Malaysia To Shut Down 3G Network By The End of 2021 As Part of JENDELA Implementation

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Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that the government will embark on a new plan called Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA). Conceived through the National Digital Infrastructure Lab, JENDELA mainly aims to improve the country’s digital infrastructure and to prepare Malaysia for the transition to 5G network.

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Divided into two phases, Phase 1 of JENDELA is already in progress according to PM Muhyiddin and will involve the expansion of 4G coverage in populated areas from 91.8% to 96.9%. In addition to that, another objective of Phase 1 is to increase the capability of our mobile broadband from 25Mbps to 35Mbps.

As part of Phase 1 implementation, the country’s 3G network will be deactivated in stages by the end of 2021

https://www.lowyat.net/2020/220338/malaysia...t-down-jendela/

Told you gais 3G die first We dont follow america or singapore shutdown 2G first

This post has been edited by JLA: Feb 20 2022, 08:33 AM

most of the time, I'm stuck on 3G

4G already unstable and they will kill it next year?

belum pandai jalan sudah mau lompat

The prophecy is True

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3G will be refarmed as 4G and 5G

Eleh, kalau gobind umum mesti bersorak gembira kan?

For those who think 4G is faster than 3g,
in real life situations, sometimes 3G is faster than 4G in urban, congested area. Not kampung areas.
Putting into this scenario, if they force migrate the current 3G owners over to 4G, this will seriously further congest the already congested 4G network. Already some telco admit some of their BTS stations are not fiberised.

This is very true.
Sometimes I find myself switching to 3G at night only to find its noticeably faster.

Second - I switch to 3G again because I want to save battery power. I don't need 4G horsepower when I'm idling or just Whatsapp-ing. Weaker 4G signals does sap battery power even idling.

Third - 3G signal is stronger in some cases. I've experience places whereby 4G is impossible to get, only 1 bar or nearly dead, but 3G is alive in that particular area.
The engineers seriously need to seriously retune their present 4g coverage. But sometimes complaining to Customer Service about poor coverage is like talking to the wall.

And another issue - VOLTE.
How many telcos currently are supporting VOLTE. Hardly.
You do know that when you make a call on 4G, it will switch to 3G . And if 3G were to be switched off, then how is the Non-VOLTE (regardless phone support or not) gonna work?

These are my personal views.

die like this..

some places only 3G is available..

hope those place have 4G first before 3G dies....

if not use 2G only (like the good old days)

Malaysia gov can announce anything they want but we all know how sucks they are when it comes to implementation.

So called nationwide fiber project, until now how much of the country are covered? Still shit loads of house that are still stuck on the old ADSL connection paying more for slower connection

well for me if gobind announce also I would be pissed...

u know how 4G sucks big now..

yes. u says re-farming... but can they do fast enough???
Malaysia always failed in planning & execution.. be in BN, PH or now PN/MN time... same old same old....

Actually alot of the time 4G is congested because there isnt enough bandwidth to support everyone, hence why they want to kill of 3G to allow for more 4G bandwidth. 4G is alot more efficient at spectrum utilization than 3G.

Also, 4G & 3G in general consume about the same amount of power given the signal strength is the same. 4G might save u more power cuz your phone can check for new uodates or notification much faster(provided its not congested), so the radio on ur phone can go back to sleep much faster.

As for the VoLTE, I think that will be the greatest hurdle, Maxis doesnt even have support for VoLTE yet, and many 4G capable phone do not support VoLTE(referring to older or more budget ones).

Likely I think the gov will miss the 2021 target, but i'm interested to see whats the plan going foward.

Still no fibre.

35Mbps is a joke.

Why, i still stuck on 3G on umobile, working place 4G very bad

F*ck la...
The rural area no 4g...now kill it...how...
Most of the place only 3g...
Inside house only 3g...
If they can boost the signal and speed baru chop off the 4g...
Else go f*ck themself...

They talk about 3G shutdown, but no mention of 2G. So VoLTE availability will not be an issue...yet.

Kaya rupa-rupanya Mesia nih... Banyak duit kita nak upgrade sana-sini...

So, kalu tarak 4G, kenalah guna 2G yer....?

Me think this news is still under "inception".... In the end, will be postponed until further notice... or the most popular "budaya" is U-turn...LOL...

#5G_is_fake

good news for you i guess /s... no longer stuck at 3G, you will have access to revolutionary 0G.

My Nokia 2G phone still can use

3G capital investment goes into drain?

So who vroom 2G die first? Forgot liao

And many those kampung folk too...
Still going strong with dumb 2G phone 💪🎉