PETALING JAYA: CelcomDigi Bhd
has invested a total of RM4.6bil capital expenditure (capex) out of its RM10bil investment commitment during the first five years post-merger as of the first half of this year (1H25), says chief executive officer Datuk Idham Nawawi.
He said the total capex investment includes undergoing integration exercises to modernise the network for the past two and a half years since the merger of Celcom and Digi.
Idham noted the results of this investment have created more job opportunities in the country’s digital and telecommunications ecosystem, through the construction of 18,000 network sites, 10,000 resellers and nearly 400 branded stores nationwide.
“We are going to integrate all our IT systems. We have modernised 84% of our network and are in the middle of our IT consolidation and integration exercise,” he told the media after the launch of CelcomDigi’s CD:NXT flagship initiative at the CelcomDigi hub here yesterday.
Earlier in his opening remarks, Idham said CD:NXT is the company’s long-term initiative over a period of eight to 10 years to produce over 5,000 young digital talents with the aim of providing a platform for young Malaysians to become capable digital leaders.
“What we offer is not just ordinary artificial intelligence training, or something that can be learned from books or in a classroom – but practical experience and exposure in a very dynamic industry.
“We estimate this initiative to be worth more than RM100mil, with a much larger and more meaningful economic multiplier effect on the country’s digital economy,” he said. — Bernama
