Two months after DNB achieved 80% 5G population coverage, there’s still no sign of Malaysia’s second 5G network. What’s delaying the transition to Dual Network?
achieves 80% 5G population coverage. However, two months after hitting its claimed coverage target, there is still no sign of the second 5G network which aims at establishing redundancy for 5G as well as ending DNB’s position as the sole 5G network in the country.Malaysia was supposed to transition to Dual Network as early as January 2024
He said the transition to Dual Network will manifest full inclusion of all telcos without affecting existing 5G subscriptions. DNB will continue to deploy and operate its 5G network and a second network will start building a new 5G network From what was revealed previously, DNB holds 40MHz block of 700MHz spectrum, 200MHz block of 3.5GHz spectrum, and 1600MHz block of 26/28GHz spectrum.
For the most part, majority of 5G services in Malaysia are essentially consumer data plans and wireless broadband. The game changer for 5G is in the enterprise sector. Unfortunately, there are very few examples of enterprise 5G adoption in Malaysia including, the success of 5G deployment should be on innovation and not just chasing after population coverage.
As mentioned earlier, the 700MHz spectrum is currently allocated to DNB. To immediately address connectivity issues in both rural and urban areas, the MCMC should release unused 700MHz spectrum directly to telcos or via Entity B which can be used for both 4G and 5G. With the lower frequency band, a single 700MHz tower offers a much wider coverage and it can better penetrate walls for improved reception indoors compared to 900MHz and 1800MHz.
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