Winners and losers in the shake-up

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Retail telco providers

Shares of Telekom Malaysia were badly hit after the government said it wants to reduce the price of broadband Internet prices. This will entail placing a ceiling on the price of wholesale bandwidth - mainly controlled by Telekom - which will lower costs for retail providers.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on June 24, 2018, with the headline Winners and losers in the shake-up. Subscribe