Mobile Operators

Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo revealed that Maxis is the main sponsor of 2018 FIFA World Cup on Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).

About 60,000 personal data of Astro-Maxis IPTV customers are on sale online. Astro has lodged two police reports regarding the matter.

Celcom Axiata Berhad today unveiled its new online chat bots, Clive and Emma, a state-of-the-art Intelligent Virtual Agent service powered by Microsoft's Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning technology. The Chat Bots will interact in English and "some Bahasa Malaysia".

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Communications and Multimedia Consumer Forum of Malaysia (CFM) has issued a statement supporting the government’s push towards twice the Internet speed at half the price for broadband service. Minister of Communications and Multimedia Gobind Singh Deo said he will be meeting local telco companies in the next two weeks.

Celcom Axiata has introduced a new supplementary plan today for Celcom First postpaid plan subscribers. Available starting June 2018, the new Celcom Mobile Family plan comes with 5GB Internet at RM48/month.

Digi to set up booths at over 200 PETRONAS stations in the Klang Valley for customers to reload, sign up for Digi plans or purchase a sim pack. The PETRONAS stations will be also be vcash ready in phases. The partnership will be extended nationwide throughout 2018.

Celcom Axiata has managed to gain more customers in 1Q18, now at 9.6 million. The Telco added 51k new mobile subscribers between January and March 2018 (1Q18). There are now 2.83 million postpaid (vs 2.82 million in 4Q17) subscribers and 6.77 million prepaid (vs 6.72 million in 4Q17).

Celcom Axiata will enhancing its billing system, on Sunday and Monday, resulting minimal service disruption for all customers. Postpaid customers won't be able to receive incoming calls and SMS. Other disruption expected include unable to make bill payments, access Celcom websites and VAS.

Digi has announced Year Three of the Digi’s CXO Apprentice Programme. Eight selected apprentices for 2018 will be able to make a real impact on Digi’s day-to-day business and help to shape the company’s digital ambitions for 2018/19.

Celcom Axiata is exclusively offering the Huawei Y6 (2018) smartphone for free when consumers sign up with Celcom FIRST contract plans. The Huawei Y6 (2018) smartphone (RRP RM619.00, GST included), available in Black and Blue, comes in a high-end sleek design together with a 13-megapixel rear camera.

Celcom Home Wireless broadband has been officially announced by Celcom Axiata today: Home Wireless Gold at RM74.20/month (25GB Internet + 40 GB Walla), Home Wireless Gold Plus at RM106/month (50GB + 100GB Walla) or Home Wireless Platinum at RM159/month (150GB + 1TB Walla).

Check out the best wireless broadband plans in Malaysia as of April 2018. Best Value for Money packages include Unifi Wireless Broadband, Digi Postpaid 150 Infinite, U Mobile MB128 Postpaid Broadband and Celcom Home Wireless Gold Plus.

Celcom Axiata Berhad and edotco Malaysia Sdn. Bhd launched On Site Services Sdn. Bhd., a new organisation focused on providing specialised operational and maintenance delivery services for network sites at a competitive cost.

Maxis now has a lower 9.84 million revenue generating subscribers including 6.79 million on Hotlink prepaid and and 2.91 million on postpaid. MaxisONE Plan subscribers base has been readjusted dating back to January 2017, only crossing 2 million subscribers now. Revenue dropped compared to last quarter.