News & Reviews:   maxis Malaysia

We all thought 5G would never come to Malaysia, at least not in the next 5 years at least. Well, we may just be wrong as 5G pioneer testing will be coming to Malaysia in April starting with Putrajaya and Cyberjaya.

Maxis and Huawei have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at this year's Mobile World Congress to accelerate 5G in Malaysia. Looking to collaborate and cooperate on full-fledged 5G trials with end-to-end systems and services, the event saw Gokhan Ogut, CEO-designate and Morten Bangsgaard, Chief Technology officer for Maxis signing with  Guo Ping, Huawei Rotating Chairman, Jeffery Liu, Huawei President of the Southern Pacific Region, and Michael Yuan, CEO of Huawei Malaysia.

Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) owners often find that while having good and reliable WiFi and business Internet is really important (its one of the first things customers ask for, and they get upset when it is slow!), it isn't the easiest to manage or set up. Sure, you can do it yourself, or ask a relative to set up some cheap routers with a fast fibre connection from Maxis, but when the Internet becomes slow or when the number of customers who want fast Internet increases, managing business Internet becomes such a big headache.

While Maxis OneBusiness Fibre already offers free wireless Internet backup for your business that ensures you stay connected, here are 3 other ways that Maxis is changing the way SMEs conduct businesses and reducing your business-related headaches.

Maxis and Malaysia Airlines are now collaborating to offer both Maxis (postpaid) and Hotlink (prepaid) users up to 10% discounts and free upgrades from economy to business class (selected destinations) with their Malaysia Airlines Travelicious Deals. The 10% discount is available if you make a flight booking from 12 to 13 August 2018 for travel from 19 August 2018 to 30 June 2019 via the MyMaxis, Hotlink RED, MyMaxis Biz and Hotlink Postpaid Flex apps. Just click on Deals and select “Malaysia Airlines Travelicious Deals” to get the promo code.

In conjunction with the recent Mother's day, Maxis launched their ONEder Parent campaign for those single parents who take on both the roles of mother and father. Teaming up with Parents without Partners or PWP, Maxis is helping these single parents raise funds via their Jumble Station powered by the Maxis eCommerce platform, selling pre-loved donated goods that include books, toys and household items.

OpenSignal recently revealed their latest findings on the state of networks in Malaysia for 2018. Turns out that Maxis are now the best 4G network in Malaysia (based on the results of OpenSignal's survey). About 6 months prior to this there was a similar study conducted by OpenSignal which concluded that in terms of 4G networks, Yes 4G and Maxis were neck and neck, both scoring higher than other networks in Malaysia.

Maxis eKelas celebrated their high achieving eKelas students with Anugerah Gemilang eKelas that includes cash contributions to their National Education Savings Scheme as well as a school starter pack. Out of these, 11 students showed improvements in their English, Science and Mathematics for an RM1200 cash contribution while another 8 who did well in two of the subjects above got RM600 contributed to their National Education Savings Scheme accounts.

Maxis recently launched their Maxis-MRCA Youth M-Race in an 'Amazing Race' style event to solve puzzles while utilizing Maxis Business Solutions in and around Cyberjaya and Putrajaya. This included setting up a webstore on Maxis eCommerce, answering trivia and trying out activities involving other solutions like the Maxis Cloud POS, Maxis FlexiShare, Maxis ONEBusiness Fibre and Unity Hotline.

OpenSignal recently announced test results of Malaysia's 6 main mobile operators in terms of 4G signal availability and download speeds. The results point to Yes followed by Maxis leading the pack which includes Celcom, Digi, U Mobile and Webe.

Maxis officially launched their MaxisONE Prime Internet plan over their home fibre network with 4G Wireless as a just-in-case backup network. Offering 1 primary fibre and 1 primary mobile line and up to 4 additional mobile lines, speeds range from 30Mbps, 50Mbps and 100Mbps. The entry-level 30Mbps fibre line with 1 Mobile line is priced from RM367 but you can upgrade the aforementioned speeds, add on a mobile line at RM48 per line and choose to add on smartphones via Zerolution, a HDTV and more devices via monthly payments.