News & Reviews:   5G service

As local telcos begin pushing out 5G services, it turns out that it's not as simple as we thought. Like U Mobile prepaid users, Celcom Xpax users will be limited to using 5G connectivity in 2023. What do we mean? Well, read on below.

The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (K-KOMM) has lauded Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB)’s single wholesale network model for enabling a cheaper 5G service rate in Malaysia. Its minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa yesterday also assured the people that the model won't create a monopoly.

At the moment, 5G connectivity is only exclusive to Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and some parts of Kuala Lumpur. That being said, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) is also planning to install several more 5G sites across the nation apart from the areas mentioned earlier. 

As the Malaysian government slowly rolls out 5G services across the nation, Ericsson just announced that there is a newly established Network Operations Centre (NOC). This is in line with assisting Digital Nasional Berhad's (DNB) single wholesale 5G network and Ericsson will monitor, maintain and manage it.

Over the weekend, you may have come across some news about unifi launching 5G services in February 2022. As exciting as it sounds, the company has backtracked the remark with an official statement regarding 5G services.