Malaysia’s 5G was once among the fastest in the world. Now speeds are down 46%, based on the latest Ookla data. Here’s what changed and what’s next for DNB.
When compared to other peers in region, Malaysia’s 5G download and upload speeds are still higher than Australia, Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines and Thailand. However, we have been outperformed by Singapore, South Korea and Vietnam.
However, these figures only tell part of the story and we need to look at the current 5G situation in Malaysia including policy, subscribers, 5G adoption and also spectrum.MCMC: Malaysia’s 5G performance in line with JENDELA aspirations The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission noted the report by Ookla which has provided an independent snapshot of the current mobile experience in the region. In its response, it highlighted that Malaysia’s 5G rollout has achievedBased on internal data obtained via MCMC Nexus, the regulator said Malaysia’s average 5G download speeds remain robust with over 218Mbps download and 34Mbps upload on DNB’s network.delivers over 315Mbps download and 50Mbps upload. These performance levels, according to MCMC, are in line with the aspirations outlined under JENDELA which has a 5G network design target of 100Mbps at the cell edge.3.5GHz is the most crucial as it offers the perfect balance between coverage, speed and capacity. As a Single Wholesale Network, 200MHz would have been more than sufficient to carry the entire nation’s 5G traffic.issued by Communications Minister Datuk Fahmi Fadzil on 21st June 2024, the government reassigned DNB’s 3.5GHz to 3.6GHz block for the second 5G network. With the 5G policy change, DNB was left with 100MHz on 3.5GHz to support customers from CelcomDigi, Maxis, Unifi Mobile and Yes 5G, while the remaining 100MHz was assigned for U Mobile to build a brand new 5G network.would cause inefficient use of the spectrum. It claimed that peak 5G speeds would drop by 50% and DNB would need to build additional 8,000 sites to provide the same coverage and committed quality of services.MoF Inc exits from DNB, DNB CEO Datuk Azman Ismail thanked the government for providing additional spectrum to sweeten the deal for the remaining three shareholding telcos in the network.from close to 29 million users runs through DNB’s network. He added that the additional 100MHz spectrum is significant for user experience especially for 5G enterprise solutions, as the loss of the 100MHz spectrum had affected 5G network quality. However, it is worth noting that the recently assigned 100MHz block is different and it will take time and resources to reconfigure and optimise the network. DNB expects to officially receive the 100MHz spectrum assignment by the first quarter of 2026. It is also worth noting that the government has also converted the allocation of existing spectrum from apparatus assignment to spectrum assignment , which provides DNB long term certainty. Typically AA are short term with annual renewals while SA typically last 10 to 15 years long according to DNB COO Datuk Ahmad Zaki.
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