News & Reviews:   penang

Just yesterday, the Touch ‘n Go Group just announced that all motorists in Penang can now use Touch ‘n Go card for parking at the Gurney Paragon Mall. This effectively makes Gurney Paragon be the first mall in the state to introduce and use Touch ‘n Go PayDirect, in which users can add their Touch ‘n Go card to their Touch ‘n Go eWallet to activate the PayDirect feature.

After 36 years, Sony Malaysia will be shutting down one of their factories in Penang. Scheduled to close in September next year, around 3400 workers will be retrenched but not all hope is lost, as the state government will assist them to find similar jobs.

As announced by the government yesterday regarding the 5G movement, the Penang State Government's plan is also aligned with the timeline. They plan to turn Penang into a "Gigabit City" by 2022 and all industrial areas will be covered with 5G connectivity.

Recently, Grab has stated on their official website saying that it will be possible to order several meals from the same food court for a single delivery price. Currently, this feature is available in selected food courts located in Johor Bahru, Penang, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Melaka, and Ipoh for now.

Telekom Malaysia has recently released a statement on their Facebook page, stating that users in Penang might experience internet disruption due to a node catching on fire at 12:07 AM. But that’s not all, TM also stated that mobile connectivity may be affected due to the fact that the aforementioned node functions as a backhaul for third-party mobile networks.

As promised by YTL Communications (YES) back in February 2019, the Terragraph network has been successfully installed offering free public WiFi across 50 locations. With this, this marks Penang to be the most advanced broadband state in Malaysia and they are definitely ready for 5G connectivity in the future.

Beyond Esports from Thailand, has emerged as the champions of a tournament called TECS featuring Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, which was hosted in Penang over the weekend. The champions will be bringing home the grand prize of up to RM20000, the first runner up as well as joint 3rd and 4th place won themselves RM10000 and RM6000 respectively.

Today, YTL Communications in collaboration with Facebook has announced that Malaysia will be the first large-scale market pilot in Asia with the launch Terragraph high-speed broadband in Georgetown, Penang. All access to Terragraph’s network such as Public WiFi as well as Fixed Wireless Access will be free of charge, until the end of the market pilot.

Today, SOCAR Malaysia has announced its service will be officially launching soon in Penang starting from 1 February 2019 onwards. There will be 50 cars available throughout Penang with 21 zones in both the mainland and the island. In addition, a one-way drive from Kuala Lumpur to Penang will also be available.

SOCAR has recently announced on their Facebook page that from now until 31 January 2019, they will be offering a free 24-hour car booking along with a one-way fee to Penang. At the end of the booking, the vehicle must be returned to the Queensbay Mall Open Site 6 and 7.