News & Reviews:   Celcom

Another year, another annual mobile award by Opensignal. This time, Opensignal is changing to another spectrum focusing on 5G since most regions have access to it already. So how did Malaysia do in Opensignal's 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2024?

CelcomDigi today announced that it has reached a new milestone in its post-merger network integration and modernisation exercise after completing upgrades in Penang and surpassing the halfway point nationwide. This puts the company ahead of schedule, whereby within a year, CelcomDigi has achieved more than 50% of its targeted nationwide upgrades, in what was expected to be a 3-year exercise.

Ramadhan is just around the corner, so many of you are starting to plan for your trip back home. If you're worried about data, then CelcomDigi users can rest assured because the company will one-up last week's 333GB offer with a 444GB deal.

Opensignal's latest Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2024 report has some interesting key findings on Malaysia's telco 5G operations. According to the report, all six of Malaysia’s national operators are listed in the Global Rising Stars for Download Speed Experience. 

CelcomDigi has announced that it is back with its 3.3 Online Sale, which offers its customers some exclusive Prepaid, Postpaid and Device deals. These include 333GB of data at just RM6, the Samsung Galaxy A34 5G at just RM899 and more from now until 7 March.

According to the latest IPSOS report, 76% of Malaysians have encountered and been targeted by scams at one point in their lives; records from the National Scam Response Centre (NSRC) reported that over RM1.34 billion was lost to scammers in 2023. To counter this, CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) is launching a Scam Awareness Survey. So, what should you know about it?

Recently, we went in-depth regarding CelcomDigi’s current performance in which we collected feedback from you, our readers, about your personal experience using the telco’s network post-merger. With many of you claiming that the network has gotten worse after the merger, it seems that the matter has caught the attention of the Communications Ministry as it has released a statement on the issue.

Update - Despite the removal on their websites, CelcomDigi has told the media that Digi Postpaid 40 and Xpax Postpaid 60 still require 5G access as an add-on purchase

It's been two weeks since our Minister of Communication, Fahmi Fadzil announced no more extra charges for 5G services. So far, all the telcos have initiated the move except for CelcomDigi until now. After checking out both Celcom and Digi's websites, the 5G Booster fee has indeed been removed. 

In 2022, Celcom and Digi began talks to merge the two companies, that would eventually become CelcomDigi. Hoping to utilize the best of both telcos, initial signs indicated that there was some improvement but lately, quite a few CelcomDigi users from our Facebook page have said that it has become worse since their merger. On paper, pulling all the resources from both sides should make the mobile internet experience better but it became the opposite instead. 

If you’re a CelcomDigi user, the telco is offering exclusive deals for 5G Booster quota from now until 27 November. Part of its monthly Hari Gaji Specials, read on to find out more about the offers available.