Albern Murty
Week in Review: Abuses of power, and leadership changes
It has been a week of ‘2s’ for Karamjit Singh as he talks about the two leadership changes DNA wrote about, and two abuses of power, with one striking very close to the heart for him.
WhatsApp Call finally makes its debut
Instant messaging giant WhatsApp Inc has finally made good on its promise to launch a calling feature embedded into its hugely popular app. Edwin Yapp tries it and ponders its chance for success.
Opportunities and challenges that await Digi’s new CEO
Malaysian-born veteran Albern Murty ascends to become Digi.Com's CEO today. Edwin Yapp recounts his accesion through the ranks in Digi and examines the challenges that are before him.
Digi eyes top spot in mobile Internet space
Malaysia's third largest mobile operator Digi.Com Bhd has set an ambitious goal of becoming the best mobile Internet provider in the country, mainly by focusing on improving its customers' experience.
Big 3 support call to lower broadband charges: MCMC
Service providers are supportive of Communications and Multimedia Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek’s call for more affordable broadband prices, according to Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) chairman Dr Halim Shafie.
Albern Murty promoted to Digi CEO, Lars-Åke Norling takes over dtac in Thailand
Telenor Group has announced the appointment of Albern Murty, currently COO of Digi.Com Bhd, as its new CEO. Current Digi CEO Lars-Åke Norling will take on the CEO role in Total Access Communication PCL (dtac) in Thailand.
DiGi able to roll out LTE despite spectrum limitation: COO
DiGi says its LTE spectrum is sufficient for the time being
Company working on refarming the 1800MHz spectrum
[Original heading amended to better reflect DiGi's stand]
MALAYSIA'S third largest mobile operator DiGi.com Bhd believes it has enough spectrum to grow its 4G-LTE (Fourth Generation Long-Term Evolution) coverage even though it has spectrum limitations.
Long Term Evolution: A long game in the making
Edwin Yapp ponders the June instalment of Disrupt and comes away wondering what operators must do to boost LTE adoption in the country.
Disrupt: LTE can boost ARPU, but will take time
Korean mobile operators were able to increase their ARPU with LTE
However, Korea is unique and won’t be easy for Malaysian celcos to emulate it
Disrupt session on LTE today, free copies of Digerati50
Fastest developing mobile system technology ever
DiGi giving away copies of Digerati50 to attendees
