The government intends to deploy the network regardless of the operators’ decision, DNB chief executive officer Ralph Marshall said in an interview.
PETALING JAYA: Trailing regional rivals in the race to offer 5G mobile services, Malaysia is finally pressing ahead with a plan to roll out the high-speed network across the country even as local carriers wrangle over equity participation in the project.
State-owned Digital Nasional Bhd (DNB), which is building the infrastructure at a cost of RM16bil spread over 10 years, has offered all nine telecommunication companies in the country equal stakes totalling as much as 70% by June 30.
