AFTER months of wrangling, telecommunications companies (telcos) have finally agreed to a formula of sharing a common facility that could hopefully improve efficiency, widen cellular phone coverage and save millions of ringgit in capital expenditure (capex) for the telcos every year.
The four telcos – Maxis Mobile Sdn Bhd, Celcom (M) Bhd, TM Cellular Sdn Bhd and DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd – yesterday signed an agreement with Asiaspace Dotcom Sdn Bhd to allow the latter to construct an initial 50 telecom towers in strategic locations throughout the peninsula by year-end.
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