SWN

Malaysia must expedite its 5G Dual Wholesale Network transition to break the monopoly and align with global trends.

To restore confidence, the government must provide more transparency and predictability in its decision-making.

So given all the facts based on data, science and economics, are we still to pursue the Single Wholesale Network (SWN) Model?

MNOs must reflect the benefit of lower costs to the New Access Agreement to improve affordability of 5G services to the people.

Policies must move to needs-based policies, instead of discriminatory, arbitrary and knee-jerk policies.

There are no examples worldwide where the high expectations placed on nation-scale SWN would have come to fruition, says Dr Rais Hussin.

Fahmi Fadzil said a meeting between his ministry and the MOF will be held next week to discuss issues involving the 5G network and SWN operator DNB.

Can DNB pinpoint anywhere from the National 5G Task Force Report that 5G would be critical for rural coverage?

6G is in trials now, and even before the waves of 5G settles in Malaysia, 6G will start its roll-out elsewhere.

All the identified 5G spectrum, namely the 700MHz, 3.5GHz and 28GHz bands, have been allocated to DNB, Zahidi Zainul Abidin said.

Government officials still ardently trying to convince that our telecommunications industry descent continues 'according to the plan'.

MNOs would like to discuss and seek input from the government on the details of the proposed equity stake offer with regard to the SWN model for 5G.

In this country, data, science, economics and plain logic falls on deaf ears of policy-makers to no avail for the nation-building.

The government's decision to maintain the 5G network as a SWN with the option for MNOs to buy an up to 70 pct stake in DNB is a win-win situation.

The government's decision to continue with the SWN model for the deployment of 5G in the country reflects the national aspiration for an inclusive digital Malaysia, said Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM).

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