QUOTE(prosibu @ Mar 13 2019, 11:55 AM)
1) How Digi decides which areas to refarm 2100MHz for LTE?
im not from digi, if i were, i will refarm all 15mhz to LTE and 900mhz for 3g..
2) Since all 4 telcos have an equal of 15MHz bandwidth of 2100MHz including Digi, and Digi refarm that 10MHz for 4G, leaving 5MHz left for 3G, is it really enough? Wouldn't that cause more congestion on Digi 3G network?
what makes you so confident that 3G has huge traffic now... lolx
3) Any plans that Digi would shut down 2G network in the future, or at least in phases?
2MHz bandwidth on 900MHz band in selected rural areas, and 5MHz* bandwidth on 1800MHz band
Or why not Digi have 2G network domestic roaming with either Maxis or Celcom, so that Digi can refarm those bandwidth for 4G services? Besides M2M and minority users who still using 2G phones, it doesn't seem very spectral efficient nowadays considering the increasing network congestion on 3G/4G networks. Just imagine how much speeds can be delivered to users with the MHz that currently used for 2G

shutdown 2G is government's call, not digi or any other telco (i think lar)
DR is very troublesome, eg webe roam to celcom and UM roam to maxis.
and digi 2G network is there, decom it and roam to others is not practical than UM and Webe
for spectrum usage and allocation, ask government free out the 700mhz would be faster than thinking of shut down 3G and 2G
remember that Malaysia still got 10 million users STUCK at 2G(not 3G) .....

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what makes you so confident that 3G has huge traffic now... lolx
Err, 3G speeds isn't very fast also... You could only get around 2-3Mbps on average, while last time you could get it around 10Mbps. Or, there is no traffic congestion on 3G network? Correct me if I'm wrong.
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and digi 2G network is there, decom it and roam to others is not practical than UM and Webe
Why not practical? From the consumer point of view, it seems that Digi can refarm their existing 2G bandwidth into 4G. If the 2G handsets user wish to continue using 2G network, then domestic roaming with either Celcom or Maxis.
Still remember those days when Digi struggle to expand their 2G coverage nationwide because they don't have spectrum on 900MHz, and have only 1800MHz, although they have 900MHz many many years later. Digi's 2G network works better on 1800MHz band rather than the limited 900MHz, but considering the user demand nowadays, I wonder will they be the first Malaysian telco to shut down 2G network, to refarm its bandwidth to 4G?
Is there anything that I missed out? Or 2G domestic roaming with other telco costs more compared to operate own 2G towers?
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for spectrum usage and allocation, ask government free out the 700mhz would be faster than thinking of shut down 3G and 2G
This one I agree, but as long analogue TV is not yet shut down, 700MHz use for LTE/5G is still long way to go.
Even there's many 2G users in Malaysia, if government announces the date of 2G shutdown, that will eventually force users to upgrade to newer phones or M2M, even if the users aren't happy about it, including the ones that has dual-SIM and the SIM 2 slot operates only in 2G.
As of 1 Jan 2019, Taiwan already shut down 2G and 3G network, so now the country is running full 4G network nationwide. Even there are many elderly using older 2G/3G phones are forced to upgrade, and even many people protest it, but eventually they still shut it down. Singapore already shut down all 2G networks. Thailand also plans to shut down 2G this coming October.
https://sbr.com.sg/telecom-internet/asia/th...es-october-2019 If other country can do it, why Malaysia can't? In my opinion, it really depend whether the government (MCMC) want to make this move by force or not only.