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Yes YTL WIMAX - Yes 4G

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soul2soul
post Oct 23 2010, 09:57 AM

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why don't all these wireless ISP providers just combine their resources to build a consortium?

Just imagine YTL - Redtone - P1 - Ezzinet all come together to share their resources and build their own infrastructure?


I don't see how these newcomers can compete with well established players in the market like Digi/maxis/celcom which have large cash inflows. P1 relies solely on the broadband service to generate income, where as these 3 big telcos have other lifeline such as voice service.

But then again, YTL is a big company with resources. I will give it a benefit of doubt.

This post has been edited by soul2soul: Oct 23 2010, 10:00 AM
soul2soul
post Nov 18 2010, 02:03 PM

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QUOTE(kaiserreich @ Nov 18 2010, 01:38 PM)
you have to compare apples to apples  doh.gif

In terms of pay-as-go structure, 9sen/MB is pretty much the cheapest you can get without any commitment. Hopefully this will spur the other providers to cut their stupid 1sen/KB model that has been applied since the stone age. With such a business model, Yes 4G is for the occasional users, not heavy users or smart phone (Android/Apple/Win7 etc) user, you can have Maxis/Digi/Celcom for that.

Come to think of it, what type of subscribers are more, data plan users, or occasional users. As such, it is highly unlikely that YES will crash and burn like P1 did. Same technology with P1, but probably 10 times less data usage, based on the monthly P1 data cap. With P1, subscribers want to 'maximize' their line by finishing their quota no matter what. Based on my half past six guesstimate, they are probably targeting the ocassional internet on phone users, or the ones that use their internet for web surfing and email only.
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Too bad Iphone does not support Wimax at the moment.

I wonder what sort of device YTL will be offering.
soul2soul
post Nov 19 2010, 09:22 AM

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5 voice-data players in the country to date. Maxis, Celcom, Digi, U mobile and now YTL.

Not easy for YTL to break into the already saturated market.

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