Officiating the ceremony was Dr. Kaizad who was accompanied by Alex Tan, General Manager of Channel & Distribution of U Mobile; Kevin Yip, Head of Device & Branch Operations of U Mobile and Michael Mah, Head of Sales of U Mobile.

The new store is part of the company’s initiative to widen its footprint in the southern region. Services available at the store include providing prepaid starter packs and top-up vouchers, postpaid packages, payment transactions, and customer service support by U Mobile staff.

Dr. Kaizad Heerjee, Chief Executive Officer of U Mobile said, “With the new store, we are looking to provide our customers greater convenience and access to our products and services, allowing them to enjoy all the benefits of being a U Mobile subscriber. Customers have always been our utmost priority and this initiative too will allow us to hear more from our customers, understand their needs and challenges, and foster closer relationships.”

“This is also parallel to our three-pronged strategy, which is to broaden our network coverage and infrastructure, offer innovative products and services to build our brand and extend our reach through traditional and non-traditional distribution channels,” he added.

However, U Mobile has yet to have 3G coverage in Melaka according to its coverage map. U Mobile customers in Melaka will be roaming on Celcom 2G network for the time being.

U Mobile said that four units of HTC Sensation XE were given away to customers who attended the opening ceremony during the lucky draw sessions. In addition, customers who registered for a postpaid plan plus a supplementary line were awarded with a free ZTE F116 mobile phone worth RM249. The first 20 customers who subscribed to the telco’s postpaid or prepaid plans were given a limited edition Dragon-shaped thumb drive courtesy of U Mobile. Limited edition BlackBerry tumblers were also given away to the first 25 customers who downloaded the free tumbler coupon from U Mobile’s Facebook page.

Customers who sign for the Maxis Home Fibre Internet 10Mbps package will be given unlimited data usage till further notice, 600 minutes to Maxis mobile numbers, unlimited calls to Maxis fixed lines, 200 free IDD minutes and 150 free minutes on Maxis mobile number.

The Maxis Home Fibre Internet 10Mbps package has a 24-month contract. It comes bundled with a Dect phone(RM80) and a residential WiFi modem(RM499).

As part of the special offer, Maxis has waived the installation fee worth RM200 till 30 June 2012. The Maxis Home Fibre-to-the-Home(FTTH) service is available in the Klang Valley, selected areas in Penang, Johor Bahru, Ipoh and Melaka.

The Maxis Home Fibre Internet website no longer show that it offers the 4Mbps and 6Mbps packages for Home users despite it is available for business users.

To sign up visit this page or call 1800 88 1123.

[Source]- Maxis Home

In a statement, HTC said the call center will enable customers to submit queries on technical support, repair services, and provide feedback on HTC smartphones. Customers can expect enhanced response times and service standards to improve their overall smartphone experience.

The HTC Malaysia support service is available from Monday to Friday: 8:00am to 8:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am to 6:00pm.

Contact HTC Malaysia via the channels below:

• Hotline- 1-300-888-HTC (482)
• Web Chat- http://www.htc.com/sea/contact/#chat-online
• Email- http://www.htc.com/sea/contact/#email

HTC has some 170k fans on its HTC Malaysia Facebook fan page and about 1.6k followers on its Malaysia Twitter page. However it does not offer any customer support via social media.

Citing un-named Samsung official, the Korea Economic Daily reported that the company’s smartphone factory in South Korea was running at its full capacity of 5 million units per month.

The Samsung Galaxy S3, the company’s flagship Android smartphone was unveiled early this month and scheduled to go on sale in Germany on May 29.

MalaysianWireless recently reported that the Galaxy S III will be available in Malaysia via Maxis, Celcom and DiGi at the retail price of RM2199.

Samsung declined to comment.

[Source]- Reuters

The 29% PBT growth was driven on the back of a 16% revenue growth for the quarter, reaching RM81.3 million in Q1 12 from RM70.1 million in Q1 11.The revenue growth was driven by increased sales in data products and services within the Wholesale and Enterprise segments, according to TIME.

Chief Executive Officer, Afzal Abdul Rahim said “We continue to sustain a strong growth trend in the Wholesale business and, at the same time, made great inroads with our Enterprise segment. We have further optimised our product mix, pushing our margins higher.This drove TIME’s growth in revenue and profit indicators for the quarter.”

TIME said that it has completed its acquisition of the AIMS Group and now focusing on integrating the acquired companies into the TIME business. The AIMS Group include Global Transit Communications Sdn Bhd, a regional Internet service and backhaul provider for telecommunication service providers, and Global Transit Ltd (GTL) which holds a 10% interest in the Unity Cable System.

In a statement, it said “As a combined Group, TIME will be monetising its existing network and will be offering complete connectivity solutions to regional Wholesale customers. This provides the Group with the platform to penetrate the fast-growing regional bandwidth business. TIME expects to see positive contributions from the acquisitions in coming years.”

Its easy to to use TaxiMonger and call for a Taxi. To book for a Taxi, customers must 1st sign to their TaxiMonger app(data service required). They must then select their destination, current location, type of taxi, set time & number of passengers. The request will then be broadcasted to participating Taxi drivers in Malaysia within minutes for them to accept the booking. Users then get to choose the Taxi(plate numbers) that they want to confirm the booking. The app allows taxi booking for current time or for the  future.

According to the report on TheStar, each booking will cost RM3 for a budget taxi and RM6 for an executive taxi, which will be deducted from the passengers’ TaxiMonger credit balance. These credit can be purchased online at its website using credit or debit cards. As for the Taxi fares, it can be paid directly to the Taxi driver.

The report also claims that there are currently about fifty taxi drivers participating in the trial run for now.

TaxiMonger claims that the service is also available in countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia and Laos.

TaxiMonger is currently available on Android 2.2 & above and will soon be available on iOS(iPhone/iPad) as well.

[Download]- Taxi Monger Android app

Commenting on the latest achievement, Dr. Kaizad Heerjee, CEO of U Mobile, said, “We are extremely proud of reaching this significant milestone. This achievement proves that our products and services are well received in the market.   We would like to extend our thanks to our customers for their continuous support. Thank you for believing in us.”

In a statement, U Mobile said that it embarked on a rebranding exercise in early 2011 when Kaizad took reign of the telco.  It enhanced its prepaid offering to include nationwide on-net free calls, free SMS, unlimited mobile internet and, zero roaming charges for U Mobile customers when they are in Singapore. Its postpaid service was also repackaged, combining voice, SMS and data plans in a single package.

“We believe the basics like SMS, data and calls should be extremely affordable, which is one of the many reasons why U Mobile’s offerings appeal to consumers,” continued Kaizad.  “We have deliberately kept our infrastructure investment to a minimum through strategic network sharing agreements with partners such as Maxis, so that the savings of infrastructure development can help U Mobile to focus on bringing more products and services innovation to benefit the customers.”

U Mobile currently has over 1900 3G sites in the Klang Valley, Johor Bahru, Penang, Port Dickson and Negeri Sembilan. It also has a nationwide 2G domestic roaming partnership with Celcom and 3G RAN sharing agreement with Maxis.

Official details aside, we are excited to be the first in the world and in Malaysia(:P) to unofficially announce the Retail Price of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in Malaysia- RM2199.

The Galaxy S3 is rumoured to be available in Singapore sometime at the end of this month. At the moment, launch details in Malaysia are top secret and all of our source have refused to share any details.

But for the sake of our readers, we got this piece of information for you- The Samsung Galaxy S3 will be available by the end of this month in Malaysia!

We are expecting all the telcos including DiGi, Maxis & Celcom to offer the Galaxy S3.

Stay tuned as we bring you more insiders as it becomes available to us, only on MalaysianWireless! In the mean time, check out the Samsung Galaxy SIII specifications below:

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz, 4G-LTE (market dependent)
• 4.8? 16M-color HD (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, TouchWiz 4.0 UI
• Dimensions/Weight: 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm/133 g
• Quad-core 32nm ARM Cortex A9 1.4 GHz processor, Exynos 4212 Quad chipset, GPU: Mali-400MP
• RAM: 1GB, Memory: 16/32/64GB storage, microSD card slot
• Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with face detection, touch focus and image stabilization; Full HD (1080p) video recording at 30fps, LED flash. 1.9MP front facing camera, video-calls
• HSDPA 21 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0+HS, standard microUSB port, GLONASS/GPS SatNav receiver, 3.5mm audio jack, FM radio, TV-out, USB-on-the-go, NFC
• Battery: 2100 mAh

[21 May, 11pm-Update 1]- We received word from our good friend close to Samsung Malaysia that the Malaysia launch for the S III is taking place on the 31st-May.

In a statement, TM said that the move is in line with global trends and mirrors the Ministry of Information Communication and Culture’s direction for the Malaysian ICT industry. The Company is among the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Malaysia to have implemented its network transition towards an IPv6-ready platform. TM has embarked on this IPv6 journey since 2007 and has been IPv6 compliant since 2008.

According to TM, the company is already meeting early demands for IPv6 networking from key Government agencies and enterprises subscribing to Direct – TM’s premium direct broadband connectivity service over Metro Ethernet (Metro-e).

In this next phase, TM is also revving up efforts to prepare its mass customers for IPv6 adoption in the medium term time frame of 2-3 years. TM will be embarking on various network upgrading and transformation exercises to the new protocol soon. This nationwide migration exercise will be implemented in stages according to zones beginning mid May 2012. TM assures its customers that the company has planned the migration according to the industry best standard and practices, so those with normal Internet usage will continue to enjoy Internet experience with minimal interruption.

Early this year, Packet One Networks(P1) said that they will be IPV6 ready by end this year.

The exhaustion of IPv4 is a global trend happening around the world and in fact, Asia Pacific is the first region to have exhausted its quota of addresses, due to the great Internet penetration push in this region.

Kashminder Singh, co-organiser of GoMobile 2012 said that the awards have become the premier mobile awards in Malaysia. “The GoMobile Awards is an event that the Malaysian mobile industry can truly call its own,” adding, “We are especially delighted with the increasing number of local applications and services that are beginning to emerge. The partnership efforts between the Government and industry to grow the local content industry are bearing fruit. We hope to put up an even more spectacular show next year where we believe this sector would have blossomed even further. Our vision is to make GoMobile the hub of this region’s mobile industry.”

In keeping with the emphasis on mobile applications, content and services at GoMobile this year, ten mobile applications received inOvation Malaysia Awards for best products and services of the year. The inOvation Malaysia Awards, presented since 2008, are a joint initiative of Maxis and GoMobile. T. Kugan, Vice President, Maxis, said that Maxis hoped that recognition of the successes of local mobile developers will propel them to new heights as well as contribute to the steady development of local mobile content and apps companies.

In addition, Maxis is launching a developer initiative called NextApps at GoMobile this year that will see developers come up with innovative new apps and services for their subscribers.

Maxis swept top honours at the GoMobile Operators Awards. Malaysia’s leading mobile service provider was picked Operator of the Year and also received awards for Best Mobile Broadband and Best Mobile Content and Services. U Mobile (Best New Service), Celcom, TuneTalk, DiGi and P1 also picked up awards.

The HTC One X was named the Best Mobile Device of 2012 at the event. Other brands that won awards for being best in various categories at the Mobile World Star Awards 2012 were Asus, ZTE, Sony and Acer.

Full list of the GoMobile Awards Night winner list below.

Mobile World Best Devices of 2012

• THE MOBILE DEVICE OF THE YEAR: HTC One X
• The Best Malaysian Brand: XiMAX
• Best Value Phone: ZTE V880E
• Best Design: SONY Xperia Arc series
• Ground Breaking Device: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime
• Best Smartphone: HTC One X
• Best Tablet Device: ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime
• Best Ultraportable: ACER Aspire Timeline Ultra M3

GoMobile Operator of the Year

• OPERATOR OF THE YEAR 2012 AWARD: MAXIS
• The Best Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO): TUNE TALK
• The Best Prepaid Service Award: DiGI
• The Best Postpaid Service: CELCOM
• Best Mobile Broadband: MAXIS
• Best New Service: U MOBILE
• Best Mobile Content & Services: MAXIS
• Best Home Wireless Broadband: P1

The inOvation Malaysia Awards

• Endeavor Mobile medical app- Universiti Sains Malaysia
• Tonton mobile app-Alt Media
• m2u Mobile Payment- Maybank
• Masatu- Agmo Studio
• Augmented Reality Muslim Toolkit -Limkokwing University of Creative Technology
• Lightopus game- AppXplore
• Battle of the Sexes- Techninier
• Ahead Mobile- Finder 301
• SecQ.me- SECQME
• Studio 212

ICON2 Most Promising Startups

• ARMS  F&B (Restaurant POS)
• iLiufa S8
• TableFour.Us

APACMLEAP Mobile Learning Initiatives Recognitions

• Majlis Perbandaran Subang Jaya
• Mobile ICT
• Ignite Asia Co.Ltd.
• Pixatel Systems Inc.
• Rehan School