Malaysian carriers may also hold costs down by using 5G equipment from China-based suppliers including Huawei, which has been subject to a U.S. boycott and pressure campaign asserting the company’s gear poses a risk to national security.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is offering airwaves for 5G networks at little cost to carriers to reduce the investment needed for the speedier wireless service, a model followed by China in its rollout of the technology last year.
The government will forgo revenue from spectrum auctions and instead will allocate airwaves to a consortium of carriers via a tender starting after April, Al-Ishsal Ishak, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission chairman, said in an interview. Commercial 5G services may be available in the country by the third quarter this year, according to a January presentation by the commission.
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