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MICHAEL LAI
Chief Executive Officer of Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1)
Michael Lai is the Chief Executive Officer of Packet One Networks (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (P1), Malaysia’s first WiMAX broadband service provider.
Michael has been tasked to spearhead P1’s commitment as the world’s first ever large scale deployment of an 802.16e 2.3GHz WiMAX network in the world, outside Korea; and to be a leading WiMAX converged telco within five years.
To date, P1 ahlong with the Kuala Lumpur City Hall and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission, has successfully launched the iconic Wireless@KL which utilizes both WiMAX and WiFi technologies to transform Kuala Lumpur into a world-class wireless city.
Another notable milestone Michael has yielded for P1 is the strategic partnership with the world’s foremost champion of the WiMAX movement and the largest chipset manufacturer Intel Corp, where the world can expect a gigantic boost from Intel-powered WiMAX devices in the near future.
With over 20 years’ of invaluable experience in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, Michael is a familiar face in the Malaysian telecommunications industry. His highly sought after expertise in international and domestic business-to-business and business-to-consumer ICT branding and marketing puts him at the forefront of bringing the best in wireless technology to the country and beyond. Michael is deemed by The Peak lifestyle magazine as the ‘Wireless Wizard’. Malaysia’s leading English daily, The Star, conferred on him as ‘The man with the ideal resume for heading a wireless broadband company’.
Michael was the CEO of TM Net, the largest Internet service provider in Malaysia and South-east Asia during his tenure. It was under his dynamic leadership that TM Net catapulted into a RM1 billion enterprise within a year and a half; and quantum-leaped its profit before tax and broadband subscribers by more than 1100% and 352% respectively in one year.
Michael was also previously Senior Vice President of Branding and Market Development for Celcom, and Marketing Director for Oracle Malaysia.
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