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Maxis Q1 2013 Financial Results [Business]

Maxis Berhad (Maxis), on last week announced its first-quarter financial results for the financial year 2013 ended March 31 (FY13). For the quarter under review, Maxis said it registered a PAT(Profit After Tax) of RM476 million, impacted by acceleration of depreciation of network equipment amounting to RM60 million resulting in a 16.9% reduction from RM573 [...]

Maxis 4G LTE SpeedTest [Part 1]

MalaysianWireless have been able to test out Maxis 4G LTE at a limited number of areas for the 3-4 days and the results have been pretty amazing. Despite we were not able to carry out a drive test around Klang Valley yet, below are some of the speedtest results we have on Maxis LTE which [...]

Maxis offers Astro B.yond IPTV

Earlier this week, Maxis announced that its Home customers can now enjoy Astro B.yond IPTV via fibre high speed broadband service, now available to over 1 million Malaysia households. [Mark Dioguardi, Joint Chief Operating Officer, Maxis Berhad, YM Raja Tan Sri Arshad Raja Tun Uda, Chairman, Maxis Berhad, Dato' Rohana Rozhan, Chief Executive Officer, Astro [...]

Maxis Launches Hotlink Social Edition

Maxis Berhad today launched a new Social Edition Hot Ticket and also a new starter pack called Hotlink Social Edition. [From left: Christopher Chua, Maxis’ Head of Central Region, Suren J Amarasekera, Maxis’ Joint Chief Operating Officer, and Jeff Chong, Maxis’ Head of Mobility Products and International Services, launching the Hotlink Social Edition] The mobile [...]

Maxis iPhone 5 4G LTE Official Media Release

Maxis has officially confirmed our report on the iPhone 5 4G LTE update. Full media release below. ————————————————————————————————- Find out how fast your iPhone 5, iPad mini and iPad 4 can go with the nation’s largest 4G LTE network! Maxis Berhad (Maxis), Malaysia’s only integrated communications service provider, today announced that customers using the iPhone [...]

Maxis iPhone 5 4G LTE update is available now [Exclusive]

Apple has just rolled out the much awaited iPhone 5 LTE(Long Term Evolution) update for Malaysia Maxis customers early this morning about 1am. We mentioned about this update on the MalasianWireless Facebook last week. The carrier bundle update is similar to the one rolled out in the US for T-Mobile except that the Maxis iPhone [...]

Maxis CEO Sandip Das to resign early

Sandip Das who is the current Maxis CEO has requested an early resignation from the company. His request has been approved by the board members and will be leaving Maxis on 15 April 2013. Sandip has been with Maxis over the last 6-years and will be replaced by Johan Dennelind effective 1 July 2013. Till [...]

Maxis offers New 21Mbps Home WiFi Modem

Last week, Maxis announced its new 21Mbps Home WiFi modem to provide customers with a superior and enhanced online experience. The new 21Mbps Home WiFi modem is easy to set up with plug-and-play convenience and allows multiple users to go online simultaneously.

Malaysia 4G LTE 1800Mhz coming soon, works on iPhone 5 [Insider]

Maxis is currently the only commercial LTE operator in the country to offer LTE with Celcom Axiata expected to follow soon. Malaysia currently offers LTE (Long Term Evolution) on the 2600Mhz frequency band that is compatible with a small number of smartphones. These smartphones include the Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820, Samsung Galaxy Note [...]

BlackBerry Z10 as low as RM1268 from Maxis

Maxis is now offering the all new BlackBerry Z10 available from as low as RM1268 with a 24-month contract and their most expensive BB More monthly plan. For Maxis One Club members, the device will cost even cheaper at RM988. The Z10 is exclusive to Maxis for the next 1-month and is now available at [...]

DiGi gets the largest fine for Dropped Calls

Three mobile operators in the country have been served with compounds totaling RM190,000-00 for breaching their licence conditions, notably on complaints from the public concerning dropped calls, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a media statement today. DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd was served four separate compounds totaling RM100,000-00, Celcom Axiata received RM60,000-00 for three [...]

Maxis has 14.1 million Subscriptions as of end 2012 [Businesss]

Maxis Berhad recorded a revenue of RM8,967 million for the financial year ended 31 December 2012, a 1.9% growth from RM8,800 million in 2011 on the back of higher revenue from all business segments. [L-R:  Nasution Mohamed, Chief Financial Officer, Maxis Berhad; Sandip Das, Chief Executive Officer, Maxis Berhad; Raja Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Arshad [...]

Maxis & e-Sentral launches ebook Writing Competition

Maxis Berhad is collaborating with local digital platform, Xentral Methods Sdn Bhd (e-Sentral) to organise an ebook writing competition. The competition aims to discover Malaysia’s next generation of writers and is open to all Malaysians aged 18 and above. Writers may submit their short fiction ebooks either in English or Bahasa Malaysia from 1 February [...]

Maxis offers LTE Smartphones- Nokia Lumia 920 & HTC One XL

Maxis made available two 4G LTE smartphones today – the Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC One XL. These will be the first two smartphones to be activated on Maxis’ 4G LTE network. Suren J Amarasekera, Maxis’ Joint Chief Operating Officer, enthused. “We are delighted to offer customers the opportunity to enjoy the first in a [...]

Maxis rewards lucky 4G LTE customers

Maxis rewarded four lucky customers who were among the first to sign up for its 4G Long Term Evolution (4G LTE) service. The Maxis 4G LTE service was launched on the midnight of 1 January 2013. [Maxis Joint Chief Operating Officer Mark Dioguardi with the lucky customers, posing with the new Maxis 4G LTE dongle. [...]