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post Jun 6 2012, 12:13 PM, updated 10y ago

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LTE 2013 Malaysia discussion v1 (true 4G)

Opening this thread for catering queries and discussion about LTE 4G technology in Malaysia soon.

Same as other countries in the world, Malaysia is going to embrace LTE true 4G next year 2013 onwards.
just 6 month to go from now, it will come very soon. so good to understand a bit now..

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LTE - What about?
=============
LTE stands for (Long Term Evolution)
that going to replace 3G (WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA+...) in due time.



LTE Speed:
========
Technically LTE downloading speed can reaching 300Mbps max by using MIMO technology.
Malaysia initially should be running at 100Mbps ~ 150Mbps peak, this also if under ideal condition. tongue.gif
For practical result we can refers to other countries existing LTE users feedbacks, that will be more realistic.

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LTE Frequency band:
================
For Malaysia, LTE band will be running at:

a) 2600MHz (main band, confirmed)
+
b) 1800MHz (supplemantary band to be confirmed later time but this appeared in newspaper biz section)

note:
* Unlike 3G, LTE frequency band adoption is quite diversed by different country/region in the world.
There are 2600MHz, 2300MHz, 2100MHz, 1800MHz, 1700/2100MHz, 1700MHz, 1500MHz, 900MHz, 800MHz, 700MHz.

From Yahoo: Singapore Singtel & M1 also confirmed using 2600MHz + 1800MHz for their LTE (neighborhood countries mah, and telco here got partnership/share holding at there, Malaysia & Singapere always compatible, so this is strong indication of using both 2600MHz + 1800Mhz same here in Malaysia)

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Malaysia LTE telco provider:
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MCMC already assigned spectrum of 2600MHz to 9 local telcos, ie next year there should be having 9 telco offering LTE plan (if no delayed like the wimax scenario)!

1) Maxis (getting 20MHz)
2) Celcom (getting 20MHz)
3) Digi (getting 20MHz)
4) U-mobile (getting 20MHz)
5) P1 (getting 20MHz)
6) YTL (getting 20MHz)
7) Redtone (getting 20MHz)
8) Asiaspace (getting 10MHz)
9) Puncak Semangat (new comer in mobile data field) (getting 30MHz)

P1 & YTL is going to run TDD-LTE, whilst the rest to run FDD-LTE.



Joint effort: telcos sharing base station or band spectrum
==========================================
9 telcos with fierce competition? That may not really happen.
It is known that some telcos 'tie up' already to share base station (RAN - radio access network) among them to reduce cost.

Maxis <> U-mobile
Celcom <> Digi

* The above 'alliance' quite the same line up as sharing 3G station now.
** Redtone, Asiaspace, and Puncak Semangat are expected to join either alliances.

updates:
(13/7/2012) Redtone announced joining Maxis for LTE infrastructure and spectrum sharing.



Which telcos will stand out in LTE war?
============================
This is unpredictable.
The above partnership apply to sharing infrastructure hardware among telcos to reduce operating cost, that having cost efficiency in pricing.
But when talk about performance (speed), if any alliance there also involve SHARING FREQUENCY SPECTRUM (bandwidth), that will be another story.
If merely based on technical data now, puncak semangat with 30MHz bandwidth should be the fastest LTE speed because got more bandwidth than 20MHz.



When getting started?
================
Should be starting early next year after MCMC granting them the spectrum license.
Some telco already finished upgrading to LTE infrastructure station now, some are doing now like Digi. All is waiting green light by the authority.
E.g. Star Biz 5/6 just shown this:

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Modem for LTE:
============
Need to get new LTE modem. Existing 3G modem cannot be used for LTE.
However, LTE modem now usually come in 2 in 1 mode, ie they support LTE & 3G 42Mbps (backward compatibility)
On the contrary, pure 3G modem just support 3G no LTE.

** since LTE frequency band is diversed in different countries, so for frequent worldwide traveller one would need to bring at least 2 or 3 LTE modem. no more available universal modem like 3G modem.

*** LTE modem should also divided into FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE type.



Impact to 3G users
==============
New 3G plan subscription: if you are to sign up any 3G plan now that got binding contract period 1 year or more, need to think twice before acting.



Success of LTE Malaysia?
===================
same old question, always be the question of affordability.
and what volume quota for LTE plan since its so fast, a few gigabytes will be lapsed in a day. tongue.gif


Next thread will compose some data of LTE plan & cost available in other countries so we can compare to ours later see worth or not.

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post Jun 6 2012, 12:15 PM

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ok, as promised, here i present other country LTE info:

citing HK LTE, running already in 2012 now.

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current currency conversion rate: 1 ringgit malaysia = roughly 2.4 HK dollar


1) Three HK (www.three.com.hk)
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* extracting those unlimited LTE data plan only (no additional charge after quota, but throttled speed after reaching quota)

a) Smartphone plan (bundled with subsidised 4G phone): HK$418, unlimited, quota 5GB, 128kbps after quota)
* add HK$30, quota upgrade to 10GB, add HK$60 quota upgrade to 15GB, add HK$90, quota 20GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

b) Smartphone plan (sim card only): HK$228, HK$278, HK$358. quota 5GB, 128kbps after quota.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

c) Tablet data plan: HK$198 3GB.
* add HK$30, quota upgrade to 10GB, add HK$60 quota upgrade to 15GB, add HK$90, quota 20GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

d) Data plan (3g modem): HK$358, quota 5GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot



2) PCCW Mobile (http://www2.pccwmobile.com)
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* PCCW mobile seems not having unlimited plan. they are charging after exceeding quota allowed.
** Offering 6 mths free for MNP (changing telco).

a) Smartphone plan (bundled with subsidised 4G phone): HK$389 quota 5GB, HK$429 10GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

b) Smartphone plan (sim card only): HK$174 5GB with contract, HK$199 5GB no contract, HK$190 10GB with contract, HK$238 no contract.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

c) Tablet smart plan (no voice) (bundled with subsidised tablet): HK$359 5GB with contract, HK$399 10GB with contract.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

d) Tablet smart plan (no voice): HK$169 5GB with contract; HK$166 10GB with contract; HK$208 10GB no contract.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot


3) CSL HK (not CSL phone malaysia ya)
==============================

CSL HK having 2 brand that offering mobile service:

3.1) One2Free (http://www.one2free.com.hk/)
* extracting those unlimited LTE data plan only (no additional charge after quota, but throttled speed after reaching quota)

a) Smartphone plan (bundled with subsidised 4G phone): HK$419 quota 5GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

b) Smartphone plan (sim card only): HK$267 5GB with 24 mth contract
* free unlimited wifi hotspot

c) Data plan only: HK$387, quota 5GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot


3.2) 1010 (http://1010.hkcsl.com)
* extracting those unlimited LTE data plan only (no additional charge after quota, but throttled speed after reaching quota)

a) Smartphone plan (bundled with subsidised 4G phone): HK$439 quota 5GB.

b) Smartphone plan (sim card only): HK$339 5GB.

c) Data plan only: HK$459, quota 5GB.
* free unlimited wifi hotspot


4) China Mobile (HK) (www.hk.chinamobile.com)
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* extracting those unlimited LTE data plan only (no additional charge after quota, but throttled speed after reaching quota)

Data plan only: HK$398, quota 5GB. (existing promotion price HK$218, if MNP, minus HK$30 more)
* free unlimited wifi hotspot



Example testing picture from HK own review:
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(left hand side is using 4G, right hand side is 3G)
speed: 72.72Mbps (4G) vs 2.61Mbps (3G)

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OK. done.

wait, BEFORE U GOING TO SHOUT 'WOW HK SO EXPENSIVE...", read following first:

i) HK salary level: if not mistaken they also have been running mininum wage HK$28/hour since last year, so monthly should be getting around HK$6000. For clerical job, salary start HK$7000 ~ HK$15000 also available.
ii) HK living cost: superb high cost, a plate of fried rice around HK$30 (RM12.5 according current rate).

so the broadband fees seems 'too much' to us, but actually not to them. It is down to ratio proportion of salary level vs expenses lah.


ii) the second interesting part we can see lots of plan bundled with FREE UNLIMITED WIFI HOTSPOT service to subcripber

at present, lowyat member pointed out the lately hot Maxis Fibre RM118 plan contains a terms that Maxis reserve to right to turn residential modem into public wifi hotspot. So it could be Maxis tactic that pave way for their 4G LTE plan additional bonus. One stone kill 2 birds.

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Do you think that once the 4G plan launch, the current 3G plan rate will be reduced? Or will still remain and the 4G plan rate will be >+-30% more? sweat.gif sweat.gif
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what is the difference between FDD-LTE with TDD-LTE?
can help to explain?
thx in advanced
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QUOTE(lehteck @ Jun 6 2012, 11:01 PM)
Do you think that once the 4G plan launch, the current 3G plan rate will be reduced? Or will still remain and the 4G plan rate will be >+-30% more?  sweat.gif  sweat.gif
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Still expecting (fail) speed throttle at 64kb or 128kb for all telco's doh.gif doh.gif rclxms.gif doh.gif
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I think better wait until LTE Frequency band:is conform.
WiMAx operator YES, redtone & P1 dont have 1800mhz band, they can use 2300mhz for LTE.
1700mhz currently used by izzy, dont know mcmc will open this band.
800MHz used by TM CDMA
700MHz plan for digital tv.
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post Jun 7 2012, 11:26 AM

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2600MHz is confirmed already, already pop up several times in news paper biz section.

1800MHz spectrum assignment also showned in newspaper not long ago.

* i do assume ppl here are more keen and interested sign up with existing 3g telco LTE rather than wimax telco bcoz more confident of their service (judging from past experience). and somemore p1,ytl are running TDD-LTE, if no dual mode LTE modem available from them, don't think much ppl wanna join this group. unless they are very cheap tongue.gif

singapore singtel & m1 also say they use 2600MHz + 1800MHz. (that's an indicator already, neighborhood roaming and those share holding/partnership thingy between telco here and singapore.


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** btw, already updated hongkong LTE info in post #2 as promised while opening this thread - for reference.

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this is great, more choices for consumers and will send prices tumbling!~ Wimax is a total failure!~
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lol.. yeah... all this huha about fast wireless technology.. in the end what you get is around 3.6mbps at best...

wimax ? isn't it supposed to deliver 50 mbps or something i heard ?

no need LTE... improve current HSPA service stability.... that's more important.....

believe me.. next time you see P1 or any other operator offering LTE service, speed =1.2mbps... lol..

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wow.. this sounds cool.. that means its time for the new ipad.. when is d estimated date and how bout d plan.. roughly? hmmm
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QUOTE(shawn87 @ Jun 8 2012, 03:48 AM)
wow.. this sounds cool.. that means its time for the new ipad.. when is d estimated date and how bout d plan.. roughly? hmmm
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the ipad LTE frequency band applicable within US usage only oh.... (the yahoo news already stressed this...)

or does ipad got asia band LTE variant?
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Got quota? If yes, there is no difference with the capped speed. doh.gif Malaysia telco like to set quota. shakehead.gif
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jun 8 2012, 11:04 AM)
the ipad LTE frequency band applicable within US usage only oh.... (the yahoo news already stressed this...)

or does ipad got asia band LTE variant?
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I'm not sure though. Not really know bout this.. Since its 4g lte why it's not applicable to the new iPad?
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QUOTE(shawn87 @ Jun 8 2012, 02:58 PM)
I'm not sure though. Not really know bout this.. Since its 4g lte why it's not applicable to the new iPad?
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LTE radio frequency band by ipad is 700MHz sth like that, they are built in mind for US LTE users, not cater for asia. unless got other ipad LTE stock version.

ALL wireless technology use radio frequency band to transmit data.

just imagine radio, you tune to wrong frequency, u cannot get to the desired radio station .


Added on June 9, 2012, 1:22 pm
QUOTE(sanderz @ Jun 8 2012, 11:08 AM)
Got quota? If yes, there is no difference with the capped speed. doh.gif Malaysia telco like to set quota. shakehead.gif
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no quota? everyone everyday download 10G then...

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[quote=coolstore,Jun 9 2012, 01:18 PM]
LTE radio frequency band by ipad is 700MHz sth like that, they are built in mind for US LTE users, not cater for asia. unless got other ipad LTE stock version.

ALL wireless technology use radio frequency band to transmit data.

just imagine radio, you tune to wrong frequency, u cannot get to the desired radio station .

imported car from japan using different freq also.. but yet still can receive local station
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So if malaysia has LTE, means the wireless speed we get is from 100 - 150 Mbps right? But i think 4G is good enough?(Yes 4G with 20 Mbps speed).

Can anyone tell me how wireless broadband works? the station and stuffs?

tq.
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[quote=shawn87,Jun 9 2012, 06:03 PM]
[quote=coolstore,Jun 9 2012, 01:18 PM]
LTE radio frequency band by ipad is 700MHz sth like that, they are built in mind for US LTE users, not cater for asia. unless got other ipad LTE stock version.

ALL wireless technology use radio frequency band to transmit data.

just imagine radio, you tune to wrong frequency, u cannot get to the desired radio station .

imported car from japan using different freq also.. but yet still can receive local station
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[/quote]

radio is an example i use to illustrate the importance of frequency band to wireless techonology only.
not means the same exact practise to metropolitan wireless techonology like 3g, LTE, wimax all these.

the frequency band supported by hardware in wireless modem is FIXED, cannot be 'tuned' or 'changed' at will like in the case for radio station.

you can read this yahoo singapore warning news very clearly about this

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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jun 11 2012, 11:20 AM)
radio is an example i use to illustrate the importance of frequency band to wireless techonology only.
not means the same exact practise to metropolitan wireless techonology like 3g, LTE, wimax all these.

the frequency band supported by hardware in wireless modem is FIXED, cannot be 'tuned' or 'changed' at will like in the case for radio station.

you can read this yahoo singapore warning news very clearly about this

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too bad then.. they shud make it standardize.. wondering why so many pattern comeout
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lol maxis LTE peak download @ 104mbps in thier trial in 2010

http://www.maxis.com.my/mmc/index.asp?fuse....view&recID=460

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QUOTE(stevenlee @ Jun 11 2012, 06:33 PM)
lol maxis LTE peak download @ 104mbps in thier trial in 2010

http://www.maxis.com.my/mmc/index.asp?fuse....view&recID=460
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during Trail yes, official launch time if can hit 42Mbps, consider bonus already , afraid those are only dream, as fast u can go, when quota finish, u get same capped 128Kbps or 64Kbps shakehead.gif

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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Jun 12 2012, 06:01 AM)
during Trail yes, official launch time if can hit 42Mbps, consider bonus already , afraid those are only dream, as fast u can go, when quota finish, u get same capped 128Kbps or 64Kbps  shakehead.gif
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i wont think will be cap that low ...as long as it cap around 512kbps or 1mbps that still good drool.gif
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QUOTE(stevenlee @ Jun 13 2012, 12:57 PM)
i wont think will be cap that low ...as long as it cap around 512kbps or 1mbps that still good  drool.gif
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i am very sure the cap is same 128 or 64, u can refer to many LTE 4G country, many of them capped 128Kbps, ha ha,. dont dream too high icon_idea.gif

as none of malaysia ISP is that generous from what i recalled, even p1 capped at 400Kbps last time and change to 128Kbps without any notice at all,

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[quote=shawn87,Jun 9 2012, 06:03 PM]
[quote=coolstore,Jun 9 2012, 01:18 PM]
LTE radio frequency band by ipad is 700MHz sth like that, they are built in mind for US LTE users, not cater for asia. unless got other ipad LTE stock version.

ALL wireless technology use radio frequency band to transmit data.

just imagine radio, you tune to wrong frequency, u cannot get to the desired radio station .

imported car from japan using different freq also.. but yet still can receive local station
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Car radio, e.g. FM Radio, is a quite standard range, 87.5 to 108.0 MHz
Japan FM is 76–90 MHz, unless the car-radio HU is designed for international market, which supports the full frequency range.

What LTE in US now is 700MHz. The most likely LTE in MY/SG is 2.6GHZ (2600MHz).
This is totally out-of-tune, chicken-and-duck talk, frequency is totally different, hence cannot communicate.

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I think they will capped at higher speed if they afford to handle the volume of the traffic.

But i believe they don't afford to provide it.
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128kbps is the highest possibility

just u-mobile please don't enforce 64kbps like in their 3G that is really sickening...

see later singapore signtel, starhub cap at how much
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I rather stick with EDGE, lucky my social app/IM does not require highspeed. Most telco sell data by volume, not speed. Speed is just marketing gimmick. 32/8*3600*24=345.6MB per day
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any celcom insider here who already grab the 'celcom LTE plan and pricing" ?
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QUOTE(Skylinestar @ Jun 7 2012, 04:22 PM)
MALAYSIA style:
LTE 4G with 1GB data limit. After exceed, throttle to 56kbps. sweat.gif

Welcome to Boleh land thumbup.gif
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haiyaa.other countries also like that.just look at AT&t and Verizon wireless.@Gb for about RM80.kalau tak silap la

sweat.gif


these 2 carriers in USA.country that has widest LTE coverage throughout the nation rclxms.gif


Added on June 19, 2012, 5:49 pmbtw,why not suggest to those telco,introduce plan with unlimited quota..for pricing ranging from rm300 to rm400 considered good enough alreday smile.gif

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yesterday star paper biz section got latest news on LTE 2.6GHz matter, it said MCMC may not allocate 2.6GHz to all the 9 telcos that promised to last time...

go read it...

i guess the smaller telco may not get, need to lease from others.

in case Digi not allocated the band (as if the same happening to 3G license last time)... wau that will be ....
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yesterday star paper biz section got latest news on LTE 2.6GHz matter, it said MCMC may not allocate 2.6GHz to all the 9 telcos that promised to last time...

go read it... 

i guess the smaller telco may not get, need to lease from others.

in case Digi not allocated the band (as if the same happening to 3G license last time)... wau that will be ....
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oh crap, there will be no tomorrow's network rclxub.gif doh.gif
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jun 6 2012, 12:13 PM)
LTE 2013 Malaysia discussion v1 (true 4G)

Opening this thread for catering queries and discussion about LTE 4G technology in Malaysia soon.

Same as other countries in the world, Malaysia is going to embrace LTE true 4G next year 2013 onwards.
just 6 month to go from now, it will come very soon. so good to understand a bit now..

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LTE - What about?
=============
LTE stands for (Long Term Evolution)
that going to replace 3G (WCDMA, HSDPA, HSPA+...) in due time.
LTE Speed:
========
Technically LTE downloading speed can reaching 300Mbps max by using MIMO technology.
Malaysia initially should be running at 100Mbps ~ 150Mbps peak, this also if under ideal condition. tongue.gif
For practical result we can refers to other countries existing LTE users feedbacks, that will be more realistic.

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LTE Frequency band:
================
For Malaysia, LTE band will be running at 2600MHz (main band) + 1800MHz (supplemantary band? to be confirmed later time)

note:
* Unlike 3G, LTE frequency band adoption is quite diversed by different country/region in the world.
There are 2600MHz, 2300MHz, 2100MHz, 1800MHz, 1700/2100MHz, 1700MHz, 1500MHz, 900MHz, 800MHz, 700MHz.

From Yahoo: Singapore Singtel & M1 also confirmed using 2600MHz + 1800MHz for their LTE (neighborhood countries mah, and telco here got partnership/share holding at there, so must be compatible)

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Malaysia LTE telco provider:
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MCMC already assigned spectrum of 2600MHz to 9 local telcos, ie next year there should be having 9 telco offering LTE plan (if no delayed like the wimax scenario)!

1) Maxis (getting 20MHz)
2) Celcom (getting 20MHz)
3) Digi (getting 20MHz)
4) U-mobile (getting 20MHz)
5) P1 (getting 20MHz)
6) YTL (getting 20MHz)
7) Redtone (getting 20MHz)
8) Asiaspace (getting 10MHz)
9) Puncak Semangat (new comer in mobile data field) (getting 30MHz)

P1 & YTL is going to run TDD-LTE, whilst the rest to run FDD-LTE.
Joint effort: telcos sharing base station or band spectrum
==========================================
9 telcos with fierce competition? That may not really happen.
It is known that some telcos 'tie up' already to share base station (RAN - radio access network) among them to reduce cost.

Maxis <> U-mobile
Celcom <> Digi

* The above 'alliance' quite the same line up as sharing 3G station now.
** Redtone, Asiaspace, and Puncak Semangat are expected to join either alliances.
Which telcos will stand out in LTE war?
============================
This is unpredictable.
The above partnership apply to sharing infrastructure hardware among telcos to reduce operating cost, that having cost efficiency in pricing.
But when talk about performance (speed), if any alliance there also involve SHARING FREQUENCY SPECTRUM (bandwidth), that will be another story.
If merely based on technical data now, puncak semangat with 30MHz bandwidth should be the fastest LTE speed because got more bandwidth than 20MHz.
When getting started?
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Should be starting early next year after MCMC granting them the spectrum license.
Some telco already finished upgrading to LTE infrastructure station now, some are doing now like Digi. All is waiting green light by the authority.
E.g. Star Biz 5/6 just shown this:

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Modem for LTE:
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Need to get new LTE modem. Existing 3G modem cannot be used for LTE.
However, LTE modem now usually come in 2 in 1 mode, ie they support LTE & 3G 42Mbps (backward compatibility)
On the contrary, pure 3G modem just support 3G no LTE.

** since LTE frequency band is diversed in different countries, so for frequent worldwide traveller one would need to bring at least 2 or 3 LTE modem. no more available universal modem like 3G modem.

*** LTE modem should also divided into FDD-LTE and TDD-LTE type.
Impact to 3G users
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New 3G plan subscription: if you are to sign up any 3G plan now that got binding contract period 1 year or more, need to think twice before acting.


Success of LTE Malaysia?

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same old question, always be the question of affordability.
and what volume quota for LTE plan since its so fast, a few gigabytes will be lapsed in a day. tongue.gif
Next thread will compose some data of LTE plan & cost available in other countries so we can compare to ours later see worth or not.
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i got 1 question on LTE vs Wimax

rumors said that LTE will be weaker in Indoor as their frequency is much more higher than wimax.

True or False?
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theoretically, yes.

LTE 2.6GHz, WiMax Malaysia 2.3GHz

higher frequency = weaker indoor penetration power.

but also higher frequency band = carry more data = faster speed.

no perfect thing in the world.

assuming LTE external antenna will be much needed by then seeing now 3G 2.1GHz also need to use external 3G antenna for better connection quality.
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a vy nice article .... i can start learn the basic from here. thanks
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I did try LTE in the office during our demo, well there is a test lab in the office that has all the LTE equipment. The engineers are still testing LTE in the office until today. Sometimes I pop into their meeting room and test out the goddess' speed. tongue.gif

During the demo, speed fetched more than 80Mbps, running smoothly when streamed HD video and played online game at the same time. smile.gif

I'm from telco vendor and not provider, so not sure of the pricing.
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If coverage and speed. I prefer better signal coverage thrn speed. For me,2-4mbps is good enough already for hp surf net...
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80mbps is comparable to hk LTE speed already

celcom claim their got over 100Mbps instead


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oh... thats lighting fast...
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I prefer a better coverage than a fast speed ! Why need 80mbps on a mobile or tablet ?
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i more concerned of local LTE plan pricing
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I think 3G will be available for next 10 years. 3G service with 384kbps speed just start during mid 2008.
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it will be co-exist between LTE & 3G. (actually newer standard beyond LTE also already in development progress)

one is pricing matter, 2nd will be infrastructure matter.
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doh.gif I dont need faster speed...
What I really want are more data and reasonable capped speed

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CONSISTENCY is the keyword, its useless to have highspeed one day and the next day its ding dong...........just provide consistent speed and affordable devices will do
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yes, i don need highspeed also...highspeed just show off only... i want wider coverage.stable speed all the time.
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QUOTE(vostro78 @ Jul 2 2012, 10:39 AM)
yes, i don need highspeed also...highspeed just show off only... i want wider coverage.stable speed all the time.
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correct, correct, correct biggrin.gif

but this forum always got lobang for high speed and yet 'unlimited quota', hehe

anyway, LTE is the global network trend to go on. just hope malaysia telco learnt from the past 3G launching experience, don't repeat same unwelcome scenario


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Malaysia Mentality: 1Mbps is enough...biggrin.gif
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QUOTE(mochachoke @ Jul 2 2012, 04:55 PM)
Malaysia Mentality: 1Mbps is enough...biggrin.gif
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no lah, i don need 42mbps...i only want 5mbps... 1mbps not enough for me. my digi line using 1mbps i feel slow..
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100Mbps also if quota per month is 3GB no point
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Puncak Semangat 30Hz?
Macam kroni punye company je.
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QUOTE(coklatua @ Jul 3 2012, 09:12 AM)
Puncak Semangat 30Hz?
Macam kroni punye company je.
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yes, feel like rm1 asset base company .....hehe
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After googling around, the owner of Puncak Semangat is Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary.
No wonder. tongue.gif
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then is not RM1 asset liao.... haahahah....haiya...as long as they can provide a good service without spending ppl money ...don care so much
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QUOTE(coklatua @ Jul 3 2012, 09:28 AM)
After googling around, the owner of Puncak Semangat is Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary.
No wonder. tongue.gif
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I think tuan syed just a proxy. Real company canot have unrelated business together. Take maxis, Maxis just focus to telecommunications only.

TRI a tajudin ramli industry company gone because too greedy. He got celullar, satelite, helicopter, aeroplane license.
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QUOTE(vostro78 @ Jul 2 2012, 05:08 PM)
no lah, i don need 42mbps...i only want 5mbps... 1mbps not enough for me. my digi line using 1mbps i feel slow..
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It comfortable when speed 7Mbps and cap at either 512kbps or 384kbps.... Today website, you need at least 256kbps to load webpage properly even already stored in browser cache.
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it will be great if capped at 512kbps
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Impact to 3G users
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New 3G plan subscription: if you are to sign up any 3G plan now that got binding contract period 1 year or more, need to think twice before acting.
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but dont you think 4G will be available to 3G subscriber as they use LTE compatible device?
example, if that place dont have 3G, it use 2G instead.
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hahaha, if cap at 512.... then i will subscribe the most cheapest package ... these speed enough for me to check email,whatsapp,surf net already...i don need any video streaming ...
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but dont you think 4G will be available to 3G subscriber as they use LTE compatible device?
example, if that place dont have 3G, it use 2G instead.
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maybe it works this way:

if u are 3G plan only subscriber: only able to connect 3G network even in LTE area

if u are LTE plan subscriber: if got LTE, then use LTE. no LTE, switch to 3G automatically. this is the way overseas doing.

otherwise who wanna sign up LTE plan? just grab a LTE modem can use LTE speed with 3G plan. telco no stupid.
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LTE 2013 Malaysia discussion v1 (true 4G)


LTE Frequency band:
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For Malaysia, LTE band will be running at 2600MHz (main band) + 1800MHz (supplemantary band? to be confirmed later time)

note:
* Unlike 3G, LTE frequency band adoption is quite diversed by different country/region in the world.
There are 2600MHz, 2300MHz, 2100MHz, 1800MHz, 1700/2100MHz, 1700MHz, 1500MHz, 900MHz, 800MHz, 700MHz.

From Yahoo: Singapore Singtel & M1 also confirmed using 2600MHz + 1800MHz for their LTE (neighborhood countries mah, and telco here got partnership/share holding at there, so must be compatible)

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MCMC already assigned spectrum of 2600MHz to 9 local telcos, ie next year there should be having 9 telco offering LTE plan (if no delayed like the wimax scenario)!
Omg doh.gif , different frequency band from other country ... Means the 4G LTE device in market now kenot be use in malaysia??? Or we nid firmware upgrade for the 4G LTE device to support frequency band in malaysia?? (Newbie question)
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why LTE canot have same freq globally ?
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QUOTE(Ruzumaki @ Jul 5 2012, 02:03 PM)
Omg doh.gif , different frequency band from other country ... Means the 4G LTE device in market now kenot be use in malaysia??? Or we nid firmware upgrade for the 4G LTE device to support frequency band in malaysia??  (Newbie question)
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new ipad not supported shakehead.gif
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Omg doh.gif , different frequency band from other country ... Means the 4G LTE device in market now kenot be use in malaysia??? Or we nid firmware upgrade for the 4G LTE device to support frequency band in malaysia??  (Newbie question)
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LTE is sth not 'universal' like 3G

the frequency band adopted by each country/region is different.

for asia, the japan one should be one with very unique band (i forgot their band)

LTE device made for US is not applicable to here bcoz we are not same LTE band.

and it is hardware matter, not firmware solution.


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new ipad not supported  shakehead.gif
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yes, existing version cannot, maybe in future their new ipad with LTE support got regional version. so don't buy water set.

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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jul 6 2012, 12:03 PM)
LTE is sth not 'universal' like 3G

the frequency band adopted by each country/region is different.

for asia, the japan one should be one with very unique band (i forgot their band)

LTE device made for US is not applicable to here bcoz we are not same LTE band.

and it is hardware matter, not firmware solution.
icic, thx for clarify rclxms.gif
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Your Thread help my assignment alot
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hmm.
which mean all current seller selling like huawei e372 or sierra 303u cannot support malaysia LTE as they use different frenquency.

more like BIG white ELephant which is good for dual channel 3.5G speed nia.
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QUOTE(MakNok @ Jul 12 2012, 08:28 AM)
hmm.
which mean all current seller selling like huawei e372 or sierra 303u cannot support malaysia LTE as they use different frenquency.

more like BIG white ELephant which is good for dual channel 3.5G speed nia.
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those are 3G modem, of course cannot be used for LTE, not frequency band matter.


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Your Thread help my assignment alot
Thankz !!!!
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no treat me mcdonald or kfc ar?

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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jul 12 2012, 09:06 PM)
those are 3G modem, of course cannot be used for LTE, not frequency band matter.


Added on July 12, 2012, 9:07 pm

no treat me mcdonald or kfc ar?
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if that the case...when lte role out, mah means a lot of upgrade need to be reinvest for user side?
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oh, so now got a clear alliance:

u-mobile<>maxis<>redtone (to operate in east malaysia only or also in west this time?)
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I believe its East and West Malaysia as by Sept Umobile and Maxis will start the RAN sharing in West Malaysia on DC HSPA+
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jul 13 2012, 09:15 PM)
oh, so now got a clear alliance:

u-mobile<>maxis<>redtone (to operate in east malaysia only or also in west this time?)
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glad to hear that they all join partner to minimise the investment and that also hopefully a lower entry cost for subscription
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today i read carefully - the statement mentioned they 'share spectrum' as well !!! not just share hardware infrastructure.

so next time we pick who offer cheapest plan among them (if confident to join this alliance).



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biz analyst lauded on the move redtone join maxis

now all eye on puncak semangat...
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Singtel LTE 4G
Enjoy typical speed range: 3.4Mbps – 12Mbps) when you surf on 4G
Where got 100mbps ?

http://info.singtel.com/4G
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Singtel LTE 4G
Enjoy typical speed range: 3.4Mbps – 12Mbps) when you surf on 4G
Where got 100mbps ?

http://info.singtel.com/4G
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Maximum speed 100mbps since if they give you true 100mbps then each LTE tower need have at least 1gbps connection standby. Then your price will me RMxxx
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wondering digi join with any telco or not for LTE.... recently facing a lot of drop call .
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Jul 23 2012, 08:24 AM)
Singtel LTE 4G
Enjoy typical speed range: 3.4Mbps – 12Mbps) when you surf on 4G
Where got 100mbps ?

http://info.singtel.com/4G
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humble saying maybe... or in initial introduction phase, if such the speed forever, then no need run LTE in singapore, lol, hk far better with around 70mbps by LTE phone testing. 3g already can achieve 12mbps typical now...

or not all their LTE base station backed by fiber network?

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wondering digi join with any telco or not for LTE.... recently facing a lot of drop call .
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digi upgrading infrastructure throughout this year for LTE, so got problems. i also switch to umobile becoz of this reason, even phone call is degrading.
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this one from india, LTE no better than 3G HSPA+
Airtel Rolls Out 4G In Bengaluru
Airtel’s 4G-LTE launch in Kolkata
When someone pointed out that the data caps would hamper content consumption and that watching a few high quality videos might gobble up tremendous amount of data, Kapoor came up with a rebuttal that world wide, wireless technologies are not used for heavy data consumption, and that if customers wanted to consume 100 GB of data, they should switch to fixed line.
- Airtel CEO, Sanjay Kapoor
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Jul 26 2012, 09:45 PM)
this one from india, LTE no better than 3G HSPA+
Airtel Rolls Out 4G In Bengaluru
Airtel’s 4G-LTE launch in Kolkata
When someone pointed out that the data caps would hamper content consumption and that watching a few high quality videos might gobble up tremendous amount of data, Kapoor came up with a rebuttal that world wide, wireless technologies are not used for heavy data consumption, and that if customers wanted to consume 100 GB of data, they should switch to fixed line.
- Airtel CEO, Sanjay Kapoor
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As the CEO his perspective is leaned towards the corporate side which matters profits over anything else.

Technically speaking, when it comes to speed, we refer to data rate transfers and NOT data volume.

When you speak of water flow in a pipe do you refer to how broad the diameter of the pipe hose or how many clogged up untangled points the pipe has?

Imagine how can you blame the top 2% hogs most of the line when they themselves don't even have 2% of the total pipe capacity?
Meaning if the total gateway raw pipe is 1Tbps to USA, and this 2% have say have a 10gbps line at home downloading most of the time, you can say they hog up 2% of the whole overall capacity?

A 20-50mbps line hogging the line? Why don't he just admit he's not overselling his line enough to buy a new castle in England? laugh.gif
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Businessmen are actually over greedy.

Who doesn't know that with say a 100mbps LTE line, how can they still push silly out of date volume packages such as 1GB, 3GB or 5GB anymore?

It'll just burn out within hours or minutes.

Just like a Ferrari and you only give it a 1 litre gas tank?

Stupid greedy businessmen making themselves really look stupid.

If you speed up your service 10X then consider multiplying your old volume packages to 10 folds la.

Meaning 1GB = 10GB, 3GB = 30GB or 5GB becomes 50GB
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Businessmen are actually over greedy.

Who doesn't know that with say a 100mbps LTE line, how can they still push silly out of date volume packages such as 1GB, 3GB or 5GB anymore?

It'll just burn out within hours or minutes.

Just like a Ferrari and you only give it a 1 litre gas tank?

Stupid greedy businessmen making themselves really look stupid.

If you speed up your service 10X then consider multiplying your old volume packages to 10 folds la.

Meaning 1GB = 10GB, 3GB = 30GB or 5GB becomes 50GB
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anytime they will charge 10X also as their speed 10X faster.
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with malaysian trend...i guess this plan likely to be offered by our telco:
LTE speed with 1GB data...once cap, throttled to 64kbps.
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QUOTE(Skylinestar @ Jul 27 2012, 10:48 PM)
with malaysian trend...i guess this plan likely to be offered by our telco:
LTE speed with 1GB data...once cap, throttled to 64kbps.
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If Malaysians are smart consumers don't buy them! It's very stupid of you to buy a 1GB plan for say RM50 only to be used up in less than 1 hour by a 50mbps LTE network.

Telcos will keep playing the dumb game until you put up your acts against them. If no one complains, they'll act as if people are fools to accept their sale of such ideas.

Start deleting/turning off your APNs and mobile data settings inside your phones. If possible avoid.

Start using WiFi Hotspots when possible or your own wireless access points you have at homes.
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QUOTE(Skylinestar @ Jul 27 2012, 10:48 PM)
with malaysian trend...i guess this plan likely to be offered by our telco:
LTE speed with 1GB data...once cap, throttled to 64kbps.
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not malaysian telco only.worldwide telco also doing the same thing maa.

AT&T,one of US telco that recently launced their LTE network is offering 5GB data with price tag of rm150.what the hell is this ? really greedy company.same like maxis

doh.gif doh.gif

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plan...bid=Qudm-6mGbo_

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YES 4G lanxiau
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not malaysian telco only.worldwide telco also doing the same thing maa.

AT&T,one of US telco that recently launced their LTE network is offering 5GB data with price tag of rm150.what the hell is this ? really greedy company.same like maxis

doh.gif  doh.gif

http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plan...bid=Qudm-6mGbo_
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AT&T Wireless is one of the most unreliable cell in USA. Often limited coverage and highly priced. Verizon too but offers stronger coverage through CDMA 700MHz LTE.

Americans are switching to Wi-Fi networks for calls and unlimited internet.
Examples are like Republic Wireless
http://republicwireless.com/

$19 for unlimited domestic voice, data and text.
But you need to live with spotty coverage and urban areas where partner hotpsots are widely available.

In Malaysia you can keep your mobile phone only for calls and text. Want internet try to find public hotspots and wifi zones.

Turn off your mobile data or delete your settings inside your phone.

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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jul 28 2012, 06:29 PM)
AT&T Wireless is one of the most unreliable cell in USA. Often limited coverage and highly priced. Verizon too but offers stronger coverage through CDMA 700MHz LTE.

Americans are switching to Wi-Fi networks for calls and unlimited internet.
Examples are like Republic Wireless
http://republicwireless.com/

$19 for unlimited domestic voice, data and text.
But you need to live with spotty coverage and urban areas where partner hotpsots are widely available.

In Malaysia you can keep your mobile phone only for calls and text. Want internet try to find public hotspots and wifi zones.

Turn off your mobile data or delete your settings inside your phone.
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QUOTE(digilife @ Jul 28 2012, 07:03 PM)
This is similar to the YES network call , ie YESLIFE........
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At home I can use my home wifi for calls too and texts.
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If YES offers UNLIMITED local calls, texts and data with widely available public hotspots for RM50, I'll glad to subscribe it.
At home I can use my home wifi for calls too and texts.
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Now we concern about speed, but isn't that adequate already?

I need better signal and coverage over speed and data cap.
No point paying almost rm100 monthly subscription fees and unable to get online in needy situation due to low 3G data signal.
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QUOTE(kentchow75 @ Jul 28 2012, 08:48 PM)
Now we concern about speed, but isn't that adequate already?

I need better signal and coverage over speed and data cap.
No point paying almost rm100 monthly subscription fees and unable to get online in needy situation due to low 3G data signal.
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They will do it and eventually push the costs over to consumers. You want coverage and speed. Can. You willing to pay RM60 for only 1GB of data?

I rather settle for unlimited public wifi hotspots whenever I'm outside within urban setting and pay a flat monthly fee with unlimited access.

At home I'll opt for a high speed fixed line that provice me my own wifi access.
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it is heard that telco can apply 'trial period' before official spectrum assigning date 1/1/2013, means near the end of this year, maybe october onwards, some telco can launch lte service, i think should be only some invited loyalty telco customers got chance to test them out.
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doh.gif  I dont need faster speed...
What I really want are more data and reasonable capped speed
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yea agree....this speed just nk tarik pelanggan je.....what for 100mbps quota 3GB......

100Mbps approx = 10MBps

10MBps x 60s = 600MB

in 1 minute can finish 600MB

10MBps x 300s(10 minute) = 3000MB


sudah habis quota..... 1 month can become 10 minute......

most important thing now is more data.......speed sudah ok...tp data sikit....tk payah LTE pun tkpe
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then the telco can earn more through top-up plan

u know how lucrative of telecommunication biz is ...


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is LTE modem alr in Malaysia Market?


Added on August 4, 2012, 3:10 pmis LTE modem alr in Malaysia Market?

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is LTE modem alr in Malaysia Market?


Added on August 4, 2012, 3:10 pmis LTE modem alr in Malaysia Market?
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The only confirmed compatible hardware is Huawei E398
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it will be great if capped at 512kbps
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then the telco can earn more through top-up plan

u know how lucrative of telecommunication biz is ...
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the main aim of the telco is profit
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hehe, telco won't allow that...


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Yes, buy if you dare to take the risk for such expensive hardware

The only confirmed compatible hardware is Huawei E398
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not quite accurate info.

any LTE modem with unlocked status and compatible LTE frequency band then can be used for local LTE. 2600MHz + 1800MHz. same with singapore. ipad/iphone with US LTE band then cannot use local LTE, run in 3G HSPA+ mode. btw, a LG LTE smartphone version now can support local LTE band as well.

some LTE modem now is even lower price than 3G mode only 42Mbps modem, particularly compared with the E372 rocket high price. we will wait see how much the 2nd hand resale value of E372 in 4 months later... some buying LTE modem now are not main concerned for LTE usage, but seeing a lower price of a 3G 42mbps instead.



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celcom user dont waste your money with 42mbps modem.
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hehe, telco won't allow that...


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not quite accurate info.

any LTE modem with unlocked status and compatible LTE frequency band then can be used for local LTE. 2600MHz + 1800MHz. same with singapore. ipad/iphone with US LTE band then cannot use local LTE, run in 3G HSPA+ mode. btw, a LG LTE smartphone version now can support local LTE band as well.

some LTE modem now is even lower price than 3G mode only 42Mbps modem, particularly compared with the E372 rocket high price. we will wait see how much the 2nd hand resale value of E372 in 4 months later... some buying LTE modem now are not main concerned for LTE usage, but seeing a lower price of a 3G 42mbps instead.
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celcom user dont waste your money with 42mbps modem.
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http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=pdacomparer&i..._4g_lte_tablets

there are LTE2600 tab already thumbup.gif

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My area 3g also cannot get, LTE lagi bad.

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ya, more LTE products coming out towards this year end ... tablets... smartphone... (again a new market for them to sell again to (same) buyers when ppl upgrading their existing device)

next year may seeing new market trend that considering a smartphone without LTE support is just like buying a smartphone without 3G support now...


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My area 3g also cannot get, LTE lagi bad.

Digi
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nice thread & good info from TS.

i'm sick with some forummer in WTS thread tried to sell of their locally unsupported LTE phones, claiming it was LTE, laju bla bla bla...if not supported locally, how to laju?noob!to me, it's indirect cheating!
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Anyone know how is this LTE going to be implemented?

Will it utilise simcard like the current 3G (HSPA+/WCDMA) , just a simcard or like YES, no simcard but using ID , like Streamyx/UniFi?

Wat will happen to the current 3G users, will they be offered upgrade packages or that LTE will act as supplement to the current 3G. This is where the dual usage modem , Huawei E398 come into play, simcard for 3G/HSPA+/DC and the modem itself using ID to connect like YES?

Anyone can shed some light to this?

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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 15 2012, 12:51 PM)
Anyone know how is  this LTE going to be implemented?

Will it utilise simcard like the current 3G (HSPA+/WCDMA) , just a simcard or like YES, no simcard but using ID , like Streamyx/UniFi?

Wat will happen to the current 3G users, will they be offered upgrade packages or that LTE will act as supplement to the current 3G. This is where the dual usage modem , Huawei E398 come into play, simcard for 3G/HSPA+/DC and the modem itself using  ID to connect like YES?

Anyone can shed some light to this?

Thanks
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I can confirm it will be using a Simcard just like normal.
You can authenticate to LTE network like normal when 3G comes into play too, the thing is I can't confirm is whether can old user aka legacy plan user get LTE QoS

Base on today Maxis trend of keep pushing 42mbps, I highly doubt they will give normal user the 100000 QoS

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I can confirm it will be using a Simcard just like normal.
You can authenticate to LTE network like normal when 3G comes into play too, the thing is I can't confirm is whether can old user aka legacy plan user get LTE QoS

Base on today Maxis trend of keep pushing 42mbps, I highly doubt they will give normal user the 100000 QoS
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so meaning, it will be 3G simcard and LTE simcard.

3G simcard QoS will be 42000/8640 and LTE simcard QoS will be 10000/20000

Will current 3G users offered new LTE package or "force" them to migrate/upgrade to LTE?

Pls bear in mind that 3G is widely available BUT NOT LTE as only major town will be LTE READY come 2013.

I would hope that current 3G customers can retain the current package, Legacy,Unlimited99 or wat ever package that they are using and offer this LTE as an added platform, but in doing so nobody will take LTE as LTE might be very costly as the "Economics of Scale" will not be met too sweat.gif

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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 15 2012, 01:48 PM)
so meaning, it will be 3G simcard and LTE simcard.

3G simcard QoS will be 42000/8640 and LTE simcard QoS will be 10000/20000

Will current 3G users offered new LTE package or "force" them to migrate/upgrade to LTE?

Pls bear in mind that 3G is widely available BUT NOT LTE as only major town will be LTE READY come 2013.

I would hope that current 3G customers can retain the current package, Legacy,Unlimited99 or wat ever package that they are using and offer this LTE as an added platform, but in doing so nobody will take LTE as LTE might be very costly as the "Economics of  Scale" will not be met too  sweat.gif
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Just hope 42000 can be unlimited forever that's good biggrin.gif
I doubt can the really congested Maxis Network have chance to break 50mbps

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Now Maxis is selling more Hotlink Broadband (up to 42Mbps) to jam up the network, in doing so, current postpaid Data users might be "forced" to upgrade to LTE, icon_idea.gif

See how clever Maxis is.

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Now Maxis is selling more Hotlink Broadband (up to 42Mbps) to jam up the network, in doing so, current postpaid Data users might be "forced" to upgrade to LTE,  icon_idea.gif

See how clever Maxis is.

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LTE same backbone, same RAN with 3G
So, worsen the congestion even more cry.gif
Unless 1 day Maxis decided to increase backbone bandwidth, then different story rclxms.gif
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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 15 2012, 03:02 PM)
Now Maxis is selling more Hotlink Broadband (up to 42Mbps) to jam up the network, in doing so, current postpaid Data users might be "forced" to upgrade to LTE,  icon_idea.gif

See how clever Maxis is.

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no worry, won't be simless like wimax devices. look at LTE modem/phone/tablet, already know simcard needed.

and would be all in 1 simcard - ie. if LTE network no in coverage, will auto switch to 3G. no need worry about this.

both 3G and LTE will stick together - (see our 3G network case- being running so long, still got ppl saying just getting EDGE signal). other countries also doing this way now.

and this is interesting part:

imagine u r the management of telco responsible of maximising 'value' for shareholders , not to get [replaced] should members not happy at agm, what would u do to maximising profits and keep company growing.. (hehe, then with this idea behind, u would probably know how telco will do)

similarly as streamyx vs unifi, as ppl claiming streamyx quality degrading due to (xxxxx), then ppl lean to sign up unifi fiber (get the idea?)


** btw, hotlink simcard now can use maxis 3g on usb dongle also? then i go get 1 try today - to help congest the network a bit tongue.gif **

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no worry, won't be simless like wimax devices. look at LTE modem/phone/tablet, already know simcard needed.

and would be all in 1 simcard - ie. if LTE network no in coverage, will auto switch to 3G. no need worry about this.

both 3G and LTE will stick together - (see our 3G network case- being running so long, still got ppl saying just getting EDGE signal). other countries also doing this way now.

and this is interesting part:

imagine u r the management of telco responsible of maximising 'value' for shareholders , not to get [replaced] should members not happy at agm, what would u do to maximising profits and keep company growing.. (hehe, then with this idea behind, u would probably know how telco will do)

similarly as streamyx vs unifi, as ppl claiming streamyx quality degrading due to (xxxxx), then ppl lean to sign up unifi fiber (get the idea?)
** btw, hotlink simcard now can use maxis 3g on usb dongle also? then i go get 1 try today - to help congest the network a bit  tongue.gif  **
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Luckily I didn't live at the same location with you or another bandwidth competitor tongue.gif

Work for sure unless you using a locked modem

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QUOTE(coolstore @ Aug 16 2012, 01:19 PM)
no worry, won't be simless like wimax devices. look at LTE modem/phone/tablet, already know simcard needed.

and would be all in 1 simcard - ie. if LTE network no in coverage, will auto switch to 3G. no need worry about this.

both 3G and LTE will stick together - (see our 3G network case- being running so long, still got ppl saying just getting EDGE signal). other countries also doing this way now.

and this is interesting part:

imagine u r the management of telco responsible of maximising 'value' for shareholders , not to get [replaced] should members not happy at agm, what would u do to maximising profits and keep company growing.. (hehe, then with this idea behind, u would probably know how telco will do)

similarly as streamyx vs unifi, as ppl claiming streamyx quality degrading due to (xxxxx), then ppl lean to sign up unifi fiber (get the idea?)
** btw, hotlink simcard now can use maxis 3g on usb dongle also? then i go get 1 try today - to help congest the network a bit  tongue.gif  **
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yeah, lets jam up the network as i only use maxis from 2am~9am, other times i use YES and intends to get the portaWiFi package at rm159 with rebates of rm120 too thumbup.gif , 4GB at rm68 is enough for my usage as i dun DL with it icon_idea.gif
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yeah, lets jam up the network as i only use maxis from 2am~9am, other times i use YES and intends to get the portaWiFi package at rm159 with rebates of rm120 too  thumbup.gif , 4GB at rm68 is enough for my usage as i dun DL with it  icon_idea.gif
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How many broadband you owned right now rclxms.gif
I think Celcom SKMM, Maxis SKMM, Maxis legacy, Yes and ???
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700 4G US & Canada LTE

850 2G GSM are used in the United States, Canada, Mexico and most countries of S. America.
3G UMTS/WCDMA use in some country

900 2G GSM are used in most parts of the world: Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa
3G UMTS/WCDMA use in some country

1700 3G UMTS/WCDMA use in some country

1800 2G GSM are used in most parts of the world: Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa

1900 2G GSM are used in the United States, Canada, Mexico and most countries of S. America.

2100 3G UMTS/WCDMA M'SIA AND MOST COMMON BAND IN THE WORLD

2300 M'SIA WiMAX

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How many broadband you owned right now  rclxms.gif
I think Celcom SKMM, Maxis SKMM, Maxis legacy, Yes and ???
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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Aug 17 2012, 03:11 AM)
confirm is off the chart  brows.gif
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Chuah, you knoe me inside out, but for once i spill some Jelly Beans for you guys to jelly about

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currently my Umobile Broadband is in passive mode and now intends to sign up Celcom Postpaid to rake in the Portawifi at rm159 (-rm120, when contract ends) as i have a few tablets to use.......

I actually like Celcom due to its lightning fast response(latency), via CSKMM as my area is strong on Celcom but the QoS is only 8640, too bad............. sweat.gif
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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 17 2012, 05:30 AM)
Chuah, you knoe me inside out, but for once i spill some Jelly Beans for you guys to jelly about

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currently my Umobile Broadband is in passive mode and now intends to sign up Celcom Postpaid to rake in the Portawifi at rm159 (-rm120, when contract ends) as i have a few tablets to use.......

I actually like Celcom due to its lightning fast response(latency), via CSKMM  as my area is strong on Celcom but the QoS is only 8640, too bad............. sweat.gif
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yea even celcom QoS is not as high as maxis, but for latency, celcom confirm win in most cases,.. agree celcom loading websites is very very impressive speed,.

but the portawifi device signal nothing much compare to huawei E353, unless u have many wireless device and in real need of wifi connection hmm.gif
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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 17 2012, 05:30 AM)
Chuah, you knoe me inside out, but for once i spill some Jelly Beans for you guys to jelly about

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currently my Umobile Broadband is in passive mode and now intends to sign up Celcom Postpaid to rake in the Portawifi at rm159 (-rm120, when contract ends) as i have a few tablets to use.......

I actually like Celcom due to its lightning fast response(latency), via CSKMM  as my area is strong on Celcom but the QoS is only 8640, too bad............. sweat.gif
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an optic shop boss told me that 'thanks to' these mobile tablets/smartphone with small screen & high resolution, causing ppl to always look closer to read words (less than 30cm range) and long hours stare at the screen watching movie/playing games, make his biz far better than last decade... LOL (eye drop need to be restock every week... new spectable biz also very good.. getting more children biz as their parent tend to buy them tablet to make them sit quietly...)
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Aug 19 2012, 12:09 PM)
an optic shop boss told me that 'thanks to' these mobile tablets/smartphone with small screen & high resolution, causing ppl to always look closer to read words (less than 30cm range) and long hours stare at the screen watching movie/playing games, make his biz far better than last decade... LOL (eye drop need to be restock every week... new spectable biz also very good.. getting more children biz as their parent tend to buy them tablet to make them sit quietly...)
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Yes. My wife fren children just 5 years old.but already confirm 1 eyes got problem.need to wear spec. That time when iPad launch they are the 1st among us to get ...I no longer let my kids play iPad early this year. The unit just left idle in my drawer. Still IOS 433... Hahaha. I will only charge the unit to hv 5-10% let him play when he is good. And play until battery runs out.
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QUOTE(vostro78 @ Aug 19 2012, 04:49 PM)
Yes. My wife fren  children just 5 years old.but already confirm 1 eyes got problem.need to wear spec. That time when iPad launch they are the 1st among us to get ...I no longer let my kids play iPad early this year. The unit just left idle in my drawer. Still IOS 433... Hahaha. I will only charge the unit to hv 5-10% let him play when he is good. And play until battery runs out.
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This is a nice technique rclxms.gif
I am switching to e-ink for my ebook solution, staring towards a back lighted iPad is causing too much strain to my eyes
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This is a nice technique  rclxms.gif
I am switching to e-ink for my ebook solution, staring towards a back lighted iPad is causing too much strain to my eyes
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Already facing monitor almost 15hours a day including my smartphone, my tablet, my monitor.

Already get IPS display to save my eyes.
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i still remember an not long ago case from taiwan whereby a bz bizwomen no time to watch a tv drama series when it show on tv, so she bought the full dvd boxset and watch them over from 1st to last episod on 14" laptop (if not mistaken) in 1 day - no stop, keep watching - then 'BLIND' already... no joke!
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QUOTE(digilife @ Aug 17 2012, 05:30 AM)
Chuah, you knoe me inside out, but for once i spill some Jelly Beans for you guys to jelly about

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currently my Umobile Broadband is in passive mode and now intends to sign up Celcom Postpaid to rake in the Portawifi at rm159 (-rm120, when contract ends) as i have a few tablets to use.......

I actually like Celcom due to its lightning fast response(latency), via CSKMM  as my area is strong on Celcom but the QoS is only 8640, too bad............. sweat.gif
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I heard the portawifi modem recall From market due to some problem!can verify this ?
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I heard the portawifi modem recall From market due to some problem!can verify this ?
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heard the phone dealer said this portaWifi got problem & no more selling.is it true?
this product also removed from celcom website !
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QUOTE(csn @ Aug 21 2012, 09:43 PM)
heard the phone dealer said this portaWifi  got problem & no more selling.is it true?
this product also removed from celcom website !
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PortaWifi is made by Huawei with this modem name/number E355, i am using it, no problems at all, just that u cannot use MDMA with it and i believe most ppl wont use MDMA with it too, unless the user is a Geek like us icon_idea.gif

Celcom took it down due to wrong pricing ( i strongly believed ), as usual la, u knoe wat i mean icon_idea.gif

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maybe not to do with pricing...
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can i know whether now subscribed 3g broadband can be upgraded to LTE when the LTE apply next year?
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that depends on how telco facilitate the plan, probably will have dedicated LTE+3G plan and 3G plan only separating. may or may not need to change simcard. device is definitely got to change for LTE support (modem/smartphone/tablet etc).

*noticing samsung galaxy SIII with LTE support appear in market already, right?

so better dont' commit to contract base plan now if planning to use LTE earlier next year.
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Aug 28 2012, 12:46 PM)
that depends on how telco facilitate the plan, probably will have dedicated LTE+3G plan and 3G plan only separating. may or may not need to change simcard. device is definitely got to change for LTE support (modem/smartphone/tablet etc).

*noticing samsung galaxy SIII with LTE support appear in market already, right?

so better dont' commit to contract base plan now if planning to use LTE earlier next year.
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Hopefully they go the American way. 3G upgraded to LTE, but at acceptable capped speed after hit quota.
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Aug 28 2012, 12:46 PM)
that depends on how telco facilitate the plan, probably will have dedicated LTE+3G plan and 3G plan only separating. may or may not need to change simcard. device is definitely got to change for LTE support (modem/smartphone/tablet etc).

*noticing samsung galaxy SIII with LTE support appear in market already, right?

so better dont' commit to contract base plan now if planning to use LTE earlier next year.
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because now what i going to apply is the so-call unlimited maxis broadband RM99.. we paid for the such big amount, but if next year LTE apply. we cant be upgrade to LTE.. haha.. this is the big concern for me now....
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the industry news that DiGi really will proceed with LTE trial @ 1800MHz at last quarter 2012 is pop up again in biz news section. postponed from Q3 to Q4.
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Hopefully ...hahaha i wish i wanted to have a 4G also.
But even though u have 100mbps doesn't make a difference leh...they give u small quota.. sweat.gif

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Haha I went and subscribe Maxis 1 day pass for Wireless BB with 200mb.

Got HSPA+ signal but after watching 2 Youtube HD movies within 15mins quota finished.

What silly idea Malaysian telcos have.

100mbps LTE with ridiculous quota such as 3GB, 10GB, 20GB?
I think it wouldn't even last for 1 week of use.

With cloud services emerging and future online apps/games, this is a no brainer approach.

You know the Xbox720 and PS4 gaming consoles?
They say without a fast net connection your game console is just a dumb box sitting on top/beside of your TV. You can't play any games or proceed in your games because access and levels will be streamed with demand as you play.

How about movie rentals? OS and application updates?
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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Sep 2 2012, 12:11 AM)
Haha I went and subscribe Maxis 1 day pass for Wireless BB with 200mb.

Got HSPA+ signal but after watching 2 Youtube HD movies within 15mins quota finished.

What silly idea Malaysian telcos have.

100mbps LTE with ridiculous quota such as 3GB, 10GB, 20GB?
I think it wouldn't even last for 1 week of use.

With cloud services emerging and future online apps/games, this is a no brainer approach.

You know the Xbox720 and PS4 gaming consoles?
They say without a fast net connection your game console is just a dumb box sitting on top/beside of your TV. You can't play any games or proceed in your games because access and levels will be streamed with demand as you play.

How about movie rentals? OS and application updates?
Online storage and cloud disks?

10GB? laugh.gif
We're talking about games and apps that fit in DL-Blue Ray Discs and beyond.
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I work for maxis huawai lte r&d..so far lte only got 4 antenna... Cyberjaya , ss2, ttdi...and..I don't know... Seriously...speed can go upto 100mbps.. 10mb/s throughput download...
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QUOTE(haykop @ Sep 7 2012, 09:58 PM)
I work for maxis huawai lte r&d..so far lte only got  4 antenna... Cyberjaya , ss2, ttdi...and..I don't know... Seriously...speed can go upto 100mbps.. 10mb/s throughput download...
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Its time to bomb in some question! brows.gif brows.gif

Does Maxis's 'antenna' infrastructure is single RAN solution? GSM+EDGE+3G+HSPA++LTE like celcom one???? If Celcom claims that if LTE is launched 2013, LTE can be launched at the other places other than Klang Valley. And, what is the LTE spectrum used for Maxis??
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Maxis is going to be Single RAN network but is it full LTE network?
If no mistaken they are running Circuit Switched Fallback (CSFB), where data goes for LTE but voice goes for CS.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE_%28teleco...%29#Voice_calls

Also wondering if celcom/umobile/DiGi also doing the same thing for their network?
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afaik first generation LTE is data only. Voice will fall back to GSM or 3G network.
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maxis also supplied by huawei lte? then single RAN.
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Stick to prepaid plan till next year. nod.gif
But speed up to 100mbps++ is very promising, but after capped, down to 56kbps, you don't say?? whistling.gif
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the risk of single RAN is once it is off service, all networks depends on it not available in that area at all, right?

i still remember last time celcom reported how many million money per year it loss to equipment thief (steal and sell to scrap metal dealer?)


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QUOTE(fat16 @ Sep 9 2012, 10:27 AM)
afaik first generation LTE is data only. Voice will fall back to GSM or 3G network.
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What happen if there is an incoming call when surfing??

QUOTE(coolstore @ Sep 9 2012, 09:49 PM)
the risk of single RAN is once it is off service, all networks depends on it not available in that area at all, right?

i still remember last time celcom reported how many million money per year it loss to equipment thief (steal and sell to scrap metal dealer?)
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QUOTE(okaneman @ Sep 9 2012, 02:29 PM)
Stick to prepaid plan till next year.  nod.gif
But speed up to 100mbps++ is very promising, but after capped, down to 56kbps, you don't say??  whistling.gif
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If they still do that stupid throttling, let's organise a demo demaning higher data caps,, 1mbps maybe... brows.gif

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mayb they don capped but charge extra leh like gv u shock bill?
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with the expected iphone5 launch which come with LTE, i guess it will speed up LTE implementation or perhaps make msia launch slighly early at yr end?
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Hi, will this promising LTE (2600MHz + 1800MHz) support new samsung note 10.1 tab? need to make decision before buy either the Note or Ipad. hope for a reply from you guys~


Added on September 10, 2012, 6:29 pmHi, will this promising LTE (2600MHz + 1800MHz) support new samsung note 10.1 tab? need to make decision before buy either the Note or Ipad. hope for reply from you guys~

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QUOTE(linoby @ Sep 10 2012, 06:29 PM)
Hi, will this promising LTE (2600MHz + 1800MHz) support new samsung note 10.1 tab? need to make decision before buy either the Note or Ipad. hope for a reply from you guys~


Added on September 10, 2012, 6:29 pmHi, will this promising LTE (2600MHz + 1800MHz) support new samsung note 10.1 tab? need to make decision before buy either the Note or Ipad. hope for reply from you guys~
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No ATM. All Malaysia Galaxy Tab are non LTE

iPad 3rd genaration (Retina) are not compatible with malaysia LTE
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with the expected iphone5 launch which come with LTE, i guess it will speed up LTE implementation or perhaps make msia launch slighly early at yr end?
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Sep 10 2012, 09:32 PM)
yes, iphone5 quoted with LTE support, but is that US LTE band? hahaha... with LTE support in mind, apple really should make regional iphone5 version
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Europe country LTE are rolling out and they are running on 2600Mhz, I expect there will be a 2600Mhz iPhone 5 nod.gif

Since Apple want to catch up the Android lead in Europe
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Sad case,
My phone only have LTE 800 (Korean LTE Phone) T.T
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can use as channel diff already..
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LTE would be useless if telco sticks to "1-10GB capped data or 128kbps capped speed". So better stick to DC HSPA+. Latency and speed are enough for surfing.
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I think the next iPhone will support the 2.6 GHz LTE. After all Aussie carrier Telstra and European carriers already have LTE on that band.
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QUOTE(mochachoke @ Sep 11 2012, 12:54 PM)
LTE would be useless if telco sticks to "1-10GB capped data or 128kbps capped speed". So better stick to DC HSPA+. Latency and speed are enough for surfing.
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100Mbps DL and 50Mbps UL but 1~10GB ? doh.gif rclxub.gif doh.gif rclxub.gif

capped speed 128 Kbps or 64Kbps or internet stop when quota finish ? sweat.gif
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Right, unless if data capped. >.<
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QUOTE(azrin_kiko @ Sep 9 2012, 11:19 PM)
What happen if there is an incoming call when surfing??
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Quick question for you—what technology do you use when you make a voice call on your shiny new 4G LTE smartphone? Answer - 3G, and in some cases even 2G!

Surprised? LTE is currently a data-only service, meaning, whenever LTE users make a voice call, the device falls back to the local 3G (or 2G) network, and places the call. And it will be so, for some time to come!

If you are wondering “why?” and “how?”—well, you have come to the right place! Read on to understand the Voice Evolution that is currently underway.

from qualcomm itself
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Sep 12 2012, 08:40 AM)
Quick question for you—what technology do you use when you make a voice call on your shiny new 4G LTE smartphone? Answer - 3G, and in some cases even 2G!

Surprised? LTE is currently a data-only service, meaning, whenever LTE users make a voice call, the device falls back to the local 3G (or 2G) network, and places the call. And it will be so, for some time to come!

If you are wondering “why?” and “how?”—well, you have come to the right place! Read on to understand the Voice Evolution that is currently underway.

from qualcomm itself
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Wished that our local Telco will provide HD voice soon
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http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/09/b...-q2/#more-13254



check the report.... only maxis got mentin about LTE...the rest no.... was it means maxis will launch LTE first?
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so iphone 5 out, is the LTE band usable in msia?
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Only YES I guess. The rest are still in HSPA+.
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QUOTE(carbonytte @ Sep 13 2012, 08:51 AM)
Only YES I guess. The rest are still in HSPA+.
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i guess u don understand my question..anyway found the answer...ip5 support 1800MHz, which is band 3 and shd be usable in msia smile.gif
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QUOTE(JayC75 @ Sep 13 2012, 09:26 AM)
i guess u don understand my question..anyway found the answer...ip5 support 1800MHz, which is band 3 and shd be usable in msia  smile.gif
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That's only if Malaysia supports Band 3 (1.8 GHz). I'm not too sure since all I've heard in the news is LTE on Band 7 (2.6 GHz). Although there's a chance we will since Singapore does.
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Jun 7 2012, 11:26 AM)
2600MHz is confirmed already, already pop up several times in news paper biz section.

1800MHz spectrum assignment also showned in newspaper not long ago.

* i do assume ppl here are more keen and interested sign up with existing 3g telco LTE rather than wimax telco bcoz more confident of their service (judging from past experience). and somemore p1,ytl are running TDD-LTE, if no dual mode LTE modem available from them, don't think much ppl wanna join this group. unless they are very cheap  tongue.gif

singapore singtel & m1 also say they use 2600MHz + 1800MHz. (that's an indicator already, neighborhood roaming and those share holding/partnership thingy between telco here and singapore.


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according to Apple's website, Singtel is using 2100 MHz

http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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How come no mention of band 7 (2600Mhz) for iPhone 5?
I think Apple website made a mistake?

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QUOTE(idoblu @ Sep 13 2012, 10:26 AM)
according to Apple's website, Singtel is using 2100 MHz

http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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SingTel is using 1800 n 2600Mhz.. Apple misadvertising?

http://www.zdnet.com/singtel-expands-4g-se...cap-2062305009/
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i think iphone 5 dont support 2600MHz sad.gif
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so spotlight on the 1800Mhz, telco management definitely will look into this, they simply can't ignore iphone users and that market share. (how to bundle iphone5 with LTE plan then?)

digi with LTE 1800Mhz trial at Q4 2012, google it u will see a lot reports. (this also bring up again not long ago in biz report, although postponed from Q3 to Q4)

i always rely on biz section paper report rather than other source as those reporting are affecting company share price day to day, no play play, high accountability by biz news journalist, thus better reliability. all the time they has been talking about 2600MHz and 1800MHz of LTE locally, again, similar to neighbourhood singapore, roaming compatibility is serious biz.
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those telco which offer only 1800 will have big advantages like smartone in HK
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I have to admit, Malaysia IMO will have to implement 1800MHz LTE at some point. There's just no way the telcos are gonna wait for next year's iPhone to support the 2600MHz band (if it ever will). That only leaves the option of using the 1800Mhz, and they better implement it soon or they'll face a lot of wrath from the people.


Added on September 14, 2012, 3:22 pmAlso does anyone know where can I get a Sierra Wireless Aircard 330U or the Aircard 762S? I've checked with Sierra and these two offer LTE at 2600/1800 GHz, DC-HSPA+/UMTS at 900/1800 MHz, and I THINK GSM at 2100 MHz so they're definitely compatible with our spectrums. Anyone who can help, please do!

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Majority LTE in Europe is running on 2600Mhz + MY "love" to learn from the Europeans
Let's keep our finger crossed right now, since some trusted source state SKMM issued the license on 2600Mhz
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Outside the U.S., the iPhone 5 will work with only three LTE frequencies: 850 megahertz, 1800 MHz and the 2100MHz, and it won’t support other frequencies commonly used in Europe. It means only two European mobile operators, EE and T-Mobile, are able to offer their customers the full power Apple smartphone.
http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/09/1...sers-in-europe/


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I have to admit, Malaysia IMO will have to implement 1800MHz LTE at some point. There's just no way the telcos are gonna wait for next year's iPhone to support the 2600MHz band (if it ever will). That only leaves the option of using the 1800Mhz, and they better implement it soon or they'll face a lot of wrath from the people.


Added on September 14, 2012, 3:22 pmAlso does anyone know where can I get a Sierra Wireless Aircard 330U or the Aircard 762S? I've checked with Sierra and these two offer LTE at 2600/1800 GHz, DC-HSPA+/UMTS at 900/1800 MHz, and I THINK GSM at 2100 MHz so they're definitely compatible with our spectrums. Anyone who can help, please do!
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Why not trying other brands eg:E398

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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Sep 14 2012, 05:09 PM)
Majority LTE in Europe is running on 2600Mhz + MY "love" to learn from the Europeans
Let's keep our finger crossed right now, since some trusted source state SKMM issued the license on 2600Mhz

http://blogs.wsj.com/tech-europe/2012/09/1...sers-in-europe/
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At first I was gonna ask what's + MY "love" but then I got it LOL. And MY also another 1, couldn't they have learned from T-Mo / EE? But like I said, MY telcos definitely won't ignore the iPhone market. Whether they'll provide it at 1.8 GHz remains to be seen, but IMO they will.

I don't like Huawei and ZTE. Plus, the Sierra Wireless models not only look better, but they have better after-sales support and ease-of-use. There's a reason why they're used a lot by Western carriers you know (ie. Bell/Rogers/ATT/Sprint/Telstra...)

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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Sep 15 2012, 05:16 PM)
At first I was gonna ask what's + MY "love" but then I got it LOL. And MY also another 1, couldn't they have learned from T-Mo / EE? But like I said, MY telcos definitely won't ignore the iPhone market. Whether they'll provide it at 1.8 GHz remains to be seen, but IMO they will.

I don't like Huawei and ZTE. Plus, the Sierra Wireless models not only look better, but they have better after-sales support and ease-of-use. There's a reason why they're used a lot by Western carriers you know (ie. Bell/Rogers/ATT/Sprint/Telstra...)
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Most provider already planted their infrastructure, finger crossed
Anyway, bandwidth is expensive in Malaysia, that's what caused the congestion in current ISP

If you looks clearly at Europe LTE, the prefer Huawei for their equipment but as usual the westerns hate Chinese.
That's why there are Ericsson, Siemens, Sierra.
Truth hurts, Huawei excel on cellular field, this may be 1 advantage as well, cheap Network hardware rclxms.gif
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I know Huawei excels, for God's sake even Maxis and Celcom use them for infrastructure AFAIK. But still, doesn't help that the Aircards looks better. Also, I like that they're a bit uncommon in Malaysia. Also, operation heat-wise I heard Sierra is better. (Sierra modem slightly cooler than Huawei)

Anyway, yeah. Praying hard Maxis/Digi will support 1.8 GHz LTE.

Also, still waiting on anyone who can help procure a Sierra 330u or a 762s. The Sierra eStore, Twitter and online sales team were NO help at all.

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malaysia follow eroupe celullar standard from ART 900 ETACS to GSM 900, GSM 1800, 3G 2100mhz. LTE 1800. LTE 2600mhz.

LTE have two camp TDD and FDD. GSM operator using LTE FDD, wimax operator using LTE TDD. LTE FDD and TDD not compatible with each other.

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afaik celcom/maxis using nokia simens network, umobile using zte. digi 3G using huawei but for whatever reason digi change 3G/LTE vendor to zte. meaning huawei network solution not good ?
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Eh but I read people complain about ZTE newcomer la, Huawei trusted la, what la. Eh IDK also la.

I know LTE got two kinds- why WiMAX have to use separate kind from GSM though? Why not everyone sync using LTE-FDD?

If Malaysia REALLY follows Europe standard, then awesome. That means we get LTE at 1800 MHz.

@fat16 I have a question: since we have GSM on 1800 MHz, does that mean the band will be refarmed to LTE or will LTE run simultaneously with GSM on that band?
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and latest the scandal was surrounding whether huawei/zte build backdoor security loophole...
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do you believe if i tell u the 1st telco that launch LTE will not be maxis? i heard it will be yellow men / blue guy....
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blue guy already put up their war position, their CEO keep reminding us that 'our network ready to roll out LTE, just waiting for the spectrum license'.

yellow man then quoted by biz news lately that they will run LTE trial last quarter of 2012, no waiting 2013, with band 1800MHz.

* it won't surprise too much as both of them seems loosing good position in 3G market, need to act superb fast in taping new and lucrative LTE market as quick as they can, with as much resources as they have.
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M1's Nationwide 4G LTE Network Coverage Tested
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Huawei was awarded a five-year contract valued at S$280 million, to provide the turnkey LTE solution for M1. This includes the installation of macro base stations, distributed base stations and Evolved Packet Core (EPC), for M1’s island-wide next generation network.

Singtel using Ericsson the speed very nice.

Digi & umobile using ZTE so i think speed more or less like M1 4G.

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oh, thought it able to cover the underground tunnel, but after read the article carefully, still not available underground, quite similar to hk. but the speed....

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oh, thought it able to cover the underground tunnel, but after read the article carefully, still not available underground, quite similar to hk. but the speed....
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iphone5 LTE testing at HK - smartone HK LTE 1800MHz

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hot cake news:

iphone5 LTE testing at HK - smartone HK LTE 1800MHz

download speed: 55.84Mbps

upload speed: 8.56Mbps

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Can't wait for LTE to land. By the way, any news on Band 3 LTE? (1800 MHz)

Also, quick question:
I want to subscribe to an ISP. Should I go for Maxis' true unlimited BIZ99 plan and hope to be grandfathered to LTE, or should I just forget about mobile broadband an go for unifi?

(Thing is, unifi is looking quite appealing cause I can converge my astro and landline bill; but future LTE is quite mouthwatering too)
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whether maxis will allow existing 3g contract users to use LTE or how to already a question, let alone unlimited LTE.
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well. LTE is not a must for me... if LTE consume much more battery power...then i prefer wait the hardware chips to become more mature first... mayb that time telco need to get market they will offer a vy good package also.
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whether maxis will allow existing 3g contract users to use LTE or how to already a question, let alone unlimited LTE.
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In my opinion something like that may happen. I mean I think it was the same with AT&T. Plus if Sprint can offer unlimited LTE, why can't Maxis?

QUOTE(vostro78 @ Sep 23 2012, 10:00 PM)
well. LTE is not a must for me... if LTE consume much more battery power...then i prefer wait the hardware chips to become more mature first... mayb that time telco need to get market they will offer a vy good package also.
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I'm mainly looking for LTE because it'll provide a more stable connection at high Mbps, even if in moving vehicle. And LTE chips are mostly okay, since Apple is including it on the new iPhone. Plus there are those Sierra Aircards, and Huawei LTE modems and hotspots, so...
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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Sep 24 2012, 12:02 AM)
In my opinion something like that may happen. I mean I think it was the same with AT&T. Plus if Sprint can offer unlimited LTE, why can't Maxis?
I'm mainly looking for LTE because it'll provide a more stable connection at high Mbps, even if in moving vehicle. And LTE chips are mostly okay, since Apple is including it on the new iPhone. Plus there are those Sierra Aircards, and Huawei LTE modems and hotspots, so...
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really cannot compare local to US lah... ppl understood why...cool2.gif

else we should already have very affordable but high speed cable plan already (just quote this as example)

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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Sep 23 2012, 07:57 PM)
Can't wait for LTE to land. By the way, any news on Band 3 LTE? (1800 MHz)

Also, quick question:
I want to subscribe to an ISP. Should I go for Maxis' true unlimited BIZ99 plan and hope to be grandfathered to LTE, or should I just forget about mobile broadband an go for unifi?

(Thing is, unifi is looking quite appealing cause I can converge my astro and landline bill; but future LTE is quite mouthwatering too)
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I believe, for now, if you are a 3G user, you cannot use LTE.
But if you are LTE user, you can use both.

About the package, i guess LTE will be more expensive, or it replaces the current 3G package, and lower the 3G price.
Of course for those who already signed the 3G package, they have an option to upgrade their package to LTE with +$$(or free, if lucky) and the contract t&c remain unchange?
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QUOTE(wc_how @ Sep 25 2012, 04:39 PM)
I believe, for now, if you are a 3G user, you cannot use LTE.
But if you are LTE user, you can use both.

About the package, i guess LTE will be more expensive, or it replaces the current 3G package, and lower the 3G price.
Of course for those who already signed the 3G package, they have an option to upgrade their package to LTE with +$$(or free, if lucky) and the contract t&c remain unchange?
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contract t&c

this is what we are eager to know how our local telco would do, copy the overseas telco plan model or come out with sth more favorable?
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If I subscribe to the unlimited 3G plan now, I want the contract t&c to stay. No point subscribing in the first place if its changed, in my opinion.

And probably local telco gonna copy Singapore.
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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Sep 27 2012, 12:30 AM)
If I subscribe to the unlimited 3G plan now, I want the contract t&c to stay. No point subscribing in the first place if its changed, in my opinion.

And probably local telco gonna copy Singapore.
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Don't worry too much. If the location support LTE then DC-HSPA+ 100% will be supported

And you know how congested Maxis are currently. doh.gif

DC-HSPA+ is sufficient, I don't expect Maxis can even reach 40mb
Finger crossed
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I know Maxis is congested. But compared to Celcom (who I don't think has an unlimited plan) and UMobile (20GB quota a lot, but my area not much signal) it's the best alternative for mobile broadband.
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Just curious, 3G mobile network will switch from H > 3G > E > G, then slowly switch back to H again.

Will LTE have this problem too?
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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Sep 30 2012, 11:47 AM)
Just curious, 3G mobile network will switch from H > 3G > E > G, then slowly switch back to H again.

Will LTE have this problem too?
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Yes, that is inconsistent signal.

If you are on a location with very high signal this won't occurs

Or consider upgrading to a better device
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Yes, that is inconsistent signal.

If you are on a location with very high signal this won't occurs

Or consider upgrading to a better device
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ic... My area got poor network signal and always see this problem, i guess upgrade to LTE also doesn't help much if it always jumping to slower connection.
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which telco r u at. location ?
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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Sep 30 2012, 11:47 AM)
Just curious, 3G mobile network will switch from H > 3G > E > G, then slowly switch back to H again.

Will LTE have this problem too?
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Lock network to WCDMA only or LTE only. Problem solve.
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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Sep 30 2012, 11:47 AM)
Just curious, 3G mobile network will switch from H > 3G > E > G, then slowly switch back to H again.

Will LTE have this problem too?
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1) as FAT16 suggested, locked your connection mode to 3G only to find out again.

2) next, u also can try on QXDM power option which showing a real-time signal fluctuating graph, if the line run fluctuate too much worsen than following picture, than consider it the signal really not stable at ur site.

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3) to answer theory question, yes LTE with 2.6GHz (2600MHz) should perform worsen than 3G 2.1GHz (2100MHz) inside building bcoz higher frequency having weaker building penetration capabilities in general. but havn't really use here, pointless to comment this on theory. wireless thingy must really test then only know.

hope telcos also launched RM5-RM10 LTE prepaid simpack to test first.... wahaha laugh.gif


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i am using Celcom, my area is workplace in penang and home in SP. When i check my signal strength, it shows -103dBm 5asu to -95dBm 9asu for HSDPA, and when it switch to EDGE the signal strength is higher at -73dBM 20asu.

Thanks for the tips, i am now set it to WCDMA only and it seems like the signal won't jump around to GPRS again.

But i guess if LTE is using higher frequency of 2.6GHz in Malaysia, signal strength in outskirt area will be weaker too, right?
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Softbank Japan To Launch Industry's Most Advanced MiFi Device

Softbank 102HW by Huawei

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Supports LTE 4G AXGP 110mbps
Fallback to 3G DC-HSPA+ at 42mbps

Japan is using AXGP ahead of the Advanced LTE standards.
Advanced XGP was co developed by both China and Japan based on the TD-LTE standard. Therefore both technology shares the similar standards and operatability.
Think of it as what FOMA2000 is to the ITU standardized WCDMA group.

So in future there'll be TD-LTE and FD-LTE. P1 Networks is pledging on TD-LTE while I'm not sure what Maxis and DiGi is going to use. Very high chances they'll follow the European counterparts of using FD-LTE instead.But the Advanced-LTE standard working group has came to a agreement that future devices will simultaneously support both technologies and they'll be interoperatable.
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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Oct 1 2012, 06:37 PM)
i am using Celcom, my area is workplace in penang and home in SP. When i check my signal strength, it shows -103dBm 5asu to -95dBm 9asu for HSDPA, and when it switch to EDGE the signal strength is higher at -73dBM 20asu.

Thanks for the tips, i am now set it to WCDMA only and it seems like the signal won't jump around to GPRS again.

But i guess if LTE is using higher frequency of 2.6GHz in Malaysia, signal strength in outskirt area will be weaker too, right?
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-103dBm is very bad signal. Move around the modem to get better signal rceptions ? Your modem support 3G 900mhz ?

.My place 5km from tower. Celcom 3G 2100mhz full bar outdoor. Maxis 3G 2100mhz no bar just my maxis. Move around signal gone. Digi GSM 1800mhz 1 bar. Move around signal gone.

So i think Celcom have some magic. Not just stronger 3G 2100mhz, Celcom have another 3G 900mhz as backup.
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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Oct 1 2012, 11:40 PM)
Softbank Japan To Launch Industry's Most Advanced MiFi Device

Softbank 102HW by Huawei

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Supports LTE 4G AXGP 110mbps
Fallback to 3G DC-HSPA+ at 42mbps

Japan is using AXGP ahead of the Advanced LTE standards.
Advanced XGP was co developed by both China and Japan based on the TD-LTE standard. Therefore both technology shares the similar standards and operatability.
Think of it as what FOMA2000 is to the ITU standardized WCDMA group.

So in future there'll be TD-LTE and FD-LTE. P1 Networks is pledging on TD-LTE while I'm not sure what Maxis and DiGi is going to use. Very high chances they'll follow the European counterparts of using FD-LTE instead.But the Advanced-LTE standard working group has came to a agreement that future devices will simultaneously support both technologies and they'll be interoperatable.
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can this relationship last seeing their current tension status and future prospect? will it end up japan itself only continue using/developing? Huawei/ZTE may pressured by cn gov not to supply any to japan in future.

modem which capable support both FD & TD-LTE start emerge already. but whatever latest product = rocket high price.
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Oct 2 2012, 08:21 AM)
-103dBm is very bad signal. Move around the modem to get better signal rceptions ? Your modem support 3G 900mhz ?

.My place 5km from tower. Celcom 3G 2100mhz full bar outdoor.  Maxis 3G 2100mhz no bar just my maxis. Move around signal gone. Digi GSM 1800mhz 1 bar. Move around signal gone.

So i think Celcom have some magic. Not just stronger 3G 2100mhz, Celcom have another 3G 900mhz as backup.
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If i go outside, the best i can get is -81 dBm 16 asu. The tower is not far, only around 1 to 2 km away.

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i think our current All ISP better fixing and tackle their 3G issue first instead of all rushing to grab who is the first launch 4G doh.gif doh.gif
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Oct 2 2012, 09:13 PM)
can this relationship last seeing their current tension status and future prospect? will it end up japan itself only continue using/developing? Huawei/ZTE may pressured by cn gov not to supply any to japan in future.

modem which capable support both FD & TD-LTE start emerge already. but whatever latest product = rocket high price.
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No it'll not. As you can see major Japanese telcos are now supplied by China sophisticated modern equipments that none of the European counterparts can supply and compete in terms of pricing. Patent ownership is also the strong point here. China and Japan co developed this technology to avoid paying the patent fee to European ITU. If they maintain control over their own home based patent, then people who wants to adopt their technology will have to pay them the licensing fees.

At this rate, TD-LTE (AXGP) is winning the Advance-LTE war. We have Japan as its first adopter with strong following by China, India, Thailand, Russia, Taiwan, Middle East.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks

In Malaysia, P1 Networks is leading the TD-LTE scene in their next 4G upgrade.With the gloomy economy European markets are experiencing, more of them are expected to buy Chinese equipment as well due to their fierce competitive pricing and improving quality.
Such enticing opportunity do you think the Chinese will ignore and let tensions get in the way?

The current tension in China is just politically incited and motivated. The violent protest I believe is being staged by the falling Communist Government and there have been cases where locals themselves have been beaten up until near death accused of siding the Japanese.
The normal Chinese citizen would not care about the islands because the oil rights has nothing to do with them.Same goes with the Japanese regular citizens.

Unless the oil resources is worth more than China's deeply invested telecoms market, my guess is that they'll brush the tensions aside when it comes to signing telecom equipment supplying contracts.

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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Oct 3 2012, 12:12 PM)
If i go outside, the best i can get is -81 dBm 16 asu. The tower is not far, only around 1 to 2 km away.
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1 - to 2 km u should get around -60dbm outdoor.
what that '16 asu' ?
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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Oct 3 2012, 10:20 PM)
No it'll not. As you can see major Japanese telcos are now supplied by China sophisticated modern equipments that none of the European counterparts can supply and compete in terms of pricing. Patent ownership is also the strong point here. China and Japan co developed this technology to avoid paying the patent fee to European ITU. If they maintain control over their own home based patent, then people who wants to adopt their technology will have to pay them the licensing fees.

At this rate, TD-LTE (AXGP) is winning the Advance-LTE war. We have Japan as its first adopter with strong following by China, India, Thailand, Russia, Taiwan,  Middle East.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LTE_networks

In Malaysia, P1 Networks is leading the TD-LTE scene in their next 4G upgrade.With the gloomy economy European markets are experiencing, more of them are expected to buy Chinese equipment as well due to their fierce competitive pricing and improving quality.
Such enticing opportunity do you think the Chinese will ignore and let tensions get in the way?

The current tension in China is just politically incited and motivated. The violent protest I believe is being staged by the falling Communist Government  and there have been cases where locals themselves have been beaten up until near death accused of siding the Japanese.
The normal Chinese citizen would not care about the islands because the oil rights has nothing to do with them.Same goes with the Japanese regular citizens.

Unless the oil resources is worth more than China's deeply invested telecoms market, my guess is that they'll brush the tensions aside when it comes to signing telecom equipment supplying contracts.
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the latest development is that China announced it may stop FTA talks with Japan. [FTA among China, Korea, Japan]. economic analyst commented it will affect supply chain throughout the east asia.

the general citizen is not protesting about oil or for economic reason, it is the historical matter between the two nations. sth far more important beyond money consideration.

huawei/zte wont' die if stop supplying equipment to japan, they already have strong global market. (huawei/zte always perceived having strong tide with cn gov). now is looking at how this incident be ending up, maybe will be alleviated after passing japan general election.


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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Oct 3 2012, 05:34 PM)
i think our current All ISP better fixing and tackle  their 3G issue first  instead of all rushing to grab who is the first launch 4G doh.gif doh.gif
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bro, first runner = new biz, new biz = new money, new money = profits, profits = dividens/ share price up, dividens/ share price up = top management position steady, top management position steady = high monthly income + great year end bonus .... laugh.gif (especially for telcos that not doing particular well in 3G market now)

first runner get fresh customers to sign up contract, bind them in 1 year, then 2nd runner big lose already...

(just up to this point, local telcos havn't come up with 'switch-over' plan that will offer great offers/discounts if u jump over from other telco, which has been seen in other country. don't know if they are prohibited to run such competition, so they have 'common' understanding not running this level competition now and future.)

local end users expectation? they provide a link for us to complain at mcmc enough... unsure.gif

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1 - to 2 km u should get around -60dbm outdoor.
what that '16 asu' ?
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Not sure what asu means, it show up beside dBm, i guess it is another way of measuring signal strength.
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QUOTE(Hornsen @ Oct 4 2012, 01:16 PM)
Not sure what asu means, it show up beside dBm, i guess it is another way of measuring signal strength.
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105dBm is really bad signal for sure,.. there is no best spot indoor at all ? hmm.gif
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105dBm is really bad signal for sure,.. there is no best spot indoor at all ?  hmm.gif
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Best only can get -95dBm 9asu. cry.gif
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Best only can get -95dBm 9asu.  cry.gif
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well -95dBm confirm a lot better than that 103~105dBm for sure nod.gif
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Best only can get -95dBm 9asu.  cry.gif
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I think it's the problem with your phone Phone signal is slightly bad smile.gif

Get high signal aka high TX power modem EG: E367
Yes, E367 have better signal than E372 base on my test

Or if you are really hardcore, get a directional antenna
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I'm not sure whether this is the right place to show you this communication. Celcom has already upgrade its network speed to 42Mbps.

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I'm not sure whether this is the right place to show you this communication. Celcom has already upgrade its network speed to 42Mbps.

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

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Most people still experience seriously slow Celcom and they capped users speed through QoS
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I'm not sure whether this is the right place to show you this communication. Celcom has already upgrade its network speed to 42Mbps.

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oh, so it is time to get a celcom prepaid pack to test out its 42mbps DC-HSPA+ network...

which pack to get? i no familiar with celcom, don't suggest skmm pls...

umobile RM8, maxis RM5, celcom RM?
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oh, so it is time to get a celcom prepaid pack to test out its 42mbps DC-HSPA+ network...

which pack to get? i no familiar with celcom, don't suggest skmm pls...

umobile RM8, maxis RM5, celcom RM?
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Don't waste time with Celcom doh.gif

Tried Instanet, XPAX mobile broadban d

All got speed cap doh.gif

Tried my friend Celcom iPhone, 2.x mbps
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a little birdie said maxis + redtone will launch lte year end, is it true?
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QUOTE(alexng2208 @ Oct 5 2012, 02:53 PM)
a little birdie said maxis + redtone will launch lte year end, is it true?
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Maxis Berhad (“Maxis”), Malaysia's leading integrated communications service provider and REDtone International Bhd, a data and broadband service provider, (“REDtone”) have entered into an infrastructure and spectrum sharing agreement today that will enable both players to fast track their roll out of ultra-high speed 4G networks throughout the country. This will mean customers will have the opportunity to access the highest 4G broadband speeds in the country - up to 150 Mbps, with the latest 4G LTE technology through the combined spectrum.
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i heard year end though instead of next year... hmmm...

others not so soon and maxis + redtone awaiting MCMC
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QUOTE(alexng2208 @ Oct 5 2012, 02:56 PM)
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i heard year end though instead of next year... hmmm...

others not so soon and maxis + redtone awaiting MCMC
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Finger crossed, hope that the price would be attractive smile.gif
And Maxis need to solve their congestion issue in some station doh.gif
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Oct 5 2012, 03:01 PM)
Finger crossed, hope that the price would be attractive smile.gif
And Maxis need to solve their congestion issue in some station doh.gif
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They have pooooor coverage in the Publika / Solaris Dutamas area though =.= best is like 1 bar indoors and most of the time is no signal at all.

on the other hand, signal in menara maxis is amazing (toilet,lift,office,marini's at 57) all got 5 full bars with at least 3mbps on my iphone
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in some commercial building, they are also deploying indoor coverage equipment (got $$ mah), relaying outside signal deep down into building, else won't have such indoor coverage advantages against ordinary building experience.
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QUOTE(coolstore @ Oct 4 2012, 12:52 PM)
the latest development is that China announced it may stop FTA talks with Japan. [FTA among China, Korea, Japan]. economic analyst commented it will affect supply chain throughout the east asia.

the general citizen is not protesting about oil or for economic reason, it is the historical matter between the two nations. sth far more important beyond money consideration.

huawei/zte wont' die if stop supplying equipment to japan, they already have strong global market. (huawei/zte always perceived having strong tide with cn gov). now is looking at how this incident be ending up, maybe will be alleviated after passing japan general election.
As we speak, my Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese friends are still buying Toyotas and other Japanese brands and silently hiding their cars at home when going to work for those who live in China.

Historical matter over an island and 3 rocks? Obviously they're securing rights over the sea area for oil drilling. What else?

Japan is a very important member of the TD-LTE(AXGP) coalition. If they pull out, that's the end of Huawei/ZTE high end products market.
They are the ones who are willing to take the high risk buying their untested products with high value, less one customer China's push to maintain their AXGP patent will let FD-LTE eat into their marketshare.

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QUOTE(coolstore @ Oct 2 2012, 09:13 PM)
modem which capable support both FD & TD-LTE start emerge already. but whatever latest product = rocket high price.
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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Oct 5 2012, 10:37 PM)
As we speak, my Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Chinese friends are still buying Toyotas and other Japanese brands and silently hiding their cars at home when going to work for those who live in China.

Historical matter over an island and 3 rocks? Obviously they're securing rights over the sea area for oil drilling. What else?

Japan is a very important member of the TD-LTE(AXGP) coalition. If they pull out, that's the end of Huawei/ZTE high end products market.
They are the ones who are willing to take the high risk buying their untested products with high value, less one customer China's push to maintain their AXGP patent will let FD-LTE eat into their marketshare.
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historical matter on bloody cruel war invasion, not this island with rocks. general public perceive this island self-declare takeover by japan as another invasion even with today china status, public not looking at economic consideration (we are not talking about gov or stakeholders interest). already so rich now.




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our fellow johorean using singapore Singtel LTE speedtest:

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download burst speed: 41.45Mbps

upload burst speed: 27.49Mbps

gadget should be iphone5 if not mistaken.
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my god 41Mbps?????

see 1malaysiawireless news? digi claimed they going to b "1st" LTE for asia... joking yellow men..
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yup, malaysiawireless seems always like 'hentam' digi kau-kau... smile.gif
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QUOTE(vostro78 @ Oct 10 2012, 10:23 AM)
my god 41Mbps?????

see 1malaysiawireless news? digi claimed they going to b "1st" LTE for asia... joking yellow men..
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instead of keep fighting who launch LTE first, Digi should attent to more issue like their network consistency, service centre staff efficency/responsibility, and wider their coverages,..

or else Digi plan to launch 700Kbps ~ 1Mbps LTE Speed ? doh.gif if like this case, i think maxis easily beat digi in speed with current Infra setup for DC-HSPA+ without even install LTE laugh.gif

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Japanese Mobile Operator Softbank Announces $20 Billion Deal To Acquire 70 Percent Of Sprint Nextel

TOKYO (AP) — Softbank Corp. has reached a deal to buy 70 percent of U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20.1 billion in the largest ever foreign acquisition by a Japanese company.

The agreement, announced Monday at a joint news conference in Tokyo by Softbank President Masayoshi Son and Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse, will bring together the third biggest mobile carriers of both Japan and the U.S., underlining the growth ambitions of Softbank, which has made a series of acquisitions over the last couple of decades.

It also shows how the strong yen, which is usually seen as a negative for export-reliant Japan Inc., has boosted the overseas purchasing power of Japanese corporations as a stagnant domestic market pushes them to look abroad for growth. The Sprint buy pushes Japan's overseas acquisitions so far this year, including debt of the acquired companies, to over $100 billion, nearly double the same period last year, according to deal tracking company Dealogic.

The deal was given a green light by the boards of both companies. It still needs approval from Sprint shareholders and U.S. regulators. Softbank said the transaction is expected to be completed by the middle of next year.

The combination of Softbank and Sprint will tie with AT&T for world's No. 3 mobile company by revenue after China Mobile and Verizon, according to Softbank.

Son said the investment made sense because the U.S. is the world's biggest market in smartphones, and it was still growing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/15/s..._n_1966045.html

Softbank will very likely use TD-LTE for the US plans.
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In other news, Deutsche Telekom has made clear they intend to merge T-Mobile USA with another American carrier, MetroPCS. The acquisition would allow T-Mobile to extend their newtork by switching MetroPCS' CDMA-based network into GSM. This would likely allow T-Mobile to refarm their spectrums to move to fully-3G status, thereby simultaneously extending their reach for LTE. All this was on Engadget if I'm not mistaken.
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LTE subscribers growth will start to fly next year globally, 3G growth will be slower. source by analyst.

locally YTL communications (Yes) will buy the stake of P1 (Green packet subsidiary) to form single entity?
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locally YTL communications (Yes) will buy the stake of P1 (Green packet subsidiary) to form single entity?
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the 4G data plan price with be sky rocket high...
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http://www.slashgear.com/ee-reveals-4g-pri...-36mo-22253103/

with LTE data plan, highest capacity is only 8GB?! what the point of having high speed internet but low quota
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http://www.slashgear.com/ee-reveals-4g-pri...-36mo-22253103/

with LTE data plan, highest capacity is only 8GB?! what the point of having high speed internet but low quota
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Oct 23 2012, 02:27 PM)
In UK, they don't expect you to use cellular network as your main internet connection.
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What UK? All worldwide carriers like that one. Of course, I'll be happy to be proven wrong on this matter.
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What UK? All worldwide carriers like that one. Of course, I'll be happy to be proven wrong on this matter.
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Except Malaysia telco advertising hard how good is their Broadband eg Umobile, Celcom instanet and Maxis DC-HSPA+ sweat.gif
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Except Malaysia telco advertising hard how good is their Broadband eg Umobile, Celcom instanet and Maxis DC-HSPA+ sweat.gif
Just my 2 cent notworthy.gif
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Haha, at least Maxis is moving to push their fibre now; 20/30 mbps and widest fibre network they say. blink.gif DiGi can go suck a big stick- indoors coverage at my uni (Jalan Universiti, PJ) like chicken poop only. shakehead.gif Umobile okay la. Except coverage at my house (Cheras area) like chicken poop also. doh.gif Celcom pulak got expensive coverage. nod.gif

Eh, all telcos/payTV in Malaysia is sucky. (...Wow, didn't realise I'm such a pessimist on this LOL) sweat.gif
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Anyone know which area can do trial on Maxis LTE ?
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Anyone know which area can do trial on Maxis LTE ?
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You need your modem and sim card supported to be able to register to LTE network

As far as I know, Maxis got their LTE at Klang
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Oct 23 2012, 04:04 PM)
You need your modem and sim card supported to be able to register to LTE network

As far as I know, Maxis got their LTE at Klang
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PJ got? Modem no problem, but SIM where to get?

Also, do you know anyone that can help bring in Sierra Wireless Aircards? (either 330U or 762S/763S)
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QUOTE(KaiHD @ Oct 23 2012, 05:48 PM)
PJ got? Modem no problem, but SIM where to get?
Also, do you know anyone that can help bring in Sierra Wireless Aircards? (either 330U or 762S/763S)
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I don't know about PJ nod.gif
SIM, Maxis will issue at 2013 laugh.gif

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I don't know about PJ nod.gif
SIM, Maxis will issue at 2013 laugh.gif
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lol, epic failed.  tongue.gif
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well, they normally will start test on bangsar, mont kiara which located at klang valley with high income ppl.
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tried in Damasara and TTDI area… no LTE detected….
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QUOTE(Dozz @ Oct 25 2012, 12:24 AM)
tried in Damasara and TTDI area… no LTE detected….
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Modem used?
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Oct 25 2012, 12:25 AM)
Modem used?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE version. Support 800/1800/2600 …
is it work with maxis LTE?
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Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE version. Support 800/1800/2600 …
is it work with maxis LTE?
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If nothing happens it should works.
BTW, LTE is a btpit different from the previous GSM type search network and etc.

I cant comment too much until tried it personally
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i though need to have a LTE Sim also ?
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Yeah, I think your SIM card has to be LTE-enabled. Or maybe its the APN? Haha, IDK I'm just guessing. Would a nano-SIM from Maxis be able to receive LTE? That should work, IMO.
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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Oct 25 2012, 01:43 AM)
i though need to have a LTE Sim also ?
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You cannot register to it but at least you should be able to scan it
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QUOTE(shawn87 @ Jun 9 2012, 06:03 PM)
imported car from japan using different freq also.. but yet still can receive local station
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I just have to say this: Either the radio has been replaced with local radio, or the tuner's actually international >.<

Real Japan FM radio is 76-90MHz, use in Malaysia can only get a few channels that's betweeen 88-90MHz >.<

Likewise, radios from Russia even worse: 65-74MHz. You receive nothing.

Sos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcast_band

That said, iPad 4th Gen comes in two models, one AT&T-centric and another Verizon-centric. The Verizon version will support 1800MHz. Hope that model gets released in Malaysia, since apparently that model will be released in Singapore.

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At this point, LTE is nothing more than just a gimmick pushed more as a marketing tool rather than anything useful.

I put LTE in the same vein as "Retina" display gimmick created by Apple. I have an iPad 3 (I had 2 previously) and simply the difference between a 1500p to a 1080p is impossible to notice for human eyes in a screen as small as 9.7 inch, yet the majority buy into the gimmick.

In USA, both Verizon and AT&T have a quota of 5GB for $50 with LTE plans, which is unbelievably ridiculous considering the high speed of LTE, you could finish your bandwidth in matter of minutes.

If we're supposed to use LTE only for browsing and video, well, 3G has absolutely no issue with either of those, as I currently have uMobile's 3G and it does the job perfectly in those regards, so exactly, why would I need to change to LTE if the only thing I gain is worse battery life?


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QUOTE(Sorxe @ Oct 25 2012, 11:40 AM)
At this point, LTE is nothing more than just a gimmick pushed more as a marketing tool rather than anything useful.

I put LTE in the same vein as "Retina" display gimmick created by Apple. I have an iPad 3 (I had 2 previously) and simply the difference between a 1500p to a 1080p is impossible to notice for human eyes in a screen as small as 9.7 inch, yet the majority buy into the gimmick.

In USA, both Verizon and AT&T have a quota of 5GB for $50 with LTE plans, which is unbelievably ridiculous considering the high speed of LTE, you could finish your bandwidth in matter of minutes.

If we're supposed to use LTE only for browsing and video, well, 3G has absolutely no issue with either of those, as I currently have uMobile's 3G and it does the job perfectly in those regards, so exactly, why would I need to change to LTE if the only thing I gain is worse battery life?
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Take a look at Maxis which having serious congestion.

I don't think they will every get a stable 30mbps in DC-HSPA+ anytime soon.

Anyway, I find retina display useful on large display(iPad), especially when viewing texts. nod.gif
Simply no differences for movie and images.
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According to the Maxis rep at KLIA, Maxis LTE will be launching in Malaysia end of this year only, simultaneously with iPhone 5.
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Not many people here in Singapore using LTE yet as most are still on 3G contract with 12GB data capacity.

When contract with the new LTE, the capacity reduces to 2GB.

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our fellow johorean using singapore Singtel LTE speedtest:

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upload burst speed: 27.49Mbps

gadget should be iphone5 if not mistaken.
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QUOTE(Sorxe @ Oct 25 2012, 11:40 AM)
At this point, LTE is nothing more than just a gimmick pushed more as a marketing tool rather than anything useful.

I put LTE in the same vein as "Retina" display gimmick created by Apple. I have an iPad 3 (I had 2 previously) and simply the difference between a 1500p to a 1080p is impossible to notice for human eyes in a screen as small as 9.7 inch, yet the majority buy into the gimmick.

In USA, both Verizon and AT&T have a quota of 5GB for $50 with LTE plans, which is unbelievably ridiculous considering the high speed of LTE, you could finish your bandwidth in matter of minutes.

If we're supposed to use LTE only for browsing and video, well, 3G has absolutely no issue with either of those, as I currently have uMobile's 3G and it does the job perfectly in those regards, so exactly, why would I need to change to LTE if the only thing I gain is worse battery life?
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tongue.gif no offense ya bro, LTE is not a market gimmick if u have the bullet in your wallet! If u ever try Maxis DC-HSPA+ (42mbps theoretical) you will know the reason. I having unlimited Internet plan from maxis back in Malaysia, believe me you will feel good for downloading + streaming + browsing + gaming for more then 1.8mb/s ( not Mbps) where crappy tmnut still cannot fulfil. So I looking for at least 3.6mb/s when LTE launched in Malaysia. As for the stability issue, o well it's wireless tech, interference can happen so it's good to c at least in Malaysia the signal can be interfereced (show moderated power signal) better then we being microwaved by high power signal everyday right?

As for others country ( why everyone take us as a standard?)with quota that a sad thing but here in uk most of the telco you can access to unlimited Internet for just 10pound a month! So I think Malaysia LTE will at least come with a quotaless option, but expect the bill will be rocket high.

FYI for the iPad retina part, I just thinking what you doing is just not capable of using such high resolution =], eg. I having all retina branded apple devices, mbpr 15", iPad 3rd gen, iPhone 5 etcs. I enjoy the color richness, crispyness and pixel perfect moment when I view my photographs but of coz I found Eizo Professional Series is even perfect for the job which cost you up to 10times what you can get from apples.

Just my 2cents... Cheers!

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Annoucement From Celcom LTE Upgrade Works

http://www.celcom.com.my/corporate/news/im...ncement-13.html

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Annoucement From Celcom LTE Upgrade Works

http://www.celcom.com.my/corporate/news/im...ncement-13.html
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Looks like Celcom hate Penang so much that they include WM and don't want to include Penang

Or maybe no people using Celcom in Penang laugh.gif
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Kelantan first. celcom love kelantan.
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Annoucement From Celcom LTE Upgrade Works

http://www.celcom.com.my/corporate/news/im...ncement-13.html
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that is total celcom lose,.. penang is very high demand of internet especial LTE

celcom = doh.gif
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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Oct 30 2012, 03:10 PM)
that is total celcom lose,.. penang is very high demand of internet especial LTE

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OMG, my area only get LTE 14 January - 20 January 2013. Next year?! So slow. :/
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my side hv to wait dec... zzzzz
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also should help the rural place first, developed city already got various connectivity channel, a lot of wired & wireless choices.

genting highland is difficult to do setup there, put it at last place or hate gambling? tongue.gif


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Annoucement From Celcom LTE Upgrade Works

http://www.celcom.com.my/corporate/news/im...ncement-13.html
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Pls upgrade QOS too. My signal is moderate but I can get 7.2Mbps download. No point having LTE with that speed.


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No, N7105 is not available in Malaysia. You will have to get it from SG.
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Oct 30 2012, 12:35 PM)
Looks like Celcom hate Penang so much that they include WM and don't want to include Penang

Or maybe no people using Celcom in Penang laugh.gif
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Their decisions are more politically motivated than anything else. The consolation for Penang is it's still heavily wired with fibre so at least we have PenangFON upcoming open FTTH network to look forward to.

Look at this chart:

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http://myip.ms/browse/cities/1/countryID/MYS

Besides Klang Valley, JB is 2nd followed by Penang, Ipoh and Kuching in Top 10 list.




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Looks like Celcom hate Penang so much that they include WM and don't want to include Penang

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same as pahang..only covered Kuantan and genting...

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I don trust celcim long time ago after my x corporate plan with them...prefer digi and maxis only.
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QUOTE(LcBoy135z @ Nov 4 2012, 11:30 AM)
same as pahang..only covered Kuantan and genting...

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Gombak first...or Kelantan , tanah merah.............................But Gombak first

anyway some using maxis legacy can pm me where u subcribe....if i subscribe now, can get unlimited quota and LTE in future? hope not offtopic
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QUOTE(wavezard @ Nov 7 2012, 09:08 AM)
Gombak first...or Kelantan , tanah merah.............................But Gombak first

anyway some using maxis legacy can pm me where u subcribe....if i subscribe now, can get unlimited quota and LTE in future? hope not offtopic
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Impossible to subscribe anymore

Totally discontinued unless rent from those who give up their legacy but I don;t think there is any tongue.gif
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Impossible to subscribe anymore

Totally discontinued unless rent from those who give up their legacy but I don;t think there is any tongue.gif
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LTE 700 / 1800 / 2100 ?
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2.6MHz Band 7?! which mean iphone 5 will not be supported??!
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i dont know why kugan not ask his insider about LTE 1800mhz band.
wimax operator p1/yes using another standard than maxis/celcom/digi LTE.

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I have been looking forward to faster connection speed, but in Malaysia, you would be lucky to get 20-30 % of the advertised speed most of the time...

Just look at current 3.5G speed, totally pathetic..digi is the worst, my plan claim to have speed around 1-2 mbps, i'm lucky if I get 300kbps..most of the time its slower, watching any streaming video clip is often a start stop event, a 3 mins clip could take 10 mins to finish..

Instead of wishing that they would do this and that, we should vote with our wallet, if they take our money and provide a bad service, we need to band together to complain. nuf said...

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I have been looking forward to faster connection speed, but in Malaysia, you would be lucky to get 20-30 % of  the advertised speed most of the time...

Just look at current 3.5G speed, totally pathetic..digi is the worst, my  plan claim to have speed around 1-2 mbps, i'm lucky if I get 300kbps..most of the time its slower, watching any streaming video clip is often a start stop event, a 3 mins clip could take 10 mins to finish..

Instead of wishing that they would do this and that, we should vote with our wallet, if they take our money and provide a bad service, we need to band together to complain. nuf said...
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Digi is long known not a good player in data performance smile.gif

Maxis and Umobile is those you should consider if you demanded for speed.
Maxis averagely 10mbps +
Umobile averagely 20mbps +

Digi is only good in their price but at network performance, still a far distance from their competitor icon_idea.gif
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http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/11/n...te-in-malaysia/

2.6MHz Band 7?!  which mean iphone 5 will not be supported??!
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makes the ip5 completely useless here as none of the models support the 2600 bands same for mini and ipad

http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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sir, iphone 5 LTE 2600 is not exist. Our telco digi celcom maxis will dual band with LTE 1800. They already have GSM 1800 band license.

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sir, iphone 5 LTE 2600 is not exist. Our telco digi celcom maxis will dual band with LTE 1800. They already have GSM 1800 band license.
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There still hope as long as MCMC hvnt announce anything, i guess MCMC may announce 1800MHz, never know smile.gif
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DiGi is in the list. rclxms.gif
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Some1 Sabo the list eh??

Even DiGi parent's company Telenor Norway also announced at December 2012. icon_idea.gif
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sorry my bad..MCMC yday already announced LTE to all 8 companies, is 2600MHz...but why mention iphone5 since 2600MHz not supported...em...
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If really launched LTE network in Malaysia, don know the speed really so fast or not wor?!

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If really launched LTE network in Malaysia, don know the speed really so fast or not wor?!

Later the speed macam 3.5G speed, you will be troll... laugh.gif
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hey guys.... i jz wanna ask....

Lets say i jz got my maxis 3G simcard and using huawei E398 modem.....
will i get 4G speed when it comes or i jz get 3G speed???
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hey guys.... i jz wanna ask....

Lets say i jz got my maxis 3G simcard and using huawei E398 modem.....
will i get 4G speed when it comes or i jz get 3G speed???
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No people know about this

Maxis might just upgrade existing broadband customer to LTE

OR

Launch a new LTE plan
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QUOTE(SoraDestiny @ Dec 12 2012, 07:40 AM)
hey guys.... i jz wanna ask....

Lets say i jz got my maxis 3G simcard and using huawei E398 modem.....
will i get 4G speed when it comes or i jz get 3G speed???
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The 3G simcard is actually not related to the 3G network speed that we know of. Rather, it is connected to the amount of Phonebook records (500).

You will be able to use the same SIM card and enjoy 4G LTE speeds once its launched. All that matters is the device itself and the communication tower that you are connected to (is it 4G site and how many users at that moment).
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last time celcom 2G to 3G have to go to service center to upgrade sim.
last time digi 2G to 3G have to call digi to enable 3G.
forget with maxis.

Meaning u need 4G enable sim card before able to see 4G LTE network. I think u can borrow sg friend 4G sim ?



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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Dec 12 2012, 07:09 PM)
The 3G simcard is actually not related to the 3G network speed that we know of. Rather, it is connected to the amount of Phonebook records (500).

You will be able to use the same SIM card and enjoy 4G LTE speeds once its launched. All that matters is the device itself and the communication tower that you are connected to (is it 4G site and how many users at that moment).
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Yes you're right.. But you still need the SIM:

1. If I remember correctly, you'll need 128k or higher SIM in order to get LTE. So if your current 3G sim is 128k, then you can use the existing SIM and dont have to change the SIM. (I dont know why 128k, it's probably stated in the standard specs)

2. SIM contains the subscriber identity. The identity needs to be provisioned in the core network in order for you to access the LTE network. So you still can't connect to Celcom/Maxis/Digi/etc LTE network if you have LTE-capable SIM, LTE-capable device & LTE-capable tower. You'll need to get the operator to provision their core network to allow your SIM first


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haha fingers crossed then :lol:
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The peak speed of a tower is definitely higher. But if the congestion level is worse, then user wont feel any difference.

I was thinking, when LTE is launched, all the data-hungry users will of course go to LTE, and this will leave 3G network less congested, so the current 3G users can enjoy better speeds.. hopefully this is true

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[quote=alf233,Dec 13 2012, 10:29 AM]
Yes you're right.. But you still need the SIM:

1. If I remember correctly, you'll need 128k or higher SIM in order to get LTE. So if your current 3G sim is 128k, then you can use the existing SIM and dont have to change the SIM. (I dont know why 128k, it's probably stated in the standard specs)

2. SIM contains the subscriber identity. The identity needs to be provisioned in the core network in order for you to access the LTE network. So you still can't connect to Celcom/Maxis/Digi/etc LTE network if you have LTE-capable SIM, LTE-capable device & LTE-capable tower. You'll need to get the operator to provision their core network to allow your SIM first

Yeap, correct. Provisioning is done automatically once you insert the SIM card into your phone and switch it on. If you are currently holding to a 2G SIM card, you will need to change out to 3G SIM card. For existing 3G SIM card users, you will not be required to change out your SIM cards to enjoy the 4G/LTE speeds.


Added on December 13, 2012, 11:17 am[quote=fat16,Dec 12 2012, 09:09 PM]
last time celcom 2G to 3G have to go to service center to upgrade sim.
last time digi 2G to 3G have to call digi to enable 3G.
forget with maxis.

Meaning u need 4G enable sim card before able to see 4G LTE network. I think u can borrow sg friend 4G sim ?
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A 3G SIM card is all you need. Currently, there is no 4G SIM cards in the market yet. 4G/LTE is just for data connection only, thus, when you receive an incoming call or make an outgoing call, you will actually realise that the connection speed will change back to 3G. Once the call has ended, it will take awhile before it hooks back onto the 4G/LTE network connection.

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A 3G SIM card is all you need. Currently, there is no 4G SIM cards in the market yet. 4G/LTE is just for data connection only, thus, when you receive an incoming call or make an outgoing call, you will actually realise that the connection speed will change back to 3G. Once the call has ended, it will take awhile before it hooks back onto the 4G/LTE network connection.
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Depending on how they sell their LTE. if they let LTE for all users, then you are correct.. nothing else is needed.. but if they position LTE as exclusive service which subscribers need to subscribe separately, then the provisioning still needs to be done at their core network.
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http://www.maxis.com.my/mmc/index.asp?fuse....view&recID=705

so i guess maxis gonna make LTE with 2600 band?
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hurm.. the official apple site also mention the 3 variants of iphone 5.. the same with the initial release from US apple store.. no band 7 support.. but lets put our hope high on the 1800Mhz spare spectrum that is rumored to run with 2600Mhz spectrum.. then only iphone 5 can utilize the LTE capability here in Malaysia.. correct me if im wrong here..
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Sifus, once LTE is available, does that mean I can kick Unifi out the door?
Just wondering if LTE has good upload speed as well, for online gaming. Thanks
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Sifus, once LTE is available, does that mean I can kick Unifi out the door?
Just wondering if LTE has good upload speed as well, for online gaming. Thanks
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Assuming that malaysia operators are doing lte with 2x10MHz (except puncak semangat who's got 2x20MHz),
The peak speeds are 75Mbps download and 25Mbps upload. It has also much lower latency, ~15ms. This is suitable for video conferencing and online gaming.

So if you use it at good signal area, and the tower is not congested, you can of course use LTE instead of Unifi for online gaming (which require good upload and latency).

But keep in mind that LTE is just like 3G, where user experience highly depends on the signal strenth, interference & tower congestion (number of users in the tower area). So you may also get experience worse than unifi


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hurm.. the official apple site also mention the 3 variants of iphone 5.. the same with the initial release from US apple store.. no band 7 support.. but lets put our hope high on the 1800Mhz spare spectrum that is rumored to run with 2600Mhz spectrum.. then only iphone 5 can utilize the LTE capability here in Malaysia.. correct me if im wrong here..
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You're right, iPhone5 only works with LTE on 1800MHz (band 3), whereas the recent news in Malaysia are about LTE on 2600MHz (band 7).

1800MHz in Malaysia are currently used for 2G services. Operators need to re-plan their frequency and free up their 1800MHz frequency in order to do LTE at 1800MHz. Not to forget, this must also be approved by SKMM..

I think Celcom and Maxis will likely do LTE at 1800MHz soon. So those iPhone5 users will probably need to upgrade their firmware to support LTE

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If maxis goes 1800mhz does it mean that u-mobile will have it as well?
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Dec 13 2012, 11:15 AM)
A 3G SIM card is all you need. Currently, there is no 4G SIM cards in the market yet. 4G/LTE is just for data connection only, thus, when you receive an incoming call or make an outgoing call, you will actually realise that the connection speed will change back to 3G. Once the call has ended, it will take awhile before it hooks back onto the 4G/LTE network connection.
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yeahh.i've read about this at anandtech website about the failure of lte data connection to be used when making calls eg voice-over- lte .this is minor drawback of using lte .but who else want to use internet while making calls right? biggrin.gif
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yeahh.i've read about this  at anandtech website about the failure of lte data connection to be used when making calls eg voice-over- lte  .this is minor drawback of using lte .but who else want to use  internet while making calls right? biggrin.gif
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When you're making calls using lte, your lte data will fail, but it wont be discconected, it will just go down to 3G or 2G.

This is because you're actually falling back to 3G or 2G network when making or receiving voice calls.. Hence your data connection will also fall back. Good news is this is actually a temporary solution, later (probably in 1-3 years time) they will support voice calls on LTE without having to fall back to 3G or 2G.

Yea.. You won't need internet while making calls, but you dont actually want your data sessions to be interrupted when you receive a voice calls.. E.g. While downloading apps, uploading attachment in emails, transferring files to your cloud storage, etc


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If maxis goes 1800mhz does it mean that u-mobile will have it as well?
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Hopefully.... smile.gif if its part of their sharing agreement

U-Mobile doesnt have 1800MHz spectrum. So they cant do LTE at 1800MHz on their own.

My wife is using U-Mobile.. The best part is you get Maxis network for U-Mobile price

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first of all, the very initial 4G definition is telecommunication system that can achieve 100Mbps and fulfill current market demand for mobile data. Don't be so poisoned by the title as long as it fulfill current market demand. LTE-Adv and WiMax2 will achieve that but nevermind, no bother for that, argue for it whether it is true 4G is pointless, the standard set by ITU is simply causing confusion.
Why LTE? Don't you know smartphones nowadays have many limitations? Sucks videocall, voip, cloud storage and etc application, 3G simply unable to unleash the true potential of smartphones due to unable to cater more real-time applications. Evolving into 4G is a must for Operators, Mobile Apps and Smartphones industry.

so, both LTE and Wimax also considered to be 4G, Wimax is from computer world trying expand to Telecommunication, while LTE from telecommunication trying to expand computer world. Long time ago, Computer and Telecommunication are different world but nowadays they come together as 1.
LTE will be winning because it is Mobile Device Era now, and all Operators will be implementing it

TD-LTE and FD-LTE?
For Example:
Basically for layman, we just think about the Download and Upload is divided by Frequency (FD) or Time (TD), if operator have 20Mhz bandwidth and in 10 seconds.
FD: 10Mhz for Downlink, 10Mhz for Uplink (For full 1s)
TD: 20Mhz for both Downlink and Uplink (But 0.7s for DL and 0.3s for UL)
Both have their pros and cons in term of quality, flexible and capacity.
*Above is just concept illustration, technically will much more complicated than that.

Anyway LTE 1800Mhz alone it still not enough, telco still need to resolve with 2600Mhz. It could be Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 or Iphone 5s/6 to able support all LTE channels.

In-device Chipsets are another issues, LTE not only have different channels in different countries, but also TD and FD mode, also wimax and etc, this is the current biggest challenge for phone manufacturers, however, all RND are in the midst of developing chipsets that are able to support all these, but the cost surely be higher and more power consume for phone battery, and phone battery is also current limitations to more powerful smartphones.

4G-LTE also can be simless, because it is run on IP-Based
but Traditional Telco will still require you to have simcard as you will be access to 2G and 3G as well, also the meet their requirement for their Traditional Authentication, Authorization and Accounting server for verify your account.

For new telco who don't have 2G/3G burden, it will be simless like YES and P1, and maybe Puncak Semangat as well.

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shincy, thanks for the detailed explanation
one small question is when will 1800Mhz be approved and implemented?

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I'm also an RF engineer. But I'm suprised to see some of the wrong and arguable points that you raised. Do your reading first before giving misleading info to public.

FDD has basically same bandwidth for both downlink and uplink. If you allocate 10MHz for downlink, you'll have 10MHz for uplink as well. Unless you are doing carrier aggregation (LTE-Advanced), or DC in 3G, you'll then have asymmetric carriers.

In LTE, 1 subcarrier is 200kHz, not 100kHz. In LTE, users are allocated with Resource Block, which consists of a number of Resource Elements.

When you're comparing TDD and FDD, are you saying that idle TD-LTE users do not consume resource while idle FDD LTE users do? You should then go read the 3GPP specs on LTE first before talking about resource allocation

You forgot to mention that TDD has a challenging interference issue between downlink and uplink, hence that's why almost all operators in the world are doing FDD

You're right in terms of lower frequency = less data, and lower frequency = better coverage. But the data is modulated.. LTE is using OFDM on the downlink and SC-FDMA on the uplink, so no matter which frequency you use, the spectral efficiency (bits/Hz) is the same. Also why do you say 1800MHz will be more congested? This will depend on the operator, how they manage their traffic. If operator does both LTE1800 & LTE2600, they can actually prioritise LTE2600, such that users will go to this layer first (assuming the device also supports both bands)



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Hi, I'm a telecommunication RF Engineer
first of all, the very initial 4G definition is telecommunication system that can achieve 100Mbps and fulfill current market demand for mobile data. Don't be so poisoned by the title as long as it fulfill current market demand. LTE-Adv and WiMax2 will achieve that but nevermind, no bother for that, argue for it whether it is true 4G is pointless, the standard set by ITU is simply causing confusion.
Why LTE? Don't you know smartphones nowadays have many limitations? Sucks videocall, voip, cloud storage and etc application, 3G simply unable to unleash the true potential of smartphones due to unable to cater more real-time applications. Evolving into 4G is a must for Operators, Mobile Apps and Smartphones industry.

so, both LTE and Wimax also considered to be 4G, Wimax is from computer world trying expand to Telecommunication, while LTE from telecommunication trying to expand computer world. Long time ago, Computer and Telecommunication are different world but nowadays they come together as 1.
LTE will be winning because it is Mobile Device Era now, and all Operators will be implementing it

TD-LTE and FD-LTE?
For Example:
Basically for layman, we just think about the Download and Upload is divided by Frequency (FD) or Time (TD), if operator have 20Mhz bandwidth and in 10 seconds.
FD: 15Mhz for Downlink, 5Mhz for Uplink (For full 10s)
TD: 20Mhz for both Downlink and Uplink (But 7s for DL and 3s for UL)
Which 1 is better? if 1 user occupy 1 channel (0.1Mhz) for FD, then after 150 users connected to it, it will be congesting whether the users is having traffic or no traffic, same like current 2G, that's why you can't call during peak festival, all channels are occupied, you need keep trying to get 1 channel. But for TD, resource will be flexible allocate, if 149 users are idle and 1 active user is using traffic, this user can have full 100Mbps+ download speed, if 2 active users downloading, it will likely each user having 50Mbps+.
TD-LTE will surely better for Data, but FD-LTE is enough to cater your needs as long as no 150 users connected to the same base station. FD-LTE is better due to it ensure your channel have resource enough to maintain a good quality call, but since we had perfect 2G voice call, why need to use 4G voice call? If operator use 4G and terminate 2G, it will wasted the 10+ years of effort for building 2G network which operator will never do it, so they tend to use 4G for data only and 2G for voice. same like 3G, you can choose from your device whether you make call with 2G or 3G, but video call surely require 4G.
*Above is just concept illustration, technically will much more complicated than that.

If you are a tech-savvy, you surely excited by the information and the DL speed, but honestly you don't need that much.
However, there is a lot of challenges for LTE rollout, free VoIP and messaging application will be corrupt their traditional revenue which they won't be so stupid to let you do it.

LTE 1800Mhz is only supplementary, lower frequency means less waves per second, less waves per second means less data carry per second, but good thing is 1800Mhz is good to cover some coverage holes as it have better in-building/object penetration. However as a long term, LTE 1800Mhz is much easier to be congested, they still need to resolve with 2600Mhz. It could be Samsung Galaxy S4, Note 3 or Iphone 5s/6 to able support all LTE channels.

In-device Chipsets are another issues, LTE not only have different channels in different countries, but also TD and FD mode, also wimax and etc, this is the current biggest challenge for phone manufacturers, however, all RND are in the midst of developing chipsets that are able to support all these, but the cost surely be higher and more power consume for phone battery, and phone battery is also current limitations to more powerful smartphones.


Added on December 16, 2012, 12:48 pm4G-LTE also can be simless, because it is run on IP-Based
but Traditional Telco will still require you to have simcard as you will be access to 2G and 3G as well, also the meet their requirement for their Traditional Authentication, Authorization and Accounting server for verify your account.

For new telco who don't have 2G/3G burden, it will be simless like YES and P1, and maybe Puncak Semangat as well.
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Added on December 16, 2012, 8:15 pm
QUOTE(DigitalKL @ Dec 16 2012, 03:12 PM)
shincy, thanks for the detailed explanation
one small question is when will 1800Mhz be approved and implemented?
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It has been approved.. I think you will see it early next year, maybe...

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only few more days to go for the LTE to come to reality for malaysians.

also, will we need a different type of SIM card for smartphones to support LTE ?
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At the moment which smartphone and tablet got 2600 MHz band that is available here in Malaysia?

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QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 16 2012, 08:08 PM)
I'm also an RF engineer. But I'm suprised to see some of the wrong and arguable points that you raised. Do your reading first before giving misleading info to public.

FDD has basically same bandwidth for both downlink and uplink. If you allocate 10MHz for downlink, you'll have 10MHz for uplink as well. Unless you are doing carrier aggregation (LTE-Advanced), or DC in 3G, you'll then have asymmetric carriers.

In LTE, 1 subcarrier is 200kHz, not 100kHz. In LTE, users are allocated with Resource Block, which consists of a number of Resource Elements.

When you're comparing TDD and FDD, are you saying that idle TD-LTE users do not consume resource while idle FDD LTE users do? You should then go read the 3GPP specs on LTE first before talking about resource allocation

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Hi, I do comment that was for concept illustration, which I think is the easiest to let someone who don't know RF at all to understand a little, those you mention already goes into further technical details, anyway thanks for your clarification as well.
FD-LTE require a pair of spectrum, that's why FD-LTE Telco required to find partner to have 40Mhz block for effectiveness instead of current 20Mhz block allocated by MCMC, TD-LTE will do its Job at 20Mhz alone. If TD-LTE have same for the 40Mhz, the interference issues could be reduced as well, it is better not discuss further as both have their own goods and challenges, and each challenges can be overcome with efforts and costs, at the end both are about the same for user experience. So it is not FDD better than TDD or TDD better than FDD
It is not all Telco are going for FDD, many also have been considered for TDD as well.

Noted that 1800Mhz only available to M and C

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FD-LTE require a pair of spectrum, that's why FD-LTE Telco required to find partner to have 40Mhz block for effectiveness instead of current 20Mhz block allocated by MCMC, TD-LTE will do its Job at 20Mhz alone.

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Agree with both TDD & FDD are good. Both have their own pros and cons. But your comments are very biased on TDD. And this simply shows you're from either WiMAX operators (P1 or Yes) or WiMAX vendors.

You're saying that TDD LTE 1x20MHz is as good as FDD LTE 40MHz (2x20MHz)? Have you not come across the term 'spectral efficiency' or 'bits/Hz'? It's OK to express your bias view on TDD, but please don't give misleading technical facts.

Some info on worldwide LTE deployment and ecosystem as of 4th December 2012 (from GSAcom).

- 113 commercial LTE networks: 102 are FDD LTE, 11 TD-LTE
- 1120 LTE devices: 930 are FDD LTE, 190 TD-LTE




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QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 16 2012, 08:08 PM)
I'm also an RF engineer. But I'm suprised to see some of the wrong and arguable points that you raised. Do your reading first before giving misleading info to public.

FDD has basically same bandwidth for both downlink and uplink. If you allocate 10MHz for downlink, you'll have 10MHz for uplink as well. Unless you are doing carrier aggregation (LTE-Advanced), or DC in 3G, you'll then have asymmetric carriers.

In LTE, 1 subcarrier is 200kHz, not 100kHz. In LTE, users are allocated with Resource Block, which consists of a number of Resource Elements.

When you're comparing TDD and FDD, are you saying that idle TD-LTE users do not consume resource while idle FDD LTE users do? You should then go read the 3GPP specs on LTE first before talking about resource allocation

You forgot to mention that TDD has a challenging interference issue between downlink and uplink, hence that's why almost all operators in the world are doing FDD

You're right in terms of lower frequency = less data, and lower frequency = better coverage. But the data is modulated.. LTE is using OFDM on the downlink and SC-FDMA on the uplink, so no matter which frequency you use, the spectral efficiency (bits/Hz) is the same. Also why do you say 1800MHz will be more congested? This will depend on the operator, how they manage their traffic. If operator does both LTE1800 & LTE2600, they can actually prioritise LTE2600, such that users will go to this layer first (assuming the device also supports both bands)

Added on December 16, 2012, 8:15 pm

It has been approved.. I think you will see it early next year, maybe...
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good to know Maxis is good... will see if i have chance to change to Digi...

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Just look at current 3.5G speed, totally pathetic..digi is the worst, my  plan claim to have speed around 1-2 mbps, i'm lucky if I get 300kbps..most of the time its slower, watching any streaming video clip is often a start stop event, a 3 mins clip could take 10 mins to finish..

Instead of wishing that they would do this and that, we should vote with our wallet, if they take our money and provide a bad service, we need to band together to complain. nuf said...
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QUOTE(DigitalKL @ Dec 17 2012, 08:04 AM)
At the moment which smartphone and tablet got 2600 MHz band that is available here in Malaysia?
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have to wait first, once the telco's launch their LTE plans to general public in January 2013 then the tablets and smartphones will follow. Most smartphone's are already LTE capable but a few of them have software limitation since the manufacturers know Malaysia has no LTE as of yet so they bother not to include.

On the side note, anyone planning to upgrade/change smartphone I suggest to wait till 2013, let the telco launch LTE then its best to get a LTE capable smartphone.


Added on December 20, 2012, 4:10 pmLooks like P1 already commented on their release plan.
Lets see on 1st January who will be the first to hit the market with their LTE plans.

Source : http://www.telecomlead.com/4g-lte/lte-4g-s...egies-for-2013/

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well, i hope when they roll out ltd, then 3g data plan will reduce price a lot lot lot lot....
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On the side note, anyone planning to upgrade/change smartphone I suggest to wait till 2013, let the telco launch LTE then its best to get a LTE capable smartphone.
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i cannot tahan with my crappy nokia already laugh.gif doh.gif i been bored with my nokia after 6 months already haha...i want 2 upgrade 2 android soon with LTE lulz
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QUOTE(skylinelover @ Dec 22 2012, 06:48 PM)
i cannot tahan with my crappy nokia already laugh.gif doh.gif i been bored with my nokia after 6 months already haha...i want 2 upgrade 2 android soon with LTE lulz
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dont upgrade now. wait for telco's to launch LTE first then only get a LTE compaible phone now. Most phones out there now no LTE. So better just wait 1-2 more months before initiating an upgrade.
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QUOTE(rattan @ Dec 18 2012, 07:52 PM)

Added on December 20, 2012, 4:10 pmLooks like P1 already commented on their release plan.
Lets see on 1st January who will be the first to hit the market with their LTE plans.

Source : http://www.telecomlead.com/4g-lte/lte-4g-s...egies-for-2013/
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P1 LTE not compatble with GSM telco LTE. P1 LTE will be backward compatible with P1 wimax 2.6 & 2.3ghz.
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P1 LTE not compatble with GSM telco LTE. P1 LTE will be backward compatible with P1 wimax 2.6 & 2.3ghz.
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You're saying that TDD LTE 1x20MHz is as good as FDD LTE 40MHz (2x20MHz)? Have you not come across the term 'spectral efficiency' or 'bits/Hz'? It's OK to express your bias view on TDD, but please don't give misleading technical facts.

Some info on worldwide LTE deployment and ecosystem as of 4th December 2012 (from GSAcom).

- 113 commercial LTE networks: 102 are FDD LTE, 11 TD-LTE
- 1120 LTE devices: 930 are FDD LTE, 190 TD-LTE
FDD-LTE networks have an earlier headstart compared to TD-LTE. It's wider acceptance is due to more political, gifts/bribe showering and interests than technical advantages. The success of a technology or product not only depends on its design advantage but also its promotion for wide spread adoption as well as political red tapes.

Due to the earlier launch of FDD-LTE networks in US and Japan, it's expected that there'll be more devices for it at present. However TD-LTE will see its true advantage when some of the worlds largest telecom companies turn on their networks: China Mobile(having the worlds largest mobile subscribers), Softbank Japan, Bharti Airtel, Clearwire, WIND Italy and Australia's NBN.

Speaking of "spectrum efficiency", TD-LTE can accomplish the same with FDD-LTE in real world commercial conditions with just 1/2 of the spectrum block. The efficiency advantage behind TD-LTE is that it allows time slots to be dynamically adjusted according to download/upload traffic whereas FDD-LTE separate fixed channels for both ways. FDD-LTE results is only proven to be at advantage in restricted lab conditions where you have a fixed small amount of terminals downloading/uploading continuously without contention.

In the case of MCMC spectrum award, the FDD-LTE operators were favourably awarded 2X the amount of spectrum blocks compared to TD-LTE operators.That alone already gave the FDD operators level themselves along the TD operators discounting out their weaknesses. To put it fair, if both parties (FDD-LTE and TD-LTE) operators were given equal share, TD-LTE would have been the winner if your argued about spectrum efficiency.

user posted image

You might want to know what is the primary benefit if an operator gets to make use of twice the efficiency of spectrum blocks as demonstrated by TD-LTE. I have provided a chart just to explain things more clearly. Having to use the whole spectrum and dynamically assign time slots allows for:

1) Higher subscriber capacity
2) Allowing more spectrum to be assigned for more base stations
3) Higher revenues and profits
4) Cheaper services
5) More efficient use of spectrum resources.

(*Note the 5MHz spectrum divided into 6 lanes? It represents 6 simultaneous users on a connection/call.)

FDD-LTE has fixed timing for its time slots, so unused idle portions of the transmission is wasted.
Think of the idea as call second blocks when making a call, the longer the duration the more waste you're going to make if you have the tendency to make short conversations.

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QUOTE(shincy @ Dec 17 2012, 09:40 AM)
Noted that 1800Mhz only available to M and C
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If telcos in Malaysia can utilize the 850MHz/700MHz bands with TD-LTE, it'll become undisputed win-win strategy for consumers both in coverage and efficiency.

Australia's NBN is using 700MHz to deliver 100mbps lines to rural homes in small towns where fibre cannot reach them. Only those in the middle of the desert will use satellite.

MCMC however always make weird decisions, they decided to use the spectrums for digital TV instead and many predicted it'll cause disruptions to other neighbouring country telecom services.

They should have kept the 100-200 MHz band for digital terrestrial TV like Japan did instead.

450MHz and 700MHz was always meant for fixed wireless broadband services.
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In the case of MCMC spectrum award, the FDD-LTE operators were favourably awarded 2X the amount of spectrum blocks compared to TD-LTE operators.That alone already gave the FDD operators level themselves along the TD operators discounting out their weaknesses. To put it fair, if both parties (FDD-LTE and TD-LTE) operators were given equal share, TD-LTE would have been the winner if your argued about spectrum efficiency.

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How do you know there were bribes & political reasons. Dont tell me you used you work with FBI.

At the end of the day, users wont care if its TD-LTE or FDD-LTE. As long as we can user the phone that we want. And i bet most LTE phones will be FDD.

You better read back the SKMM news.. All operators, except Puncak Semangat are allocated same amount of spectrum. The TDD get 1x20MHz and FDD get 2x10MHz. How is that FDD operators get 2x amount of spectrum like you said. Isnt maths is a prerequisite subject to become an engineer?

Looking at the diagram that you showed, even the diagram clearly shows that FDD and TD have same spectral efficiency. Yet you're saying TDD has more spectral efficiency.

Looks like you forgot that in LTE, OFDM is used. So resources are based on time and frequency.. Not just frequency. You are right TDD requires half of spectrum than FDD. But FDD only requires half of the time. So at the end the spectral efficiency is the same.. Why is it so difficult for you to understand this and keep giving wrong technical info to the public..

I'm not a fan of FDD and never hate TD, its just that they have THE SAME SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY OR BITS PER HERTZ


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If telcos in Malaysia can utilize the 850MHz/700MHz bands with TD-LTE, it'll become undisputed win-win strategy for consumers both in coverage and efficiency.

Australia's NBN is using 700MHz to deliver 100mbps lines to rural homes in small towns where fibre cannot reach them. Only those in the middle of the desert will use satellite.

MCMC however always make weird decisions, they decided to use the spectrums for digital TV instead and many predicted it'll cause disruptions to other neighbouring country telecom services.

They should have kept the 100-200 MHz band for digital terrestrial TV like Japan did instead.

450MHz and 700MHz was always meant for fixed wireless broadband services.
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Different countries and regions have different spectrum plans. You can check at ITU websites. 700/800MHz bands or commonly called as Digital Dividen, are used for Analog TV in most countries worldwide. In many developed countries, digital TV has been widely implemented replacing Analog TV, hence this portion of spectrum has been cleared out and used for broadband. Germany and US as examples have already implemented LTE in this band. And its FDD LTE (i dont mean to tell FDD LTE here but since your mind is so closed on TDD).

SKMM didnt make weird decision, its just that their implementation to clear out this band from Analog TV is not as fast as other developed countries. In few years time, once this band is cleared, we will have broadband (i'm very neutral here, i didnt say any technology nor any duplex) in this band as well.

450 & 700 MHz were meant for broadband? This is seriously funny. Do you think when Analog TV was invented decades ago, they already knew that digital TV and broadband are coming? No they dont. Even 2G or GSM was not in the picture yet. That's why they allocated these low bands for TV


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I really hope there will not be any internet quota and fair usage policy or any similar sh1ts with 4G(LTE).
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I think there will be a option for users to get unlimited quota with premium rate just like Singapore lolx. nod.gif
We just waiting one of the operator steps into this package then others will follow alre .. huyarr .. rclxms.gif

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I think there will be a option for users to get unlimited quota with premium rate just like Singapore lolx.  nod.gif
We just waiting one of the operator steps into this package then others will follow alre .. huyarr ..  rclxms.gif
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QUOTE(skylinelover @ Dec 22 2012, 06:48 PM)
i cannot tahan with my crappy nokia already laugh.gif doh.gif i been bored with my nokia after 6 months already haha...i want 2 upgrade 2 android soon with LTE lulz
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I just can't wait for LTE launch by local telco
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counting down.. few more days to go.. can't wait to see how are they going to market and sell it
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counting down.. few more days to go.. can't wait to see how are they going to market and sell it
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Any selected Maxis users here who are doing the LTE trial run? How's the experience so far?

To me, with the launch of LTE, telcos will need to launch new packages which are much more expensive. Can't use the current packages (etc: 500MB, 1GB, 3GB) as it will be gone in no time since speed too fast liao
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Dec 28 2012, 03:22 PM)
Any selected Maxis users here who are doing the LTE trial run? How's the experience so far?

To me, with the launch of LTE, telcos will need to launch new packages which are much more expensive. Can't use the current packages (etc: 500MB, 1GB, 3GB) as it will be gone in no time since speed too fast liao
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I got 4 LTE modem all capable of detecting LTE

But I am not selected to be in the trial run doh.gif

The add on of LTE means more competition which is good to push our current fiber operator to reach at least 50Mbps
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Dec 28 2012, 03:25 PM)
I got 4 LTE modem all capable of detecting LTE

But I am not selected to be in the trial run doh.gif

The add on of LTE means more competition which is good to push our current fiber operator to reach at least 50Mbps
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I don't think there will be a direct competition as one (fixed line) offers unlimited and the other (wireless) will always have a quota to it. Quota has always been an issue between consumers and telco players, and will always continue to be, not just here in Malaysia but world wide. AT&T and Verizon Wireless have launched their LTE network back in the states, with AT&T's max data plan at 5GB and Verizon at 10GB.

Need to be at least Maxis One Club member to be selected kua....and also Elite (means spending more than RM500/month.) Trial run has been going on for months already.
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Dec 28 2012, 03:48 PM)
I don't think there will be a direct competition as one (fixed line) offers unlimited and the other (wireless) will always have a quota to it. Quota has always been an issue between consumers and telco players, and will always continue to be, not just here in Malaysia but world wide. AT&T and Verizon Wireless have launched their LTE network back in the states, with AT&T's max data plan at 5GB and Verizon at 10GB.

Need to be at least Maxis One Club member to be selected kua....and also Elite (means spending more than RM500/month.) Trial run has been going on for months already.
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You got the point. smile.gif I think Sprint offered unlimited quota buy for Mobile Internet only.
At least this can stop fiber from advertising as fastest, which they will work more harder to use back their fastest term.
Currently only selling point of fiber is their fastest in Malaysia slogan.

My family line got almost 10 number and spend more than 3K per month yet I am not selected.
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Dec 28 2012, 03:58 PM)
You got the point. smile.gif I think Sprint offered unlimited quota buy for Mobile Internet only.
At least this can stop fiber from advertising as fastest, which they will work more harder to use back their fastest term.
Currently only selling point of fiber is their fastest in Malaysia slogan.

My family line got almost 10 number and spend more than 3K per month yet I am not selected.
Are you one of them brows.gif
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Is it under a single account? If yes, then should be selected. Well, you need to be staying nearby a LTE enabled site too for a start.... :-)
No, I'm not one of them, sad to say....neither do I have a LTE enabled device.
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True that LTE and fiber are not direct competition.. But it all depends on how they advertise it.. Remember P1 'potong' marketing campaign..

What the trial users are experiencing now may be different when it's commercial, because once commercial, there will be more users and users will get less speed
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How do you know there were bribes & political reasons. Dont tell me you used you work with FBI.

At the end of the day, users wont care if its TD-LTE or FDD-LTE. As long as we can user the phone that we want. And i bet most LTE phones will be FDD.

You better read back the SKMM news.. All operators, except Puncak Semangat are allocated same amount of spectrum. The TDD get 1x20MHz and FDD get 2x10MHz. How is that FDD operators get 2x amount of spectrum like you said. Isnt maths is a prerequisite subject to become an engineer?

Looking at the diagram that you showed, even the diagram clearly shows that FDD and TD have same spectral efficiency. Yet you're saying TDD has more spectral efficiency.

Looks like you forgot that in LTE, OFDM is used. So resources are based on time and frequency.. Not just frequency. You are right TDD requires half of spectrum than FDD. But FDD only requires half of the time. So at the end the spectral efficiency is the same.. Why is it so difficult for you to understand this and keep giving wrong technical info to the public..

I'm not a fan of FDD and never hate TD, its just that they have THE SAME SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY OR BITS PER HERTZ
You did not read the latest Wall Street Journal on applying tenders in Malaysia and how many felt that without bribes, they could never secure contracts? Never heard fo the Alcatel-Lucent case with TM before? How many are confident enough of securing tenders in Malaysia fairly without going undertable?

That diagram shows that with FDD-LTE using duplex channelling for separate channels on dn/ul, there can only be 6 simultaneous users, while TD-LTE can handle 12 users which is twice the amount of users effectively with the same frequency block width.

Now do you understand clearly what spectrum efficiency is all about?

I haven't come close to explaining the more advanced promising features of TD-LTE that FD-LTE can do.
TD-LTE can do MIMO Beamforming with channel reciprocity(single channel for both traffics) which FDD-LTE is still years behind in research due to its complexity of duplex channels.MIMO beamforming can easily give operators a boost in speed with TD-LTE in the near future that FDD-LTE will see trouble getting into.

and NO.They DO NOT have the same spectral effiency if competed against each other on the same spectrum blocks of equal width.
One gets to use the whole road for itself for both traffics of different direction while the other has to split it into 1/2 for different traffics.
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At 2600 mhz , how far LTE signal will go from tower ?
P1 have trouble with wimax 2300 mhz coverage, YTL YES using gov school as base station.
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QUOTE(fat16 @ Dec 29 2012, 07:09 AM)
At 2600 mhz , how far LTE signal will  go from tower ?
P1 have trouble with wimax 2300 mhz  coverage, YTL YES using gov school as base station.
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There are 1800Mhz together i think hmm.gif

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To me, with the launch of LTE, telcos will need to launch new packages which are much more expensive. Can't use the current packages (etc: 500MB, 1GB, 3GB) as it will be gone in no time since speed too fast liao
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You did not read the latest Wall Street Journal on applying tenders in Malaysia and how many felt that without bribes, they could never secure contracts? Never heard fo the Alcatel-Lucent case with TM before? How many are confident enough of securing tenders in Malaysia fairly without going undertable?

That diagram shows that with FDD-LTE using duplex channelling for separate channels on dn/ul, there can only be 6 simultaneous users, while TD-LTE can handle 12 users which is twice the amount of users effectively with the same frequency block width.

Now do you understand clearly what spectrum efficiency is all about?

I haven't come close to explaining the more advanced promising features of TD-LTE that FD-LTE can do.
TD-LTE can do MIMO Beamforming with channel reciprocity(single channel for both traffics) which FDD-LTE is still years behind in research due to its complexity of duplex channels.MIMO beamforming can easily give operators a boost in speed with TD-LTE in the near future that FDD-LTE will see trouble getting into.

and NO.They DO NOT have the same spectral effiency if competed against each other on the same spectrum blocks of equal width.
One gets to use the whole road for itself for both traffics of different direction while the other has to split it into 1/2 for different traffics.
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This is by far the stupidest statement I ever read/heard from a person who claimed to be an RF engineer... Are you sure you're an RF engineer?

Like I said before, yes you are correct saying that TD can dedicate the whole spectrum for either download or upload.. But they will need to divide the time, e.g. Half of the time is allocated for DL and another half for UL.. (this is just an example, if course there are many TDD modes which provide different DL-UL ratios in a time interval.

Whereas in FDD.. Only half spectrum is used for DL and the other half for UL.. But they are dedicated 100% of the time..

Do you understand how resources work in LTE now?

Since i now doubt that you're an RF engineer.. I will explain in easier-to-understand form.. Imagine you have a 2-lanes highway in both direction, say Melaka to Johor PLUS highway.. So in total you have 4 lanes, which 2 going south and 2 going north..

1. If you divide the traffic by time, all 4 lanes are going south in 1 hour and the you change the direction all traffics are going north in the next 1 hour... This is how TDD works.

2. On the other hand, FDD is just like the normal traffic where 2 lanes always going north and 2 lanes always going south all the time..

So assuming the traffic is constant for the 2 hours... And if you do the basic maths, you will get the same number of cars reaching south and north for both scenarios.. And this is similar like spectral efficiency...

Can u understand now why I'm saying in term of resources, FDD and TD are very similar..

I agree with you there maybe bribes in our telco.. But you were saying in your previous posts that there were bribes on why FDD is more commonly adopted than TD worldwide... And this of course has something to do with ITU at international level, thats why I thought you worked with FBI


Added on December 29, 2012, 10:09 pm
QUOTE(blacktubi @ Dec 29 2012, 09:33 AM)
There are 1800Mhz together i think hmm.gif

Yes is smart, very smart. Free internet for schools but get free base station site.
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It depends on the tower height.. The higher the larger the coverage...

But i'd assume all operators will reuse their existing sites, so you can expect more or less same coverage with existing service..

2600 MHz will have slightly poorer coverage than 3G 2100.. But LTE doesnt suffer cell breathing like 3G (3G coverage gets smaller as number of users increases).. Also LTE manages interference between cells better than 3G.. So I guess it would be more or less the same as 3G 2100MHz

As for 1800MHz.. This will of course give better coverage.. Lower frequency means lower penetration loss

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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Dec 28 2012, 03:25 PM)
I got 4 LTE modem all capable of detecting LTE

But I am not selected to be in the trial run doh.gif

The add on of LTE means more competition which is good to push our current fiber operator to reach at least 50Mbps
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 29 2012, 10:01 PM)
This is by far the stupidest statement I ever read/heard from a person who claimed to be an RF engineer... Are you sure you're an RF engineer?

Like I said before, yes you are correct saying that TD can dedicate the whole spectrum for either download or upload.. But they will need to divide the time, e.g. Half of the time is allocated for DL and another half for UL.. (this is just an example, if course there are many TDD modes which provide different DL-UL ratios in a time interval.

Whereas in FDD.. Only half spectrum is used for DL and the other half for UL.. But they are dedicated 100% of the time..

Since i now doubt that you're an RF engineer.. I will explain in easier-to-understand form.. Imagine you have a 2-lanes highway in both direction, say Melaka to Johor PLUS highway.. So in total you have 4 lanes, which 2 going south and 2 going north..

1. If you divide the traffic by time, all 4 lanes are going south in 1 hour and the you change the direction all traffics are going north in the next 1 hour... This is how TDD works.

2. On the other hand, FDD is just like the normal traffic where 2 lanes always going north and 2 lanes always going south all the time..

So assuming the traffic is constant for the 2 hours... And if you do the basic maths, you will get the same number of cars reaching south and north for both scenarios.. And this is similar like spectral efficiency...
You are still not getting the point there.

If a spectrum block width is to be imagined as that of a highway with 4 lanes wide, then time will be the determinant of its efficiency for its usage.
Traffic was never meant to be symmetrical in both directions where in real world usage, people do downloading more than uploading most of the time.

Take for instance you have a PLUS Highway with one going southbound and the other northbound,

In the case of FDD-LTE, the since the establishment of 2 lanes each way, the north bound traffic may be idle at times but the southbound traffic might get congested during certain hours. Don't you think it's a waste of resources when the northbound lanes are empty at most times of the day while nothing can be done about it?

As for TD-LTE, where each direction is allowed each time, all 4 lanes can be used either way and if northbound traffic is low, longer time slots can be dynamically be granted for southbound traffic to ease the congestion. Most importantly, the main argument POINT here is that the "lanes(spectrum use)" are not put to waste during in idle/low traffic utilization.Thus, spectrum efficiency is brought up.

QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 29 2012, 10:01 PM)
Can u understand now why I'm saying in term of resources, FDD and TD are very similar..

I agree with you there maybe bribes in our telco.. But you were saying in your previous posts that there were bribes on why FDD is more commonly adopted than TD worldwide... And this of course has something to do with ITU at international level, thats why I thought you worked with FBI
Technology superiority was never an issue in the silent trade war among nations even during the 2G Cellular war when GSM and CDMA competed years back. The CDMA technology was more efficient compared to GSM yet the latter prevailed because of the higher adoption rates and eventually used in most parts of the world. How good the technology itself is not enough to determine the success of a particular product.

Today, the FDD-LTE and TD-LTE war is also a result behind the clash of the East and the West. One will not try to support the other because of the patent royalties incurred and trade inbalances as a resultant. The Europeans do not want to buy the TD-LTE products because they fear ending up to pay the Asian while the Asians do not want to give the same royalty fees to the Europeans which inturn affect their telecom equipment sales revenues.


Added on December 30, 2012, 9:42 pm
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When ? 2020?
Which ISP got the Balls?
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Actually if TD-LTE and lower frequencies were adopted, the chances of ISPs offering flat rate unlimited quotas would have been higher due to much lower initial costs for investments.

TM and Jaring managed to do it last time with their Wireless Streamyx and Jaring Wireless last time with 450MHz proprietary CDMA tech from SOMA Networks. Very good coverage too with fewer base stations needed.

Australia NBN(on 700MHz) is using this strategy as well as Sweden by Net1 using CDMA EV-DO RevB on 450MHz to serve subscribers in the jungle/rural markets. Those areas will never be served with fibre since they are too remote for implementations.
Their governments felt that even rural fols should not be deprived of high speed internet even if they'll never be served by fibre so they plan to use LTE 700MHz to give them 100mbps internet.

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back to the post where you asked about 20Mhz TD-LTE is as good as 2x20Mhz FD-LTE?
Nope, definitely 2x20Mhz FD-LTE is better than 20Mhz TD-LTE.
but, 20Mhz TD-LTE is of course better than 2x10Mhz FD-LTE in term of downlink only, but who knows we have many cloud apps and UL could be important as well.

In term of quality:
FD-LTE is better since it ensure a single user have enough fixed resource, this is better in maintain a stable and smooth connection especially voice/video call.
In term of capacity:
TD-LTE can flexible allocate resource depend on users demand that connected to same sector. The more users using traffic concurrently, the lesser speed for each users, since resource is divided evenly. It is like P1, more users using = lesser speed

In term of overall spectral efficiency, both almost the same, TD-LTE have TTG and RTG but not forget FD-LTE have guard-band as well.

So, my conclusion is about quality vs capacity. A operator can have both system as well depend on demographic and scenario, as long as chipset support both technology.

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Tomorrow is the big day. Digi said they will make sure they are the first to roll out LTE. Lets wait and see. Only few hours left when the clock strikes 12
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Tomorrow is the big day. Digi said they will make sure they are the first to roll out LTE. Lets wait and see. Only few hours left when the clock strikes 12
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maxis stated countdown timer in thestar.com.my mention mobile internet will never be the same again,.

wondering who is first, LOL

have to see later on tonight 12am hmm.gif
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QUOTE(shincy @ Dec 31 2012, 03:35 PM)
back to the post where you asked about 20Mhz TD-LTE is as good as 2x20Mhz FD-LTE?
Nope, definitely 2x20Mhz FD-LTE is better than 20Mhz TD-LTE.
but, 20Mhz TD-LTE is of course better than 2x10Mhz FD-LTE in term of downlink only, but who knows we have many cloud apps and UL could be important as well.

In term of quality:
FD-LTE is better since it ensure a single user have enough fixed resource, this is better in maintain a stable and smooth connection especially voice/video call.
In term of capacity:
TD-LTE can flexible allocate resource depend on users demand that connected to same sector. The more users using traffic concurrently, the lesser speed for each users, since resource is divided evenly. It is like P1, more users using = lesser speed

In term of overall spectral efficiency, both almost the same, TD-LTE have TTG and RTG but not forget FD-LTE have guard-band as well.

So, my conclusion is about quality vs capacity. A operator can have both system as well depend on demographic and scenario, as long as chipset support both technology.
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I completely 100% agree with this. I'm 100% neutral and understand both technologies very well. But there is another user Ahn3hn3h who keeps giving wrong technical info to the public and saying that TD-LTE is way better than FDD. I dont know why he get so angry with FDD LTE, probably his dad sells TD-LTE device but unfortunately TD-LTE didn't get adopted as wide as FDD...


Added on December 31, 2012, 6:37 pm
QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Dec 30 2012, 09:27 PM)
You are still not getting the point there.

If a spectrum block width is to be imagined as that of a highway with 4 lanes wide, then time will be the determinant of its efficiency for its usage.
Traffic was never meant to be symmetrical in both directions where in real world usage, people do downloading more than uploading most of the time.

Take for instance you have a PLUS Highway with one going southbound and the other northbound,

In the case of FDD-LTE, the since the establishment of 2 lanes each way, the north bound traffic may be idle at times but the southbound traffic might get congested during certain hours. Don't you think it's a waste of resources when the northbound lanes are empty at most times of the day while nothing can be done about it?

As for TD-LTE, where each direction is allowed each time, all 4 lanes can be used either way and if northbound traffic is low, longer time slots can be dynamically be granted for southbound traffic to ease the congestion. Most importantly, the main argument POINT here is that the "lanes(spectrum use)" are not put to waste during in idle/low traffic utilization.Thus, spectrum efficiency is brought up.
Technology superiority was never an issue in the silent trade war among nations even during the 2G Cellular war when GSM and CDMA competed years back. The CDMA technology was more efficient compared to GSM yet the latter prevailed because of the higher adoption rates and eventually used in most parts of the world. How good the technology itself is not enough to determine the success of a particular product.

Today, the FDD-LTE and TD-LTE war is also a result behind the clash of the East and the West. One will not try to support the other because of the patent royalties incurred and trade inbalances as a resultant. The Europeans do not want to buy the TD-LTE products because they fear ending up to pay the Asian while the Asians do not want to give the same royalty fees to the Europeans which inturn affect their telecom equipment sales revenues.


Added on December 30, 2012, 9:42 pm

Actually if TD-LTE and lower frequencies were adopted, the chances of ISPs offering flat rate unlimited quotas would have been higher due to much lower initial costs for investments.

TM and Jaring managed to do it last time with their Wireless Streamyx and Jaring Wireless last time with 450MHz proprietary CDMA tech from SOMA Networks. Very good coverage too with fewer base stations needed.

Australia NBN(on 700MHz) is using this strategy as well as Sweden by Net1 using CDMA EV-DO RevB on 450MHz to serve subscribers in the jungle/rural markets. Those areas will never be served with fibre since they are too remote for implementations.
Their governments felt that even rural fols should not be deprived of high speed internet even if they'll never be served by fibre so they plan to use LTE 700MHz to give them 100mbps internet.
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2 things you forgot (or probably you dont know):

1. DL & UL have different spectral efficiency.. DL can do MIMO spatial multiplexing and 64QAM, whereas UL can only do 1 stream and 16QAM. And because of this difference, the capacity of DL & UL in FDD will never be symmetrical (as what you claim). What I meant by spectral efficiency is "DL Spectral efficiency in LTE" and "UL Spectral efficiency in LTE". So if you compare DL spectral efficiency of TD-LTE & FDD, they are of course the same. Try answer this (any Telco RF engineer can sure work this out very easily): How many bits can be transmitted in a subcarrier in (i) TD-LTE (ii) FDD LTE for DL? The answer is the same for both. And same goes for the UL. Do you understand what is spectral efficiency now? Number of bits per Hertz. I guess you get confused with spectral efficiency and capacity.

2. True that TD is flexible, but you can't really have a different TD configuration (ratio) in an area, that will cause massive interference. So you'll have to stick to only 1 configuration, and if you want to change it, you will need to change in the whole network. You can have different TD configurations but you will need border in between the network area, e.g. TDD mode 1 in west Malaysia and TDD mode 2 in east Malaysia. You probably haven't come across this?

Let me guess, your resource and reference on LTE is only google, thats why your knowledge is so limited? I'm sharing with you what I've compiled from 3GPP specs the peak speed (MAC layer) of FDD and all configurations of TDD below. All are using total of 20MHz. Hope this is enough to open your mind a bit. I can also tell you which TDD mode is widely used, what makes their peak speed difference if you are interested to know. I can even share with you how to find 3GPP specs, if you dont know how to find them.

If you compare FDD 2x10MHz with TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1 (which divides the resource equally for DL & UL just like FDD), can you see that FDD gives more capacity? Do you know why? I can help to explain if you're interested to know more about resource allocation in LTE

FDD 2x10MHz DL 75.4Mbps UL 25.1Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 0 DL 38.3Mbps UL 29.5Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1 DL 69.4Mbps UL 19.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 2 DL 95.6Mbps UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 3 DL 95.6Mbps UL 14.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 4 DL 112.3Mbps UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 5 DL 125.5Mbps UL 5.4Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1 DL 53.8Mbps UL 24.7Mbps

By the way.. how do you there is clash between east and west? Would be glad if you could share any readings on this..


Added on December 31, 2012, 6:39 pm
QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Dec 31 2012, 04:22 PM)
maxis stated countdown timer in thestar.com.my mention mobile internet will never be the same again,.

wondering who is first, LOL

have to see later on tonight 12am  hmm.gif
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Probably all 3 will launch at 12am?


Added on December 31, 2012, 10:11 pmLooks like Maxis 4G LTE is already commercially available http://www.maxis.com.my/4GLTE/main.asp?m=f

Check Digi and Celcom website, LTE commercial availability still not there

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I completely 100% agree with this. I'm 100% neutral and understand both technologies very well. But there is another user Ahn3hn3h who keeps giving wrong technical info to the public and saying that TD-LTE is way better than FDD. I dont know why he get so angry with FDD LTE, probably his dad sells TD-LTE device but unfortunately TD-LTE didn't get adopted as wide as FDD...


Added on December 31, 2012, 6:37 pm

2 things you forgot (or probably you dont know):

1. DL & UL have different spectral efficiency.. DL can do MIMO spatial multiplexing and 64QAM, whereas UL can only do 1 stream and 16QAM. And because of this difference, the capacity of DL & UL in FDD will never be symmetrical (as what you claim). What I meant by spectral efficiency is "DL Spectral efficiency in LTE" and "UL Spectral efficiency in LTE". So if you compare DL spectral efficiency of TD-LTE & FDD, they are of course the same. Try answer this (any Telco RF engineer can sure work this out very easily): How many bits can be transmitted in a subcarrier in (i) TD-LTE (ii) FDD LTE for DL? The answer is the same for both. And same goes for the UL. Do you understand what is spectral efficiency now? Number of bits per Hertz. I guess you get confused with spectral efficiency and capacity.

2. True that TD is flexible, but you can't really have a different TD configuration (ratio) in an area, that will cause massive interference. So you'll have to stick to only 1 configuration, and if you want to change it, you will need to change in the whole network. You can have different TD configurations but you will need border in between the network area, e.g. TDD mode 1 in west Malaysia and TDD mode 2 in east Malaysia. You probably haven't come across this?

Let me guess, your resource and reference on LTE is only google, thats why your knowledge is so limited? I'm sharing with you what I've compiled from 3GPP specs the peak speed (MAC layer) of FDD and all configurations of TDD below. All are using total of 20MHz. Hope this is enough to open your mind a bit. I can also tell you which TDD mode is widely used, what makes their peak speed difference if you are interested to know. I can even share with you how to find 3GPP specs, if you dont know how to find them.

If you compare FDD 2x10MHz with TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1 (which divides the resource equally for DL & UL just like FDD), can you see that FDD gives more capacity? Do you know why? I can help to explain if you're interested to know more about resource allocation in LTE

FDD 2x10MHz              DL 75.4Mbps    UL 25.1Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 0    DL 38.3Mbps    UL 29.5Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1    DL 69.4Mbps    UL 19.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 2    DL 95.6Mbps    UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 3    DL 95.6Mbps    UL 14.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 4    DL 112.3Mbps  UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 5    DL 125.5Mbps  UL 5.4Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1    DL 53.8Mbps    UL 24.7Mbps

By the way.. how do you there is clash between east and west? Would be glad if you could share any readings on this..


Added on December 31, 2012, 6:39 pm

Probably all 3 will launch at 12am?


Added on December 31, 2012, 10:11 pmLooks like Maxis 4G LTE is already commercially available http://www.maxis.com.my/4GLTE/main.asp?m=f

Check Digi and Celcom website, LTE commercial availability still not there
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Will we need to change the sim card to enjoy LTE service?
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yes, end up maxis is the first to launch LTE...digi ? please improve your coverage and existing speed first ok.

maxis lte package same as current 3g pricing.

http://www.maxis.com.my/4GLTE/main.asp

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is this Maxis LTE USB modem only for one pc? how do i connect it to a wifi router? sorry for the noob question
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is this Maxis LTE USB modem only for one pc? how do i connect it to a wifi router? sorry for the noob question
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You can plug it into any 4G router eg TP LINK MR3420
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is this Maxis LTE USB modem only for one pc? how do i connect it to a wifi router? sorry for the noob question
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I saw in other thread, for the start, maxis will launch usb modem e398 and wifi router b593. So if its true,, you can gt it directly from Maxis


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Anyone has news on phone LTE yet after this maxis announcement? Is only for broadband at the moment right?
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Anyone has news on phone LTE yet after this maxis announcement? Is only for broadband at the moment right?
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LTE HD Voice is soon but don't expect anywhere too soon
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I saw in other thread, for the start, maxis will launch usb modem e398 and wifi router b593. So if its true,, you can gt it directly from Maxis
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oh this is good news! where is this other thread?
btw when they say a certain area is covered, is it true that adjacent can also get the signal albeit weaker?
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QUOTE(DigitalKL @ Jan 1 2013, 11:43 AM)
oh this is good news! where is this other thread?
btw when they say a certain area is covered, is it true that adjacent can also get the signal albeit weaker?
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I am the guy who posted this at Maxis thread, anyway, that is estimated.
No one know which modem would Maxis launch
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2627232
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 1 2013, 11:45 AM)
I am the guy who posted this at Maxis thread, anyway, that is estimated.
No one know which modem would Maxis launch
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2627232
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thanks blacktubi
approximately how much will the wifi router b593 cost?
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Bought individually Huawei branded is around RM700 nod.gif

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how about the price for wifi router b593 ?

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Bought individually Huawei branded is around RM700

Bought with package is estimated to top up RM400 with a contract
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Maxis released 4G LTE 2,600 MHz.
But it didn't state which bands it supports for iPhone 5 / Samsung G. S2/Note2/Camera.

Please help.
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Maxis released 4G LTE 2,600 MHz.
But it didn't state which bands it supports for iPhone 5 / Samsung G. S2/Note2/Camera.

Please help.
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SKMM only allow Band 7 2600Mhz currently

1800Mhz should be soon nod.gif
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Already answered above

Bought individually Huawei branded is around RM700

Bought with package is estimated to top up RM400 with a contract
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oh i thought those prices are for the E392 and E398 respectively?
btw i really hope 1800Mhz would come soon but how soon? (so that iphone 5 can work)

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SKMM only allow Band 7 2600Mhz currently

1800Mhz should be soon nod.gif
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List of devices uses Band 7?
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Maxis only launch LTE data at the moment

LTE HD Voice is soon but don't expect anywhere too soon
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Yes, LTE with voice will be much later.. However if you have a LTE phone, you can still do voice over 2G and 3G (they call it CS fallback)
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Here you go
http://bit.ly/ZQRGVT


Added on January 1, 2013, 12:25 pm
QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 1 2013, 12:22 PM)
Yes, LTE with voice will be much later.. However if you have a LTE phone, you can still do voice over 2G and 3G (they call it CS fallback)
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I am very interested to know how HD voice perform actually hmm.gif

Since our call is quite clear right now.

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Here you go
http://bit.ly/ZQRGVT


Added on January 1, 2013, 12:25 pm
I am very interested to know how HD voice perform actually hmm.gif

Since our call is quite clear right now.
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I know that my Samsung Galaxy S3 is 2.6 GHz capable.
But is all country Samsung Galaxy S3 has 4G LTE?
No special S3, for international version like no LTE?
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I know that my Samsung Galaxy S3 is 2.6 GHz capable.
But is all country Samsung Galaxy S3 has 4G LTE?
No special S3, for international version like no LTE?
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There are so many different LTE band in this world which force Samsung to make many different revision of Galaxy S3

Refer to here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III

Look at Model Variants section
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ January 1, 2013, 12:25 pm)
I am very interested to know how HD voice perform actually hmm.gif

Since our call is quite clear right now.
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Didn't Celcom advertise in the paper one day that they got wide-band audio? Like HD Voice la, I think it was to tie in with iPhone 5 (which supports HD Voice). I could be wrong tho, don't quote me on this.
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Didn't Celcom advertise in the paper one day that they got wide-band audio? Like HD Voice la, I think it was to tie in with iPhone 5 (which supports HD Voice). I could be wrong tho, don't quote me on this.
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I think you referring this

http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/06/c...offer-hd-voice/

Hmm, another new thing to learn but this doesn't looks like to be related with LTE

Correct me if I am wrong notworthy.gif
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Yup, I know not related to LTE. Also Forbes did a write-up on this thing (but on its effects to US users, naturally): http://www.forbes.com/sites/eliseackerman/...g-to-u-s-users/ Judging by our luck tho, I feel Celcom's offering won't be compatible with the one on iPhone. doh.gif

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Baws I got the no LTE Model..
I got the Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300...

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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 1 2013, 12:35 PM)
I think you referring this

http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/06/c...offer-hd-voice/

Hmm, another new thing to learn but this doesn't looks like to be related with LTE

Correct me if I am wrong notworthy.gif
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HD voice commonly refers to voice using circuit switch as traditionally implemented using 2G or 3G but with new features. So its an upgrade to existing 2G or 3G voice. And yes you will need both network and device that support HD voice, in order to enjoy it.

Separately voice over LTE is different thing.. And its one big topic by itself.. Lets just say in the beginning of LTE deployment, LTE phones will need to go back to 2G/3G in order to make/receive voice calls and lose its LTE connection until the call is ended. This is of course an interim solution before voice over LTE is used
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Maxis only launch LTE data at the moment

LTE HD Voice is soon but don't expect anywhere too soon
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Thought to hear something on mobile with LTE. Doesn't matter to the fallback to 2G or 3G for voice but when is it mobile data starting

Based on press release by Maxis it is stating to be very soon for mobile. How soon? Surprise at the locations of 1st having LTE, perhaps Puchong got the main tower around but not complaining though, hopefully the whole Puchong can have it soon

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Maxis launched 4G sooner or later by Digi and other telco's.

So far Nokia 920 and 820 supported 4G 2600Mhz.

Which smartphone also support 4G 2600Mhz?
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Yup, I know not related to LTE. Also Forbes did a write-up on this thing (but on its effects to US users, naturally): http://www.forbes.com/sites/eliseackerman/...g-to-u-s-users/ Judging by our luck tho, I feel Celcom's offering won't be compatible with the one on iPhone.  doh.gif
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Looks like maxis is really going all out promoting their LTE network. I noticed so many ad's deployed in this past 2 days only.

Guess maxis is going to take the lead again this time.
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Available in certain places now !!! rclxms.gif
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the band 3 - 1800MHz i heard SKMM going to approve it? if true probably another bidding war once approved.
And for this phone LTE support, do they need to do changes on hardware level or software level to enable certain LTE band?
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the band 3 - 1800MHz i heard SKMM going to approve it? if true probably another bidding war once approved.
And for this phone LTE support, do they need to do changes on hardware level or software level to enable certain LTE band?
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Is SKMM going to re-open bidding for 1800MHz? Or they are just going to approve operators to use their existing 1800MHz spectrum?

If the hardware of the phone already LTE-capable, then software upgrade would be sufficient, e.g. iPhone 5, Nokia Lumia

Else you'll need to buy a new LTE phone,

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Celcom unveiled their LTE with a different approach. They set up booth to test their speed. One in their HQ and another one in Sunway Blue Cube
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Celcom unveiled their LTE with a different approach. They set up booth to test their speed. One in their HQ and another one in Sunway Blue Cube
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celcom LTE speedtest in their HQ. someone post it on fb

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151350915432264
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You guys can see at this link. Speed seems fast enough...
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QUOTE(adiyon84 @ Jan 2 2013, 07:41 PM)
You guys can see at this link. Speed seems fast enough...
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Actually I was expecting at least 50mbps  blink.gif
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It seems that all devices use to test LTE has varies speed range. As you can see if we test on mobile device (eg samsung note 2 like in the video) speed very fast 64.4 Mbps download 13.5 Mbps upload compare to the modem.

I dont know why this happen.
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It seems that all devices use to test LTE has varies speed range. As you can see if we test on mobile device (eg samsung note 2 like in the video) speed very fast 64.4 Mbps download 13.5 Mbps upload compare to the modem.

I dont know why this happen.
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Mm.. Technically modem should be faster because it has higher antenna gains and receiver sensitivity.. But in RF anything is possible
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yea me too, anything lower than that is consider DC-HSPA+ era,..  hmm.gif
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Still waiting some news from Digi. I hope this time they follow other telco. If they don't I'm sure migrating to Maxis or Celcom for sure.
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Well let's wait and see, what happens.
Still waiting some news from Digi. I hope this time they follow other telco. If they don't I'm sure migrating to Maxis or Celcom for sure.
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heard news that Digi is joining force with celcom soon,

how true was that ? hmm.gif
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heard news that Digi is joining force with celcom soon,

how true was that ?  hmm.gif
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Very unlikely...
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Thought from the news celcom is joining forces with Puncak Semangat, And maxis with Redtone and/or U-Mobile

So Digi will be left alone?? Pity them since they are the first to shout they have LTE-ready network
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 10:41 AM)
Thought from the news celcom is joining forces with Puncak Semangat, And maxis with Redtone and/or U-Mobile

So Digi will be left alone?? Pity them since they are the first to shout they have LTE-ready network
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Shout does not mean ready ... LOL
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hahaha.. but they (internet provider) are shouting to their paying customers and potential customers that they are ready with LTE.. but until today still no announcement?

1. Upgrading to LTE ready equipment since Dec 2011 http://www.digi.com.my/tomorrownetwork/
2. Gearing up to be this first to launch LTE in Asia (when there are already many LTE networks in Asia) http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/10/d...-first-in-asia/
3. 50% of their network is LTE ready http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...ness%2F12126988
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QUOTE(LittleBear @ Jan 3 2013, 12:38 PM)
"Elsewhere in the Southeast Asia region, Singapore's three mobile operators have already launched LTE services, with M1 the first to offer commercial LTE services in June 2011. In the Philippines, LTE networks went live in 2011." quoted from ZDNet.

Malaysia is such slow poke...  rclxub.gif
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Yes Malaysia is slow. When LTE is launched here in Malaysia, there are already more than 50 countries that have already launched LTE.

It all depends on the regulator actually. For example UK, they still dont have LTE because of the regulator just recently allocated the spectrum.
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 01:20 PM)
Yes Malaysia is slow. When LTE is launched here in Malaysia, there are already more than 50 countries that have already launched LTE.

It all depends on the regulator actually. For example UK, they still dont have LTE because of the regulator just recently allocated the spectrum.
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+1. Really depends on whether the regulators want to grant license or not. A lot to take into consideration actually, and of course, a lot of money involved, in terms of foreign flow of investment (Digi) and so on.

The governments decision in awarding only 20MHz blocks of spectrum to all the main players, forces them to collaborate among one another to fully use LTE's capabilities.

I guess, for consumers, it was always only about getting it as soon as possible at an even cheaper rate than the current technology, not being aware that there is so much complications behind it, in terms of the investment of the infrastructure and also the upgrade of the current voice call infrastructure.

Why does the the voice call infrastructure has to be upgraded? Is it not compatible with the LTE data systems? That is a different story entirely....
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 02:40 PM)
+1. Really depends on whether the regulators want to grant license or not. A lot to take into consideration actually, and of course, a lot of money involved, in terms of foreign flow of investment (Digi) and so on.

The governments decision in awarding only 20MHz blocks of spectrum to all the main players, forces them to collaborate among one another to fully use LTE's capabilities.

I guess, for consumers, it was always only about getting it as soon as possible at an even cheaper rate than the current technology, not being aware that there is so much complications behind it, in terms of the investment of the infrastructure and also the upgrade of the current voice call infrastructure.

Why does the the voice call infrastructure has to be upgraded? Is it not compatible with the LTE data systems? That is a different story entirely....
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totally agree.. while the customers want lte coverage nationwide as soon as possible.. it is actually very challenging to do this for operators and upgrading to lte is very costly. thats why u see even in us and other european countries, lte coverage is expanded in stages
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den will the spectrum in m'sia compatible with the LTE smartphones that will be introduced in m'sia?
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Celcom launch LTE tomorrow according to Malaysianwireless blog...

source: http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2013/01/d...y-maxis-celcom/
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QUOTE(LittleBear @ Jan 3 2013, 12:38 PM)
"Elsewhere in the Southeast Asia region, Singapore's three mobile operators have already launched LTE services, with M1 the first to offer commercial LTE services in June 2011. In the Philippines, LTE networks went live in 2011." quoted from ZDNet.

Malaysia is such slow poke...  rclxub.gif
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When it comes to data affair malaysia is always last in the list. Look at digi, till today no HSPA+, still crawling at 3G 800kbps.
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When it comes to data affair malaysia is always last in the list. Look at digi, till today no HSPA+, still crawling at 3G 800kbps.
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800Kbps? Really? I just bought my iPad Mini together with Tablet Plan from DiGi (since I have to bundled with it) thru DiGi online store. But I always get 5Mbps at my home and 3-4Mbps when I went to Lowyat. So far, okay to me at all.

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QUOTE(rattan @ Jan 3 2013, 06:30 PM)
When it comes to data affair malaysia is always last in the list. Look at digi, till today no HSPA+, still crawling at 3G 800kbps.
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I'm afraid that is wrong. Digi launched their 3.5G @ HSDPA a few years back, and their network is capable of achieving 7.2Mbps download speed. Just like the other operators, not everywhere is covered with HSDPA and that too, depends on a lot of other factors, such as how many users are hooked onto that transmitting site, the signal interference, the device itself that the user is using and so on.


Added on January 3, 2013, 6:58 pmTheir coverage area is without a doubt smaller than Celcom and Maxis though, especially rural areas.

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den will the spectrum in m'sia compatible with the LTE smartphones that will be introduced in m'sia?
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i would say we are considered lucky because our lte (as well as 2g & 3g) spectrum follow common spectrum deployed worldwide.. lte (fdd) at 1800MHz and 2600MHz are the most deployed network in the world.

the benefits to us are: most phones are compatible, and we wont have problem when roaming abroad in most countries..

so dont worry about the lte devices that are coming to malaysia..
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LTE speed with Maxis Broadband @ TTDI.
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LTE speed with Maxis Broadband @ TTDI.
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wow.. the upload is superb.. that is almost theoretical (25Mbps)
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Nice speed though. Can't wait to try it in Celcom LTE. LOL...
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 07:23 PM)
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How do you hook to LTE Network?

I tried on my modem always got "Registration Failed" hmm.gif
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wow.. the upload is superb.. that is almost theoretical (25Mbps)
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hahaha.. but they (internet provider) are shouting to their paying customers and potential customers that they are ready with LTE.. but until today still no announcement?

1. Upgrading to LTE ready equipment since Dec 2011 http://www.digi.com.my/tomorrownetwork/
2. Gearing up to be this first to launch LTE in Asia (when there are already many LTE networks in Asia) http://www.malaysianwireless.com/2012/10/d...-first-in-asia/
3. 50% of their network is LTE ready http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...ness%2F12126988
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And when they finally do roll out LTE... the speed will be "with a Likely Average Speed of (gasp, drumroll) 1Mbps..." brows.gif


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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 07:23 PM)
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I wonder when this will be available in Penang...

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And when they finally do roll out LTE... the speed will be "with a Likely Average Speed of (gasp, drumroll) 1Mbps..."  brows.gif


Added on January 3, 2013, 7:46 pm

I wonder when this will be available in Penang...
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Hahahaha, not that bad lar....maybe around 10-30Mbps?
If the speed for LTE is only 1Mbps, I suggest you sue the telco provider and make big hu ha about it.
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 08:12 PM)
Hahahaha, not that bad lar....maybe around 10-30Mbps?
If the speed for LTE is only 1Mbps, I suggest you sue the telco provider and make big hu ha about it.
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Guess I should sue them

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Complained and waited for more than 6 months all giving excuses doh.gif

Planning to wait for the last time until Maxis last promise is to solve it by the end of January

Note, this is DC-HSPA+

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Guess I should sue them

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Complained and waited for more than 6 months all giving excuses doh.gif

Planning to wait for the last time until Maxis last promise is to solve it by the end of January

Note, this is DC-HSPA+
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 08:30 PM)
report skmm first, if not solved then tribunal pengguna, f still not solve then only get a good lawyer and sue them
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SKMM = Check
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Case closed with remarks Maxis will resolve the issue with our clients.

Maxis someone like an engineer told me the amount of upgrade is limited

Only solution is to build a new tower to distribute the load, I am so frustrated and decided stop arguing.

Just wondering if pushing more bandwidth and backhaul to a tower should help right doh.gif

I guess Maxis is not committed to handling this complaint at all
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 07:44 PM)
I'm working in the telco industry and was physically just right beside the transmission site moments ago.... :-)
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do you know the schedule for LTE? brows.gif if yes..there pm button under my name tongue.gif

and does we need to terminate and subscribe another package too use LTE? hope u can answer this as many people also want to ask this question blush.gif
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 3 2013, 08:26 PM)
Guess I should sue them

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at HSPA area


btw that LTE speed is good huh..wonder when will it reach my area

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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 3 2013, 08:41 PM)
SKMM = Check
Cfm = Check

Case closed with remarks Maxis will resolve the issue with our clients.

Maxis someone like an engineer told me the amount of upgrade is limited

Only solution is to build a new tower to distribute the load, I am so frustrated and decided stop arguing.

Just wondering if pushing more bandwidth and backhaul to a tower should help right doh.gif

I guess Maxis is not committed to handling this complaint at all
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wow.. you have actually done that.. you must be really frustrated then..

there are basically 2 types of congestions:
1. the backhaul is sufficient but there are too many users. example tower is dc hspa+ (42Mbps) and backhaul is also 42Mbps. but bandwidth is shared by too many users, hence congested
2. backhaul is shared for several sites and not enough to sufficiently provide bandwidth to a site. example although the tower can give you 42Mbps, but backhaul is only 10Mbps

pushing more bandwidth will only solve number 2.. and technically its really challenging to add tower to a place that already has coverage because this will create huge interference..


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QUOTE(wavezard @ Jan 3 2013, 08:53 PM)
do you know the schedule for LTE? brows.gif if yes..there pm button under my name  tongue.gif

and does we need to terminate and subscribe another package too use LTE? hope u can answer this as many people also want to ask this question  blush.gif
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maxis: according to their lte video, main cities and will be expanded in stages
celcom: the schedule available on their web
digi: as claimed in one of their press releases, 50% coverage.. and thats a lot.. if u live in city/town i'm sure your area will be within 50%

your 2nd question: working in telco industry doesnt mean we know everything. i myself working in telco industry on technical side and deal with lte almost everyday, but dont really know how is it going to be sold (marketing stuff) however i know the technical stuff of lte pretty well and happy to share it here

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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 10:10 PM)
wow.. you have actually done that.. you must be really frustrated then..

there are basically 2 types of congestions:
1. the backhaul is sufficient but there are too many users. example tower is dc hspa+ (42Mbps) and backhaul is also 42Mbps. but bandwidth is shared by too many users, hence congested
2. backhaul is shared for several sites and not enough to sufficiently provide bandwidth to a site. example although the tower can give you 42Mbps, but backhaul is only 10Mbps

pushing more bandwidth will only solve number 2.. and technically its really challenging to add tower to a place that already has coverage because this will create huge interference..
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This is what they told me, I don't actually understand.
They even know their site is congested.
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 08:12 PM)
Hahahaha, not that bad lar....maybe around 10-30Mbps?
If the speed for LTE is only 1Mbps, I suggest you sue the telco provider and make big hu ha about it.
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I can hope it's not so bad...

But then, a certain WiMax provider also started claiming 4G... with up to 1Mbps download speed...

At the minimum, those claiming 4G, should have decency to provide minimum better than average of HSPA+


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Added on January 3, 2013, 10:19 pm

celcom: the schedule available on their web

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QUOTE(xelamil @ Jan 3 2013, 10:32 PM)
I can hope it's not so bad...

But then, a certain WiMax provider also started claiming 4G... with up to 1Mbps download speed...

At the minimum, those claiming 4G, should have decency to provide minimum better than average of HSPA+
WiMAX is 4G, as defined by ITU (international telecommunications union). Literally 4G can be using either WiMAX or LTE technology
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 31 2012, 05:57 PM)

2 things you forgot (or probably you dont know):

1. DL & UL have different spectral efficiency.. DL can do MIMO spatial multiplexing and 64QAM, whereas UL can only do 1 stream and 16QAM. And because of this difference, the capacity of DL & UL in FDD will never be symmetrical (as what you claim). What I meant by spectral efficiency is "DL Spectral efficiency in LTE" and "UL Spectral efficiency in LTE". So if you compare DL spectral efficiency of TD-LTE & FDD, they are of course the same. Try answer this (any Telco RF engineer can sure work this out very easily): How many bits can be transmitted in a subcarrier in (i) TD-LTE (ii) FDD LTE for DL? The answer is the same for both. And same goes for the UL. Do you understand what is spectral efficiency now? Number of bits per Hertz. I guess you get confused with spectral efficiency and capacity.
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Did you intentionally left out the total number of subcarriers in regards of spectrum width, mind you without that you can't calculate the maximum throughput? You forgot the fact that the total number of subcarriers are different in 2X10MHz versus 1X20MHz setups? When you do the calculation of radio resources to bits conversion, of course they are similar but it has of no interests to network operators. The spectral efficiency which you argued on has nothing more than the technical meaning of bits conversion related to RF than efficient use spectrum for service deployments.

The spectrum argument has been dead since voice became purely packet switched. Pure data players such as YES, P1, Clearwire, Vivid Wireless and others who provide mobile broadband players hardly see any advantages from using FDD.It is also natural for WIMAx operators to take this route for their next upgrade since WIMAx is also based on TDD. There is no urgent need for them prioritized QoS for voice services. HD Voice is packet based which can be handled with upper layers. If they need, there is the 3G networks to fall back on for pay per minute calls.

QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 31 2012, 05:57 PM)
2. True that TD is flexible, but you can't really have a different TD configuration (ratio) in an area, that will cause massive interference. So you'll have to stick to only 1 configuration, and if you want to change it, you will need to change in the whole network. You can have different TD configurations but you will need border in between the network area, e.g. TDD mode 1 in west Malaysia and TDD mode 2 in east Malaysia. You probably haven't come across this?
Of course you can't use the same strategy as FDD with TDD. But I see you lack the experience and knowledge in deploying your products in real commercial situations. TDD excels in urbanized setups and indoor coverages where you have isolated hotspots that hardly overlaps with other microcells footprints.Take Softbank's Wireless City Planning Project for Metropolitan Tokyo. The number of microcells they'll deploy is about 150 units per sq km all of them with just about the size of a shoebox.Dark fibre is plentiful in metropolitan Tokyo for backhaul. Each "shoebox" will be pumped with 10GE access to a centralised local exchange office which synchronizes time for all of them.So what's your problem with inteferences? Moreover (if you don't know) the sales of LTE microcells is expected to dominate and surpass macro base stations by 2014. It'll expect to make up 90% of all base stations by 2016. DC-HSPA+ will continue to serve greater areas outside the cities, while wifi hotspots will offload data in public areas.

QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 31 2012, 05:57 PM)
Let me guess, your resource and reference on LTE is only google, thats why your knowledge is so limited? I'm sharing with you what I've compiled from 3GPP specs the peak speed (MAC layer) of FDD and all configurations of TDD below. All are using total of 20MHz. Hope this is enough to open your mind a bit. I can also tell you which TDD mode is widely used, what makes their peak speed difference if you are interested to know. I can even share with you how to find 3GPP specs, if you dont know how to find them.
I've not told you this until now but FYI, I've been a registered member with ETSI since the REL99 days, company forced me to do it upon joining. I'll wouldn't suggest engineers to concentrate reading up those specs without proper exposure and touching knowledge materials supplied by their companies research depts. Without proper guidance and hands-on from seniors or trainers, the contents are gibberish even to most engineers out there. They make good references for facts finding but not cookbooks.

QUOTE(alf233 @ Dec 31 2012, 05:57 PM)
If you compare FDD 2x10MHz with TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1 (which divides the resource equally for DL & UL just like FDD), can you see that FDD gives more capacity? Do you know why? I can help to explain if you're interested to know more about resource allocation in LTE

FDD 2x10MHz              DL 75.4Mbps    UL 25.1Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 0    DL 38.3Mbps    UL 29.5Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1    DL 69.4Mbps    UL 19.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 2    DL 95.6Mbps    UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 3    DL 95.6Mbps    UL 14.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 4    DL 112.3Mbps  UL 9.9Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 5    DL 125.5Mbps  UL 5.4Mbps
TDD 1x20MHz Mode 1    DL 53.8Mbps    UL 24.7Mbps
Answer:
You hid the fact that 75mbps can only be achieved by TDD-LTE if there's only a single user occupying the whole subcarrier for himself. In a multi user environment that contends, TDD mode's wider lanes will be at advantage. The challenge for throughput is to send as much data over the link with the fixed amount of time. It's true that in a single user environment where one gets to download continuously over a subcarrier for a longer period of time FDD achieves greater transfer speeds but if assuming you have a competition where who gets to paint a larger overall portion of the road, TDD can have just as much covered with higher capacity making up for it.Try benchmarking TDD with more users contending with downloads at the same time, real world condition speeds will drop considerably. One proof I will show you is from a presentation given by a Korean working with NSN, unless he's trying to pull off a lie with the crowd, the results are contrasting compared to the theoretical maximum thoughput which you took from your 3GPP specs boldly. Not that it did indicate any caveat emptor when quoting them. Did they specifically mentioned the conditions when they conducted the tests? Do you now know why I only refer to specs for referencing?They don't tell best practices.

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In fact if they have extra spectrum to spare, just like in the case of Clearwire acquisition, Softbank intends to use full 40MHz and give speeds of upto 4-5 times that of what those FDD networks Verizon and ATT are doing.On top of that they can even provide unlimited quotas with the added capacity which none of the 2 FDD players can ever dare commit.
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 3 2013, 10:24 PM)
Looks like my problem is so severe cry.gif

This is what they told me, I don't actually understand.
They even know their site is congested.
Hope you can help if you understand these notworthy.gif

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I guess you're getting good signal but couldnt get good speed?

A friend in Maxis told me that Maxis will usually upgrade their network in stages everytime there is a congestion until they cannot upgrade anymore. If that's what Maxis engineer told you, your area must be really congested that they cannot upgrade anymore.

Building new tower is the easiest solution as it will relieve the congestion by segregating the users but this is technically very challenging.. I'm sure they would have done that if possible

Hope LTE will come to your area soon and will relieve the congestions there.

If that still doesnt solve your problem, then I'd highly recommend you to get fixed broadband (Unifi or Maxis fiber or time.com) which at least guarantees the speed
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 10:45 PM)
WiMAX is 4G, as defined by ITU (international telecommunications union). Literally 4G can be using either WiMAX or LTE technology
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Most WIMAX chipset manufacturers are moving into the TD-LTE camp since both technologies are similarly related.

Inefficient and corrupted governments love playing spectrum auctioning games.They are auctioning little blocks of them everywhere telling people they are scarce and pricing them at exceptional high costs.

As an end result, the move is actually to deter competition from smaller players from entering the next generation game. In the case of USA, the ones who can only afford most of the blocks auctioned are the 2 monopoly giants which are Verizon and AT&T. Don't you see they are continuing their monopoly practices because only the big guns are the only ones who can afford the purchases?

Similarly in Malaysia, the joint team ups are only benefiting the big players such as TM and Maxis. Eventually the smaller players such as P1 will have to end up being absorbed and merged itself into the giants or be eliminated. They are singulating out companies which they only have interests in and make them payback for the continuation of their monopoly tactics.Cronies get themselves with money acquired from licensing and at the same time maintain their monopoly.

Some way or another you will be able to find that people who sits in the FCC or communication commisions have their interests in the giant monopolistic telcos.
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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 3 2013, 10:50 PM)
Answer:
Did you intentionally left out the total number of subcarriers in regards of spectrum width, mind you without that you can't calculate the maximum throughput? You forgot the fact that the total number of subcarriers are different in 2X10MHz versus 1X20MHz setups? When you do the calculation of radio resources to bits conversion, of course they are similar but it has of no interests to network operators. The spectral efficiency which you argued on has nothing more than the technical meaning of bits conversion related to RF than efficient use spectrum for service deployments.

The spectrum argument has been dead since voice became purely packet switched. Pure data players such as YES, P1, Clearwire, Vivid Wireless and others who provide mobile broadband players hardly see any advantages from using FDD.It is also natural for WIMAx operators to take this route for their next upgrade since WIMAx is also based on TDD. There is no urgent need for them prioritized QoS for voice services. HD Voice is packet based which can be handled with upper layers. If they need, there is the 3G networks to fall back on for pay per minute calls.
Of course you can't use the same strategy as FDD with TDD. But I see you lack the experience and knowledge in deploying your products in real commercial situations. TDD excels in urbanized setups and indoor coverages where you have isolated hotspots that hardly overlaps with other microcells footprints.Take Softbank's Wireless City Planning Project for Metropolitan Tokyo. The number of microcells they'll deploy is about 150 units per sq km all of them with just about the size of a shoebox.Dark fibre is plentiful in metropolitan Tokyo for backhaul. Each "shoebox" will be pumped with 10GE access to a centralised local exchange office which synchronizes time for all of them.So what's your problem with inteferences? Moreover (if you don't know) the sales of LTE microcells is expected to dominate and surpass macro base stations by 2014. It'll expect to make up 90% of all base stations by 2016. DC-HSPA+ will continue to serve greater areas outside the cities, while wifi hotspots will offload data in public areas.  
I've not told you this until now but FYI, I've been a registered member with ETSI since the REL99 days, company forced me to do it upon joining. I'll wouldn't suggest engineers to concentrate reading up those specs without proper exposure and touching knowledge materials supplied by their companies research depts. Without proper guidance and hands-on from seniors or trainers, the contents are gibberish even to most engineers out there. They make good references for facts finding but not cookbooks.
Answer:
You hid the fact that 75mbps can only be achieved by TDD-LTE if there's only a single user occupying the whole subcarrier for himself. In a multi user environment that contends, TDD mode's wider lanes will be at advantage. The challenge for throughput is to send as much data over the link with the fixed amount of time. It's true that in a single user environment where one gets to download continuously over a subcarrier for a longer period of time FDD achieves greater transfer speeds but if assuming you have a competition where who gets to paint a larger overall portion of the road, TDD can have just as much covered with higher capacity making up for it.Try benchmarking TDD with more users contending with downloads at the same time, real world condition speeds will drop considerably. One proof I will show you is from a presentation given by a Korean working with NSN, unless he's trying to pull off a lie with the crowd, the results are contrasting compared to the theoretical maximum thoughput which you took from your 3GPP specs boldly. Not that it did indicate any caveat emptor when quoting them. Did they specifically mentioned the conditions when they conducted the tests? Do you now know why I only refer to specs for referencing?They don't tell best practices.

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In fact if they have extra spectrum to spare, just like in the case of Clearwire acquisition, Softbank intends to use full 40MHz and give speeds of upto 4-5 times that of what those FDD networks Verizon and ATT are doing.On top of that they can even provide unlimited quotas with the added capacity which none of the 2 FDD players can ever dare commit.
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Let me guess.. You are an old WiMAX engineer working with NSN? hmm.gif whose mind really closed on TDD because of the extensive experience you had with WiMAX..

Hang on, isn't this an LTE thread, why there is a WiMAX stuff here? I guess maybe you should start a new thred on WiMAX vs LTE then i won't bother to argue with your closed mind..

To be honest i didn't even bother reading everything that you wrote, your mind is really sealed with one technology. No point for further discussion/argument. Like I told you before, I'm open to any technology and nuetral whether its FDD or TD LTE...

Lets just wait and see which one (FDD LTE or TD LTE) will be the choice of Malaysia users. Well at least we know already FDD LTE is more commonly deployed worldwide..

No WiMAX please or open new thread

I forgot one thing, you were saying FDD vs TD are because of political issues west vs east... Looks like your exposure on LTE is not really enough.. Dont you know that all LTE vendors.. I repeat all, from west (NSN, ALU, Ericsson) and from east (Huawei, ZTE, Samsung, NEC) have both FDD LTE and TD LTE solutions? Ok you didnt know this, well at least you should thank me for telling you this good piece of information

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Here some good news. Just yesterday SKMM had just announced that they'll be refarming the 800MHz trunk radio bands.

A total of some 30MHz blocks will be released.

On sidenote, there's an emerging 700MHz block(Band 44) that the Asia Pacific Telecommunity is planning for future TD-LTE use. Although Malaysia is leaving this out for their digital terrestrial Tv services, neighbouring countries such as Australia, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Mexico, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam have shown support and interest leaving Malaysia out.

Link source:
www.apt.int/sites/default/files/Upload-files/SATRC/SAPIV-WGS01-INP-08_700_MHz_Band_Plan.pdf


Added on January 3, 2013, 11:18 pmHere some good news. Just yesterday SKMM had just announced that they'll be refarming the 800MHz trunk radio bands.

A total of some 30MHz blocks will be released.

On sidenote, there's an emerging 700MHz block(Band 44) that the Asia Pacific Telecommunity is planning for future TD-LTE use. Although Malaysia is leaving this out for their digital terrestrial Tv services, neighbouring countries such as Australia, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Mexico, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam have shown support and interest leaving Malaysia out.

Link source:
www.apt.int/sites/default/files/Upload-files/SATRC/SAPIV-WGS01-INP-08_700_MHz_Band_Plan.pdf

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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 3 2013, 11:01 PM)
Most WIMAX chipset manufacturers are moving into the TD-LTE camp since both technologies are similarly related.

Inefficient and corrupted governments love playing spectrum auctioning games.They are auctioning little blocks of them everywhere telling people they are scarce and pricing them at exceptional high costs.

As an end result, the move is actually to deter competition from smaller players from entering the next generation game. In the case of USA, the ones who can only afford most of the blocks auctioned are the 2 monopoly giants which are Verizon and AT&T. Don't you see they are continuing their monopoly practices because only the big guns are the only ones who can afford the purchases?

Similarly in Malaysia, the joint team ups are only benefiting the big players such as TM and Maxis. Eventually the smaller players such as P1 will have to end up being absorbed and merged itself into the giants or be eliminated. They are singulating out companies which they only have interests in and make them payback for the continuation of their monopoly tactics.Cronies get themselves with money acquired from licensing and at the same time maintain their monopoly.

Some way or another you will be able to find that people who sits in the FCC or communication commisions have their interests in the giant monopolistic telcos.
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 11:11 PM)
Let me guess.. You are an old WiMAX engineer working with NSN?  hmm.gif  whose mind really closed on TDD because of the extensive experience you had with WiMAX..

Hang on, isn't this an LTE thread, why there is a WiMAX stuff here? I guess maybe you should start a new thred on WiMAX vs LTE then i won't bother to argue with your closed mind..

To be honest i didn't even bother reading everything that you wrote, your mind is really sealed with one technology. No point for further discussion/argument. Like I told you before, I'm open to any technology and nuetral whether its FDD or TD LTE...

Lets just wait and see which one (FDD LTE or TD LTE) will be the choice of Malaysia users. Well at least we know already FDD LTE is more commonly deployed worldwide..

No WiMAX please or open new thread

I forgot one thing, you were saying FDD vs TD are because of political issues west vs east... Looks like your exposure on LTE is not really enough.. Dont you know that all LTE vendors.. I repeat all, from west (NSN, ALU, Ericsson) and from east (Huawei, ZTE, Samsung, NEC) have both FDD LTE and TD LTE solutions? Ok you didnt know this, well at least you should thank me for telling you this good piece of information
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You do too much of guessing la bro and you're always welcome to join us since we've a much brighter and prospectful future path.
No doubt it's still new but you know, WIMAX2 might absorb many of the good elements of its TD-LTE cousin and evolve into something far better.

Mobile networks are fast evolving into pure data packet switching.

Back when TD-LTE was still in its infant stage, labs that wanted to compare FDD-LTE equipments used WIMAX for spectrum efficiency benchmarks. It was the next closest cousin to TD-LTE.
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 3 2013, 08:26 PM)
Guess I should sue them

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Complained and waited for more than 6 months all giving excuses doh.gif

Planning to wait for the last time until Maxis last promise is to solve it by the end of January

Note, this is DC-HSPA+
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What device are you using? Is it capable of achieving more than 7.2Mbps? In my opinion, if the speed is far from promised, then its jz a simple decision that you have, which is to change provider. But, if you have a contract with them, then you can argue their speed is not as promised, thus, the reason why you want to cancel the contract and have the penalty waived. This is especially true if its a wireless broadband or fibre internet. If they don't agree to terminate and waive the penalty, then only the sue scenario comes into picture.

If it's just because the speed is not as advertised, you have no contract and you want to sue, then you'll be going nowhere with that...
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 11:55 PM)
What device are you using? Is it capable of achieving more than 7.2Mbps? In my opinion, if the speed is far from promised, then its jz a simple decision that you have, which is to change provider. But, if you have a contract with them, then you can argue their speed is not as promised, thus, the reason why you want to cancel the contract and have the penalty waived. This is especially true if its a wireless broadband or fibre internet. If they don't agree to terminate and waive the penalty, then only the sue scenario comes into picture.

If it's just because the speed is not as advertised, you have no contract and you want to sue, then you'll be going nowhere with that...
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Think he's only joking about suing, guess all providers already got clauses to save them in the TnC smile.gif

Yep, change to other providers, but make sure test it out first, you dont want to end up having the same problem
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 4 2013, 12:01 AM)
Think he's only joking about suing, guess all providers already got clauses to save them in the TnC  smile.gif

Yep, change to other providers, but make sure test it out first, you dont want to end up having the same problem
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Yeah, the moment you sign that T&C acceptance form, its gonna be hard for the user...
Some customers take it seriously, and sue the telco providers for millions in losses!!! (can't carry out business such as online share trading, causing them to lose a fortune).

Outcome: Judge throws the case out of court and scolds the customer not to waste ppl's time. Besides that, have to pay the legal fee's for the telco side.

REAL STORY!
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 4 2013, 12:15 AM)
Yeah, the moment you sign that T&C acceptance form, its gonna be hard for the user...
Some customers take it seriously, and sue the telco providers for millions in losses!!! (can't carry out business such as online share trading, causing them to lose a fortune).

Outcome: Judge throws the case out of court and scolds the customer not to waste ppl's time. Besides that, have to pay the legal fee's for the telco side.

REAL STORY!
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Never knew this.. Thanks for sharing..


Added on January 4, 2013, 2:23 pmTweeted by SoyaCincau earlier, Celcom LTE soft launch will happen at 3pm today

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QUOTE(adiyon84 @ Jan 3 2013, 06:38 PM)
800Kbps? Really? I just bought my iPad Mini together with Tablet Plan from DiGi (since I have to bundled with it) thru DiGi online store. But I always get 5Mbps at my home and 3-4Mbps when I went to Lowyat. So far, okay to me at all.

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As tweeted by soyacincau again, devices that will be available from Celcom

https://twitter.com/Soya_Cincau/status/2871...9583488/photo/1
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As tweeted by soyacincau again, devices that will be available from Celcom

https://twitter.com/Soya_Cincau/status/2871...9583488/photo/1
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Confirmed to be Huawei E392

But batch is still unknown

Any tested can PM me if don't mind

I do see a Huawei B593 too

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The B593 looks dahsyat

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The E392 looks dahsyat

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This is a Huawei B593 sweat.gif
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QUOTE(blacktubi @ Jan 4 2013, 05:45 PM)
Confirmed to be Huawei E392

But batch is still unknown

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I do see a Huawei B593 too
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well E392 is U1 batch then sweat.gif
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Everyone is complaining current smartphones not in the listing
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As tweeted by soyacincau again, devices that will be available from Celcom

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Huawei Ascend P1 LTE
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Thought they have Huawei Ascend P1? I'm sure they will be more smartphones coming, but probably they didnt dare to say anything yet until they closed the deals with phone manufacturers
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 3 2013, 07:16 PM)
i would say we are considered lucky because our lte (as well as 2g & 3g) spectrum follow common spectrum deployed worldwide.. lte (fdd) at 1800MHz and 2600MHz are the most deployed network in the world.

the benefits to us are: most phones are compatible, and we wont have problem when roaming abroad in most countries..

so dont worry about the lte devices that are coming to malaysia..
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Thought they have Huawei Ascend P1? I'm sure they will be more smartphones coming, but probably they didnt dare to say anything yet until they closed the deals with phone manufacturers
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For sure more LTE capable phones will be flooding the market soon. It's all matter of time. Not a long time but very short when it comes to technology.
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 3 2013, 06:56 PM)

Added on January 3, 2013, 6:58 pmTheir coverage area is without a doubt smaller than Celcom and Maxis though, especially rural areas.
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Digi cannot use GSM 900 & 3G 900mhz like celcom and maxis. Digi have GSM 900 license but slot too little. Make matter worse, gov dont want give Digi GSM 850 license.

I think Digi setup LTE 1800 first just wait gov green light before swith on.
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Digi cannot use GSM 900 & 3G 900mhz like celcom and maxis. Digi have GSM 900 license but slot too little. Make matter worse, gov dont want give Digi GSM 850 license.

I think Digi setup LTE 1800 first just wait gov green light before swith on.
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According to SKMM website,

900MHz: Digi has the least spectrum, compared to Maxis and Celcom
1800MHz: All (Digi, Celcom & Maxis) have equal

Looking at what they have, I think it's more difficult for Digi to do LTE 1800 because most of their 2G users are on 1800MHz, so it's difficult for them to free up their 1800MHz for LTE. Whereas its easier for Maxis and Celcom because they have large 900MHz, where they can push their 2G users to 900MHz, free up their 1800MHz for LTE.

I think likely Digi will do 2600MHz first and 1800MHz later. But I may be wrong, we shall wait and see which frequency they will launch first.

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As usual, Digi still silent about their LTE plan. Maxis and Celcom already showing off their plans. Digi still quiet.

Fade up with digi turtle slow actions.
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QUOTE(rattan @ Jan 7 2013, 01:52 PM)
As usual, Digi still silent about their LTE plan. Maxis and Celcom already showing off their plans. Digi still quiet.

Fade up with digi turtle slow actions.
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Although their website http://www.digi.com.my/tomorrownetwork/ says as of today 3008 out of 5572 sites have already been upgraded to LTE

"After the upgrade, our network will be able to provide High Speed Internet covering at least 95.8% of all Malaysia, as well as being fully-equipped to handle LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology. "
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As I suspected. Most telco is releasing LTE for data use only. No voice over LTE as for now. What a disappointment
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QUOTE(rattan @ Jan 8 2013, 01:20 AM)
As I suspected. Most telco is releasing LTE for data use only. No voice over LTE as for now. What a disappointment
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yeah

refer here for celcom LTE : http://www.lowyat.net/2013/01/07/3224/celc...or-by-mid-year/

celcom will be rolling out the LTE service to Klang Valley, Penang and Johor by mid 2013 rclxub.gif


using device LTE : E392u-6 USB modem, CPE B593 router, Media 10 FHD tablet and Ascend P1 LTE smartphone

HUAWEI E392 Versions
HUAWEI E392u-12: 4G Bands -- FDD 800/1800/2600Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-21: 4G Bands -- FDD TDD 2600Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-22: 4G Bands -- TDD 2600Mhz FDD 2100/1800/900/DD800Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-X?: 4G Bands -- FDD 700B13/2100Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-92: 4G Bands -- TDD 2300/2600 Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-6 : 4G Bands -- FDD 2600/2100/1800/900Mhz . celcom choose this U-6 hmm.gif FDD alone only
HUAWEI E392u-9 : 4G Bands -- TDD 2500Mhz .
HUAWEI E392u-511: 4G Bands -- FDD 2600Mhz


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ur from puncak semangat people?
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QUOTE(chuahcs79 @ Jan 8 2013, 01:32 AM)
HUAWEI E392u-6 : 4G Bands -- FDD 2600/2100/1800/900Mhz . celcom choose this U-6  hmm.gif FDD alone only
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Simple. because celcom dont use LTE TDD.
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Although their website http://www.digi.com.my/tomorrownetwork/ says as of today 3008 out of 5572 sites have already been upgraded to LTE

"After the upgrade, our network will be able to provide High Speed Internet covering at least 95.8% of all Malaysia, as well as being fully-equipped to handle LTE (Long Term Evolution) technology. "
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quoted frm Digi website : The current network upgrade will expand high-speed Internet (EDGE, 3G) to cover 95.8% of all Malaysians.

http://www.digi.com.my/tomorrownetwork/faqs.html?tab=1

EDGE and 3G is high speed internet ...wonderful !

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As I suspected. Most telco is releasing LTE for data use only. No voice over LTE as for now. What a disappointment
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Are you aware about the implications of the switch? From traditional voice to VoLTE? I personally don't see this coming any time soon, due to the nature of the Malaysian market, where still a sizeable portion of the market is still not using smartphones and thus, data.
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QUOTE(DrPitchard @ Jan 8 2013, 12:27 PM)
Are you aware about the implications of the switch? From traditional voice to VoLTE? I personally don't see this coming any time soon, due to the nature of the Malaysian market, where still a sizeable portion of the market is still not using smartphones and thus, data.
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Yes that's so true.. it will take years before we can see pure voice over LTE in Malaysia. Dont think anyone who are not from telco industry would be aware of circuit switch and packet switch..

Lets be clear on the definition of voice over LTE:

1. Voice over LTE with 2G or 3G fallback, or commonly called CSFB (circuit switch fallback)
This is what being implemented in 99% of LTE network worldwide and supported by almost all LTE smartphones. Example of this is you're doing data on LTE and when you make/receive voice calls, you'll be pushed to 3G or 2G just for voice calls, and your data session will also go to 3G / 2G, hence speed is reduced. And once you have ended your voice call, your phone will go back to LTE, back to LTE speed. This is because your LTE can't handle voice calls. If you're talking about this solution, Maxis and Celcom will have it soon. I'm sure their LTE network is capable of this today.

2. Pure voice over LTE, or commonly called HD (LTE) voice:
The difference is you dont have to go to 2G / 3G when making or receiving voice calls. Your LTE can handle it. So your data session will remain. This will require (1) nationwide coverage of LTE (I think this will only happen in 5-10years, even 3G coverage of Celcom and Maxis is now only ~80%); and (2) availability of devices that support voice over LTE (currently there is very very limited). As of today, only Korea has done this, this is because they have >90% population coverage of LTE network and they worked with their exclusive device partner to have devices that support this.




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Yes that's so true.. it will take years before we can see pure voice over LTE in Malaysia. Dont think anyone who are not from telco industry would be aware of circuit switch and packet switch..

Lets be clear on the definition of voice over LTE:

1. Voice over LTE with 2G or 3G fallback, or commonly called CSFB (circuit switch fallback)
This is what being implemented in 99% of LTE network worldwide and supported by almost all LTE smartphones. Example of this is you're doing data on LTE and when you make/receive voice calls, you'll be pushed to 3G or 2G just for voice calls, and your data session will also go to 3G / 2G, hence speed is reduced. And once you have ended your voice call, your phone will go back to LTE, back to LTE speed. This is because your LTE can't handle voice calls. If you're talking about this solution, Maxis and Celcom will have it soon. I'm sure their LTE network is capable of this today.

2. Pure voice over LTE, or commonly called HD (LTE) voice:
The difference is you dont have to go to 2G / 3G when making or receiving voice calls. Your LTE can handle it. So your data session will remain. This will require (1) nationwide coverage of LTE (I think this will only happen in 5-10years, even 3G coverage of Celcom and Maxis is now only ~80%); and (2) availability of devices that support voice over LTE (currently there is very very limited). As of today, only Korea has done this, this is because they have >90% population coverage of LTE network and they worked with their exclusive device partner to have devices that support this.
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So called HD voice, is there a difference in call quality ?
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So called HD voice, is there a difference in call quality ?
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Besides clarity, I think they will be other add on services. Maybe background sound, or voice with repeat, or can change the tone....I don't know, just making wild guess.

But what I'm certain is it will eradicate the current voice mechanism. So, instead of minutes, calls will now be in KB's or MB's. People will now only be needing Data and no more minutes, sms and data. All will be lumped into one, data. Besides that, it kills battery ultra fast too. Can google up and read more about it.
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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?
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Why the hell puncak semanaget can get 30mhz ? while the three giants got only 20mhz ?
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Why the hell puncak semanaget can get 30mhz ? while the three giants got only 20mhz ?
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puncak semangat actually get 40MHz..

according to skmm in news.. they get more because they are new.. so they can compete with existing players..
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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
agree that well planned dc network is sufficient without need of lte.. but trust me there are several areas that are highly congested even the operator has done all upgrades they could and use all resources (spectrum) they have.. be it celcom, maxis, digi or u-mobile
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 8 2013, 08:37 PM)
agree that well planned dc network is sufficient without need of lte.. but trust me there are several areas that are highly congested even the operator has done all upgrades they could and use all resources (spectrum) they have.. be it celcom, maxis, digi or u-mobile
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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.




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QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 8 2013, 09:07 PM)
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.
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Yes thats what I thought, of course backhaul upgrade is required before they can do LTE

QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 8 2013, 09:07 PM)
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.
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Agree with you being first may not be important. You may think so, I may think so. But their board of directors, top management may think otherwise. They probably think being first would make their customers feels secured that the customers are making the right choice.. Probably. We have seen Maxis is still proud being the first to launch 3G and U Mobile is still proud being the first to launch DC-HSPA+..

QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 8 2013, 09:07 PM)
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.
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I dont understand neither. But i'm sure they have their own reasons to choose those areas.. Probably some VVIPs live there that they have to make sure the VVIPs' house get LTE coverage, or maybe those areas are really congested that they have no other choices but to deploy LTE, or maybe those areas are high revenue generating areas which they think it would be easy to sell and get ROI quickly.. Whatever it is I'm sure they have their own good reasons

QUOTE(Ahn3hn3h @ Jan 8 2013, 09:07 PM)
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.
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I agree with you but you will need to uderstand there are hundreds of different requirements by customers.. I've seen people who willing to pay premium for excellent mobile internet but dont really care for home internet (most of the times not at home), vice versa.. There are also people who need excellent mobile internet for themselve when outside as well as home internet for their children.. And there are lots more different requirements out there

And yes there are lots more things to do in life, but slowly internet has been playing key roles in our daily life. Almost everything you do require internet

Dont get me wrong here.. I respect and agree with your views. I'm just saying that your views are applicable to certain group of people. There are other people who have completely opposite views but still correct..
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For those interested with LTE HD voice, another launch of this

http://lteworld.org/news/t-mobile-launches...tails-lte-plans
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QUOTE(alf233 @ Jan 8 2013, 08:30 PM)
puncak semangat actually get 40MHz..

according to skmm in news.. they get more because they are new.. so they can compete with existing players..
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Hmm it make sense....so are they in the market yet ?

I wonder those telco will implement quota with LTE package or not, If the quota is low like 1gb to 5gb...really no point to get LTE sweat.gif sweat.gif doh.gif

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