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Are you saying DNB1's Ericsson equipment from Sweden has hidden backdoor spyware for the FBI.?
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https://dgap.org/en/research/publications/i...lecoms-industry - DGAP Analysis - The Impact and Limits of Sanctions on Russia’s Telecoms Industry
Maria Kolomychenko - 12 March 2024
.... I explain how the Russian telecoms sector functions, the reasons behind its total reliance on Western technology, and how it manages to survive under sanctions. I then examine three vectors that the Russian telecommunications industry is currently pursuing in detail:

- The continuation of the purchase of advanced Western telecom equipment using so-called gray or parallel imports
- The search for new suppliers in Asia and the forging of stronger ties with second-tier (“tier 2”) suppliers from countries that have not joined export restrictions toward Russia
- Attempts to stimulate the production of domestic telecom equipment and the transition of telecom operators to its use

This analysis lays out why large telecom operators in Russia are not ready to risk their business and experiment with unknown equipment. Instead, they willingly take advantage of the government’s permission to “parallel import” the necessary equipment. As a result, despite the withdrawal of global vendors like Cisco, Nokia, and Ericsson from the Russian market, their equipment worth tens of millions of dollars is still supplied to Russia. While these are huge figures in absolute terms, far more is needed to fully meet the industry’s needs.  ...
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So, how come Russia has been buying US$ millions of USA's Cisco equipment via parallel imports using 3rd-party countries like China and Israel.?
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Also, hidden kill switches =/= hidden backdoor spyware, and ...

"killing" subscription-based cloud services =/= hidden backdoor spyware.
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Fyi, .......

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/lat...cl-co-comments/ - 17 Oct 2022
Author:
James Rogers, MarketWatch
Cisco ended operations in Russia, but its gear allegedly being shipped through China & other countries; incl. co. comments
Cisco gear is being shipped into Russia from China and other countries, leaked customs database shows, 17 October 2022

A purportedly leaked Russian customs database shows around 500 shipments of Cisco gear arriving in Russia in August, months after the networking giant halted its business operations in that country.

Information extracted from the database and shared with MarketWatch appears to show that Cisco Systems Inc. products entered Russia from a number of countries, with the majority of shipments coming from China. Other countries of origin include Vietnam, Switzerland, Mexico, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and Holland, as well as the U.S., according to the data.

In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, a host of major U.S. corporations, including Cisco, ended their Russian operations...

“On March 3, 2022, Cisco announced stopping all business operations in Russia and Belarus, including sales and services,” a Cisco spokesperson told MarketWatch via email. “This included discontinuing business with all Cisco partners and distributors in Russia and Belarus, which means they can no longer source products via authorized channels.

“On June 23, we announced the decision to begin an orderly wind-down of our business in Russia and Belarus,” the Cisco spokesperson added. “Cisco stands by this decision”... ....
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I saw 100 + 20 MHz. Is it aggregation n78 with n28?

Looks like there is n28 if you go on Cellmapper.

I agree that giving the second wholesale network to Umobile can be a mistake because of concern about MNO priority possibility and Umobile funding capibility. In my oppinion, Only Maxis and CelcomDigi should be the only MNO that enter the submission.

Main problem is DNB was setup without telco in it and made technical decision and procurement to select a vendor that is incompatible with any operators in Malaysia. DNB got in billions ringgit of debt guarantee by MOF.

Unlike other countries where the telcos were the one forming the consortium to decide on the technology behind and also the contract agreement.

The only value with DNB to telco now is the 5G license spectrum, the rest are all bad debts… MOF not wanting to cover the debt now is seeking bailout from the two richer telco, that is why the 2nd license given to UM (one of the reason beside meow)

Therefore, in summary, DNB is a mistake by MOF (Finance minister back then- Z) and now gov wants telco to bail it out …

5G by individual telco > 5G Consortium by telco (like Korea or Singapore) > 5G Consortium by MOF (DNB)

DNB SWN is the only one in the world not setup by telco but by Ministry of Finance that does not know shit about 5G …

The reason probably because Altel was awarded a huge chunk of 4G spectrums while the other 4 were given small amount of spectrums to launch their 4G. Then Telco has to pay rent to Altel and Redtone to rent their spectrum. Altel and Redtone just happily pocket the rental without doing anything … Therefore the explaination on the capacity and price/GB … because telco need to recuperate the investment they paid Altel and Redtone. Malaysia has 6-7 telcos while other countries 2-4 operators, so for same investment on the network, msia telcos unable to recover earning fast enough and not able to bring ARPU lower than other countries …

In summary, gov intereference and cryonism cause Msians the problem back in 4G.

Now in 5G, gov again attempt to interfere with telco businesses, and causing the DNB problem. We are now enroute to see poor 5G quality happening … the early fame for Msia 5G ending … DNB runs out of money and they in huge debt, yea Msians enjoy cheap 5G which they decide to turn off so they can use 4G instead cause quality turns bad, the only thing Msians get is 5G logo not the great service anymore … premature ejaculated on all the paid marketing and news reporting DNB pumping into all the adverising agencies and newsgroup to promote themselves - fastest speed globally, most consistent 5G paid advertisement … now water runs dry, you dont see those fancy ranking talking great Msia 5G anymore … no money no glory …

There is a major difference. All telcos are not prohibited to build their own fibre infrastructure back then, TM building it with gov assistance but other telco can build their own to prevent monopoly if they want to. TIME and MAXIS have their own infrastructure. So is not considered as monopoly. Telcos made a strategic decision to rent from TM instead build their own.

5G is totally different ball game cause without spectrum, telco not allowed to build 5G infrastructure. CDB, UM and Maxis been announcing their infra is 5G ready waiting for spectrum award but MOF (not sure why they made the call) awarded to DNB prematurely without MCMC knowledge only later MCMC forced to accept. And telco not allowed to reuse their tech agnostic spectrum for 5G - forcing monopoly to use DNB only.

No one in the general public can answer that big question. In Malaysia, anything can happen. Rightly DNB2 should be jointly build by a few telcos.

The second license was done as “open” tender , telco free to partner to submit but it didnt happen cause every telco wants it for their own in this case … CDB is largest telco, in theory Maxis shall partner with UMobile but since UM probably knows who will win before game begins so no reason to share cake with Maxis. Not to mention MOF the orchestrator of the failed DNB need CDB and Maxis to cover the bad debt and bail out DNB, CDB and Maxis both have stellar financial so best candidate as water fish. MCMC and MOF killed 2 birds with one stone - the pre-decided winner won, DNB found its bail out saviors …

Because none of the telco are submitting proposal as konsortium and partnership, all want to do it alone. In telco world spectrum is like lifeline, without spectrum, the company is towards end of life. All tech innovation, differentiation and optimization based on how well they play the spectrum and make it more efficient. Malaysia 5G has been stagnant for 4 years as compared to other countries due to DNB and situation of telco not having control of the 5G technology … typical people only look at speed and 5G icon on the phone but true potential of 5G is beyond speed but not something achievable by DNB Konsortium.

Umobile 5G with their own infra and spectrum will eventually be the true 5G that put Msia on par with rest of the world …

Maxis and CDB financial will definitely be impacted to cover bailout DNB debt and their spent heavily to refresh the incompatible Ericsson 5G network to suit their own. End of an era for Maxis and CDB, three once most powerful telco in Msia screwed by the gov. Nett nett the winner of the DNB saga is Ericsson, they sold junk to Msia government that eventually too lousy to be used and not future proof with local telco, now gov asking Maxis and CDB to pay the bill …

One may argue telcos not doing good in rural area but MCMC made it mandatory for all telcos contributing USP funds (i think % of their revenue) for MCMC to decide build coverage for underserved/rural … wonder where the fund went to provide rural coverage cause no report how much was spent and where is the coverage is … one may ponder how the fund was spent if rural coverage still poor…

MCMC if back in 2018 award the 200Mhz spectrum to Maxis (50Mhz), CDB (75Mhz), Umobile (50Mhz), Unifi(12.5Mhz) and YES (12.5Mhz) to force them to work together to form konsortium of their choice will be much cleaner … note that none have enough spectrum to realize 5G full potential therefore they will have no choice to work together. And most importantly have the tech knowledge to select the best 5G solution compatible to their network.