News & Reviews:   Telekom Malaysia

After the recent sale of Menara TM, TM or Telekom Malaysia have officially launched their new HQ (Headquarters) and Campus in Cyberjaya. The campus houses a new TM Innovation Hub, TM Network Intelligence Centre and TM Core Data Centre. 

We'll all have to switch to 5G someday. Just like how 3G was phased out, 4G would eventually be phased out too. And of course, there are good reasons why you might want to upgrade. But that's not the case for all of us. Today, let's talk about 3 reasons why I have not switched to 5G yet and a few reasons why you might want to do so anyway.

The Ministry of Communications and Digital (KKD) is holding an engagement session with Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB) and all local telco companies today to discuss the 5G coverage in Malaysia. Its Minister, Fahmi Fadzil said that among the discussions is for DNB to be managed in a more transparent manner.

For those unaware, Telekom Malaysia's Uni5G Prepaid has a monthly unlimited pass that allowed users to have unlimited 4G Internet. But in December 2022, the company decided to impose a FUP data cap of 100GB. Well, that cap is now even lower.

Caretaker Minister of Communications and Multimedia Tan Sri Annuar Musa has announced that approximately 12 million users in our country will enjoy 5G connectivity by the end of 2022. This is following the signing of the 5G access agreement with Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) by 5 out of 6 local telco companies.

Following Telekom Malaysia’s (TM) signing of the Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) Access Agreement on Sunday (30 October 2022), the company has launched its first phase of 5G services today. You can check out our coverage of the new Uni5G plans here and today, TM clarified that existing Unifi Mobile Postpaid customers will also be getting unlimited 5G data.

The caretaker Menteri Besar of Perak, Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad has announced that the state is expected to reach 80 per cent 5G network coverage by the year 2024. Furthermore, 106 new 5G network sites will also be built in Perak by the end of the year, complementing the existing 37 network sites in the state.

Just an hour ago, Telekom Malaysia (TM) just posted a new teaser of a unifi 5G package plan. Dubbed uni5G, there isn't much information except that there is an official web portal for it and you can visit it here. 

Following some 2 years of negotiations, 4 mobile network operators (MNOs) have executed share subscription agreements (SSAs) for a total of 65 per cent equity stake in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB). The four MNOs are YTL Communications Sdn Bhd (YES), Telekom Malaysia (TM), Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi) and Celcom Axiata Bhd (Celcom).

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Aziz has assured Malaysians that the decision by two Mobile Network Operators (MNO) to reject holding stakes in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) doesn’t have a huge financial impact on the government. This is because there are several local and foreign banks that are ready to finance the 5G network implementation in Malaysia.