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Celcom, Maxis, Digi, U Mobile have accepted the letter of spectrum offer from the MCMC that will see a change in their mobile network coverage, nationwide.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found the Education Ministry guilty of contract mismanagement in their RM4 billion 1BestariNet project for schools.

Malaysia Internet Exchange (MyIX) central node capacity have been upgraded from 40Gbps to 100Gbps to meet Internet traffic growth until 2018-2019.

Celcom FIRST Gold with 20GB data at RM80/month, Celcom FIRST Gold with 40GB data at RM98/month, Celcom FIRST Platinum with 60GB data at RM150/month.

Digi Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service now available, limited to iPhones. VoLTE is a technology that brings HD voice calls over a 4G LTE network

Digi has 12.25 million subscribers as of Q3, 2016. It lost 138k subscribers in the quarter from 10.39 million prepaid subscribers it had in 2Q16.

Maxis continues to suffer with a lower subscriber base, now at 12.05 million. It lost 203k mobile subscribers in Quarter 3, 2016.

Grab announced a new feature called GrabChat, an instant messaging platform embedded within the mobile app, allowing users to communicate with drivers.

edotco Group conferred the “2016 Southeast Asia Telecoms Tower Company of the Year Award” by Frost & Sullivan at the Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards.

Malay Mail survey revealed that a number of the 8,000 Note7 users in the country were unhappy with the compensation scheme announced by Samsung Malaysia.

Customers who purchase any iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus model will receive a discount of RM 225.00 plus a 1% cash rebate in store credit from GEMFIVE Malaysia.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus now available in Malaysia via Celcom Axiata. Price from as low as RM98/month with a 24-months contract plan.

Analyst Brian White said in a note to investors that Apple's iPhone 7 could get as many as 8 million new buyers after the Note 7 fiasco.

Digi RoamBorder allows Digi Postpaid users to enjoy up to 5GB internet roaming quota plus 60 minutes talk time for making and receiving calls.

U Mobile CreditShare airtime transfer service is now available to prepaid subscribers where they can send or receive mobile credit. Powered by Sedania.