News & Reviews:   DiGi

The biggest announcement of the week remains the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones along with their Daydream View headset and a number of other devices. As the first wholly made by Google devices they look to phase out the Nexus range but you can check out all the highlights in our Google Pixel under 6 minutes video. 

If your calls and data service with your telco is spotty these days – don’t be too alarmed. It is mainly due to the current exercise of spectrum re-allocation between the major telecommunications companies in Malaysia. The telcos involved are Maxis, Celcom and Digi.

The moment you have been waiting for is here – The Apple iPhone 7 is coming to Malaysia. At least that is what is being indicated by the three big telcos – Maxis, Digi, Celcom and U Mobile. The three companies are opening up registration of interest for customers who wishes to be one of the first in the line to get their own Cupertino special machines on their websites.

Today, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) announced the launch of a new creative content crowdsourcing community platform called Kreative Crew. The platform is to facilitate and inspire the development of top local content producers, allowing individuals to submit ideas for creative content briefs and be rewarded with fees matching the depth and complexity of the projects.

Today, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) has partnered with Bison Stores Sdn Bhd, which operates retail press and convenience stores under various trade names including myNEWS.com, newsplus, MAGBIT and The Front Page to expand the distribution channels for its recently launched Prepaid LiVE packs. This collaboration allows the Digi Prepaid LiVE SIM pack to be retailed at all 290 outlets in Malaysia.

Today, the big four Malaysian telecommunication companies Celcom, Digi, Maxis and U Mobile got together with telecommunications Infrastructure Company, edotco and announced a collaboration to standardise the industry’s Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) requirements for a safer working culture across the industry.

Today, iflix has announced that in collaboration with Digi, Digi prepaid subscribers are now eligible to receive unlimited access on iflix for three months at no extra cost, courtesy of Digi.

Today, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) have announced it will be investing more than RM250000 in equity funding in GrabGas, Local Usher and Vase. Just last Friday, the three startups graduated from the company’s maiden accelerator programme, Digi Accelerate. The programme closed with a Demo Day held in Bangkok, which saw the startups join teams from Myanmar and Thailand in a competitive pitch session to 65 local and international venture capitalists.

Just over the weekend, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) teamed up with Huawei Malaysia to organise an exclusive Huawei P9 photography workshop conducted by Leica-certified professional photographer, Nic Chung. This exciting workshop was exclusive for customers who have previously purchased a Huawei P9 device with Digi Postpaid bundle.

Last week, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) announced the three winners of the Ideation phase of its seventh Digi Challenge for Change (DigiCFC7) programme at DigiCFC #IdeaJam event, which was held in Kuala Lumpur last night. Each winner went home with RM5000 in cash.