Opposition MP Wan Fayhsal claims Malaysia's plan to setup the second 5G network has all the hallmarks of doom and failure as there's a conflict of interest.
recently, Malaysia has started the process of transitioning from a 5G single wholesale network to a Dual Network model, and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has been instructed to
According to Wan Fayhsal, the government may be creating a conflict of interest by appointing a telco, currently participating in DNB, to build a competing 5G network. He shared that telcos participating in Digital Nasional Berhad , while the remaining telcos will move to the second 5G network and divest their equity in DNB.
Before 2023 came to a close, 5 telcos namely CelcomDigi, Maxis, U Mobile, TM and YTL Communications have signed a Share Subscription Agreement to collectively acquire a. Each telco will have to inject RM233 million to get a 14% stake each. Meanwhile, the Malaysian government via the Ministry of Finance will continue to retain a 30% stake and a golden share.
At the moment, DNB has a claimed 5G population coverage of 81.5%. However, there are still no details of the network’s plan under the new management structure, and what’s the next milestone for 5G coverage expansion including indoor coverage.to instruct MCMC to conduct the tender process of the second carriers of the 700MHz and 3.5GHz frequency bands for the implementation of the 5G Dual Network model.
According to Fahmi, he will issue a new Ministerial Direction to cancel the 2021 MD at a later time once the telco responsible for the second 5G network has been identified. At the moment, there are no clear indications about the government’s plan to divest its remaining 30% stake in DNB and it still retains special rights with its golden share.
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