Malaysia to share sole 5G network with telcos, say sources
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KUALA LUMPUR • Malaysia is set to offer telecommunications companies stakes in the state-owned fifth-generation (5G) cellular network as it comes under pressure to hand much-coveted control of the hyper-fast service to the private sector.
Multiple sources with knowledge of the closely watched Cabinet decision made last Friday told The Straits Times that the option to open up Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) was preferred to allowing telcos to launch competing infrastructure as proposed by the country's four biggest mobile service providers.