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Maxis Welcomes Government’s Decision on Next Step for 5G Implementation
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Maxis welcomes the Malaysian government’s decision to focus on achieving 80% 5G coverage of populated areas (CoPA) by the end of 2023 under DNB, followed by implementation of 5G under two networks, as announced by YB Tuan Fahmi Fadzil, Minister of Communications and Digital.

Maxis is committed to working closely with the industry to accelerate 5G for the nation in line with the Government’s digital ambitions. The Company recognises the importance of efficiently rolling out 5G and the economic benefits it will bring to all Malaysians. Maxis looks forward to providing 5G-related products and services to its customers soon, with a focus on affordability and adoption.

The rollout of the second network is expected to commence under phase two, in which Maxis looks forward to playing a more direct role in the country’s 5G implementation leveraging its expertise, resources and existing infrastructure.

Making Malaysia More Competitive

In strengthening the country’s competitiveness in the region, Maxis has already been developing multi-industry 5G use cases with major players for commercial use through its 5G Alliance. The Company has also expanded its 5G international roaming services to more countries and has rolled out a range of 5G devices to our customers since last year.

Maxis is Malaysia’s leading converged solutions provider, providing high-quality digital services and connectivity solutions. As a homegrown Malaysian brand, we have been serving Malaysians for over 25 years and are passionate about bringing together the best of technologies to enable people, businesses and the nation to Always Be Ahead in a changing world. With digitalisation changing the way we live, communicate and access services, we continue to be at the forefront of innovation through our products and services for consumers and enterprises, leveraging our no. 1 converged network that extends to over 93% of the country’s population and one of the widest retail networks nationwide.

Maxis takes great pride in investing in the nation and creating a positive impact for all our stakeholders through our community outreach programmes. These are driven by digital learning for students, helping small businesses grow, digitally empowering women entrepreneurs as well as providing scholarships and capability building programmes for deserving young Malaysian talent. Maxis is a public listed company on Bursa Malaysia, with shares owned by over 4,800 institutional shareholders that include more than 23% Government Related Institutional Investors as of December 2021.

For Maxis’s sustainability track record and other important information please visit www.maxis.com.my.

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