IMHO, there is no rushing need for LTE other than for ISPs to serve areas unreachable by FTTH with mobile broadband replacing fixed lines.

A well planned 3G DC-HSPA+ network with very good coverage and is in a better position to even take on FD-LTE(with limited spectrum blocks allocations) and even the HSBB fibre networks.

DiGi is in no hurry to rush out their LTE network. They might be waiting to launch a network with significant coverage instead of choosing to slowly expand. Just look at the current pilot areas which Maxis has. They are ALL well served areas with FTTH and it's not a good strategy because the LTE service would just become another overlapped service competing against the HSBB and the upcoming cable tv broadband. How about the underserved areas which have been waiting for years to get fibre? Do Malaysian telcos only please the affluent and elites with all the best things even if they don't necessarily require all of them at once while ignoring the masses?

I wished Telenor(DiGi) would just acquire P1. That way it'll give them a a separate network to position themselves with a pure data/internet service provider instead of mobile voice. You know, the 3G networks are going to be around for quite some time along with LTE. The real benefits with LTE's additional speed has little much to do with voice and the other traditional mobile telco services, with the only exceptional good thing it is good for is for consumer broadband internet services which is confined mostly in the desktops.

Having said that, it is understandable why DiGi has no rush to push out their LTE with their tomorrow network. It's just pure hype. Having fibre-like speeds on your smartphone is nothing more than just hype because the mainstream consumers expects to download chunks of data for ISOs, games, movies and updates which expensive LTE data quotas would not make sense. You might prefer a TD-LTE network that could adjust better to asymmetrical speeds that in return becomes cheaper RM per byte with a better tolerance for higher contentions?

Could it be that DiGi is more interested to find a separate network to run its own internet services as a pure ISP?

Then they should have concentrated on working on their backhaul first don't you think. That's what DiGi is silently concentrating with their Tomorrow's Network advantage. The backhaul plays a very important role to keep sites pumped enough of bandwidth to prevent congestion in real world situations. Creative methods to offload the networks is also an important startegy.

The title of being Asia's 1st to launch commercial LTE has long been taken by others. So launching 1st is not a priority now.
The one who launches the widest coverage, cheapest packages and cater with the surge in network capacity without compormising customers experience is the REAL winner.

I don't understand Malaysian mentality of constraining themselves and always creating competiton only in their areas of choices.
Just look at TM, Maxis, DiGi and UMobile. It's always DU, TTDI, Subang Jaya, Putrajaya and Bangsar. They always get the golden shower first hand and then if demand dies down the whole momentum halts. Who would be interested for expensive high quota LTE packages when you already have HSBB at home? Would a wise person spent unnecessarily on several overlap services which you don't get to use all of it meaningfully? There's a living to make and there's a more to life other than your smartphone and PC at home.

Surprise speed on celcom network  

dear sifu
my unifi contract finally ended, i am thinking whether to go for
Maxis LTE (less hassle with wireless, but heard its not that stable)
or
Time fibre broadband (need to drill there and here, and need to pay extra to hide cable)
I feel like taking maxis LTE, but is it stable?

@vostro78: its not that stable in my condo

From  June > Sept it will be called LTE Fiesta with Celcom planning a Nationwide launch and DG expected to receive its  Operating Licence ( damn it, why so slow ~ Foreign Co like dat la ) Umobile will still be flooded with Network congestion due to its over sized customer base and Billing problems......