U Mobile partners Sacofa to deliver 5G connectivity in Sarawak

From left: Datuk Mat Hassan Esa, director of Sacofa; Datuk Sri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman B Abdul Taib, managing director; Datuk Sri Haji Julaihi Haji Narawi, Minister of Utility and Telecommunication Sarawak and chairman of Sacofa; Datuk Liwan Lagang, Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication (Telecommunication); Wong Heang Tuck, CEO of U Mobile; and Woon Ooi Yuen, chief technology officer

KUALA LUMPUR: U Mobile has appointed Sacofa Sdn Bhd, the leading telecommunications infrastructure provider in Sarawak, as its fibre backhaul partner in rolling out its next generation 5G network.

Under the partnership, Sacofa will provide fibre leased line access to U Mobile’s 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) sites, enabling high-capacity backhaul connectivity to regional Points of Interconnect (POIs).