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IDC said smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million smartphones during the first quarter of 2018 (1Q18). Samsung remains the leader of the worldwide smartphone market, followed by Apple, Huawei, Xiaomi and OPPO.

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.

TIME dotCom has paired up with Huawei to launch the TIME CLOUD NFVI solution, Malaysia’s first-ever horizontal network functions virtualisation infrastructure (NFVI) architecture.

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.

Grab announced a joint partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to help provide patients and visitors with its transportation services and help alleviate parking congestion in 16 Government hospitals nationwide.

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).

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad has launched its first mobile banking application (app) to simplify and enhance customers’ overall banking experience with the bank. Called allianceonline, offers customers access to online banking services, including viewing of account balances, transaction flows, & e-deposits placements.

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.

Celcom Axiata is introducing two new Xpax Postpaid plans today targeted to Youths below the age of 25 years old: XP50 and XP79. There's also a new Xpax Prepaid plan where customers can choose 1 freebie every month- 10GB Facebook, 10GB Instagram, 3GB Youtube or Unlimited Wechat and Twitter.

U Mobile HERO+HERO promotion: Postpaid HERO P70, P98, Unlimited HERO P78, P79 and P99 customers can apply for a 2nd HERO postpaid line (P48, P68, P79 and P99) at 50% off. With this new promotion, customers may subscribe for a 2nd line for as low as RM24 per month for a twelve-month period.

Celcom Axiata Berhad announced its strategic partnership with Hong Leong Bank today. Until 31 July 2018, Hong Leong credit card owners are entitled to enjoy between RM300 to RM800 in cash back and savings, when they purchase the latest smartphone device bundles from Celcom using selected Hong Leong credit cards.

Digi has 11.76 million mobile subscribers as of 1Q18 (vs 11.75 million subscribers in 4Q17). Active Internet subscribers now stand at 8.61 million, lower compared to 8.66 million users it had in 4Q17. There are now 2.57 million Postpaid subscribers and 9.19 million Prepaid subscribers as of 1Q18.

OpenSignal, the company that tracks and map wireless coverage around the world has released its latest report- Mobile Networks Update: Malaysia (April 2018). The report measured the Internet network performance of Maxis, Celcom Axiata, Digi, U Mobile, Unifi mobile and Yes 4G.