News & Reviews:   Telekom Malaysia

Telekom Malaysia (TM) announced today that unifi TV will be adding 5 new channels and 4 new streaming apps next month. The streaming apps include Disney+ Hotstar, MySing, BeIN SPORTS CONNECT and SPOTV NOW.

As for the new 5 channels, they are beIN SPORTS 1, beIN SPORTS 3, CCTV-4, CGTN as well asunifi's very own new channel, DEGUP. With these additions, unifi TV will have a total of 74 premium channels and 15 streaming apps on its platform.

Telekom Malaysia (TM) yesterday announced that it has expanded its fibre network to cover 5.9 million premises in our country within just the first quarter of 2022. Hence, TM is now only 100,000 premises short of the targeted 6 million entrusted to them under the National Digital Network (JENDELA) initiative.

TM chief executive officer (CEO) Mohamed Tajul Mohamed Sultan lauded the expanded fibre network coverage, saying that it would speed up the launch of 5G network in Malaysia. He further said that TM’s fibre infrastructure would benefit mobile telecommunication towers.

Over the weekend, you may have come across some news about unifi launching 5G services in February 2022. As exciting as it sounds, the company has backtracked the remark with an official statement regarding 5G services.

In case you didn't know, unifi TV users are currently experiencing service disruption across the nation. Telekom Malaysia has just published a statement about the issue and said that the service should be back in working condition later this evening.

The recent floods in Selangor and other parts of Malaysia have been devastating for many people. Reaching out to those who have discovered that their router and other unifi equipment became damaged due to the floods, TM have announced via their twitter that you can get those exchanged for FREE.

Today, Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) officially launched 5G coverage commercially in Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and a few spots in Kuala Lumpur. Alongside Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) on behalf of unifi Mobile and YTL Communications Sdn Bhd on behalf of YES, these two companies are the first mobile operators to provide 5G access. 

In this latest news, there seems to be a stumbling block for Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB). According to sources, our Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa just stated that the government may have second thoughts about its current 5G wholesale model plan.

Not only is December the Christmas season but it's also the month where we expect 5G to be launched by the Malaysian government. Digital Nasional Berhad is responsible for rollout the technology soon and the latest news has it that the commercial release date is 15 December 2021.

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.