If those big4 telco not joining the DNB 5G network, or the proposal is rejected, it will be 3 lose scenario..

Telco lost - 5G will not be supported by major telcos in Malaysia

Customer lost - Those users from Apple likely won't be certified to use 5G network, not sure about Samsung. You even can think Yes also cannot support VoLTE on iPhone, 5G lagi no hope. Do you think Yes will pay $$ and sign Agreement to Apple for certification as well?

DNB also lost, only can collect small amount of $$ from two telco, Unifi and Yes. Think about the electricity fee per site, it is already 3.5kW per site, if later got 1K site this year end, and I count RM 0.55 per kW, electricity fee per month already ~1.3m per month..... and 1k site sure cannot cover whole Malaysia, only outdoor coverage in Major City...

DNB build 5G network with no Voice Support at this moment, those 2 telcos signed agreement with DNB also need to expand their current 4G networks (especially indoor, underground and car park), otherwise Voice call will frequently dropped and subscribers complain... they cannot totally rely on DNB network for both data and voice and pay subscription fee without expanding their network....

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It has been more than 1 month since I have the 5G access to DNB, it seems more frequent of disconnection and instability....



sometimes no SIM, sometimes full bar signal but no data connection...

was using Telegram and it shows connecting for a long time, have to turn on airplane on and off

I will give it a try to set Digi one to 4G only and Yes to be 4G/5G and see how later, since i just passby KL and my home is not in the coverage area :-)

I don't see any coverage changes for weeks in KV area..

the map shows it has coverage in damansara uptown but i never got 5G in that area
the map shows it has coverage in bandar utama area but most of the area are in door, fortunately Yes has indoor coverage for 1u shopping mall....

they do the coverage in rawang but missing sungai buloh, usj those area =.=
why they do plan new site in those area with less ppl / sparsely populated area

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https://soyacincau.com/2022/03/11/malaysia-...llout-16-march/

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/dnb-...s-engage-telcos

https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/big-...ffer-5g-rollout

big 4 telcos "welcome" govts decision swtick with swn?
so the big4 telco will join DNB for 5g deployment?

there is a down side here, current telco cannot dynamically refarm current spectrum for 5G to use

it will far more increase the 5G speed and coverage , read the news below

https://www.mobileworldlive.com/asia/asia-n...n-boost-feature

Yes 4G has low band (800Mhz with bandwidth 5Mhz only) and high band (2300 / 2600 with 20Mhz bandwidth)

if your home has high band freq coverage, you mostly can get at least 10Mbps during peak hour
if only have 800Mhz coverage, peak hour you would usually only 50kB/s speed.....

for other telco, they can have 1800 / 2100 Mhz to deliver the service to your home as well.

I tried to watch Facebook live and there is obviously an interruption when 5G is switching back to 4G

I also really doubt how it will be handled of voice call instead to switch seamlessly from DNB 5G network to 4G carrier network when implement VoNR

DNB has a faster speed test 😂
But the fallback and coverage sure need to improve, especially indoor and underground

It seems that more site are "pending" in Kota Damansara and Subang 2...

Besides, some site in Rawang are already in LIVE, who can go there and test as well?

Who will going to pay this amount monthly.....
I believe it is more expensive than upgrade their current network to be 5G compatible...
Assuming extra RM 50 can be earned monthly by telco for every 5G subscriber, they need 720K subscribers to onboard...
and think about 1500Gbps = 1 500 000 Mbps, every subscriber only have 2Mbps capacity if all 720K subscribers are using the network at the same time....

and at this moment, hardly to have good indoor signal and the bad coverage in KL area.
DNB shall make priority to high density area and indoor / underground coverage
also 5G to 4G fallback is very bad, in between the fallback the phone will have no signal / data disconnection, which means if the user is having facetime video call / steaming, it will most probably facing the disconnection or reconnecting issue...

as an user, I won't mind to pay slightly more for 5G network access, but I don't want my phone only have 4G network most of the time but paying more expensive tariff for 5G network.


and yesterday, I had some speedtest in Kepong area, full bar 5G outdoor signal strength but speed is around only 200Mbps now..., with this speed 4G LTE 4CA also can achieve, what is the purpose of attracting telco to onboard DNB 5G network?

I was using Digi 4G before (now in grace period not to reload to make it active yet) and my Kampung area also can have 150Mbps ++ down speed
as long as the phone support 2CA / 4CA and it is in Digi 4G coverage, the speed would not be slow.

https://soyacincau.com/2022/04/08/celcom-di...ty-5g-services/

still a long way to go

is it a kind of SLA?

the RAO states that DNB has set a target of 99.0% for Data Session Setup Success Rate and a Latency of less than 15ms from the User Equipment (UE) to the Point of Interface (POI). The KPI also listed a Mean User Downlink Throughput of 100Mbps and a Mean User Uplink Throughput of 3Mbps for Non-standalone 5G architecture (NSA) or 5Mbps for Standalone 5G architecture (SA).

but the SLA didn't guarantee the coverage in Malaysia time by time...?

I don't think digi have 5CA, only Yes "have"

and if you got 5CA in Yes, it means you are in the 5G coverage area, your phone should switch to 5G signal instead...

Expectation?

https://www.orientaldaily.com.my/news/natio...22/04/14/480269

It seems that more 5G sites are GO-LIVE in rawang area, The Strand Mall in Kota Damansara area, also in Klang area and Cheras

btw I was in Damansara Uptown area on Wednesday, there are no 5G coverage at all..but the map shows it is in coverage

btw , talk so long time already, it is talking about outdoor coverage only, barely have indoor / underground signal...

outdoor 100% coverage also useless

just like YTL and Unifi, they have deployed the 4G long time but underground / indoor signal coverage is poor

No matter how strong of outdoor antenna, there is a dBm limitation by the law...also out handset needs to send out data back to the cell site

Indoor coverage must need something like femtocell to increase the coverage...

Today went to Plaza Arkaida, only have 5G signal in those area you can see the sky, 1 bar - 3 bar signal strength with around 400Mbps speed.

I went to a shop located at the 2nd floor of a building, only have Yes 4G signal with 800Mhz that frequency, speed test only show 1-2Mbps.

I also went to the grocery shop which is located underground, Yes does not have any signal at all, switch to Digi and full bar 2600Mhz signal, speed test have 60Mbps++....

So, I won't be able to use ewallet to pay the grocery stuff if I only have Yes SIM card.