Some phones, such as Iphones have no option to lock to 4G network, so may suddenly drop to EGGE / GPRS network...

Why would telcos invest and improve the soon outdated 4G network, when the whole world is moving to 5G?

I can understand the reluctance to improve 4G network, as they would rather use the money to invest in technology that would last 10 years, that is 5G.

This post has been edited by Chrono-Trigger: Dec 15 2021, 09:43 AM

The idea behind the DNB is good.

Private telcos are driven by commercial and profit interests. They would invest in areas that give them the good Return of investment (ROI), that would mean Klang valley and the state capitals in malaysia. And places like East Malaysia (oops called Borneo States now), and East Coast will be underinvested.

I come from low yield area , and i can tell you, some telcos never bother to upgrade the network here for years due to perceived low base users and low ROI.

DNB is to get all the local telcos to combine their resources for fast role out nationwide.

Instead of , 5 telcos building 5G network in same city, why not assign 5 of them to build it in 5 different cities, and let them share their network?

This post has been edited by Chrono-Trigger: Dec 15 2021, 12:53 PM

4G rollout left to private. 5 years now coverage still very poor at certain area. Big telcos only think of profit and they would underinvest in low yield area.

More like poor 4G coverage to begin with

That's why if all left to private sector, they would only concentrate on high return areas.

need to have some form of regulatory control of role out, which the government is trying to do with 5G

Left to private , how many years 4G still so slow ?
I remember I went Thailand 10 years ago , 3g just started 4 g not yet. But few years ago , 4G speed like so fast minimal 100mbps