Some people say Umobile cheap but signal coverage not good?

Any idea? What is your experience after using Umobile?

Can get 4G/5G most of the time? Speed high and stable? No lag or interruption?

What areas will have bad signal for Umobile? Very rural areas?

It usually depends on your location and concurrent in that area. Previously I am always at outstation so coverage so bad I switch to hotlink. Since then never have plan to go back mobile

Outstation what location? West malaysia? City, town or kampung?

5G wise should be same for everyone. Hence I think if you stay indoor a lot, then you should instead search for 4G comparison. Before Digi and Celcom merger, I would easily say Celcom good but after their merger, Celcom line sucks a lot (Im using XOX though which ride on Celcom). Personally Im using 2 phones (xox+hotlink on 1 phone plus xox only on the 2nd phone). I have to say things are not looking good for CelcomDigi.

I travel around a lot east coast, west coast and sometimes rural areas so coverage is like luck but lucky I was using dual sim. Most of the time maxis is the one reliable.

So only got GSM or no signal at all?

It's like either no line or weak signal. But as I said it depends certain place okay certain not but town area more reliable

If you want a good coverage go for maxis, digi or celcom

That the simplest to just do.

Yes 👉🔥👍🔥

This post has been edited by GamersFamilia: Mar 6 2025, 04:41 PM

5g okay but 4g connection sucks

and always drop to 4g without reason also

damn umobile

Town / City areas should be okay...

If you going more on rural areas... Then it's either Celcom or Maxis...

Any plan to port out? 😂🔥

Coverage is okay

Speed and stability..all depend on area

What device are you using? Sometimes device also play vital role

Lag duplicate

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Mar 6 2025, 09:04 PM

https://jendela.my/map/

ytl map kenot pakai one. more coverage than yes own maps

Only good for cities.

If ulu places like Rimbayu, about 2-3 bars and often no internet service. Had to restart the phone or move somewhere to have a decent connection.

If you at city area most of the time then shouldn't be a problem 😏🔥™️

exactly. i also don't know why.
kinda frustrated sometimes.

now your emoji got trademark? 🤣

Yeah, maybe they use both SA and NSA but only a handful of high payer plans get SA access, so our phone try to lock into SA but failed and refuse 5G altogether.

Must put trademark, i love playing with emoji 🐼🔥🐼🔥🐼

@all

it will randomly drop to 4g for a few seconds without reason then back to 5g again.

but when the network drop to 4g the internet is non existent, thats what annoying.

i dont think the problem on my side tho, using difference device also same issue, even im directly under the 5g tower also same issue.

mnp in and out few times also same.

postpaid prepaid also same.

now not using them anymore.

OMG, this mean if my old phone only support 4G, then forever no internet ka?

Maybe depends on area, why don't you give it a try, buy one prepaid starter pack then see how it goes 🙄🔥😜🔥😎🔥

Just did, hope not true, else my RM25 terbang.

Don't worry, be positive 😎💭🔥

umobile 4g always sucks since forever la.

used to be congestion issue.

maybe now still same.

even the 5g also slower than other telco, last i tried averaging 250mbps only when other telco 500-700mbps easily.

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No problem with my 4G-only phone since Jan 2019, with postpaid GX50 and now U38, wrt got Internet.

Note that DNB1's 5G transmits on 3500MHz/Band 78 which has poorer range and poorer object penetration than U Mobile's 4G frequency bands, ie 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz and 2600MHz (= Band 8, 3, 1, 7)
= 5G signals can be unreliable.

DNB1's 5G is a scam.?
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Wah, you work in telco ka?

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No, just a casual celco subscriber with a bit of tech knowledge from the Internet.
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That's good, and you shared it with others 🙂🔥

yes, I experience this issue lots of the time.
I subscribed U98 just to test SA network , and so far I've used UMB few weeks , the 5G experience sucks.
If I lock SA and perform high throughput test (Speedtest every seconds) , the handover between NR N78 cells are very good and seamlessly, I don't see any disconnect issue happened.
But , things become worst when device is standby-ing , meaning no high throughput , the 5G connection will still be "connected" but Internet IS NOT working and call thru VoNR also NOT working.
Yes , U Mobile have VoNR for SA network.
It seems like U Mobile 5G Core Network is having some handover issue on SA. I got this issue on NSA sometimes but it's way more stable compare to SA only.

Wah you work in telco ka?

used it and the line is very limited and unstable

nope, all these info can get from Internet

Where are you staying, is it around city area? 🤔🔥

sometimes slow speed in city areas due to number of concurrent users/congestions
speeds in my suburban area can reach 100Mbps for 4G and 400Mbps for 5G

last time I was at KLIA, both 4G/5G totally unusable.

wah, when was this? 2024?

UMobile so bad ka? Make me regret now.

KLIA issue was last year August.

Overall experience not bad la, its just that certain city area congested as hell.

Boleh pakai, if u at City area, confirm no problem (outdoors).

But bear in mind, the indoor coverage is not as good as the big 2 telcos.

Umobile definitely better than yes 😜🔥

i was walking around SWP mall over the weekend with my family, in certain part of the mall, my son's umobile has no signal, my wife's Digi also no signal, but my maxis line got 4G signal and can stream video. So being in KL does not mean no issue, signal strength inside the building is still an issue.

from my testing M perform better inside mall follow by D,
one of the old coffee shop lots i’ve been M can’t even load ewallet Lol

Indoor coverage really location dependent. You'll be surprised places like IOI Mall Puchong, U Mobile has a way usable network with better signal strength compared to CelcomDigi and Maxis.

Even smaller malls in Old Klang Road, Bloomsvale only has Maxis coverage (other telco can receive some signal from outdoor), but within walking distance, another mall, Pearl Point only has CelcomDigi coverage (same as well, other telco rely on outdoor signal)

Even within same company, Sunway Geo only has CelcomDigi indoor coverage in the basement, and I forgot another Sunway property which only has Maxis coverage.

At the end, no telco is perfect especially indoor. Outdoor coverage is more predictable

CelcomDigi and U Mobile are sharing indoor coverage infrastructure in a few smaller malls in Klang Valley such as PJ33 (Maxis no coverage in basement), and Empire City Mall parking basement (only sharing in basement, other offices and retail spaces remain separated)

So yeah, hopefully network sharing between telco could make telco more profitable and having better initiative to install indoor coverage in less profitable areas

got 4.5G for umobile..



This post has been edited by Dragon bastard: Jul 25 2025, 06:39 PM

I ditched Maxis for U Mobile since 2019. So far acceptable.

Some places have good coverage and fast 4G. Sometimes even with 4G but the speed is slower than 2G.

But, the price is dirt cheap for a family plan. My previous family plan under Maxis was over 500+ monthly. U Mobile only 150 bucks. With large data cap, this is perfect for family use where speed wasn't all that important.

Basement right. It seems CelcomDigi has "balas budi" to U Mobile haha. The ZTE initiative is great, now everyone got signal

I do noticed the indoor coverage is a lot better now with indoor coverage sharing agreement from both side. For some reason, it made Maxis the inferior telco when it comes to in-building coverage now.

This post has been edited by jasontanky: Jul 26 2025, 12:03 AM

Recently just changed to this telco, super bad experience, Internet 5G/4G slow during streaming(YouTube) event in the KL area, outside KL more worse last week when Melaka, all the time Internet at Edge.

Indoor phone call lagi cacat voice keep breaking.

U Mobile seems to be fine from my experience. Speeds are similar to Maxis and sometimes better on 4G.

5G congestion is the rule of the land. Blame DNB.

Just to add my 2 sen for U Mobile is that the signal is cacat when at the airport gate when masuk the aeroplane. No signal for both KLIA and KLIA2. When I ask the passengers next to me who have data signal, they use CelcomDigi.

Also as orang Labuan, there is no U Mobile reception when inside some buildings while CelcomDigi have signal... so ended up ported my U Mobile to CelcomDigi as I've been grandfathered plan for U28 postpaid with the measly 3GB quota since... 2014?

At least CelcomDigi 40 SE plan is 40GB quota for RM40 and better coverage for my usual lepak place.

If u are not that data hungry, u could port to CelcomDigi XV30, RM30 for 20GB data with unlimited call, but this plan is only available on normal phone shops, not official store

Arghh too late already signed up for 12 months contract for the 5G 40 SE since I port in at the CelcomDigi Labuan branch lol.

New tower near my house, far taller than other, U Mobile is the only deadzone here (other telco at 3 storeys shoplot, U Mobile one storey high, Unifi no site nearby but can use Maxis 4G_). I think is U Mobile 5G since they have been eagerly swapping antenna in my Taman as well as nearby but other than the site nearby this tower

There's one near a Speedmart in my housing area. I'll keep an eye and see if they added AAUs and/or do a radio swap.