid of Huawei: 'But what is there to spy (on) exactly in Malaysia?' The Prime Minister of Malaysia Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said the country is on track to commercially launch 5G technology in the third quarter of 2020 and hopes...

Huawei will provide 4G and 5G services to Maxis as it prepares for 5G rollout Yesterday, Huawei Technologies entered a formal agreement with Maxis, one of Malaysia's major telecommunications companies, to provide 5G radio equipment, services and knowledge to help build the country’s 5G network. After...

Welcome to this week’s edition of cell tower industry news, created by Jarad Matula and brought to you by Towercrews.net. A flurry of cell tower related news has swept across the internet since last we reported. The top story this week involves what could have been...

Maxis Communications | August 9, 2011 | Press Release Maxis Berhad, the country's leading integrated communications service provider, with Alcatel-Lucent as a strategic supplier, has undertaken a major transformation of Maxis' core transmission network. By deploying Alcatel-Lucent's 100 gigabit per second (100G) optical coherent network...

Let it not be said that the RCR team is not dare deviling and adventurous, dear readers! This past week our team climbed the world's fourth largest telecom tower - and the second tallest freestanding tower in the world - in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to get some good shots of the structure, whose antenna reaches up to a whopping 421 m (1,381 ft).

Business Times | June 16, 2011 Axiata Group Bhd has launched an enhanced roaming proposition which will significantly slash roaming rates by up to 90 per cent for all SMS, local calls and calls back home. ...... Read full article here via Business Times

Reuters | May 18, 2011 | Alina Selyukh Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI.N) will expand its operations in Malaysia to include technical response centers, executive vice president Gene Delaney told reporters in New York on Wednesday. ..... Read full article here via Reuters

DiGi | April 28, 2011 | Press Release Brand new network immediately enables increased capacity and quality of service SHAH ALAM, KUALA LUMPUR, 28 APRIL 2011: DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (DiGi) today announced the appointment of ZTE Corporation (ZTE) to build a unified mobile network that...

The Star | April 23, 2011 | Leong Hung Yee KUALA LUMPUR: Celcom Axiata Bhd expects high subsidy on smartphones will put a dent on its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) margin. “It (subsidy) will put a pressure on our ebitda margin but we...

ZTE | April 20, 2011 | Press Release ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has successfully demonstrated the ability for WiMAX and TD-LTE to co-exist on the...

iDA Singapore | April 20, 2011 | Press Release Singapore and Malaysia announced today that they have successfully concluded discussions to progressively reduce bilateral roaming rates. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) has worked closely with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and...

Business Times | April 7, 2011 SALAMFONE Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Kuwait's Reach Telecom, today launched its mobile service here, modelled after the principles of Syariah. In a statement today, the company said the Salamfone mobile service will operate using the Maxis network system and...

Business Times | April 8, 2011 PACKET One Networks Malaysia Sdn Bhd (P1), Malaysia’s leading fourth generation (4G) broadband provider, hopes to introduce the LTE (long-term evolution) technology in Malaysia by next year. Its chief executive officer, Michael Lai, said P1 has submitted a detailed business...

Bernama | March 23, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- U Mobile Sdn Bhd, a 3G mobile service operator, plans to open several stores in Penang and one outlet in Johor Bahru this year to expand network coverage. Chief Executive Officer Dr Kaizad Herjee said...

Celcom | March 22, 2011 | Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, 22 MARCH 2011 – Celcom will launch iPhone 4 in Malaysia in the coming months. iPhone 4 is the most innovative phone in the world, featuring Apple's stunning Retina display, the highest resolution display ever built into...

Baraka Telecom | March 18, 2011 | Press Release KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (MMD Newswire) March 18, 2011 -- Baraka Telecom (www.barakatelecom.com), the first dedicated Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) in Asia was launched today in Kuala Lumpur. This marks an expansion of Reach Telecom Group...

U Mobile and ZTE have signed an agreement to bring 100 Mbps wireless network across key cities in Malaysia. The agreement is a two pronged development which will see U Mobile extending its 42 Mbps mobile network in Central, Negeri Sembilan and the Northern...

U Mobile | March 15, 2011 | Press Release Kuala Lumpur, 15th March 2011 – U Mobile and ZTE have signed an agreement to bring 100 Mbps wireless network across key cities in Malaysia. The agreement is a two pronged development which will see U...

CNET | March 9, 2011 | John Chan According to a report by analytics firm comScore, Internet users in Southeast Asia rely more on Google than the rest of the world. In addition, out of the top 15 countries with the highest Facebook penetration, three are...

Huawei | March 4, 2011 | Press Release Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 4 March, 2011: Huawei Marine Networks Co. Ltd. ("Huawei Marine") announced today that it has won the bidding for the BDM (Batam-Dumai-Melaka) submarine cable project and will provide the end-to-end turnkey submarine system solution. The...

Today Online | March 5, 2011 | Jonathan Peeris SINGAPORE - MediaTek plans to invest S$120 million to expand its research and development centre and business operations in Singapore, with the aim of moving into the smartphone market, the Taiwanese chip company said on Friday at...