News & Reviews:   YES

It wasn't that long ago that our Finance Minster Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said that all six major telcos will have to finalise their agreements by the end of 31 August 2022. But how would our 5G coverage be like once that's over? According to industry insiders, about 30% of populated areas may experience it.

The 5G network coverage in Malaysia has recently expanded to 56 more locations throughout the country, including in Perak for the first time ever. Consumers can connect to the readily available 5G network thanks to Yes, the first telco company in the country to support Digital Nasional Berhad’s (DNB) 5G single wholesale network.

Previously, we reported that all six telcos in Malaysia have agreed to the Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) 5G service agreement prior to its deadline of 30 June 2022. Now, it looks like our country can finally move forward and have 5G connectivity accessible to the masses as the Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) said that the 5G service will rollout by September 2022 at the latest.

Yes has introduced new plans that aim to make 5G more accessible for customers by adjusting the price to just RM0.30 per GB. It's claimed that these plans are even cheaper than the 4G market standard. Now, let's look at the details, and you can decide if they're that "cheap"!

Opensignal is back again and this time, it will be another Mobile Network Experience Report for Malaysia. As of April 2022, the data collection period began on 1 December 2021 until 28 February 2022. Without further ado, let's see what the report has to say.

Shortly after the official commercial launch of 5G services by DNB, YES has also revealed the first 5G prepaid and postpaid plans for the Malaysian market. From the website, you can find both YES Prepaid FT5G Unlimited and YES Postpaid FT5G at the price of RM30 and RM49 per month respectively. 

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. 

As our economic sector is slowly reopening, Opensignal is back once again with another report on Malaysians' mobile data experience. The last report was done in April 2021 just before the lockdown, so in this latest news - the data gathered was between 1 June until 29 August 2021 based on Celcom, Digi, Maxis, U Mobile and Unifi. 

Earlier, we've seen two cases involving the explosion of YES Altitude 3 which is the model of the device given out by the government under the Jaringan Prihatin initiative. Sadly, we have yet another case reported on the YES 4G Community unofficial group on Facebook two days ago, and the cause of the explosion is similar to the previous two.

The user from Pahang posted a few pictures showing the aftermath caused by the explosion. Other than that, the caption also mentioned that the phone exploded suddenly while it had only been in use for two months. Once again, we hope that no one is hurt in this incident.

YES officially announced that they have unveiled 2 YES PRIHATIN plans to help Malaysian Citizens in the B40 category by offering free smartphones and free mobile data for an entire year. The plans, which are called YES PRIHATIN Learn-From-Home Families, as well as the YES PRIHATIN Learn-From-Home Individuals, will also allow the users to access YTL Foundation’s Learn-From-Home content absolutely free of charge for an entire year as well as an RM50 Shopee voucher to purchase essentials via Shopee.