5G

Ericsson picks Malaysia for its first global manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia
The facility will produce state-of-the-art Ericsson 5G radios  Malaysia will benefit from local job creation and skills transfer  Ericsson is producing its state-of-the-art 5G radio equipment in Penang, the company’s first 5G manufacturing facility in Southeast Asia. 
Twimbit: APAC telco revenues grew at 8.1% to US$132 bil in Q1 2023 with Dialog Axiata a standout
The aggregate EBITDA margin declined from 33.8% to 29.5% Dialog Axiata emerged with an exceptional annual growth rate of 31% Twimbit, a Singapore based Asian research and advisory firm, recently released a report on Asia Pacific telcos in Q1 2023 that dives into the growth trajectory of telcos recording positive revenue growth during this period. 
DNB 5G access agreement finalised and equity participation negotiations going smoothly
As of June, 5G coverage in populated area is 15.3% away from target of 80% Maxis expected to sign agreement upon shareholder’s greement next month
NTT’s Edge Advantage report shows 93% consider it a competitive advantage
88% cite 5G as enabler; those combining private 5G & edge report highest benefits Top reasons to invest are to support automation and AI and real-time data access
CelcomDigi launches 5G Booster with introductory offer
Prepaid users do not have a monthly payment option Free for postpaid subscribers to plans above US$19.60 CelcomDigi Bhd today announced its pricing for 5G access under the brand “5G Booster” for its prepaid and postpaid users. Postpaid users have two options: get 5G with existing quota or 5G with additional quota.
MRANTI gathers 20 5G stakeholders to discuss issues
The goal was to cultivate efforts in forwarding enterprise 5G  Roundtables attended by executives and CEO of several companies
Jendela's strong progress sees MCMC winning World Summit on the Information Society Prizes 2023, infrastructure category
It also won the WSIS Prize 2023 Targets include fibre optic connectivity, mobile data rate, and 4G coverage
YES expects over 3,000 to join exclusive GeForce NOW beta
Yes by YTL Communications recently announced the official Exclusive Beta launch of the NVIDIA GeForce NOW cloud gaming service in Malaysia. The service is only available to Yes 5G customers and is free until 10 April when it will be fully launched and open to the public.  
CelcomDigi, SK Telecom sign MoU to develop Malaysia’s metaverse ecosystem
To collaborate on developing, offering metaverse & AI use cases Will enable co-creation of metaverse content, services for Malaysians
MDEC, GSMA sign MoU to spur development of 5G applications in Malaysia
MDEC has entered into a MoU with GSMA to spur development of 5G application utilising use cases and collaborating to accelerate Malaysia’s digital economy growth.  
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