NasionCom Sdn Bhd is concerned over a Government announcement that it may revoke licences given out to broadband service providers to operate on the 3.5-Gigahertz (GHz) frequency.
Peter Tham, its group managing director, said that if the licence were to be withdrawn it would affect the hundreds of customers who rely on NasionCom’s wireless broadband service.
“How will we address this?” he asked, adding that the move would also affect the 9,000 shareholders of the company.
He hoped the Government would allocate an alternative frequency if it were to go ahead with its plan.
“That way, we can migrate our customers over,” he said in an e-mail interview.
On Thursday, Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik said use of the 3.5GHz frequency by the wireless broadband service providers was interfering with the operations of the Measat-3 communications satellite.
He blamed the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), which had given out the licences, for the predicament.
Measat-3 also uses the frequency, which is employed by the broadband service providers to offer fast wireless Internet access to the corporate sector, as well as other related services.
The other 3.5GHz frequency licence holders are Airzed Broadband Sdn Bhd, TM Bhd, Maxis Communications Bhd, EB Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, TTDotCom Sdn Bhd and Atlas One, according to the MCMC website.
“We hope to resolve the issue in a win-win situation,” said MCMC corporate communications head Adelina Iskandar.-The Star
