News & Reviews:   Maxis

When the government first started talking about 5G a few years ago, it was clear that we consumers wouldn't be able to benefit anytime soon. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, industries and Malaysians quickly began using the Internet for things like video meetings, ecommerce, online events and more.

This explosive growth meant that there was a real need to expedite the growth of 5G in Malaysia. Today, we want to briefly walk you through how much 5G has progressed here in Malaysia exactly in the last few years. Where are we so far?

Today, Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Maxis have announced that they will be collaborating to provide a smooth user experience for both Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Maxis customers. Is it a new service? Well, it's more like offering the customers from both sides the convenience to make payments online. 

Opensignal have recently announced the results for their Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022 and Netherlands is the best place for video, South Korea is the best for gaming and has fastest average download speeds (~143 Mbps) while Denmark wins it for uploading (~20.9 Mbps). Malaysia’s telcos on the other hand managed to score with improvements in 4G Availability - Global Rising Stars but after Malaysia shut down 3G mobile connectivity last year, this isn’t entirely unexpected.

Today, Maxis has finally introduced the new Hotlink Prepaid Pantas. Starting from as low as RM2, the company said this new prepaid plan was designed to be both convenient and budget savvy. Read on below to find out more about it. 

As many of you should know by now, the Malaysian government is planning to use Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) as a single wholesale model to distribute 5G services. At the same time, they are having second thoughts of that to allow competition and now according to Reuters, our local telcos have recommended allowing a second 5G service.

As we slowly move towards 5G, it has been announced that Maxis is the first telco in Malaysia to provide its customers with 5G international roaming services in Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Now that international borders reopen, here's how Maxis and Hotlink customers activate their 5G connectivity. 

Last month, Maxis announced that it's helping Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) implement a 5G network in KLIA. Local telco companies are working hard on developing 5G in Malaysia, which means that 4G coverage and speed has to keep up to be a reliable backup. It also means that they're starting to consider shutting down older networks.

As our economic sector is slowly reopening, Opensignal is back once again with another report on Malaysians' mobile data experience. The last report was done in April 2021 just before the lockdown, so in this latest news - the data gathered was between 1 June until 29 August 2021 based on Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile and Unifi. 

From time to time, we would publish an article comparing all the package plans offered by our four local telcos - Celcom, Digi, Maxis and U Mobile. Usually, it would be about the latest iPhones or Samsung Galaxy devices, and some special postpaid plans they would offer. This time, we will be touching on the OPPO Reno6Z 5G and Reno6 5G together. Let's get right to it. 

In the upcoming Merdeka, Hotlink by Maxis will be offering some attractive vouchers, prizes and smartphone redemption to the customers. Under the campaign “Bikin Selalu, Hotlink App Dulu”, Hotlink subscribers will just need to reload their credit or purchase e-vouchers on the Hotlink app to participate.