News & Reviews:   Telekom Malaysia

In late November, the government has actively been discussing 5G implementation. Telco companies will inevitably be heavily involved in the testing phase that's starting soon. And as expected, Telekom Malaysia (TM) is among the group.

Did you know that you get assigned an IP address when you connect to the Internet? As more people get connected to the Internet, service providers have to start considering certain factors. For TM, it seems that the time is right to move away from public IP addresses.

Today, Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) and Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad’s wholly-owned subsidiary, MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd (Astro) just announced a new joint partnership together. This initiative will have both parties deliver a wider broadband coverage and a better digital experience in Malaysia. This will be in line with the Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA) plan.

Today, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) just announced that the free 1GB Internet data will continue until 31 July 2021. As usual, the five telco companies - Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile and Telekom Malaysia have agreed to extend the provision of this daily Internet data for education purpose.

As netizens, we always have to be careful of the things we can run into online. Things like scams SMS messages and phishing emails are so common these days, so it's useful to get some warning when a new wave of scams has been found. What's more, this one is a bit more local too.

Ever felt that your internet speed isn't near what it was advertised? You're probably not alone, as this is something a lot of unifi users seem to experience. An investigation into Telekom Malaysia's (TM) unifi package was launched earlier today by the MCMC, following a consumer complaint.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has added several services under the unifi brand name in the past few years. Among them would be the unifi fibre broadband, which has a large customer base in urban areas. unifi services have always been separated, but it looks like the company has decided to combine them into one.

Starting 1 April 2020, Malaysian telcos began to provide users with 1GB of data daily. Although that free data could be used for anything at the time, it only applied from 8 AM to 6 PM each day. Now, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has announced that the free 1GB will apply for the entire day.

While many have returned to their offices, there are others who have been told to remain from home. For these people, local telcos have all provided 1GB of mobile data daily so that they can have internet access at home. On TM's side though, unifi Mobile is also going to provide 1GB of 4G LTE data daily.

With an end to the COVID-19 pandemic nowhere in sight, our country has to make an effort to bring things back to normal to ensure our economy doesn't deteriorate. Many companies are finding ways to help and for telcos, it's mostly free internet. to find new ways to contribute. To that end, telco operators based in Malaysia will continue to provide certain industries with free internet.