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.

Today, Celcom Axiata Berhad and Ericsson have showcased their first ever 5G network trial in Malaysia, as well as the first 5G trial conducted on the 28GHz band in South East Asia. This was witnessed by Yang Berhormat Dato' Jailani Johari, Deputy Minister of Communications and Multimedia today, at Celcom's headquarters.

In collaboration with the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), and endorsed by the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education, Ericsson has launched the UTM-Ericsson Innovation Center for 5G (IC5G) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Today, Ericsson was announced as one of the 13 winners of a United Nations climate change award for a ground-breaking technology project in Malaysia that uses sensors to provide near real-time information to restore dwindling mangrove plantations. Known as the Connected Mangroves project, it is the first of its kind in the world that combines cloud, machine-to-machine and mobile broadband to help the local community in Selangor, Malaysia, to better manage the growth of new mangrove saplings.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and the Yayasan DiRaja Sultan Mizan (YDSM) Foundation have entered into a partnership agreement to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to preserve the wetland ecosystem and cultural heritage in Setiu, a district in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia.