News & Reviews:   Telekom Malaysia

Unifi has announced that they are the first service provider in Malaysia to offer the nation’s first Time Division Duplex Pre-5G wireless technology, which aims to provide better connectivity to areas that do not have suitable infrastructure to have conventional equipment installed.

Telekom Malaysia recently blasted out e-mails stating that the Unifi Basic Plan which costs RM79 for 30Mbps, will continue to have unlimited internet quota all the way until 31 March 2019. After that, the internet quota of 60GB will be imposed and going over the aforementioned quota will have bandwidth speeds cut down to as low as 512Kbps.

Telekom Malaysia has released a mobile app for Unifi users to check their account status, bill payments, and even get in touch with Unifi representatives through the live chat available in the mobile app. Previously all of these were only made possible through Unifi's very own web manager but with the advent of the app released, it would make account management more efficient and convenient than ever before. The app is available on the Google Play store as well as the iOS App store starting today. For more updates like these, stay tuned to TechNave.com.

On today's media briefing, Telekom Malaysia has announced the Unifi Turbo Plan and plans to upgrade existing Unifi customers up to 800Mbps at no extra cost. Not only that, customers are not required to renew their contracts as it will be a direct speed upgrade.

After webe's absorption into Unifi, TM have revealed a new Logo for wifi@unifi and i-foundit! app to get free unlimited Internet up to 4Mbps until 31 December 2017. After that date, you can still connect via the Google or Facebook connected i-foundit! app but you'll get charged 10 sen/hour (probably charged to your Telco or SIM credit).

If you surf mainly European website or content, Telekom Malaysia just announced that the Bay of Bengal Gateway (BBG) submarine cable system is now live. This new cable promises better data transmission towards Europe.