Puncak Semangat
The unfolding tragedy of Jaring, Malaysia’s first ISP
Jaring, which introduced the Internet to Malaysia, is facing liquidation and ignominy, and its employees are asking questions over what has happened. Karamjit Singh has the story.
Telco Deep Dive: Two sides to Malaysia’s digital TV story
On May 26, Digital News Asia (DNA) released its first Deep Dive report, which looked at the telecommunications space in Malaysia. In this article, Goh Thean Eu looks at how Malaysia intends to roll out digital TV, and why mobile telcos are eyeing the freed up spectrum.
For Puncak Semangat, success lies beyond TV
Puncak Semangat offers a view into how it hopes to make money from Digital TV, Karamjit Singh reports.
DTTB: Telcos wary of Puncak Semangat’s 700MHz play
Telenor’s Asia chief seeks spectrum roadmap visibility from MCMC
Altel’s Nik Aziz all for beauty contest which promotes innovation
Week in Review: Defending the rights of all Malaysian netizens
DNA will be watching out for and defending the rights of all Malaysian netizens to a free flow of information, but our job will be made easier if all of you get behind us, writes CEO and founder Karamjit Singh.
Digital terrestrial TV tender: So what’s up, really?
Some doubt Puncak Semangat’s Digital TV win is a lucrative deal
Sceptical telco players think it is a play for the 700MHz spectrum
Syed Mokhtar company wins digital terrestrial TV tender
In yet another major win for politically-linked tycoon Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary, his company Puncak Semangat will now own and control the infrastructure by which Malaysians will be watching their favourite digital TV programmes.
Week in Review: What’s driving Syed Mokhtar’s telco interest?
There's a new telco in town with the recent launch of Altel Communications, a subsidiary of Puncak Semangat Sdn Bhd. But the real question on most minds including DNA CEO Karamjit Singh is this: “Is Syed Mokhtar really serious about being a telco player?”
Syed Mokhtar’s Altel takes measured approach to its launch
It was a low profile introduction for the Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary owned telco, Altel Sdn Bhd, one of the nine telecommunications companies with some 2.6GHz spectrum allocated for Long Term Evolution (LTE) services.
Final evaluation for the three shortlisted for digital terrestrial TV
The three shortlisted bidders for the Digital Terrestrial TV Broadcasting (DTTB) infrastructure build -- i-Media Broadcasting Solutions, Puncak Semangat and Redtone Network -- have submitted their proposed business plans for a final round of evaluation by the MCMC.
